From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: Xen 4.2 TODO / Release Plan Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:26:55 +0100 Message-ID: <1336991215.31817.59.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org UGxhbiBmb3IgYSA0LjIgcmVsZWFzZToKaHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnhlbi5vcmcvYXJjaGl2ZXMvaHRt bC94ZW4tZGV2ZWwvMjAxMi0wMy9tc2cwMDc5My5odG1sCgpUaGUgdGltZSBsaW5lIGlzIGFzIGZv bGxvd3M6CgoxOSBNYXJjaCAgICAgICAgLS0gVE9ETyBsaXN0IGxvY2tlZCBkb3duCjIgQXByaWwg ICAgICAgICAtLSBGZWF0dXJlIEZyZWV6ZQogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICA8PCBXRSBBUkUgSEVSRQpNaWQvTGF0ZSBNYXkgICAgLS0gRmlyc3Qg cmVsZWFzZSBjYW5kaWRhdGUKV2Vla2x5ICAgICAgICAgIC0tIFJDTisxIHVudGlsIGl0IGlzIHJl 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