>From: Achim Hasenmüller >Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:06 AM > >Geoff, > >4.0 is a major release with improvements everywhere. I don't think it brings fewer >changes than 3.2, in terms of LOCs changed it might be even bigger. We have >made significant improvements to the API (all based on feedback from >developers) and the hypervisor. It's true that we've put more focus on GUI and >usability this time, mainly because we've neglected that area for too long while >were were busy with other things. With 3.2, we went into production with very >large and very multithreaded systems (thousands of VMs on very big machines) >and this revealed several very hard to find race conditions. As part of that, we >have introduced a lock validator (amazing technology in itself) so these issues are >covered now. > >BTW, this extension pack architecture in 4.0 is quite amazing, that was a major >effort and it actually means a fundamental change of architecture. No more OSE >vs PUEL just VirtualBox (100% OSS) + optional PUEL extension pack and possibly >more 3rd party extension packs. > >We are hoping for active beta participation so that we can incorporate a lot of >feedback and do a good 4.0 release. Of course, 3.2 will remain in active >maintenance for quite a while. >
Hi Achim. I agree, the changes to the API are welcome and from what I see, help solve some of the challenges we have encountered during our development. Overall, it should lead to a much more stable system. Thanks!! Geoff _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
