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diff --git a/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml b/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bd9b50e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,446 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- Release change log structure + +Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and +earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g. +5.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is +kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning, +particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible, +should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the +upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or +development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches +please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log +sections for earlier releases are merged in. + +Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally +only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group +are ordered as follows: + + VMM-related entries (most important) + GUI-related entries (most visible for users) + Device-related entries + VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries + Host-related entries + Guest-related entries + BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries + +Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for +users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please +also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use +technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough. +--> +<chapter> + +<!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work. + So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. --> + + <sect1> + <title>Version 6.0.4 (2019-01-28)</title> + + <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or + added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>Virtualization core: support Shanghai/Zhaoxin CPUs.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>User interface: handle command line arguments to VirtualBox correctly + (bugs #18206 and #18197)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>User interface: improvements to machine manager window, virtual + optical disk creator, storage selector window and log viewer window + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>User interface: various small fixes and improvements</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Audio: implemented time scheduling for the AC'97 device emulation + to keep audio and video in sync</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Graphics: basic support for VMSVGA graphics device in virtual + machines using EFI</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Network: fix occasional NATNet crashes (bug #13899)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Network: worked around problems in certain PCnet drivers + on old operating systems</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Serial: fixed connecting to pseudo terminals on POSIX hosts + (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux hosts and guests: fix for building kernel modules + against Linux 5.0. Thank you Kyle Laker</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + + <title>Version 6.0.2 (2019-01-15)</title> + + <para> + This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed + and/or added: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: fixed creation of desktop shortcuts for + starting virtual machines (bug #18207) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: allow the first run window to selecting host drives + (bug #18230) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: fixed attaching empty host optical drives (bug #18223) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: implemented a new virtual optical disk creation + window + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + USB: modified Linux backends to reset USB devices (previously, most + guest attempts to reset USB devices were ignored) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + PCnet: fixed a regression which caused some PCnet PCI guest + drivers to not detect the emulated hardware (bug #18286) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux hosts: Skip device enumeration if PulseAudio interface is + not available</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux hosts: fixed conflict between Debian and Oracle build desktop + files (bug #18264) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux and MacOS hosts: VirtualBoxVM command not accessible (bug #18257) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Windows guests: multiple monitor fixes with VBoxSVGA graphics + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Windows guests: black screen with VBoxSVGA graphics when 3D is + disabled (bug #18205) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux guests: fixed building drivers on SLES 12.4 (bug #18213) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux guests: fixed building shared folder driver with older + kernels (bug #18238) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + OS/2 shared folders: fixed write regression introduced in 6.0.0 GA + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect1> + + <sect1> + + <title>Version 6.0.0 (2018-12-18)</title> + + <para> + This is a major update. The following major new features were + added: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle + Cloud Infrastructure + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support, + including better detection and per-machine configuration + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful + application and virtual machine set-up + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control + the guest file system and copy files between host and guest. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows + guests, and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and + Solaris guests + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Added support for surround speaker setups (as used by Windows + 10 Build 1809) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Added utility <computeroutput>vboximg-mount</computeroutput> + on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the + host + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Added support for using Hyper-V as the fallback execution core + on Windows host, to avoid inability to run VMs at the price of + reduced performance + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + <para> + In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Execution core: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances + (bug #17316) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + User interface: video and audio recording can now be + separately enabled + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Audio: better support for attaching and detaching remote + desktop connections + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Serial port emulation fixes + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Serial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while + a machine is running (bug #6115) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Networking: Added a workaround for older guests which do not + enable bus mastering for the virtio PCI device + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Networking: fixed wrong RCODE from DNS AAAA query with + --natdnshostresolver1 (bug #18171) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an + iSCSI target is automatically determined, for targets with + non-zero LUNs + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Transparently resize disk images when merging if possible + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + VBoxManage: support for DHCP options + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fixed VNC/RDP (bug #18153) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Guest Control: various new interfaces and features (see SDK + documentation) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Solaris: installer fixes + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Shared folders: performance improvements + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate + handling with recent Windows 10 builds + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard + kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + MacOS Guest Additions: initial support + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + BIOS fixes + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + ACPI: Up to four custom ACPI tables can now be configured for + a VM + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect1> + +</chapter> |