From 08049554979418821db336e8343d118ecab6c847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 02:50:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update R3.0 release notes --- releases/3.0/release-notes.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md index 455d8cf8..93126183 100644 --- a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md +++ b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md @@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ permalink: /doc/releases/3.0/release-notes/ Qubes R3.0 release notes ======================== -*this page is a draft for yet unreleased version* +This Qubes OS release is dedicated to the memory of Caspar Bowden. New features since 2.0 ---------------------- +* HAL (Hypervisor Abstraction Layer) * Xen 4.4 * Qrexec 3 * Debian templates @@ -46,9 +47,9 @@ See [Installation Guide](/doc/InstallationGuide/). Upgrading --------- -### From from R3.0rc1 +### From from R3.0 release candidate -If you are using Qubes R3.0rc1, just install system updates, there is no special steps required. +If you are using Qubes R3.0rc1, R3.0rc2 or R3.0rc3, just install system updates, there is no special steps required. ### From R2.0 or earlier From b8fed713a6812b0675a3f9e6a656aa1638609696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 04:05:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] More detailed R3.0 features list --- releases/3.0/release-notes.md | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md index 93126183..428b4c2b 100644 --- a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md +++ b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md @@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ This Qubes OS release is dedicated to the memory of Caspar Bowden. New features since 2.0 ---------------------- -* HAL (Hypervisor Abstraction Layer) -* Xen 4.4 -* Qrexec 3 -* Debian templates +* HAL (Hypervisor Abstraction Layer) - based on libvirt, opens a whole new + possibilities of using different hypervisors. Currently Qubes OS uses Xen. +* Xen 4.4 - many new features, but for us the most important is much more + mature libxl toolstack. +* Qrexec 3 - greatly improved performance by using direct VM-VM connections and + bigger buffers. +* Debian templates gets official support. * Whonix templates -* Build system improvements +* Build system improvements - especially support for distribution-specific + plugins (makes supporting multiple distributions much easier) and building + templates using DispVM. +* Automated tests - much more test cases Known issues ------------ From d9a890ddb439e1774f40a03d6c1dd8a74db41a28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:09:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Minor fixes to R3.0 release notes --- releases/3.0/release-notes.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md index 428b4c2b..ec1d0ace 100644 --- a/releases/3.0/release-notes.md +++ b/releases/3.0/release-notes.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ New features since 2.0 * Build system improvements - especially support for distribution-specific plugins (makes supporting multiple distributions much easier) and building templates using DispVM. -* Automated tests - much more test cases +* Automated tests - makes much easier to find bugs, before its even shipped to users Known issues ------------ @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ See [Installation Guide](/doc/InstallationGuide/). Upgrading --------- -### From from R3.0 release candidate +### From R3.0 release candidate If you are using Qubes R3.0rc1, R3.0rc2 or R3.0rc3, just install system updates, there is no special steps required.