[Babel-users] ANNOUNCE: babeld-1.4.2 and babeld-1.3.8

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

Dear all,

Versions 1.4.2 and 1.3.8 of the babeld routing daemon are available on

  http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/files/babeld-1.4.2.tar.gz
  http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/files/babeld-1.4.2.tar.gz.asc
  http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/files/babeld-1.3.8.tar.gz
  http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/files/babeld-1.3.8.tar.gz.asc

For more information about the Babel routing protocol, please see

  http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/babel/

1.3.8 is a pure bug-fix release for the old 1.3 branch.  The main
issue it fixes is a problem with setting the rp_filter sysctl, which
should solve mysterious routing issues on Linux distributions that set
rp_filter by default (e.g. Arch Linux).

1.4.2 makes extensive changes to the configuration parser.  It is now
possible to set all parameters of the daemon from the config file; for
example, '-k 42' can now be replaced with a config file entry saying

  kernel-priority 42

In addition, it is now possible to set default values for interface
parameters; you can now say

  default split-horizon false

and split horizon will be disabled for all interfaces unless you say
otherwise.

Finally, 1.4.2 under Linux allows exporting routes from multiple
kernel tables, which is needed due to recent changes in the default
configuration of OpenWRT.  (Thanks to Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.)

Enjoy,

-- Juliusz Chroboczek

19 June 2013: babeld-1.4.2

  * Extensive changes to the configuration parser.  It is now possible
    to set all command-line options from the configuration file, and
    to specify default values for interface parameters.
  * Allow redistributing routes from multiple kernel tables.  Thanks
    to Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.
  * Fix some whitespace issues in the configuration parser.
  * Fix a bug in the configuration parser that could give wrong values
    to some exotic interface parameters (channel and faraway).
  * Fix a bug that could cause some extra traffic at shutdown.  Thanks
    to Matthieu Boutier.
  * Under Linux, set rp_filter explicitly for all interfaces.  This
    avoids mysterious routing failures on distributions that set
    rp_filter by default.  Reported by Baptiste Jonglez.
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