[erlang-questions] Erlang/OTP 21.0-rc1 (Release Candidate)

[Loïc Hoguin]

On 05/03/2018 01:54 PM, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Just a quick heads up, having a couple issues:
> 
> * It doesn't compile on FreeBSD. I can get you more details later but 
> "kerl build git https://github.com/erlang/otp OTP-21.0-rc1 OTP-21.0-rc1" 
> might be a quicker alternative.
> 
> * SSL is broken. See [1] for example. I can see the same thing happening 
> on 5 different Linux distributions (with different OpenSSL versions) and 
> on OSX. A quick try in the shell is not much better:
> 
> 1> ssl:start().
> ok
> 2> ssl:connect("google.com", 80, []).
> {error,{tls_alert,"bad record mac"}}

That one was a brain fart. This works when the port is correct.

> Keep up the good work!
> 
> [1] 
> https://builds.ninenines.eu/logs/ranch/78/ubuntu/ct_run.ct_ranch@ubuntu0.2018-05-03_11.12.51/ninenines.ranch.acceptor_SUITE.logs/run.2018-05-03_11.12.52/acceptor_suite.ssl_echo.html 
> 
> 
> On 05/02/2018 01:37 PM, Henrik Nord X wrote:
>> OTP 21 Release Candidate 1
>>
>> This is the first of two planned release candidates before the OTP 21
>> release. The intention whit this release is that you as users try it
>> and give us feedback if something does not work as expected. Could be a
>> bug,an unexpected incompatibility, a significant change of
>> characteristics in a negative direction, etc.
>>
>> Erlang/OTP 21 is a new major release with new features, improvements as
>> well as incompatibilities.
>>
>> Potential Incompatibilities
>>
>>   * All Corba applications are now moved from the OTP repository
>>      * A new Corba repository will be created https://github.com/erlang
>>   * New applications ftp and tftp, moved from inets
>>   * ssl no longer supports 3_DES cipher suites or RSA-key exchange
>> cipher suites by default
>>   * erlang:monitor on a primitive node (erl_interface, jinterface, etc)
>> will no longer fail with badarg exception. Instead a monitor will be
>> created, but it will only supervise the connection to the node.
>>
>>   Highlights
>>
>>   Erts:
>>
>>      * Enhanced IO scalability
>>      * Support for usage of distribution controller processes for
>>        alternative transports, routing etc
>>      * compact instructions on 64bit systems for code below 4GB 20% less
>>        memory for loaded code
>>      * Rewrite of the efile-driver with NIFs and "Dirty schedulers"
>>        resulting in faster file operations
>>      * non-smp VM removed
>>      * link and monitor optimized for scalability
>>      * os:getenv/putenv now work on thread-safe emulation. No longer in
>>        sync with libc getenv(3). Manual synchronization will be needed.
>>
>> Compiler:
>>      * Misc compiler optimizations including contributions from the
>>        Elixir team resulting in 10% improvements in benchmarks
>>      * "Tuple calls" have been removed from the run-time system.
>>      * Code such as f({ok, Val}) -> {ok, Val} is now automatically
>>        rewritten to f({ok, Val} = Tuple) -> Tuple. this reduces code
>>        size, execution time, and removed GC pressure.
>>      * More information in stacktrace from a number of operators
>>      * erlang:get_stacktrace/0 deprecated to be replaced with try ...
>>        catch C:R:Stacktrace -> ...
>>      * Creation of small maps with literal keys optimized.
>>
>> Security:
>>      * DTLS support in SSL
>>      * Enhanced support for distribution over TLS
>>      * "unsecure" ciphers removed from defaults in SSL and SSH.
>>      * A new option value defined to facilitate implementing exec
>>        servers. Old option kept for compatibility, but now gives errors
>>        on stderror.
>>
>> Standard libraries:
>>      * New API for logging, logger
>>      * New uri_string module for parsing URIs according to "The
>>        standard"
>>      * New function lists:search(list,fun/1) -> {ok, Value} | false
>>      * Changed default behaviour of .erlang loading. escript, erlc,
>>        dialyzer and typer no longer load an .erlang at all.
>>
>> For more details see
>> http://erlang.org/download/otp_src_21.0-rc1.readme
>>
>> Pre built versions for Windows can be fetched here:
>> http://erlang.org/download/otp_win32_21.0-rc1.exe
>> http://erlang.org/download/otp_win64_21.0-rc1.exe
>>
>> Online documentation can be browsed here:
>> http://erlang.org/documentation/doc-10.0-rc1/doc/
>>
>> The Erlang/OTP source can also be found at GitHub on the official
>> Erlang repository,
>> https://github.com/erlang/otp with tag OTP-21.0-rc1
>>
>>
>> Thank you for all your contributions!
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> 

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Loïc Hoguin
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