[DRAFT] [ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 Release

[Nicolas Vazquez <nv...@apache.org>]

Hi All,

Please find a draft below for the announcement of the 4.16.0.0 release. I
am still working on getting the inks ready. Feel free to review the
existing list/add missing items to the list of features. Any suggestions on
that will be incorporated.

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*The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.16*

Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 is a 4.16 LTS release with over 22 major new
features, and over 244 enhancements and fixes since 4.15. Highlights
include:
- System VM Template improvements
- CKS Support for Cluster Autoscaling
- Dell EMC VxFlex integration
- Linstor Volume Plugin integration
- Support for OpenSuse
- Support for Rocky Linux
- Granular control of dynamic scaling of VM’s CPU/RAM
- Comments in the UI
- Resource Icons
- Bulk actions through the UI
- UI for VM Ingestion
- L2 Networks Persistent modern
- cloudstack-setup-databases script improvement
- Add mac learning mode in network offering
- API-call to declare host as Degraded
- New API endpoint to update pod management network IP range
- Add New API endpoint: UpdateVlanIpRange

# Documentation
The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html

The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous
versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/upgrading/index.html
The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of
the releases are available on our documentation page:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/

# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.16.0.0 release can be downloaded from
our downloads page: http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html

In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors
have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack
download page, and can be found at:
http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/

Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption
report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider
clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known
Apache CloudStack users are available at
http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html

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Regards,
Nicolas Vazquez