Re: [Xen-devel] ANNOUNCE: Xen 3.0.5 rename to 3.1.0

["Jun Koi" <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/2/07, Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> The imminent next Xen release introduces a host of important new features
> including PV 32-on-64, HVM save/restore, and XenAPI 1.0. Now is a good time
> to bump our version number and reclaim the redundant second digit!
>
> We plan to rename the xen-3.0.5-testing.hg tree to xen-3.1.0-testing later
> today. The release candidate will be renamed to 3.1.0-rc4. The final release
> will be called 3.1.0 (as opposed to 3.0.5-0 in the old numbering scheme).
> Further bug-fix releases in the 3.1 series will be called 3.1.x (as opposed
> to 3.0.5-x in the old numbering scheme).
>
> This change rationalises and simplifies our version numbering scheme. It
> avoids the need for the fourth digit "-x", and incrementing the second
> rather than third digit makes it clearer that large changes, not just bug
> fixes, are incorporated in our quarterly major releases.
I think it is a good idea to update information at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/downloads.html, because
many people still look at it first. It is quite outdated now.

Thanks,
Jun

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