Re: [Qemu-devel] Highlighting changes in QEMU 2.5

[Amit Shah]

Ping.

I haven't received any responses so far, please let me know if you're
planning on doing this.

Thanks,

On (Tue) 24 Nov 2015 [10:28:25], Amit Shah wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The 2.5 release is close - and I'm collecting a list of notable
> changes and features once more.  The video made for the 2.4 release
> [1] was popular, and I'm volunteering to make one for 2.5 as well.  In
> addition, we need more feature pages, and there's a template at [2]
> that you can use to base feature pages off.
> 
> I've CC'ed maintainers whose pull reqs got merged for the 2.5 cycle,
> but this is not restricted to maintainers only - feature owners are
> welcome to submit their videos and author feature pages as well --
> please coordinate with the maintainers who sent pull reqs so there's
> no duplication of content for the video.
> 
> Please get me the videos before Monday, 7 December, and I can then get
> the final video ready in time for the 10th December release date.
> 
> For the feature pages, please link them to the ChangeLog page at [3].
> 
> Details:
> 
> This time, we can actually put the video out on release day (even
> within the release announcement?) since we have a bit of time on
> hands.  Can you please go through the notable enhancements in your
> subsystems for the 2.5 release, and send me a short (max. 2 mins)
> video highlighting the changes in 2.5, and optionally something about
> where we're headed in the future with those changes?  A brief note on
> how those changes impact users (directly, or via higher level
> software, e.g. openstack) will be useful.
> 
> The video can be shot using a phone camera (preferably the main
> camera), or a webcam / laptop cam.  For consistency, it's better if
> the videos are at least 720p (higher the better!), and have as less
> background noise as possible.  I can remove the background noise using
> audacity, but that makes the main voice sound robotic, so it's better
> not to resort to that.
> 
> Please upload to some file sharing service (preferably no login
> required), and send me a pointer.
> 
> 
> Additionally, more search-friendly text-based feature pages help
> users, testers and future contributors a lot, so please create feature
> pages for major changes, and include as much information as possible.
> The template at [2] should be a good start to help thinking about what
> information to include.
> 
> 
> [1] http://log.amitshah.net/2015/09/qemu-maintainers-on-the-2-4-release/
> [2] http://qemu-project.org/NewFeatureTemplate
> [3] http://qemu-project.org/ChangeLog/2.5
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>               Amit
> 
> 

                Amit