[ANNOUNCE] release of Apache VCL 2.5.1

[Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>]

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The Apache VCL project is pleased to announce the release of version 2.5.1. 
This is primarily a bug fix release.  However, there are a few items worth 
highlighting:

* PHP code updated to work with PHP 7.x.
* Rudimentary NFS file share mounting extended to work with Windows
* Added method for using HTML in user emails through external script

Information on downloading and installing it can be found on our download 
page:

http://vcl.apache.org/downloads/download.cgi

Release notes can be found here:

http://vcl.apache.org/docs/releasenotes.html

A change log for these releases can be found here:

http://vcl.apache.org/docs/changelog.html

Installation and upgrade scripts are included in the release. There are web 
instructions on manually doing installs and upgrades linked to from the 
download page.

Apache VCL is a self-service system used to dynamically provision and broker 
remote access to a dedicated compute environment for an end-user. The 
provisioned computers are typically housed in a data center and may be 
physical blade servers, traditional rack mounted servers, or virtual machines. 
VCL can also broker access to standalone machines such as a lab computers on a 
university campus.

One of the primary goals of VCL is to deliver a dedicated compute environment 
to a user for a limited time through a web interface. This compute environment 
can range from something as simple as a virtual machine running productivity 
software to a machine room blade running high end software (i.e. a CAD, 
GIS, statistical package or an Enterprise level application) to a cluster of 
interconnected physical (bare metal) compute nodes.

Using the scheduling API, VCL can be used to automate the provisioning of 
servers in a server farm or HPC cluster.

Josh Thompson
Apache VCL release manager
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