OpenSRF 2.2

OpenSRF 2.2.2 is now available for download and use. This is a small bugfix release, and includes the following changes:

• Compatibility with version 3.0 and later of the Perl module JSON::XS.
• Subrequests (AKA method_lookup()-based API calls) sometimes append final-lvalue responses to the response list even after respond_complete() has been called from within the implementation method. OpenSRF now discards all post-respond_complete values, protecting against extra, spurious values being returned to the ultimate client.

For a complete list of the changes, please consult the release notes and change log.

Links to the installation tarball, release notes, and installation instructions can be found on the OpenSRF downloads page.

OpenSRF 2.2.1 is now available for download and use. This is a small enhancement and bugfix release, and includes the following major changes:

• Due to Mozilla withdrawing support for multipart XHR responses from Firefox as of version 22, multipart message support is now disabled for all clients except the Evergreen staff client.
• A method was added to get and/or set the locale used by all new client sessions for the current process. This is primarily useful for clients that wish to make a series of OpenSRF calls and don’t wish to set the locale for each new AppSession object.
• Minor fixes to improve support for the current Debian testing release as well as resolving some unitialized variable warnings.

For a complete list of the changes, please consult the release notes and change log.

Links to the installation tarball, release notes, and installation instructions can be found on the OpenSRF downloads page.

OpenSRF 2.2.0-alpha is now available for download and testing.  This is a relatively small enhancement and bugfix release, and includes the following major changes:

1. Support for Apache 2.4, Debian Wheezy, and Fedora 18.
2. Elimination of CPU spikes caused by use of the MultiSession module.  This is particularly relevant for Evergreen as TPac uses MultiSession when fetching bib records for display in search results.
3. Support for graceful reload of Perl services via SIGHUP, which allows the log level to be changed on the fly.  This can also be used to politely clean up after memory leaks.

For a complete list of the changes, please consult the release notes and change log.

Links to the installation tarball, release notes, and installation instructions can be found on the OpenSRF downloads page.

We are considering having 2.2.0 be the recommended OpenSRF version for Evergreen 2.4.  Consequently, testers of the Evergreen 2.4 beta are encouraged to test the OpenSRF alpha as well.  In addition, because of the changes to MultiSession, we are particularly interested in test results from a variety of platforms, particularly ones that use virtualization.