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     5
     6  <sect1>
     7    <title>Version 5.2.0 (2017-xx-xx)</title>
     8
     9    <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
     10      were added:</para>
     11
     12    <itemizedlist>
     13
     14      <listitem>
     15        <para>VM export to Oracle Cloud (OPC)</para>
     16      </listitem>
     17
     18      <listitem>
     19        <para>Unattended guest installation (bug #5810)</para>
     20      </listitem>
     21
     22      <listitem>
     23        <para>Overhauled VM selector GUI (better tools layout,
     24          new icons</para>
     25      </listitem>
     26
     27    </itemizedlist>
     28
     29    <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
     30
     31    <itemizedlist>
     32
     33      <listitem>
     34        <para>GUI: improvements with accessibility support</para>
     35      </listitem>
     36
     37      <listitem>
     38        <para>Audio improvements</para>
     39      </listitem>
     40
     41      <listitem>
     42        <para>EFI: better video mode handling</para>
     43      </listitem>
     44
     45
     46
     47    </itemizedlist>
     48  </sect1>
     49
     50  <sect1>
     51    <title>Version 5.1.26 (2017-07-27)</title>
     52
     53    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     54      added:</para>
     55
     56    <itemizedlist>
     57
     58      <listitem>
     59        <para>VMM: reset the TSC on VM reset to work around a Windows bug
     60          (bug #16643)</para>
     61      </listitem>
     62
     63      <listitem>
     64        <para>Audio: fixed memory leak when enabled with VRDP connections
     65          (5.1.24 regression; bug #16928)</para>
     66      </listitem>
     67
     68      <listitem>
     69        <para>Audio: fixed creation of too many sound sinks on Linux hosts when
     70          using the PulseAudio backend (bug #16938)</para>
     71      </listitem>
     72
     73      <listitem>
     74        <para>Audio: implemented record gain registers for AC'97 emulation;
     75          those are needed for newer Ubuntu guests which rely on those when controlling
     76          gain and muting the recording (capturing) levels</para>
     77      </listitem>
     78
     79      <listitem>
     80        <para>Storage: fixed hang when using the emulated NVMe controller with the
     81          SPDK (bug #16945)</para>
     82      </listitem>
     83
     84      <listitem>
     85        <para>Mouse: double click was not working with a precision touchpad
     86          (bug #14632)</para>
     87      </listitem>
     88
     89      <listitem>
     90        <para>Linux hosts: properly bring up host-only network interfaces with
     91          <emphasis>iproute</emphasis> (5.1.24 regression; bug #16911)</para>
     92      </listitem>
     93
     94      <listitem>
     95        <para>Linux hosts: provide Python 3 libraries for deb/rpm packages</para>
     96      </listitem>
     97
     98      <listitem>
     99        <para>Windows hosts: make it possible to use host-only networking
     100          without having bridged networking installed</para>
     101      </listitem>
     102
     103      <listitem>
     104        <para>Windows guests: fixed automatic logons for Vista and newer
     105          Windows guests (5.1.24 regression; bug #16921)</para>
     106      </listitem>
     107
     108    </itemizedlist>
     109  </sect1>
     110
     111  <sect1>
     112    <title>Version 5.1.24 (2017-07-18)</title>
     113
     114    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     115      added:</para>
     116
     117    <itemizedlist>
     118
     119      <listitem>
     120        <para>VMM: mask the VME CPUID capability on AMD Ryzen processors
     121          for now to make certain guests works, for example Windows XP</para>
     122      </listitem>
     123
     124      <listitem>
     125        <para>VMM: emulate more SSE2 instructions</para>
     126      </listitem>
     127
     128      <listitem>
     129        <para>VMM: properly clear the <emphasis>TF</emphasis> and
     130          <emphasis>AC</emphasis> flags when dispatching real-mode
     131          interrupts</para>
     132      </listitem>
     133
     134      <listitem>
     135        <para>GUI: fixes to make the mini-toolbar work with recent versions
     136          of KDE / Plasma (bug #16325)</para>
     137      </listitem>
     138
     139      <listitem>
     140        <para>GUI: fixed a potential crash when a VM with multiple screens is
     141          running in full screen / seamless mode and a host screen is removed,
     142          for example when connecting to the host via RDP</para>
     143      </listitem>
     144
     145      <listitem>
     146        <para>GUI: fixed initial size hints for guests which
     147          set intermediate sizes before responding (bug #16593)</para>
     148      </listitem>
     149
     150      <listitem>
     151        <para>GUI: prevent stopped screen updates or black screen on reboot
     152          in a multi-screen setup under certain conditions</para>
     153      </listitem>
     154
     155      <listitem>
     156        <para>Audio: many improvements for Windows 10 guests (bugs #15189,
     157          #15925, #16170, #16682, #16794 and others)</para>
     158      </listitem>
     159
     160      <listitem>
     161        <para>Storage: fixed possible crash when using Intels SPDK</para>
     162      </listitem>
     163
     164      <listitem>
     165        <para>API: use the correct file name of the VM machine state if the
     166          VM settings directory is renamed, for example during grouping /
     167          ungrouping a VM (bugs #16074 and #16745)</para>
     168      </listitem>
     169
     170      <listitem>
     171        <para>API: return the correct error code if powering up a VM fails</para>
     172      </listitem>
     173
     174      <listitem>
     175        <para>API: video recording did not automatically start at VM start
     176          when enabled in the VM settings (bug #16803)</para>
     177      </listitem>
     178
     179      <listitem>
     180        <para>API: when relocating a medium, check that the target path is
     181          fully qualified</para>
     182      </listitem>
     183
     184      <listitem>
     185        <para>EFI: fix for VMs with more than 3504MB RAM (bug #11103)</para>
     186      </listitem>
     187
     188      <listitem>
     189        <para>Host-only adapter: correctly determine IPv4 netmasks on Windows
     190          hosts (bug #16826)</para>
     191      </listitem>
     192
     193      <listitem>
     194        <para>NAT network: properly do the refcounting for starting / stopping
     195          the NAT / DHCP services if the NAT network is changed while the
     196          adapter network connection type is anything else but NAT network</para>
     197      </listitem>
     198
     199      <listitem>
     200        <para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>controlvm videocapfile</emphasis>
     201          (bug #16779)</para>
     202      </listitem>
     203
     204      <listitem>
     205        <para>Windows hosts: another fix for Windows insider builds
     206          (bug #16892)</para>
     207      </listitem>
     208
     209      <listitem>
     210        <para>Windows hosts: fixed crashes if driver verifier is enabled
     211          (bug #15741)</para>
     212      </listitem>
     213
     214      <listitem>
     215        <para>Linux / Mac OS X hosts: more fixes for loading shared libraries
     216          (5.1.20 regression; bugs #16778, #16693)</para>
     217      </listitem>
     218
     219      <listitem>
     220        <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.12 fixes (bugs #16725, #16800)</para>
     221      </listitem>
     222
     223      <listitem>
     224        <para>Linux hosts / guests: reduce the kernel stack consumption for
     225          Linux kernels with <emphasis>CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK</emphasis>
     226          defined</para>
     227      </listitem>
     228
     229      <listitem>
     230        <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixes for kernel modules built with gcc-7
     231          (bug #16772)</para>
     232      </listitem>
     233
     234      <listitem>
     235        <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.13 fix (bug #16887)</para>
     236      </listitem>
     237
     238      <listitem>
     239        <para>Linux hosts: don't depend on <emphasis>net-tools</emphasis> on newer
     240          distributions as this package is deprecated in favour of
     241          <emphasis>iproute</emphasis> (bug #16764)</para>
     242      </listitem>
     243
     244      <listitem>
     245        <para>Linux hosts: make 2D video acceleration available for older
     246          Linux distributions (5.1 regression; bug #16858)</para>
     247      </listitem>
     248
     249      <listitem>
     250        <para>Linux Additions: fix for dynamic resizing with Oracle Linux 6
     251           with UEK4</para>
     252      </listitem>
     253
     254      <listitem>
     255        <para>Linux Additions: make Fedora 25 and 26 Alpha work when 3D
     256           pass-through is enabled</para>
     257      </listitem>
     258
     259      <listitem>
     260        <para>Linux Additions: no longer recommend removing distribution-
     261           installed Additions if they are updated to our guidelines</para>
     262      </listitem>
     263
     264    </itemizedlist>
     265  </sect1>
    5266
    6267  <sect1>
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