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</ul>
<h3>0.3.0: Jul 9 2007</h3>
<ul>
<li>Secure Remote support (Richard Jones).
See <a href="http://libvirt.org/remote.html">the remote page</a>
of the documentation
</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
Secure Remote support (Richard Jones).
See <a href="http://libvirt.org/remote.html">the remote page</a> of the documentation<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
remote support (Richard Jones),<br/>
description of the URI connection strings (Richard Jones),<br/>
@ -20193,7 +20193,8 @@ and check the <a href="http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=log">GIT log</a>
device attach/detach commands (Masayuki Sunou),<br/>
OCaml bindings (Richard Jones),<br/>
new entry points virDomainGetConnect and virNetworkGetConnect useful for bindings (Richard Jones),<br/>
reunitifaction of remote and qemu daemon under a single libvirtd with a config file (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
reunitifaction of remote and qemu daemon under a single libvirtd with a config file (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
Localization updates<br/>
</li>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
parsing of connection URIs (Richard Jones),<br/>
@ -20218,7 +20219,6 @@ and check the <a href="http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=log">GIT log</a>
remove internal virGetDomainByID (Richard Jones),<br/>
revamp of xen subdrivers interfaces (Richard Jones)<br/>
</li>
<li>Localization updates</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.2.3: Jun 8 2007</h3>
<ul>
@ -20329,8 +20329,25 @@ and check the <a href="http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=log">GIT log</a>
</ul>
<h3>0.2.1: Mar 16 2007</h3>
<ul>
<li>Various internal cleanups (Richard Jones,Daniel Berrange,Mark McLoughlin)</li>
<li>Bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Features:<br/>
Add support for network autostart and init scripts (Mark McLoughlin),<br/>
New API virConnectGetCapabilities() to detect the virtualization capabilities of a host (Richard Jones)<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
Documentation updates especially on the XML formats<br/>
</li>
<li>Portability:<br/>
IA64 fixes (Atsushi SAKAI),<br/>
dependancies and build (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
fix xend port detection (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
icompile time warnings (Mark),<br/>
avoid const related compiler warnings (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
automated builds (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
pointer/int mismatch (Richard Jones),<br/>
configure time selection of drivers,<br/>
libvirt spec hacking (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
libvirt_qemud daemon path (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
libvirt config directory (Daniel Berrange and Mark McLoughlin),<br/>
memory leak in qemud (Mark),<br/>
@ -20349,21 +20366,7 @@ and check the <a href="http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=log">GIT log</a>
unlimited memory handling (Atsushi SAKAI),<br/>
python binding fixes (Tatsuro Enokura)<br/>
</li>
<li>Build and portability fixes:<br/>
IA64 fixes (Atsushi SAKAI),<br/>
dependancies and build (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
fix xend port detection (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
icompile time warnings (Mark),<br/>
avoid const related compiler warnings (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
automated builds (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
pointer/int mismatch (Richard Jones),<br/>
configure time selection of drivers,<br/>
libvirt spec hacking (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Add support for network autostart and init scripts (Mark McLoughlin)</li>
<li>New API virConnectGetCapabilities() to detect the virtualization
capabilities of a host (Richard Jones)</li>
<li>Minor improvements:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
qemud signal handling (Mark),<br/>
don't shutdown or reboot domain0 (Kazuki Mizushima),<br/>
QEmu version autodetection (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
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virtsh --readonly option (Rich Jones),<br/>
python bindings for new functions (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation updates especially on the XML formats</li>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
Various internal cleanups (Richard Jones,Daniel Berrange,Mark McLoughlin)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.2.0: Feb 14 2007</h3>
<ul>
<li>Various internal cleanups (Mark McLoughlin, Richard Jones,
Daniel Berrange, Karel Zak)</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
Add support for QEmu and KVM virtualization (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
Add support for network configuration (Mark McLoughlin)<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug fixes:<br/>
avoid a crash in connect (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
virsh args parsing (Richard Jones)<br/>
</li>
<li>Add support for QEmu and KVM virtualization (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>Add support for network configuration (Mark McLoughlin)</li>
<li>Minor improvements:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
regression testing (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
localization string updates<br/>
</li>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
Various internal cleanups (Mark McLoughlin, Richard Jones, Daniel Berrange, Karel Zak)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.11: Jan 22 2007</h3>
<ul>
<li>Finish XML &lt;-&gt; XM config files support</li>
<li>Remove memory leak when freeing virConf objects</li>
<li>Finishing inactive domain support (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>Added a Relax-NG schemas to check XML instances</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
Added a Relax-NG schemas to check XML instances<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
Remove memory leak when freeing virConf objects<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
Finish XML &lt;-&gt; XM config files support,<br/>
Finishing inactive domain support (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.10: Dec 20 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>more localizations</li>
<li>bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
VCPU info breakages on xen 3.0.3,<br/>
xenDaemonListDomains buffer overflow (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
reference count bug when creating Xen domains (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>improvements:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
more localizations,<br/>
support graphic framebuffer for Xen paravirt (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
VNC listen IP range support (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
support for default Xen config files and inactive domains of 3.0.4 (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
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</ul>
<h3>0.1.9: Nov 29 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>python bindings: release interpeter lock when calling C (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>don't raise HTTP error when looking information for a domain</li>
<li>some refactoring to use the driver for all entry points</li>
<li>better error reporting (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>fix OS reporting when running as non-root</li>
<li>provide XML parsing errors</li>
<li>extension of the test framework (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>fix the reconnect regression test</li>
<li>python bindings: Domain instances now link to the Connect to avoid garbage collection and disconnect</li>
<li>separate the notion of maximum memory and current use at the XML level</li>
<li>Fix a memory leak (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>add support for shareable drives</li>
<li>add support for non-bridge style networking configs for guests(Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>python bindings: fix unsigned long marshalling (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>new config APIs virConfNew() and virConfSetValue() to build configs from scratch</li>
<li>hot plug device support based on Michel Ponceau patch</li>
<li>added support for inactive domains, new APIs, various associated cleanup (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>special device model for HVM guests (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>add API to dump core of domains (but requires a patched xend)</li>
<li>pygrub bootloader information take over &lt;os&gt; information</li>
<li>updated the localization strings</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
separate the notion of maximum memory and current use at the XML level,<br/>
add support for shareable drives,<br/>
add support for non-bridge style networking configs for guests(Daniel Berrange),<br/>
new config APIs virConfNew() and virConfSetValue() to build configs from scratch,<br/>
hot plug device support based on Michel Ponceau patch,<br/>
added support for inactive domains, new APIs, various associated cleanup (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
special device model for HVM guests (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
add API to dump core of domains (but requires a patched xend),<br/>
pygrub bootloader information take over &lt;os&gt; information<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
fix OS reporting when running as non-root,<br/>
fix the reconnect regression test,<br/>
Fix a memory leak (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
python bindings: fix unsigned long marshalling (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
python bindings: release interpeter lock when calling C (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
don't raise HTTP error when looking information for a domain,<br/>
better error reporting (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
provide XML parsing errors,<br/>
extension of the test framework (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
python bindings: Domain instances now link to the Connect to avoid garbage collection and disconnect,<br/>
updated the localization strings<br/>
</li>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
some refactoring to use the driver for all entry points<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.8: Oct 16 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li> Bug for system with page size != 4k</li>
<li> vcpu number initialization (Philippe Berthault)</li>
<li> don't label crashed domains as shut off (Peter Vetere)</li>
<li> fix virsh man page (Noriko Mizumoto)</li>
<li> blktapdd support for alternate drivers like blktap (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li> memory leak fixes (xend interface and XML parsing) (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li> compile fix</li>
<li> mlock/munlock size fixes (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li> improve error reporting</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
fix virsh man page (Noriko Mizumoto)<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
Bug for system with page size != 4k,<br/>
memory leak fixes (xend interface and XML parsing) (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
compile fix,<br/>
mlock/munlock size fixes (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
don't label crashed domains as shut off (Peter Vetere)<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
vcpu number initialization (Philippe Berthault),<br/>
blktapdd support for alternate drivers like blktap (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
improve error reporting<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.7: Sep 29 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li> fix a memory bug on getting vcpu information from xend (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li> fix another problem in the hypercalls change in Xen changeset
86d26e6ec89b when getting domain information (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
fix a memory bug on getting vcpu information from xend (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
fix another problem in the hypercalls change in Xen changeset 86d26e6ec89b when getting domain information (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.6: Sep 22 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Support for localization of strings using gettext (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>Support for new Xen-3.0.3 cdrom and disk configuration (Daniel Berrange)</li>
<li>Support for setting VNC port when creating domains with new
xend config files (Daniel Berrange) </li>
<li>Fix bug when running against xen-3.0.2 hypercalls (Jim Fehlig)</li>
<li>Fix reconnection problem when talking directly to http xend</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
Support for localization of strings using gettext (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
Support for new Xen-3.0.3 cdrom and disk configuration (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
Support for setting VNC port when creating domains with new xend config files (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
Fix bug when running against xen-3.0.2 hypercalls (Jim Fehlig),<br/>
Fix reconnection problem when talking directly to http xend<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.5: Sep 5 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Support for new hypercalls change in Xen changeset 86d26e6ec89b</li>
<li>bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Features:<br/>
Support for new hypercalls change in Xen changeset 86d26e6ec89b<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
virParseUUID() was wrong,<br/>
networking for paravirt guests (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
virsh on non-existent domains (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
string cast bug when handling error in python (Pete Vetere),<br/>
HTTP 500 xend error code handling (Pete Vetere and Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>improvements:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
test suite for SEXPR &lt;-&gt; XML format conversions (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
virsh output regression suite (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
new environ variable VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI for the default URI when connecting (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
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</ul>
<h3>0.1.4: Aug 16 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
spelling (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
test driver examples<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
spec file fix (Mark McLoughlin),<br/>
error report problem (with Hugh Brock),<br/>
long integer in Python bindings (with Daniel Berrange),<br/>
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fix python detection code,<br/>
remove duplicate initialization errors (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>improvements:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
UUID in XML description (Peter Vetere),<br/>
proxy code cleanup,<br/>
virtual CPU and affinity support + virsh support (Michel Ponceau, Philippe Berthault, Daniel Berrange),<br/>
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fail saide-effect operations when using read-only connection,<br/>
large improvements to test driver (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>documentation:<br/>
spelling (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
test driver examples<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.3: Jul 11 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>bugfixes:<br/>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
augmented to cover hvm domains<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
build as non-root,<br/>
fix xend access when root,<br/>
handling of empty XML elements (Mark McLoughlin),<br/>
XML serialization and parsing fixes (Mark McLoughlin),<br/>
allow to create domains without disk (Mark McLoughlin)<br/>
</li>
<li>improvement:<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
xenDaemonLookupByID from O(n^2) to O(n) (Daniel Berrange),<br/>
support for fully virtualized guest (Jim Fehlig, DV, Mark McLoughlin)<br/>
</li>
<li>documentation:<br/>
augmented to cover hvm domains<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.2: Jul 3 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>headers include paths fixup</li>
<li>proxy mechanism for unprivileged read-only access by httpu</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
proxy mechanism for unprivileged read-only access by http<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
headers include paths fixup<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.1: Jun 21 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>building fixes:<br/>
<li>Features:<br/>
Cope with API change introduced in Xen changeset 10277,<br/>
new test driver for regression checks (Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
Python examples (David Lutterkort),<br/>
new Perl binding URL,<br/>
man page update (Karel Zak)<br/>
</li>
<li>Portability:<br/>
ncurses fallback (Jim Fehlig),<br/>
VPATH builds (Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>driver cleanups:<br/>
new entry points,<br/>
cleanup of libvirt.c (with Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Cope with API change introduced in Xen changeset 10277</li>
<li>new test driver for regression checks (Daniel P. Berrange)</li>
<li>improvements:<br/>
added UUID to XML serialization,<br/>
buffer usage (Karel Zak),<br/>
--connect argument to virsh (Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
uninitialized memory access in error reporting,<br/>
S-Expr parsing (Jim Fehlig, Jeremy Katz),<br/>
virConnectOpen bug,<br/>
remove a TODO in xs_internal.c<br/>
</li>
<li>documentation:<br/>
Python examples (David Lutterkort),<br/>
new Perl binding URL,<br/>
man page update (Karel Zak)<br/>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
added UUID to XML serialization,<br/>
buffer usage (Karel Zak),<br/>
--connect argument to virsh (Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
new entry points,<br/>
cleanup of libvirt.c (with Daniel P. Berrange)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.1.0: Apr 10 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>building fixes:<br/>
<li>Features:<br/>
new APIs for Node information and Reboot<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
updates on architecture and format,<br/>
typo fix (Jim Meyering),<br/>
virsh: man page (Andrew Puch)<br/>
</li>
<li>Portability:<br/>
--with-xen-distdir option (Ronald Aigner),<br/>
out of tree build and pkginfo cflag fix (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>enhancement and fixes of the XML description format (David Lutterkort
and Jim Fehlig)</li>
<li>new APIs: for Node information and Reboot</li>
<li>internal code cleanup: refactoring internals into a driver model, more
error handling, structure sharing, thread safety and ref counting</li>
<li>bug fixes:<br/>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
error message (Jim Meyering),<br/>
error allocation in virsh (Jim Meyering),<br/>
virDomainLookupByID (Jim Fehlig)<br/>
</li>
<li>documentation:<br/>
updates on architecture, and format,<br/>
typo fix (Jim Meyering)<br/>
<li>Improvements<br/>
enhancement and fixes of the XML description format (David Lutterkort and Jim Fehlig),<br/>
virsh: more options, create, nodeinfo (Karel Zak),<br/>
virsh: renaming of some options (Karel Zak),<br/>
virsh: use stderr only for errors (Karel Zak),<br/>
bindings: exception handling in examples (Jim Meyering),<br/>
bindings: perl ones out of tree (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>bindings:<br/>
exception handling in examples (Jim Meyering),<br/>
perl ones out of tree (Daniel Berrange)<br/>
</li>
<li>virsh:<br/>
more options, create, nodeinfo (Karel Zak),<br/>
renaming of some options (Karel Zak),<br/>
use stderr only for errors (Karel Zak),<br/>
man page (Andrew Puch)<br/>
<li>Cleanups:<br/>
refactoring internals into a driver model,<br/>
more error handling,<br/>
structure sharing,<br/>
thread safety and ref counting<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.6: Feb 28 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>add UUID lookup and extract API</li>
<li>add error handling APIs both synchronous and asynchronous</li>
<li>added minimal hook for error handling at the python level, improved the
python bindings</li>
<li>augment the documentation and tests to cover error handling</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
add UUID lookup and extract API,<br/>
add error handling APIs both synchronous and asynchronous,<br/>
added minimal hook for error handling at the python level<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
augment the documentation and tests to cover error handling<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
improved the python bindings<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.5: Feb 23 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added XML description parsing, dependance to libxml2, implemented the
creation API virDomainCreateLinux()</li>
<li>new APIs to lookup and name domain by UUID</li>
<li>fixed the XML dump when using the Xend access</li>
<li>Fixed a few more problem related to the name change</li>
<li>Adding regression tests in python and examples in C</li>
<li>web site improvement, extended the documentation to cover the XML
format and Python API</li>
<li>Added devhelp help for Gnome/Gtk programmers</li>
<li>Features<br/>
Added XML description parsing, dependance to libxml2, implemented the creation API virDomainCreateLinux(),<br/>
new APIs to lookup and name domain by UUID,<br/>
Adding regression tests in python and examples in C,<br/>
Added devhelp help for Gnome/Gtk programmers,<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
web site improvement, extended the documentation to cover the XML format and Python API<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
fixed the XML dump when using the Xend access,<br/>
Fixed a few more problem related to the name change<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.4: Feb 10 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix various bugs introduced in the name change</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
Fix various bugs introduced in the name change<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.3: Feb 9 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Switch name from 'libvir' to libvirt</li>
<li>Starting infrastructure to add code examples</li>
<li>Update of python bindings for completeness</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
Switch name from 'libvir' to libvirt,<br/>
Starting infrastructure to add code examples<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
Update of python bindings for completeness<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.2: Jan 29 2006</h3>
<ul>
<li>Update of the documentation, web site redesign (Diana Fong)</li>
<li>integration of HTTP xend RPC based on libxend by Anthony Liquori for
most operations</li>
<li>Adding Save and Restore APIs</li>
<li>extended the virsh command line tool (Karel Zak)</li>
<li>remove xenstore transactions (Anthony Liguori)</li>
<li>fix the Python bindings bug when domain and connections where freed</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
integration of HTTP xend RPC based on libxend by Anthony Liquori for most operations,<br/>
Adding Save and Restore APIs<br/>
</li>
<li>Documentation:<br/>
Update of the documentation, web site redesign (Diana Fong)<br/>
</li>
<li>Bug Fixes:<br/>
fix the Python bindings bug when domain and connections where freed<br/>
</li>
<li>Improvements:<br/>
extended the virsh command line tool (Karel Zak),<br/>
remove xenstore transactions (Anthony Liguori)<br/>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>0.0.1: Dec 19 2005</h3>
<ul>
<li>First release</li>
<li>Basic management of existing Xen domains</li>
<li>Minimal autogenerated Python bindings</li>
<li>Features:<br/>
First release,<br/>
Basic management of existing Xen domains,<br/>
Minimal autogenerated Python bindings<br/>
</li>
</ul>
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