Sally, quick note to say there have been a bunch of comments, and we're aborting round one of the vote. So it's safe to say there'll be another draft for you to look at soon.
In the meantime, I attempted a re-draft. (Easier than picking things out with comments.) [ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.0.0-Incubating Released > > The Apache CloudStack (Incubating) project is pleased to announce the > immediate > availability of the CloudStack 4.0.0-incubating release. Download your copy here: http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/downloads.html CloudStack is an integrated orchestration platform for building a > feature-complete IaaS. CloudStack includes the compute, networking, accounting, storage, and > user interface components to needed for private, hybrid, or public clouds. > > This is the first release from the Apache Incubator, and represents the > culmination of more than six months work by the CloudStack community. The release > includes more than a dozen new features, many bugfixes, security fixes. ##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 > > ##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. -- NS
