From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roger Pau Monne Subject: Re: Xen 4.2 Release Plan / TODO Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:55:11 +0100 Message-ID: <4FFFF07F.1050004@citrix.com> References: <1341226929.4625.20.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <4FF478A3.9080406@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4FF478A3.9080406@citrix.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Ian Campbell Cc: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Um9nZXIgUGF1IE1vbm5lIHdyb3RlOgo+IElhbiBDYW1wYmVsbCB3cm90ZToKPj4gUGxhbiBmb3Ig YSA0LjIgcmVsZWFzZToKPj4gaHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnhlbi5vcmcvYXJjaGl2ZXMvaHRtbC94ZW4t ZGV2ZWwvMjAxMi0wMy9tc2cwMDc5My5odG1sCj4+Cj4+IFRoZSB0aW1lIGxpbmUgaXMgYXMgZm9s bG93czoKPj4KPj4gMTkgTWFyY2ggICAgICAgIC0tIFRPRE8gbGlzdCBsb2NrZWQgZG93bgo+PiAy 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