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Unified NEWS file for Synnefo versions >= 0.13
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Since v0.13 all Synnefo components have been merged into a single repository.
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v0.13next
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Released: UNRELEASED
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Astakos
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Cyclades
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Pithos
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v0.13
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Released: Wed Apr 10 18:52:50 EEST 2013
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* Support for pooling throughout Synnefo
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  * Pooled Django DB connections, Pithos backend connections, HTTP
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    connections using single `objpool` package
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* Improved management commands
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  * Unified codebase for output of tables in JSON, CSV
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* Bring most of Synnefo code inside a single, unified repository
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  * support automatic Python and Debian package builds for individual commits
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  * with automatic version generation
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* Overhauling of Synnefo settings: renames and refactoring, for increased
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  uniformity (in progress)
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* Deployment: Standardize on gunicorn, with gevent-based workers
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  and use of Green threads throughout Synnefo
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* Documentation: New scale-out guide, with distinct node roles,
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  for mass Synnefo deployments
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* Support multiple authentication methods
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  * Classic (username/password), Shibboleth, LDAP/Active Directory,
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    Google, Twitter, LinkedIn
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  * Users can enable/disable auth methods, and switch between them
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* Introduce a UUID as a global identifier for users, throughout Synnefo
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  * The UUID remains constant as the user enables/disables login methods
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* Allow users to modify their email address freely
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* Per-user, per-resource accounting mechanism (quotaholder)
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* Full quota support, with per-user, per-resource quotas, based on quotaholder
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* Projects: Users can create and join Projects
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  * Projects grant extra resources to their members
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* UI Enhancements for quotas and projects
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  * distinct Usage tab, showing usage of individual resources
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  * Project management UI
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* Commission resources on quotaholder/Astakos
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* Support mass creation of flavors
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* Support for the ExtStorage disk template in Ganeti
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* Query and report quotas in the UI
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  * Do not pass sensitive data as Ganeti OS parameters
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* Display additional backend information in helpdesk machines list
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* Allow helpdesk users to search for an account using a known machine id
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* Helpdesk actions are now logged using the synnefo's common login
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* Support storage of blocks on a RADOS backend, for Archipelago
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* Extend snf-burnin to include testing of Pithos functionality