====
-Version 2.6.0 beta2
+Version 2.7.0 beta0
-------------------
-*(Released Mon, 11 Jun 2012)*
+*(unreleased)*
+
+- ``gnt-instance batch-create`` has been changed to use the bulk create
+ opcode from Ganeti. This lead to incompatible changes in the format of
+ the JSON file. It's now not a custom dict anymore but a dict
+ compatible with the ``OpInstanceCreate`` opcode.
+
+
+Version 2.6.0
+-------------
+
+*(Released Fri, 27 Jul 2012)*
+
+
+.. attention:: The ``LUXI`` protocol has been made more consistent
+ regarding its handling of command arguments. This, however, leads to
+ incompatibility issues with previous versions. Please ensure that you
+ restart Ganeti daemons soon after the upgrade, otherwise most
+ ``LUXI`` calls (job submission, setting/resetting the drain flag,
+ pausing/resuming the watcher, cancelling and archiving jobs, querying
+ the cluster configuration) will fail.
+
New features
~~~~~~~~~~~~
welcome feedback on the Haskell version which might become the default
in future versions.
+If you want to use ``gnt-node list-drbd`` you need to have the Haskell
+daemon running. The Python version doesn't implement the new call.
+
User interface changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
more safe since two runs in absolute mode will be idempotent, and
sometimes it's also easier to specify the desired size directly.
+Also the handling of instances with regard to offline secondaries has
+been improved. Instance operations should not fail because one of it's
+secondary nodes is offline, even though it's safe to proceed.
+
+A new command ``list-drbd`` has been added to the ``gnt-node`` script to
+support debugging of DRBD issues on nodes. It provides a mapping of DRBD
+minors to instance name.
+
API changes
~~~~~~~~~~~
import-export.
+Version 2.6.0 rc4
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Thu, 19 Jul 2012)*
+
+Very few changes from rc4 to the final release, only bugfixes:
+
+- integrated fixes from release 2.5.2 (fix general boot flag for KVM
+ instance, fix CDROM booting for KVM instances)
+- fixed node group modification of node parameters
+- fixed issue in LUClusterVerifyGroup with multi-group clusters
+- fixed generation of bash completion to ensure a stable ordering
+- fixed a few typos
+
+
+Version 2.6.0 rc3
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Fri, 13 Jul 2012)*
+
+Third release candidate for 2.6. The following changes were done from
+rc3 to rc4:
+
+- Fixed ``UpgradeConfig`` w.r.t. to disk parameters on disk objects.
+- Fixed an inconsistency in the LUXI protocol with the provided
+ arguments (NOT backwards compatible)
+- Fixed a bug with node groups ipolicy where ``min`` was greater than
+ the cluster ``std`` value
+- Implemented a new ``gnt-node list-drbd`` call to list DRBD minors for
+ easier instance debugging on nodes (requires ``hconfd`` to work)
+
+
+Version 2.6.0 rc2
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Tue, 03 Jul 2012)*
+
+Second release candidate for 2.6. The following changes were done from
+rc2 to rc3:
+
+- Fixed ``gnt-cluster verify`` regarding ``master-ip-script`` on non
+ master candidates
+- Fixed a RAPI regression on missing beparams/memory
+- Fixed redistribution of files on offline nodes
+- Added possibility to run activate-disks even though secondaries are
+ offline. With this change it relaxes also the strictness on some other
+ commands which use activate disks internally:
+ * ``gnt-instance start|reboot|rename|backup|export``
+- Made it possible to remove safely an instance if its secondaries are
+ offline
+- Made it possible to reinstall even though secondaries are offline
+
+
+Version 2.6.0 rc1
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 25 Jun 2012)*
+
+First release candidate for 2.6. The following changes were done from
+rc1 to rc2:
+
+- Fixed bugs with disk parameters and ``rbd`` templates as well as
+ ``instance_os_add``
+- Made ``gnt-instance modify`` more consistent regarding new NIC/Disk
+ behaviour. It supports now the modify operation
+- ``hcheck`` implemented to analyze cluster health and possibility of
+ improving health by rebalance
+- ``hbal`` has been improved in dealing with split instances
+
+
+Version 2.6.0 beta2
+-------------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 11 Jun 2012)*
+
+Second beta release of 2.6. The following changes were done from beta2
+to rc1:
+
+- Fixed ``daemon-util`` with non-root user models
+- Fixed creation of plain instances with ``--no-wait-for-sync``
+- Fix wrong iv_names when running ``cfgupgrade``
+- Export more information in RAPI group queries
+- Fixed bug when changing instance network interfaces
+- Extended burnin to do NIC changes
+- query: Added ``<``, ``>``, ``<=``, ``>=`` comparison operators
+- Changed default for DRBD barriers
+- Fixed DRBD error reporting for syncer rate
+- Verify the options on disk parameters
+
+And of course various fixes to documentation and improved unittests and
+QA.
+
+
Version 2.6.0 beta1
-------------------
- KVM live migration when using a custom keymap
+Version 2.5.2
+-------------
+
+*(Released Tue, 24 Jul 2012)*
+
+A small bugfix release, with no new features:
+
+- fixed bash-isms in kvm-ifup, for compatibility with systems which use a
+ different default shell (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu)
+- fixed KVM startup and live migration with a custom keymap (fixes Issue
+ 243 and Debian bug #650664)
+- fixed compatibility with KVM versions that don't support multiple boot
+ devices (fixes Issue 230 and Debian bug #624256)
+
+Additionally, a few fixes were done to the build system (fixed parallel
+build failures) and to the unittests (fixed race condition in test for
+FileID functions, and the default enable/disable mode for QA test is now
+customisable).
+
+
Version 2.5.1
-------------