From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: Re: Xen 4.2 Release Plan / TODO Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:19:45 +0000 Message-ID: <1332411585.8817.55.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> References: <1332154645.9223.35.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <1332409993.8817.44.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: George Dunlap , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org T24gVGh1LCAyMDEyLTAzLTIyIGF0IDEwOjA4ICswMDAwLCBHZW9yZ2UgRHVubGFwIHdyb3RlOgo+ IE9uIFRodSwgTWFyIDIyLCAyMDEyIGF0IDk6NTMgQU0sIElhbiBDYW1wYmVsbCA8SWFuLkNhbXBi ZWxsQGNpdHJpeC5jb20+IHdyb3RlOgo+ID4gT24gVGh1LCAyMDEyLTAzLTIyIGF0IDA5OjM1ICsw MDAwLCBHZW9yZ2UgRHVubGFwIHdyb3RlOgo+ID4+IE9uIE1vbiwgTWFyIDE5LCAyMDEyIGF0IDEw 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