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+2013-09-19, v0.10
+ * Move the snf-image-helper image from squeeze to wheezy
+ * Add documentations under /docs
+ * Fix a bug in the network back-end
+
+2013-09-02, v0.9.3
+ * Add code to download and install a fixed snf-image-helper image. This is the default
+ behaviour for snf-image-update-helper.
+
+2013-08-27, v0.9.2
+ * Use devflow building system
+ * In pithcat if the provided URL is a pithosmap, initialize the backend
+ with no database
+
+2013-05-16, v0.9.1
+ * Change pinned version for ufsutils package
+
+2013-04-23, v0.9
+ * Add support for FreeBSD images
+ * HELPER: Fix a few bugs in the helper monitoring system
+
+2013-03-12, v0.8.1
+ * Fix a bug in helper-monitor.py
+ * Make snf-image-update-helper install a patched version of ntfs-3g.
+ The debian squeeze version does not recognize the "--no-mtab" option
+ * Update contact email address
+
+2013-03-09, v0.8
+ * Add support for xen
+ * Increase the default HELPER_SIZE and TIMEOUT values
+ * Cleanup the code and remove settings no longer used
+ * Rename snf-image-host to snf-image
+ * HELPER: Add support for xen
+ * HELPER: Cleanup the helper code
+
+2013-01-21, v0.7.6
+ * Make the size of the helper VM image configurable
+ * HELPER: Mount /proc and /dev before chrooting
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in DeleteSSHKeys task where the code for checking for
+ non-default keys was never called.
+
+2013-01-17, v0.7.5
+ * Cleanup defaults file and remove redundant variables
+ * Make defaults file inherit the configuration options
+ passed with ./configure
+
+2013-01-08, v0.7.4
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in the code that determines which partition to resize
+ * HELPER: On linux images, mount all local partition during deployment. Not
+ just /.
+
+2013-01-04, v0.7.3
+ * Fix multistrap.conf to work with apt2.dev.grnet.gr
+
+2013-01-04, v0.7.2
+ * Change snf-image-helper repository to apt2.dev.grnet.gr
+ * HELPER: In windows images make sure the file C:\Window\panther\Unattend.xml
+ gets removed after sysprep runs
+ * HELPER: Support extended partitions with id 0x0f
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in the error monitoring system
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in AssignHostname for archlinux images
+ * HELPER: In AssignHostname check for the presence of /etc/hostname before
+ trying to determine the disto of a Linux image.
+
+2012-12-07, v0.7.1
+ * Make pithcat work with pithosmap URLs
+ * HELPER: Fix a race condition where in some cases could lead to a kernel
+ panic for the helper VM.
+
+2012-12-03, v0.7
+ * Abandon debootstrap in favor of multistrap. This way we can define
+ more than 1 repositories to retrieve packages from.
+ * Add a mechanism for pinning repositories and package versions
+ * Add a version check in snf-image-update-helper. After the creation
+ of the helper, check if the versions of snf-image-{host,helper} match
+ * Remove the HELPER_PKG variable from common.sh. The helper package by
+ default should get downloaded from a repo using
+ snf-image-update-helper. You can still install a package from the
+ local file system using the -p variable.
+ * Specify snf-image-helper as the init process when running the helper
+ VM
+ * HELPER: Make snf-image-helper the init process of the system
+ * HELPER: Shutdown the helper image fast using the apropriate SysRq key
+ * HELPER: Use eatmydata to omit the syncs performed by resize2fs when
+ resizing a file system. You can supress this behaviour by defining
+ the DO_SYNC image property.
+
+2012-11-20, v0.6.5
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in AssignHostname configuration task where the script did
+ not search for the presence of the Unattend.xml file in the VM, in
+ a case-insensitive way
+
+2012-11-15, v0.6.4
+ * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper introduced in v0.6.3
+
+2012-11-13, v0.6.3
+ * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper where the temporary image file
+ was not removed if an error occured.
+ * HELPER: Don't overwrite C:\Unattend.xml file in windows images, unless the
+ image property USE_DEFAULT_UNATTEND is defined.
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in the error monitoring system
+ * HELPER: Correct some error messages
+
+2012-10-12, v0.6.2
+ * Seperate the error messages that should be logged by the system from
+ those that should be propagated to the user through the monitoring
+ mechanism. Don't allow internal configuration options get revieled to
+ * HELPER: Remove the rule of updating the password for user `user' in Fedora
+ and Ubuntu when the USERS image property is missing.
+ * HELPER: Check if a user exists before updating its password.
+ the user.
+
+2012-10-05, v0.6.1
+ * Use Coordinated Universal Time when logging.
+ * Fix a bug in the way snf-image-update-helper reads the links of the
+ kernel and the initrd in the helper VM.
+ * Use environmental variables instead of input options to pass sensitive
+ data to pithcat. This is needed because when pithcat is running, every
+ user can see the program's command line by using ps.
+
+2012-09-15, v0.6
+ * Fix import and export scripts
+ * Add new config_url os parameter. This can be used by snf-image to
+ download a json file that contains the value for other os parameters
+ * HELPER: Make sure EnforcePersonality is the last task that runs before
+ UmountImage. Doing this ensures that user-enjected files never
+ get overwritten by any other configuration task.
+
+2012-08-31, v0.5
+ * Add a new progress monitoring mechanism. With this new mechanism,
+ snf-image can output progress and error messages to external programs
+ when running.
+ * Make the name of image properties case insensitive
+ * Abandon timelimit command in favor of timeout
+ * Add support for null image backend type. This backend type can be
+ used if we want snf-image to configure the VM disk without first
+ copying an image to it.
+ * HELPER: Add a new progress monitoring mechanish
+ * HELPER: Add support for arch linux
+
+2012-06-29, v0.4.2
+ * HELPER: Make the name of image properties case-insensitive
+
+2012-05-28, v0.4.1
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in FixPartitionTable where in some cases the script
+ failed to create the logical swap partition.
+
+2012-05-17, v0.4
+ * Remove progress-monitor-support flag. An external progress monitor
+ programm will be used if --with-progress-monitor flag is used in
+ configure or if PROGRESS_MONITOR variable in the defaults file has a
+ non-empty value
+ * Remove --enable-pithos-backend option in configure. This will be
+ detected at runtime
+ * Create package list in snf-update-helper every time debootstrap is
+ performed. If a cache file is found, snf-update-helper will use this
+ list to determine if it is OK to use this cache file or not.
+ * Add mechanism for overwritting the helper's Unattend.xml file
+ * HELPER: Add support for creating SWAP partitions
+ * HELPER: Add support for GPT partition tables
+ * HELPER: Add support for resizing logical partitions
+ * HELPER: Add mechanism for overwritting Unattend.xml
+
+2012-03-29, v0.3.6
+ * Make snf-image-update-helper ask whether to use the found deboostrap
+ cache file when in interactive mode.
+ * Make the system update the default debootstrap cache file when -c
+ option is used and it's value does not point to a cache file.
+
+2012-03-26, v0.3.5
+ * HELPER: Force Automatic Update in Windows images
+
+2012-03-05, v0.3.4
+ * HELPER: Fix 2 bugs in Delete SSH Keys task, caused by the use of pipefail
+ bash option
+
+2012-02-29, v0.3.3
+ * Fix a bug in pithcat where the restored image had incorrect
+ size. The trailing zeros in the image files where not restored.
+ * HELPER: Check if the images partition table is valid
+
+2012-02-06, v0.3.2
+ * Make pithcat work with pithos v0.8.3
+
+2012-01-26, v0.3.1
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in the OS detection code
+
+2011-01-12, v0.3
+ * Put all helpers run-time created files in a tmpfs jail
+ * Remove the ARCH field from the image name
+ * Support remote (network accessable) and pithos hosted images
+ * Remove custom images format (remote images is a supergroup)
+ * HELPER: Warn and in some cases fail if the instance is of an unknown
+ * HELPER: Force a resize when the filesystem is clean, even if resize2fs
+ complains
+ * HELPER: Make sure OSFAMILY image property is specified
+
+2011-11-18, v0.2
+ * Support diskdump format
+ * Support custom images format. Custom images are diskdump images
+ that can be accessed from a URL
+ * Add a new OS parameter (img_properties)
+ * HELPER: Add support for Image Properties
+ * HELPER: Add new FixPartitionTable task
+ * HELPER: Add new task that disables RDP connections during windows setup
+ * HELPER: Extend image personalization to support custom ownership and
+ permissions in the injected files
+
+2011-10-20, v0.1.2
+ * Fix a debootstrap bug in snf-image-update-helper
+ * Use --one-file-system option when creating cache for update-helper
+ * Add setting for allowing the user to manually pick a debian mirror
+ for debootstrap.
+
+2011-10-17, v0.1.1
+ * Replace $(var) with ${var} in defaults file.
+ * Fix a dangerous-use-of-xargs bug in create.
+ * HELPER: Fix a bug in ChangePassword task
+ * HELPER: Add timestamps in output of the tasks
+
+2011-10-04, v0.1
+ * Initial release