Hello, The 2.5 release is close - and I'm collecting a list of notable changes and features once more. The video made for the 2.4 release [1] was popular, and I'm volunteering to make one for 2.5 as well. In addition, we need more feature pages, and there's a template at [2] that you can use to base feature pages off.
I've CC'ed maintainers whose pull reqs got merged for the 2.5 cycle, but this is not restricted to maintainers only - feature owners are welcome to submit their videos and author feature pages as well -- please coordinate with the maintainers who sent pull reqs so there's no duplication of content for the video. Please get me the videos before Monday, 7 December, and I can then get the final video ready in time for the 10th December release date. For the feature pages, please link them to the ChangeLog page at [3]. Details: This time, we can actually put the video out on release day (even within the release announcement?) since we have a bit of time on hands. Can you please go through the notable enhancements in your subsystems for the 2.5 release, and send me a short (max. 2 mins) video highlighting the changes in 2.5, and optionally something about where we're headed in the future with those changes? A brief note on how those changes impact users (directly, or via higher level software, e.g. openstack) will be useful. The video can be shot using a phone camera (preferably the main camera), or a webcam / laptop cam. For consistency, it's better if the videos are at least 720p (higher the better!), and have as less background noise as possible. I can remove the background noise using audacity, but that makes the main voice sound robotic, so it's better not to resort to that. Please upload to some file sharing service (preferably no login required), and send me a pointer. Additionally, more search-friendly text-based feature pages help users, testers and future contributors a lot, so please create feature pages for major changes, and include as much information as possible. The template at [2] should be a good start to help thinking about what information to include. [1] http://log.amitshah.net/2015/09/qemu-maintainers-on-the-2-4-release/ [2] http://qemu-project.org/NewFeatureTemplate [3] http://qemu-project.org/ChangeLog/2.5 Thanks, Amit
