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commit 6e1fe3892fbcde3eff76b8f39a04727b88117c8a
Author: Joan Touzet <wo...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 28 08:32:42 2020 -0800

    Clarifications in 3.0 relnotes
---
 src/whatsnew/3.0.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 5477486..45fb7d2 100644
--- a/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Upgrade Notes
 
 * Due to code changes in :ghissue:`2324`, it is not possible to upgrade transparently from
   CouchDB 1.x to 3.x. In addition, the ``couchup`` utility has been removed from CouchDB
-  3.0 by :ghissue:`2399`:. If you are upgrading from CouchDB 1.x, you must first upgrade
+  3.0 by :ghissue:`2399`. If you are upgrading from CouchDB 1.x, you must first upgrade
   to CouchDB 2.3.1 to convert your database and indexes, using ``couchup`` if desired.
   You can then upgrade to CouchDB 3.0. Or, you can start a new CouchDB 3.0 installation
   and replicate directly from 1.x to 3.0.
@@ -210,15 +210,27 @@ Features and Enhancements
   compatibility table`_: click on "Show obsolete platforms," then look for "FF 60 ESR"
   in the list of engine types.
 
-  However, it was discovered that on ARM 64-bit platforms, SM 60 segfaults frequently.
-  Also, at the time of writing, of the set of platforms supported for convenience
-  binaries, only Debian 10.x ("buster") ships precompiled SM 60 binaries.
+  However, it was discovered that on some ARM 64-bit distributions, SM 60 segfaults
+  frequently, including the SM 60 packages on CentOS 8 and Debian 10.
 
-  As a result, CouchDB's convenience binaries **only link against SM 60 on debian buster
+  As a result, CouchDB's convenience binaries **only link against SM 60 on the
   ``x86_64`` and ``ppc64le`` architectures**. This includes the Docker image for these
-  architectures. All other packages and Docker images link against SM 1.8.5, as in CouchDB
-  2.x. As OSes update to include binaries for SM 60, the convenience binaries will be
-  updated accordingly.
+  architectures.
+
+  At present, CouchDB ships with SM 60 linked in on the following binary distributions:
+
+  * Debian buster (10.x)
+  * CentOS / RedHat 8.x
+  * macOS (10.10+)
+  * Windows (7+)
+  * Docker (3.0.0)
+  * FreeBSD (CURRENT)
+
+  We expect to add SM 60 support to Ubuntu with Focal Fossa (20.04 LTS) when it ships in
+  April 2020.
+
+  It is unlikely we will backport SM 60 packages to older versions of Debian, CentOS,
+  RedHat, or Ubuntu.
 
 * The Windows installer has many improvements, including: