RELEASE_NOTES
changeset 4081 74180c1a3af9
parent 3982 4f370a1b637c
child 4302 5791e06dc1d1
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Mon Jan 12 13:36:19 2009 +0100
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Mon Jan 12 13:40:38 2009 +0100
@@ -8,12 +8,62 @@
 including tutorials:
 http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
 
-Release 3.3 (pending)
+Release 3.4 (pending)
 =====================
 
 Availability
 ------------
 This release is immediately available from:
+http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.4.tar.bz2
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+ns-3.2 has been tested on the following platforms:
+  - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
+  - linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
+  - MacOS X ppc and x86
+  - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only)
+
+Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
+wiki for more information:
+http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation
+
+New user-visible features
+-------------------------
+  a) Wifi models: Timo Bingman contributed a ThreeLogDistance and a Nakagami
+     propagation loss model based on the ns-2 models. Fabian Mauchle contributed
+     multicast support.
+
+
+API changes from ns-3.3
+-----------------------
+API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html
+
+Known issues
+------------
+ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms:
+  - gcc 3.3 and earlier
+  - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5
+  - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x
+  - optimized builds on Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 x86 gcc4.3.2
+  - MinGW
+
+The IPv4 API defined in src/node/ipv4.h is expected to undergo major changes 
+in preparation of the merge of the IPv6 API and implementation.
+
+Future releases
+---------------
+Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will
+feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including
+fuller IPv6 support, and IPv4 and routing protocol refactoring, and some smaller
+features such as an object naming facility and a new Global ARP package.
+
+Release 3.3
+===========
+
+Availability
+------------
+This release is immediately available from:
 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.3.tar.bz2
 
 Supported platforms