openss7 1.1.1 2009-06-22 Released

Description: OpenSS7 Old News.

Approved for Immediate Release

Jun 22, 2009
OpenSS7 today announced Release 1.1.1.20090622 of the openss7 package.

(Edmonton, Alberta -- Jun 22, 2009)   OpenSS7 today announced Release 1.1.1.20090622 of the openss7 package. This is the OpenSS7 package. It contains all OpenSS7 release code. This is the only package released by OpenSS7.

The package contains all of the former sub-packages of the OpenSS7 Master Package, including:

• Linux Fast-STREAMS
• STREAMS Compatability Modules
• STREAMS Utilities
• STREAMS Terminals
• STREAMS X/Open Networking Services
• STREAMS X/Open Networking XTI/TLI Library
• STREAMS Sockets
• STREAMS Internet Protocol Drivers
• STREAMS SCTP
• STREAMS Channels and Multiplexing
• STREAMS X.25 and Frame Relay Stack
• Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Stack
• ISDN Stack
• ATM STack
• SS7 Stack
• SIGTRAN Stack
• VoIP Stack

Fully deprecated by this release and no longer released by OpenSS7 are the following former sub-packages of the OpenSS7 Master Package:

• Linux Native Sockets SCTP
• Internet Performance (the OpenSS7 iperf fork)
• Network Performance (the OpenSS7 netperf fork)
• Dialogic Open System Release 6.1

This distribution is applicable to Linux 2.4, 2.6 and 3.x kernels and was targeted at ix86, x86_64, ppc and ppc64 architectures, but should build and install for other architectures as well.

This is the third OpenSS7 respin of the OpenSS7 package. This is a production grade release. All existing validation test suites run clean on supported distributions, production kernels and architectures.

The OpenSS7 package has undergone significant changes, so follow closely. In its first incarnation, epoch zero (0), the openss7 package was an add-on package to a now deprecated version of STREAMS. This changed due to the deprecation of the old versions of STREAMS. In its second incarnation, epoch one (1), the openss7 package contained Linux Fast-STREAMS and a number of other sub-packages, each capable of building and installing separately. This changed due to the increasing maintenance overhead as additional sub-packages were added. In its latest incarnation, epoch two (2), the OpenSS7 package is a monolithic package containing Linux Fast-STREAMS and most of the other sub-packages in a single build pckage.

Major feature additions since the last public release are as follows:

• SNMP agents are more thorough and complete.
• Java JAIN SS7 OAM, MTP, SCCP, TCAP, INAP, MAP, ISUP, ISDN, H.323, IUA, M3UA, SUA, TUA, SPIRITS components, with JAIN JCC 1.2 and MSCONTROL.
• Interfaces provided for major scripting languages include Java, Tcl, Perl and Ruby using swig.

Major packaging changes since the last public release, epoch one (1), are:

• The package only compiles with Linux Fast-STREAMS, which is included.
• Only OpenSS7 developed modules, drivers, libraries and utilities have been included.
• Forks of other test utilities such as Iperf and Netperf have been removed and discontinued.
• Sub-package source and installation subdirectories have all been collapsed into the one openss7 subdirectory.
• A single tarball, SRPM and DSC generates a simple set of 3 binary RPMs or DEBs.
• The entire package is now released under the GNU Affero Public License Version 3; however, commercial licensing is also available for the entire package from OpenSS7 Corporation.

Major upgrades from the last public release are:

• Updated build system to swig-1.3.39.
• Updated build system to automake-1.11 with full silent build.
• Excluded deprecated and discontinued sub-packages as follows: sctp-0.2.27, iperf-2.0.8, netperf-2.3.7, osr61-0.9.2.3.
• Documentation license for all documentation upgraded to GFDL 1.3 with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Conver Texts and no Back-Cover Texts, for full Debian policy compatibility.
• Updated build system tool chain to m4-1.4.13, automake-1.10.2, bison-2.4.1, libtool-2.2.6a, texinfo-4.13a.
• Addition of the following sub-packages: stratm-0.9.2.1. This package was then instantly absorbed into the new OpenSS7 package.
• Significant feature updates were made to strchan-0.9.2.4, strsock-0.9.2.4, strnsl-0.9.2.4, sigtran-0.9.2.4.
• Significant rework of strchan sub-package into the strss7, strisdn, strx25 and striso packages. One single driver now meeds the needs of all sub-packages.
• The strnsl sub-package moves from alpha to production.
• Significant completion of the sigtran package: all components moved back to production.

Major maintenance items since the last public release are:

• Fixed timer reporting in the pstrlog() call resulting in near-epoch invalid timestamps. This was an annoyance. (Bug# strutil 001.)
• Fixed assurances in untimeout() and unbufcall() utilities. This could have been service affecting on many-way machines. (Bug# streams 027.)
• Timer cancellation directly from ICS races removed. This could have been service affecting on many-way machines. (Bug# streams 027.)
• Corrected removal fo SLAP_NO_REAP flag from recent kernels causing timeout problems on many-way machines under memory pressure. (Bug# streams 026.)

For completed detail on maintenance items, see BUGS in the release.

This is a public stable production grade release of the package: it deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release before reporting bugs.

As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles, installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4, 2.6 and 3.x rpm(8) and dpkg(1) based distributions, and can be used on production kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.

This package is publicly released strictly under the GNU Aferro General Public License Version 3; however, commercial licensing is available. The release is available as an autoconf(1) tarball, SRPM, DSC, and a set of binary RPMs and DEBs for popular distributions. See the package page (http://www.openss7.org/openss7_pkg.html) or the repository page (http://www.openss7.org/repos.html) for information concerning network installation and update sources.

See the ChangeLog and NEWS files in the release for more information. Also, see the openss7.pdf manual in the release (also in html (http://www.openss7.org/openss7_manual.html)).

For the news release, see http://www.openss7.org/rel20090622.html.

About The OpenSS7 Project

The OpenSS7 Project is an opensource development project (called OpenSS7) to provide a robust and GPL'ed SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling stack for Linux and other UN*X operating systems. The OpenSS7 Project has existed in one form or another since 1996. For dowloads and further information, see the project website.

About OpenSS7 Corporation

OpenSS7 Corporation is the world-leading supplier of OpenSource SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling products and services that enable the Next Generation Network. A staunch supporter of the Open Source development model, OpenSS7 Corporation funds and supports The OpenSS7 Project by providing commercial licensing, training, consulting, development and support for products delivered from The OpenSS7 Project. For more information on OpenSS7 Corporation, please visit our corporate website.

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