BOA-2.4.9 Full Edition

We are happy to release BOA-2.4.9 Full Edition, which includes latest Drupal 7 and Pressflow 6 security updates, along with bug fixes and other system software updates. Enjoy!

### Stable BOA-2.4.9 Release - Full Edition
### Date: Sat Feb 27 15:22:11 GMT 2016
### Milestone URL: https://github.com/omega8cc/boa/milestones/2.4.9

  @=> Includes Aegir Hostmaster 2.x-head with improvements
  @=> Includes Aegir Provision 3.x-head with improvements
  @=> Includes Drush 7 customized for BOA

# Release Notes:

  This BOA release includes latest Drupal 7 and Pressflow 6 security updates,
  along with bug fixes and other system software updates.

  @=> All supported Aegir platforms have been updated to their latest releases

  @=> What are BOA plans for Drupal 6 support after February 24th, 2016?

      We will support Drupal/Pressflow 6 in all new releases, as long as
      available PHP versions will allow to use it (we run our own Pressflow 6
      based site on PHP 5.6 for many months with zero issues). For more details
      please check: https://github.com/omega8cc/boa/issues/824

  @=> Even if deprecated PHP versions are still included in this release,
      any Octopus instance running PHP older than 5.5 will not be able to
      receive upgrade to BOA-2.4.9, as announced before -- Please switch your
      Octopus to PHP 5.6 or at least 5.5 to be able to upgrade not only
      the Barracuda system part of BOA, but also Octopus Satellite --
      The how-to can be found at: https://omega8.cc/node/330

  @=> Drupal 8 support for custom platforms in the ~/static directory tree
      will be included, along with Drush 8 and Hostmaster 3.x in the upcoming
      BOA-3.0.0 release: https://github.com/omega8cc/boa/milestones/3.0.0
      Note: BOA will not include built-in Drupal 8 platforms until Drupal 8
      will support symlinks in the codebase, like all previous core versions

# System upgrades:

  * MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.24
  * Nginx 1.9.12

# Fixes:

  * Do not force Ruby with RVM for root on every upgrade
  * SQL max_user_connections autoconf value can be too low -- fixes #873