This looks great! Thanks for the hard work, Joe! Just a few comments. "feature-complete" is too strong a word. I suggest use words (or a combination of words) such as "turnkey", "fully functional", and "feature rich".
The list of new features is interesting to folks who are familiar with prior versions of CloudStack, but might not to new users/developers. Can we add a sentence like "For a complete list of CloudStack features, please refer to <URL>"? If ASF rule allows, I recommend to add a sentence and link to the upcoming CloudStack conference. Jie -----Original Message----- From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:58 PM To: CloudStack DeveloperList Subject: Re: For review: Release announcement for ACS 4.0-incubating "is a Java-based platform that delivers an integrated platform" IMO, could just be "is an integrated software platform" On 10/11/12 2:48 PM, "Kelcey Damage (BBITS)" <kel...@bbits.ca> wrote: >"user interface components to needed for private, hybrid, or public >clouds." > >Grammar alert! > >Fix = user interface components needed for private, hybrid, of public >clouds. > > >KELCEY DAMAGE >Infrastructure Systems Architect >www.backbonetechnology.com >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- >kel...@bbits.ca > >address: 55 East 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4 >tel: +1 604 713 8560 ext:114 >fax: +1 604 605 0964 >skype: kelcey.damage > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] >Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:26 PM >To: CloudStack Developers; pr...@apache.org >Subject: For review: Release announcement for ACS 4.0-incubating > >Hi all, > >I've included a proposed draft of a release announcement for 4.0. Please >send comments, corrections, flames, and such ASAP. (Note several URLs are >needed, see below where [URL] is included.) > >### > >[ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.0-Incubating Released > >The Apache CloudStack (Incubating) project is pleased to announce the >4.0 release of the CloudStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud >orchestration platform. This is the first release from within the Apache >Software Foundation (ASF). > >Apache CloudStack is a Java-based platform that delivers an integrated >platform that allows users to build a feature-complete IaaS. Apache >CloudStack includes the compute, networking, accounting, storage, and >user interface components to needed for private, hybrid, or public clouds. > >The 4.0 release represents the culmination of more than six months work >by the Apache CloudStack community. The release includes more than a >dozen new features, many bugfixes, security fixes, and a fully audited >codebase that complies with ASF guidelines. > >##New Features: > > * Inter-VLAN Routing (VPC) > * Site-to-Site VPN > * Local Storage Support for Data Volumes > * Virtual Resource Tagging > * Secure Console Access on XenServer > * Added the ability to create a VM without immediately starting it (via > API) > * Upload an Existing Volume to a Virtual Machine > * Dedicated High-Availability Hosts > * Support for Amazon Web Services API (formerly a separate package) > * AWS API Extensions to include Tagging > * Support for Nicira NVP (L2) > * Ceph RBD Support for KVM > * Support for Caringo as Secondary Storage > * KVM Hypervisor support upgraded to work with Ubuntu 12.04 and RHEL > 6.3 > >##Downloads > >The official source code release can be downloaded from: >[URL] > >In addition to the official source code release, the project has made >convenience binaries available at: >[URL] > >Pointers to older releases, the Git repository, and more can be found >at: >http://cloudstack.org/downloads.html > >##Incubating > >Apache CloudStack is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache >Software Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted >projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, >communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner >consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is >not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the >code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by >the ASF. > >-- >Joe Brockmeier >j...@zonker.net >Twitter: @jzb >http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >
