update RELEASE_NOTES in preparation of rc2
authorMathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:58:03 +0200
changeset 4612 0053aa3d8c22
parent 4611 eb6e86305f4f
child 4613 e66fc1287031
child 4616 a84f60b6cd12
update RELEASE_NOTES in preparation of rc2
RELEASE_NOTES
--- 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
 ===========