In the "New Features" section I would suggest clarifying that the Baremetal Provisioning for Advanced Networks feature is only supported by VMware, at least according to the spec page.
Thank You, Logan Barfield Tranquil Hosting On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Please help review the following draft and advise some quotes: (I hope at > least Sebastien can share his quotes as our project VP) > > ##### START > > Apache CloudStack is open source software designed to deploy and manage large > networks of virtual machines, as a highly available, highly scalable > Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform. CloudStack is > used by a number of service providers to offer public cloud services, and by > many companies to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering, or as part > of a hybrid cloud solution. CloudStack became an Apache Top-level Project > (TLP) in March 2013. > > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the 4.5.1 release of the > CloudStack, the cloud orchestration platform. The 4.5.1 release contains more > than 500 bug fixes since the 4.4 release. <<ADD QUOTES from REAL WORLD users, > COMMUNITY and PMC such as -- "We are proud to announce CloudStack v4.5.1," > said Sebastien Goasguen, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "This release > represents over six months of work from the Apache CloudStack community with > many new and improved features.">> > > # Documentation > > What’s new in CloudStack 4.5: > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.5.1/about.html > > The 4.5.1 release notes includes full list of corrected issues as well as > upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack. Please see > the Release Notes for a full list of corrected issues and upgrade > instructions: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.5.1/ > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for each > release are available on our Documentation Page. > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ > > # Downloads > > The official source code for the 4.5.1 release can be downloaded from our > Downloads Page. > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > # Availability and Oversight > > As with all Apache products, Apache CloudStack v4.5.1 is released under the > Apache License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active > contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the > Project’s day-to-day operations, including community development and product > releases. For documentation and to learn how to join and contribute to the > Apache CloudStack community please visit our website: > http://cloudstack.apache.org > > For additional marketing or communications information, please contact the > marketing mailing list: market...@cloudstack.apache.org > > Join members of the Apache CloudStack community at the CloudStack > Collaboration Conference, taking place 8-9 October 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. > For more information, visit > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-europe > > # About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) > > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than one > hundred and seventy leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP > Server --the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's > meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 400 individual > Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely > available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: > thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and > the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring > initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, > trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, > funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Budget > Direct, Citrix, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, > IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, Pivotal, Produban, > WANdisco, and Yahoo. > > For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on > Twitter. > > "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks > of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the > property of their respective owners. > > ##### END > > >> On 07-May-2015, at 3:53 pm, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The ACS 4.5.1 candidate has passed, I’ve shared the voting result, pushed >> the 4.5.1 tag and moved the source tarballs to release site for the mirrors >> to catchup. Meanwhile I'm working on the announcement email and release >> notes and I would like your help. >> >> For this, I would like to welcome any members from the community, especially >> PMC members and "real world" users to share any of their comments or >> feedback on ACS 4.5.1 release, to be included in the announcement. >> >> I’ll shortly share a draft for your review. Thanks. >> >> (If you’re replying, please make sure to reply to all or at least include >> marketing@). >> >> Regards, >> Rohit Yadav >> Software Architect, ShapeBlue >> M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com >> Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab >> >> >> >> Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services >> >> IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> >> CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> >> CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> >> CloudStack Software >> Engineering<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> >> CloudStack Infrastructure >> Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> >> CloudStack Bootcamp Training >> Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> >> >> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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