--- a/RELEASE_NOTES Fri Jun 26 13:40:14 2009 +0200
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES Fri Jun 26 13:58:03 2009 +0200
@@ -13,7 +13,21 @@
Availability
------------
-This release is scheduled for June/July 2009
+This release is immediately available from:
+http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.5.tar.bz2
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+ns-3.4 has been tested on the following platforms:
+ - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
+ - linux x86_64 gcc 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
+ - MacOS X ppc and x86 (gcc 4.0.x and 4.2.x)
+ - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only), gcc 4.3.2 (debug and optimized)
+ - mingw gcc 3.4.5 (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
-------------------------
@@ -26,7 +40,12 @@
- 802.11b PHY support (Gary Pei)
- Nakagami propagation loss model (Timo Bingmann)
- radiotap and prism headers for PCAP output (Nicola Baldo)
- c) GammaVariable and ErlangVariable (Timo Bingmann)
+ c) RandomVariable:
+ - GammaVariable and ErlangVariable (Timo Bingmann)
+ - ZipfVariable (Francesco Malandrino)
+ d) UdpEcho: allows setting the payload of echo packets
+ e) Ipv4/Ipv4RoutingProtocol: allow fine-grained control over
+ routing policy and arbitrary composition of routing protocols
API changes from ns-3.4
-----------------------
@@ -34,6 +53,20 @@
internal API and composition of the IPv4 stack underwent significant
refactoring in this release cycle.
+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
+
+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 some smaller features such as a new Global ARP package
+and possibly a new Testing and Validation suite.
+
Release 3.4
===========