From 50307c4fb69e3039fa9e462622c3f279428c7a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "ahrenholz@gmail.com" Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:07:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added 4.5 release notes --- wiki/ReleaseNotes.wiki | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/ReleaseNotes.wiki b/wiki/ReleaseNotes.wiki index 64146fe1..14c632b7 100644 --- a/wiki/ReleaseNotes.wiki +++ b/wiki/ReleaseNotes.wiki @@ -3,6 +3,58 @@ Refer to the NamespaceKernels and CustomKernels pages for info on good/bad kernels and supported networking features. = 4.5 = +CORE 4.5 is planned to be released around 4/5/13. Currently a 4.5rc1 release candidate is being prepared and tested. + +The high-level changes since version 4.4 are: + +*GUI* + * improved behavior when starting GUI without daemon, or using File New after connection with daemon is lost + * fix various GUI issues when reconnecting to a session + * support 3D GUI via output to SDT3D + * added "Execute Python script..." entry to the File Menu + * support user-defined terminal program instead of hard-coded xterm + * added session options for "enable RJ45s", "preserve session dir" + * added buttons to the IP Addresses dialog for removing all/selected IPv4/IPv6 + * allow sessions with multiple canvases to enter RUNTIME state + * added "--addons" startup mode to pass control to code included from addons dir + * added "Locked" entry to View menu to prevent moving items + * use currently selected node type when invoking a topology generator + * updated throughput plots with resizing, color picker, plot labels, locked scales, and save/load plot configuration with imn file + * improved session dialog + +*EMANE* + * EMANE 0.8.1 support with backwards-compatibility for 0.7.4 + * extend CommEffect model to generate CommEffect events upon receipt of Link Messages having link effects + +*Services* + * updated FTP service with root directory for anonymous users + * added HTTP, PCAP, BIRD, RADVD, and Babel services + * support copying existing files instead of always generating them + * added "Services..." entry to node right-click menu + * added "View" button for side-by-side comparison when copying customized config files + * updated Quagga daemons to wait for zebra.vty VTY file before starting + +*General* + * XML import and export + * renamed "cored.py" to "cored", "coresendmsg.py" to "coresendmsg" + * code reorganization and clean-up + * updated XML export to write NetworkPlan, MotionPlan, and ServicePlan within a Scenario tag, added new "Save As XML..." File menu entry + * added script_start/pause/stop options to Ns2ScriptedMobility + * "python" source sub-directory renamed to "daemon" + * added "cored -e" option to execute a Python script, adding its session to the active sessions list, allowing for GUI connection + * support comma-separated list for custom_services_dir in core.conf file + * updated kernel patches for Linux kernel 3.5 + * support RFC 6164-style IPv6 /127 addressing + +*ns-3* + * integrate ns-3 node location between CORE and ns-3 simulation + * added ns-3 random walk mobility example + * updated ns-3 Wifi example to allow GUI connection and moving of nodes + + * fixed the following bugs:
54, 136, 153, 157, 161, 162, 165, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 190 + +Known issues with 4.5: + * known issues will be listed here = 4.4 = CORE 4.4 was released on 9/25/12. Packages are available for Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 and Fedora 17/16.