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Changeset 106320 in vbox


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Timestamp:
Oct 15, 2024 12:41:44 PM (3 months ago)
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vboxsync
Message:

finish 7.1 branching

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trunk
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  • trunk/Version.kmk

    r106295 r106320  
    3535# new build. The define is available in every source file. Only even build numbers
    3636# will be published, odd numbers are set during development.
    37 VBOX_VERSION_BUILD  = 5
     37VBOX_VERSION_BUILD  = 97
    3838# This can be overridden in LocalConfig.kmk or elsewhere.
    3939# For the convention, see checks near the end of Config.kmk.

  • trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml

    r106295 r106320  
    7676    <title>Version X.Y.Z (date tbd)</title>
    7777
    78     <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
    79       added:</para>
    80 
    81     <itemizedlist>
    82 
    83       <listitem>
    84         <para></para>
    85       </listitem>
    86 
    87     </itemizedlist>
    88   </sect1>
    89 
    90   <sect1>
    91 
    92     <title>Version 7.1.4 (2024-10-15)</title>
    93 
    94     <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
    95       added:</para>
    96 
    97     <itemizedlist>
    98 
    99       <listitem>
    100         <para>GUI: Added latest NLS update for Turkish, Indonesian and
    101           Italian languages</para>
    102       </listitem>
    103 
    104       <listitem>
    105         <para>VMSVGA: Improved flickering, black screen and other screen
    106           update issues with recent Linux kernels (bug #21955)</para>
    107       </listitem>
    108 
    109       <listitem>
    110         <para>NAT: Fixed issue with restoring 7.0.X saved state</para>
    111       </listitem>
    112 
    113       <listitem>
    114         <para>VBoxManage: Fixed breakage of "list vms" and "showvminfo"
    115           for inaccessible VMs</para>
    116       </listitem>
    117 
    118       <listitem>
    119         <para>Windows host: Fixed system DLL size checking which failed
    120           with Windows 11 24H2 and recent Insider Preview builds
    121          (bug #22162)</para>
    122       </listitem>
    123 
    124       <listitem>
    125         <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduce initial support for kernel 6.12
    126           (NOTE: In kernel 6.12, KVM initializes virtualization on module loading
    127           by default. This prevents VirtualBox VMs from starting. In order to
    128           avoid this, either add "kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0" parameter into kernel
    129           command line or unload corresponding kvm_XXX module)</para>
    130       </listitem>
    131 
    132       <listitem>
    133         <para>Linux/Arm Guest Additions: Added possibility to automatically upgrade
    134           Guest Additions via Devices menu</para>
    135       </listitem>
    136 
    137       <listitem>
    138         <para>EFI: Added missing LsiLogic MPT SCSI driver again to fix booting
    139           from devices attached to this device if the EFI firmware is used (7.1.0 regression)</para>
    140       </listitem>
    141 
    142       <listitem>
    143         <para>EFI: Restored broken network boot support (7.1.0 regression)</para>
    144       </listitem>
    145 
    146     </itemizedlist>
    147   </sect1>
    148 
    149   <sect1>
    150 
    151     <title>Version 7.1.2 (2024-09-26)</title>
    152 
    153     <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
    154       added:</para>
    155 
    156     <itemizedlist>
    157 
    158       <listitem>
    159         <para>GUI: Added multiple window layout and translation related fixes</para>
    160       </listitem>
    161 
    162       <listitem>
    163         <para>GUI: Fixed an issue that meant VMs created using Unattended Install
    164           were not removed cleanly</para>
    165       </listitem>
    166 
    167       <listitem>
    168         <para>GUI: Added an option to change the remote display security method</para>
    169       </listitem>
    170 
    171       <listitem>
    172         <para>GUI: Removed the BETA label from the macOS/Arm UI</para>
    173       </listitem>
    174 
    175       <listitem>
    176         <para>NAT: Fixed slow performance on Windows host (bugs #22164 and #22180)</para>
    177       </listitem>
    178 
    179       <listitem>
    180         <para>NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty</para>
    181       </listitem>
    182 
    183       <listitem>
    184         <para>3D: Fixed enabling 3D acceleration in the VM settings</para>
    185       </listitem>
    186 
    187       <listitem>
    188         <para>3D: Fixed black screen with Windows VMs</para>
    189       </listitem>
    190 
    191       <listitem>
    192         <para>3D: Fixed rendering issues caused by incorrect view handling</para>
    193       </listitem>
    194 
    195       <listitem>
    196         <para>3D: Added possibility to enable 3D acceleration function for Arm platform VMs</para>
    197       </listitem>
    198 
    199       <listitem>
    200         <para>GCM: Fixed problem with loading saved state created by 7.0.x</para>
    201       </listitem>
    202 
    203       <listitem>
    204         <para>API: Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of NVRAM state with legacy BIOS
    205           and its removal on VM deletion</para>
    206       </listitem>
    207 
    208       <listitem>
    209         <para>API: Fixed UEFI Secure Boot state querying when the VM was never started</para>
    210       </listitem>
    211 
    212       <listitem>
    213         <para>Guest Additions: Fixed error message on automatic upgrading</para>
    214       </listitem>
    215 
    216       <listitem>
    217         <para>SDK: Fixed building code using the XPCOM bindings (bug #22174)</para>
    218       </listitem>
    219 
    220     </itemizedlist>
    221   </sect1>
    222 
    223   <sect1>
    224 
    225     <title>Version 7.1.0 (2024-09-09)</title>
    226 
    22778    <para>This is a major update. The following new features were added:</para>
    22879
    … …  
    23081
    23182      <listitem>
    232         <para>GUI: Modernized look and feel, offering a selection between Basic
    233           and Experienced user level with reduced or full UI functionality</para>
    234       </listitem>
    235 
    236       <listitem>
    237         <para>OCI Integration: Performance dashboard now shows resource usage for cloud VMs</para>
    238       </listitem>
    239 
    240       <listitem>
    241         <para>OCI Integration: Clone compute instances</para>
    242       </listitem>
    243 
    244       <listitem>
    245         <para>OCI Integration: Reset compute instances</para>
    246       </listitem>
    247 
    248       <listitem>
    249         <para>Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack: Update to the PUEL license,
    250           removing the evaluation option. For evaluation use of the
    251           Extension Pack, please download it from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</para>
    252       </listitem>
    253 
    254       <listitem>
    255         <para>VRDE: If user does not set up TLS with custom certificates, enable it with
    256         self-signed certificate, including issuing a new one before the old one expires</para>
    257       </listitem>
    258 
    259       <listitem>
    260         <para>NAT: New engine with IPv6 support</para>
    261       </listitem>
    262 
    263       <listitem>
    264         <para>macOS/Arm host: Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs</para>
    265       </listitem>
    266 
    267       <listitem>
    268         <para>Linux host and guest: Added Wayland support for Clipboard sharing
    269           (bug #20808)</para>
    270       </listitem>
    271 
    272       <listitem>
    273         <para>Shared Clipboard: Added initial support for transferring files on
    274           Linux and Windows hosts / guests. This requires the 7.1 Guest Additions to
    275           be installed. See User Guide for known limitations</para>
    276       </listitem>
    277 
    278       <listitem>
    279         <para>Screen Recording: Significant performance improvements for the encoding
    280           pipeline, resulting in less CPU usage while recording is active. This
    281           requires 7.1 Guest Additions to be installed on Windows guests</para>
     83        <para>placeholder</para>
    28284      </listitem>
    28385
    … …  
    28991
    29092      <listitem>
    291         <para>VMM: Fixed EFLAGS.TF handling for CPUID instructions when Hyper-V
    292           is being used (bug #17961)</para>
    293       </listitem>
    294 
    295       <listitem>
    296         <para>virtio-net: Follow up fixes for FreeBSD 12.3 and pfSense 2.6.0 (bug #21201)</para>
    297       </listitem>
    298 
    299       <listitem>
    300         <para>EFI: Ability to add new Microsoft DB/KEX certificates to newly created VMs</para>
    301       </listitem>
    302 
    303       <listitem>
    304         <para>Oracle Extension Pack: Fixed shipping the cryptographic support
    305           module for full VM encryption</para>
    306       </listitem>
    307 
    308       <listitem>
    309         <para>GUI: Improved overall accessibility</para>
    310       </listitem>
    311 
    312       <listitem>
    313         <para>GUI: Update the version of Qt used</para>
    314       </listitem>
    315 
    316       <listitem>
    317         <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for subiquity- / cloud-init-based installers;
    318           this enables installing more modern Linux-based guest OSes in Unattended mode</para>
    319       </listitem>
    320 
    321       <listitem>
    322         <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for specifying separate passwords for
    323           the user and admin / root accounts</para>
    324       </listitem>
    325 
    326       <listitem>
    327         <para>VBoxManage: Added ability to show and (re-)attach to a (video) recording progress
    328           of a VM</para>
    329       </listitem>
    330 
    331       <listitem>
    332         <para>VBoxManage: Added the ability to query the guest's mount points via a new "mount"
    333           Guest Control sub command. Requires at least 7.1 Guest Additions</para>
    334       </listitem>
    335 
    336       <listitem>
    337         <para>Python: Our API bindings for Python 2.x is now marked as being deprecated and will
    338           be removed in a future version. Please upgrade your code to use Python 3</para>
    339       </listitem>
    340 
    341       <listitem>
    342         <para>VBoxShell: Lots of smaller and bigger bugfixes + Python 3.x compatibility</para>
     93        <para>placeholder</para>
    34394      </listitem>
    34495
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