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Changeset 76282 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual


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Changelog: 6.0.0 updates.

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    r76280 r76282  
    2222    VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries
    2323    Host-related entries
    24     Guest-related entries -->
     24    Guest-related entries
     25    BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries
     26   
     27Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for
     28users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux.  Please
     29also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use
     30technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough.
     31-->
    2532<chapter>
    2633
    … …  
    2936
    3037  <sect1>
    31     <title>Version 6.0.0 release candidate 2 (2018-xx-xx)</title>
     38    <title>Version 6.0.0 (2018-12-18)</title>
    3239
    3340    <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
    … …  
    3744
    3845      <listitem>
    39         <para>Dummy entry</para>
     46        <para>Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
     47           Cloud Infrastructure</para>
    4048      </listitem>
    4149
    42     </itemizedlist>
    43 
    44     <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
    45 
    46     <itemizedlist>
     50      <listitem>
     51        <para>User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support,
     52          including better detection and per-machine configuration</para>
     53      </listitem>
    4754
    4855      <listitem>
    49         <para>VMM: fixed single-stepping over certain instructions when falling
    50           back from HM execution to the interpreter (bug #17316)</para>
     56        <para>Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful
     57           application and virtual machine set-up</para>
    5158      </listitem>
    5259
    53     </itemizedlist>
    54   </sect1>
    55 
    56   <sect1>
    57 
    58     <title>Version 6.0.0 release candidate 1 (2018-12-10)</title>
    59 
    60     <para>
    61       This is a major update. The following major new features were
    62       added:
    63     </para>
    64 
    65     <itemizedlist>
     60      <listitem>
     61        <para>User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control
     62           the guest file system and copy files between host and guest.</para>
     63      </listitem>
    6664
    6765      <listitem>
    68         <para>Audio: added support for surround speaker setups (e.g. used by
     66        <para>Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows guests,
     67           and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and Solaris guests
     68           </para>
     69      </listitem>
     70
     71      <listitem>
     72        <para>Added support for surround speaker setups (as used by
    6973          Windows 10 Build 1809)</para>
    7074      </listitem>
    7175
    7276      <listitem>
    73         <para>Storage: added utility <computeroutput>vboximg-mount</computeroutput>
    74           on OS X to access the content of disk images on the host.</para>
     77        <para>Added utility <computeroutput>vboximg-mount</computeroutput>
     78           on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the host
     79           </para>
    7580      </listitem>
    76 
    77     </itemizedlist>
    78 
    79     <para>
    80       In addition, the following items were fixed or added:
    81     </para>
    82 
    83     <itemizedlist>
    84 
    85       <listitem>
    86         <para>Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard
    87            kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)</para>
    88       </listitem>
    89 
    90       <listitem>
    91         <para>Shared folders: performance improvements</para>
    92       </listitem>
    93 
    94     </itemizedlist>
    95 
    96   </sect1>
    97   <sect1>
    98     <title>Version 6.0.0_BETA3 (2018-11-30)</title>
    99 
    100     <para>This is a beta release. The following major new features
    101       were added:</para>
    102 
    103     <itemizedlist>
    104 
    105       <listitem>
    106         <para>OCI integration: exporting a VM is now possible from the command line
    107           interface (VBoxManage)</para>
    108       </listitem>
    109 
    110       <listitem>
    111         <para>OCI integration: all virtualized shapes are supported, e.g.
    112           VM.Standard2.*</para>
    113       </listitem>
    114 
    115       <listitem>
    116         <para>Devices/graphics: enable support for VMSVGA graphics device emulation
    117           by default</para>
    118       </listitem>
    119 
    120       <listitem>
    121         <para>VBoxManage: support for DHCP options</para>
    122       </listitem>
    123 
    124       <listitem>
    125         <para>Windows guests: support VMSVGA in the Windows Additions</para>
    126       </listitem>
    127 
    128     </itemizedlist>
    129 
    130     <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
    131 
    132     <itemizedlist>
    133 
    134       <listitem>
    135         <para>Serial: allow changing the serial port attachment while the
    136           VM is running (bug #6115)</para>
    137       </listitem>
    138 
    139       <listitem>
    140         <para>Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
    141       </listitem>
    142 
    143       <listitem>
    144         <para>Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
    145       </listitem>
    146 
    147       <listitem>
    148         <para>Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions</para>
    149       </listitem>
    150 
    151     </itemizedlist>
    152   </sect1>
    153 
    154   <sect1>
    155     <title>Version 6.0.0_BETA2 (2018-11-15)</title>
    156 
    157     <para>This is a beta release. The following major new features
    158       were added:</para>
    159 
    160     <itemizedlist>
    161 
    162       <listitem>
    163         <para>User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control the guest file system and copy file objects between host and guest.</para>
    164       </listitem>
    165 
    166     </itemizedlist>
    167 
    168     <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
    169 
    170     <itemizedlist>
    171 
    172       <listitem>
    173         <para>Oracle Cloud integration fixes and improvements</para>
    174       </listitem>
    175 
    176       <listitem>
    177         <para>User interface: many improvements</para>
    178       </listitem>
    179 
    180       <listitem>
    181         <para>Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements</para>
    182       </listitem>
    183 
    184       <listitem>
    185         <para>Devices: new BusLogic ISA variant</para>
    186       </listitem>
    187 
    188       <listitem>
    189         <para>Devices: serial port fixes</para>
    190       </listitem>
    191 
    192       <listitem>
    193         <para>BIOS: fixes</para>
    194       </listitem>
    195 
    196       <listitem>
    197         <para>API: transparently resize disk images when merging if
    198           possible</para>
    199       </listitem>
    200 
    201       <listitem>
    202         <para>Solaris: installer fixes</para>
    203       </listitem>
    204 
    205       <listitem>
    206         <para>Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate
    207           handling with recent Windows 10 builds</para>
    208       </listitem>
    209 
    210       <listitem>
    211         <para>Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting</para>
    212       </listitem>
    213 
    214       <listitem>
    215         <para>OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support</para>
    216       </listitem>
    217 
    218     </itemizedlist>
    219   </sect1>
    220 
    221   <sect1>
    222     <title>Version 6.0.0_BETA1 (2018-10-22)</title>
    223 
    224     <para>This is a beta release. The following major new features
    225       were added:</para>
    226 
    227     <itemizedlist>
    228 
    229       <listitem>
    230         <para>OCI Integration: implemented support for exporting a VM to
    231           Oracle Cloud Infrastructure</para>
    232       </listitem>
    233 
    234       <listitem>
    235         <para>User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support,
    236           including better using host HiDPI support, HiDPI icons,
    237           improved detection and per-machine configuration</para>
    238       </listitem>
    239 
    240       <listitem>
    241         <para>User interface: major rework of interface style with improved
    242           ease of access for application and machine set-up</para>
    243       </listitem>
    244 
    245       <listitem>
    246         <para>User interface: an improved logviewer widget.</para>
    247       </listitem>
    248 
    249       <listitem>
    250         <para>User interface: several improvements to import appliance and clone virtual machine wizards including (not limited to) enabling user to select non-default folders per machine.</para>
    251       </listitem>
    252 
    253       <listitem>
    254         <para>User interface: a new floppy disk creation widget enabling user to create/add a (optionally formatted) floppy disk.</para>
    255       </listitem>
    256 
    257       <listitem>
    258         <para>User interface: a new media selection widget enabling the user to select one of the already known media or select a disk image file.</para>
    259       </listitem>
    260 
    26181    </itemizedlist>
    26282
    … …  
    27191
    27292      <listitem>
    273         <para>Audio: implemented support for attaching / detaching VRDE
    274           audio drivers at runtime</para>
     93        <para>Execution: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances
     94           (bug #17316)</para>
    27595      </listitem>
    27696
    27797      <listitem>
    278         <para>Guest Control: various new APIs and features were implemented
    279           (see SDK documentation for more)</para>
     98        <para>Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements</para>
     99      </listitem>
     100
     101      <listitem>
     102        <para>Audio: better support for attaching and detaching remote desktop
     103           connections</para>
     104      </listitem>
     105
     106      <listitem>
     107        <para>New BusLogic ISA device variant</para>
     108      </listitem>
     109
     110      <listitem>
     111        <para>Serial port emulation fixes</para>
     112      </listitem>
     113
     114      <listitem>
     115        <para>Serial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while a
     116           machine is running (bug #6115)</para>
    280117      </listitem>
    281118
    … …  
    287124      <listitem>
    288125        <para>iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an iSCSI
    289           target is automatically determined; this makes eases the use of iSCSI
    290           targets with LUNs other than zero
     126          target is automatically determined, for targets with non-zero LUNs
    291127        </para>
     128      </listitem>
     129
     130      <listitem>
     131        <para>API: transparently resize disk images when merging if
     132          possible</para>
     133      </listitem>
     134
     135      <listitem>
     136        <para>VBoxManage: support for DHCP options</para>
     137      </listitem>
     138
     139      <listitem>
     140        <para>Guest Control: various new interfaces and features
     141          (see SDK documentation)</para>
     142      </listitem>
     143
     144      <listitem>
     145        <para>Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
     146      </listitem>
     147
     148      <listitem>
     149        <para>Solaris: installer fixes</para>
     150      </listitem>
     151
     152      <listitem>
     153        <para>Shared folders: performance improvements</para>
     154      </listitem>
     155
     156      <listitem>
     157        <para>Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting</para>
     158      </listitem>
     159
     160      <listitem>
     161        <para>Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate
     162          handling with recent Windows 10 builds</para>
     163      </listitem>
     164
     165      <listitem>
     166        <para>Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard
     167           kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)</para>
     168      </listitem>
     169
     170      <listitem>
     171        <para>Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
     172      </listitem>
     173
     174      <listitem>
     175        <para>Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions</para>
     176      </listitem>
     177
     178      <listitem>
     179        <para>OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support</para>
     180      </listitem>
     181
     182      <listitem>
     183        <para>BIOS fixes</para>
    292184      </listitem>
    293185
    … …  
    296188        </para>
    297189      </listitem>
    298 
    299190    </itemizedlist>
    300191  </sect1>
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