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.. _Changelog:
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Unified Changelog file for Synnefo versions >= 0.13
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Since v0.13 most of the Synnefo components have been merged into a single
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repository and have aligned versions.
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.. _Changelog-0.14.2:
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v0.14.2
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Released: UNRELEASED
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Cyclades
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* Add new setting PITHOS_BACKEND_POOL_SIZE, which configures the size
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  of the pool of Pithos backends that are used by plankton.
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.. _Changelog-0.14:
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v0.14
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Released: Tue Jun 25 14:01:19 EEST 2013
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Synnefo-wide
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* Create 'snf_django' Python package to hold common code for all Synnefo
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  components.
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* Create a JSON-exportable definition document for each Synnefo Components
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  (Astakos, Cyclades, Pithos, etc.) that consolidates APIs (services),
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  resources, and other standardized properties (e.g. default URL prefixes).
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* Standardize URLs for Synnefo Components, impose structure and naming
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  conventions to related settings. Make each component deployable under
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  a user-configurable <COMPONENT>_BASE_URL. Each API (compute, image, etc.)
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  is deployable under a developer-configurable prefix beneath BASE_URL.
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* Deprecate CLOUDBAR_ACTIVE_SERVICE setting from all apps. 
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* Common synnefo 404/500 templates (located in snf-webproject)
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Astakos
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* Redesign of the accounting system (quotaholder) and integration into
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  * Simplified the quotaholder model; removed tables Entity and Policy; now
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    table Holding contains limit and usage for every holding.
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  * Extended table Holding, so that we can keep track of quota for every
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    valid combination of holder (e.g. user), resource, and source (e.g. the
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    default system or some specific project).
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  * Refactored code for issuing and resolving commissions for robustness;
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    added a 'force' option to bypass the upper limit check when issuing a
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    commission.
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  * Simplified syncing to the quotaholder; removed fields from models
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    Project and ProjectMembership, previously needed for syncing; removed
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    state PROJECT_DEACTIVATED from ProjectMembership.
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  * Removed settings ASTAKOS_QUOTAHOLDER_URL, ASTAKOS_QUOTAHOLDER_TOKEN,
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* API-related changes:
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* Service and resource specification and handling:
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  * Specified a format for defining services along with the API endpoints
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  * Specified a procedure to register a Synnefo component, its services and
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    their resources in astakos and set the resources' default base quota
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* Converted the limit on pending applications from a setting to a quotable
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* Changes in locking strategy:
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  * Lock only project's chain for all project operations; lock user before
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* Changes in views:
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* Remove deprecated AstakosUser model fields: `provider`,
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* Allow override of authentication provider messages using the following 
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* Cloudbar automatically tries to identify the active service based on window 
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* Removing authentication provider view is now CSRF protected.
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* New `API access` view, containing useful information to users on how to 
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* Remove of ASTAKOS_*_EMAIL_SUBJECT settings. All email subjects are now 
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* Remove ``ASTAKOS_ACTIVATION_REDIRECT_URL`` and ``ASTAKOS_LOGIN_SUCCESS_URL`` 
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* Make 'type' attribute required for network create API request.
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* Networks not created to all Ganeti backends upon creation, they are instead
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* Add 'CYCLADES_ASTAKOSCLIENT_POOLSIZE' setting which tunes the size of the
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* Remove 'CYCLADES_USER_CATALOG_URL' and 'CYCLADES_USER_FEEDBACK_URL' settings
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* Rename 'cyclades-reconcile-commissions' management command to
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.. _Changelog-0.13:
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v0.13
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Released: Wed Apr 10 18:52:50 EEST 2013
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In v0.13 the code was very heavily refactored for increased uniformity since
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most of the Synnefo components have been merged into a single repository. Thus,
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**just for this version** we will not document a complete Changelog (features,
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fixes, improvements, issues, setting changes), but rather just copy from the
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`NEWS` file with minor additions wherever needed.
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* Support for pooling throughout Synnefo
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* Improved management commands
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* Bring most of Synnefo code inside a single, unified repository
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* Overhauling of Synnefo settings: renames and refactoring, for increased
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* Deployment: Standardize on gunicorn, with gevent-based workers
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* Documentation: New scale-out guide, with distinct node roles,
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