+* Tue May 06 2014 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-3.1-4
+- for register and update, client is expected to set
+- reg-researchers rather than researcher
+- reg-pis rather than pi
+- although the old forms are still supported
+- renamed sfi add into sfi register (add still works)
+- sfaadmin to return a meaningful exit code when fails
+- fix for sfadump
+- plimporter to report and ignore person or slice without a hrn
+- add support for stuff like sfi update -t slice -x the.slice.hrn -r none
+
+* Thu Apr 03 2014 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-3.1-3
+- fix for user hrn's that have a dash in their leaf
+- fix for names of GENI federates
+- fix for SFA_MAX_SLICE_RENEW
+
+* Thu Feb 20 2014 Mohamed Larabi <mohamed.larabi@inria.fr> - sfa-3.1-2
+- -- Core
+- added support for geni_extend_alap (as long as possible) in RenewSliver.
+- adding support for geni_speaking_for option,
+- -- RSpecs
+- Add support for Ofelia OpenFlow RSpecs
+- -- PlanetLab
+- Set Admins as PI's of the top authority while importing.
+- -- IoTLab
+- Iotlab and cortexlab ported to geni-v3.
+- Moving methods using the SFA db and api object from Shell to Driver.
+- Propagating the changes in iotlabimporter, iotlabaggregate and iotlabslices.
+- Iotlab now using sfa database for the special table lease_table.
+- Using alchemy.py classes to create a session to the DB.
+- Cleaning and documenting.
+- Fix Allocate() API call
+- -- client
+- handle single slivers.
+- fix sfi.py version and trusted.
+- -- PlanetLab
+- handle single slivers by Provision(), Delete() and PerformOperationalAction().
+- fix foreign slices mgt in sliver_to_slice_xrn() and check_sliver_credentials().
+- wider mgt of new slice url and description.
+- -- Packaging
+- rename senslab package into iotlab.
+- don't package xml-builder anymore.
+- fix debian/ubuntu packaging.
+
+* Tue Dec 10 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-3.1-1
+- -- core
+- clean up rspecs.
+- GENIv3 rspecs enhirits everything from pgv2.
+- fix dbsession mgt by attributing each incoming API call has its own dbsession.
+- update all drivers and v2_to_v3_adapter according to dbsession fix.
+- fix DB migration.
+- -- client
+- fix sfi.py myslice.
+- sfi.py new option "my_pkcs12".
+- sfi.py defaulr rspec version is GENIv3
+- sfi.py trusted target either Registry interface or Slice interface.
+- -- PlanetLab
+- rebase all pl driver operations around the objects HRNs.
+- ignore objects (Site/Slice/Person/Node) coming from MyPLC peering.
+- importer ignores sites with tag sfa_created='True'.
+- -- IoTLab
+- In progress writing of native AM API v3 compliant driver.
+
+* Thu Oct 10 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-3.0-2
+- -- core
+- Extend all versions of rspecs in order to support "links" and "channels" management methods
+- several fixes aroung Rspecs in order to make the code usable by 3rd-party tools
+- expose PL node tags in PGv2 and GENIv3 rspecs
+- fix default slivers mgt in sfav1 rspecs
+- fix SM and AM urn format in GetVersion
+- fix sfaadmin.py to handle extra testbed-dependent info
+- -- PlanetLab
+- Better management of external Slices/Persons/Sites
+- Importer ignores external Slices/Persons/Sites
+- -- Nitos
+- uniformize Leases management
+- address channels with urn
+- -- IotLab
+- Renaming slab folders, files and variables to iotlab, the new name of the platform.
+- New class ParsingResourcesFull in Oarrestapi file. Contain all the parsing nodes functions.
+- Adding a mobile field to iotlab rspec and a mobility type attribute .
+- Granularity changed to 60 sec.
+- Fixing returned rspec in GetSlices and GetLeases.
+- Corrections in import (importing nodes)
+- More testis in script files under testbeds/iotlab/tests . Creation of Rspecs request models under r testbeds/iotlab/tests /tests_rspec
+- Lease filtering by date added in GetLeases.
+- Commenting and cleaning
+
+* Wed Jun 19 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-3.0-1
+- AM API v3-based first implementation.
+- planetlab native V3 driver
+- dummy native V3 driver
+- introduction of v2_to_v3_adapter
+- lease times in RFC3339 date format, not epoch
+- mostly in line with geni-v2 for non-v3 issues like packaging and all
+
+* Tue Feb 26 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-25
+- sfi and sfaadmin list now share the same display code for related objs
+- support for advertising alternate api urls - for other API versions - api_versions.xml
+- cleaned up GID class
+- senslab: improved importer
+- senslab: add site to SlabLocation from Location
+- senslab: new class JsonPage
+- senslab: fix debian packaging
+- federica: fix list_slices
+
+* Tue Jan 29 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-24
+- merged the senslab driver from git.f-lab.fr
+- merged the teagle flavour
+- debian packaging should work much better
+- added debug messsages for when db connection fails
+
+* Sun Jan 20 2013 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-23
+- minor fix in registry
+- fix for sfi gid, use clientbootstrap
+- support for debians and ubuntus (packaging and initscript)
+- deprecated cm package altogether
+- pl flavour, minor fix for tags
+- various fixes for the dummy flavour
+
+* Sun Dec 16 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-22
+- suited (and required) to run with plcapi-5.1-5 b/c of changes to AddPerson
+- tweaks in nitos importer
+- improvements to sfaadmin check-gid
+
+* Tue Dec 11 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-21
+- PL importer: minor fixes for corner cases
+- PL importer: also handles last_updated more accurately
+- sfi update can be used to select a key among several in PL
+- sfi add/update usage message fixes (no more record)
+- new feature sfaadmin registry check_gid [-a]
+
+* Mon Dec 03 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-20
+- fix 2 major bugs in PL importer
+- esp. wrt GID management against PLC key
+
+* Wed Nov 28 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-19
+- nicer sfi delegate, can handle multiple delegations and for authorities(pi) as well
+
+* Wed Nov 28 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-18
+- support fordelegation in sfaclientlib
+- sfi delegate fixed
+- other delegation-related sfi option trashed
+- new config (based on ini format)
+- new dummy driver and related package
+- pl importer has more explicit error messages
+- credential dump shows expiration
+
+* Tue Oct 16 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-17
+- bugfix in forwarding Resolve requests
+- various fixes in the nitos driver wrt keys and users
+
+* Mon Oct 01 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-16
+- various tweaks for the nitos driver
+
+* Wed Sep 26 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-15
+- first stab at a driver for the NITOS/OMF testbed (sep. pkg)
+- deeper cleanup of the data-dependencies between SFA and the testbed
+- in particular, sfi create issues Resolve(details=False)
+- for that purpose, Resolve exposes reg-* keys for SFA builtins
+- which in turn allows sfi list to show PIs, slice members and keys
+- NOTE: sfa-config-tty is known to be broken w/ less frequently used func's
+- Shows stacktrace when startup fails (DB conn, wrong flavour, etc..)
+
+* Mon Sep 17 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-14
+- configurable data-dir (/var/lib/sfa)
+- no more dependent on myplc-config
+- some support for hrns with _ instead of \.
+- fix for PL importing in presence of gpg keys
+- DeleteSliver returns True instead of 1 in case of success
+- Various improvements on the openstack/nova side
+- new package sfa-nitos
+
+* Wed Jul 11 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-13
+- bugfix that prevented to call 'sfi create' - (was broken in sfa-2.1-12)
+- sfi to remove expired credentials
+
+* Tue Jul 10 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.1-12
+- Update Openstack driver to support Essex release/
+- Fix authority xrn bug.
+
+
+* Thu Jun 07 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-11
+- review packaging - site-packages/planetlab now come with sfa-plc
+- new package sfa-federica
+- clientbin moved one step upwards
+
+* Wed Jun 6 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.1-10
+- fix bug in sfi update()
+
+* Sun Jun 03 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-9
+- fix broken sfa.util.xrn class for lowercase
+
+* Sat Jun 02 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-8
+- new 'void' generic_flavour for running in registry-only mode
+- first shot at refactoring importers - probably needs more work
+- openstack: various enhancements
+- sfi interface to registry not based on xml files anymore
+- sfi show sorts result on record key
+- bugfix in sfa update on users with a pl-backed registry
+
+* Mon May 14 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-7
+- renamed sfa/plc into sfa/planetlab
+- plxrn moved in sfa/planetlab as well
+- bugfix for sfaadmin reg update --pi <>
+
+* Sat May 12 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-6
+- native data model now has a authority x user (PI) relationship
+- no call to 'augment_records_with_testbed_info' for GetCredential
+- which means, registry can now be used without an underlying testbed
+- reviewed code about relationships b/w objects and related in pl driver
+- reviewed PL import wrt roles and pis
+- removed mentions to is_enabled in driver
+- small changes in update_relation* in driver interface
+- sfaadmin: can create authorities and attach pi users to them
+- sfaadmin: categories can be abbreviated
+- sfi list and sfaadmin list have a new -r/--recursive option
+- this means that List now supports an (optional) 'options' argument
+- sfi config can display config vars
+- sfaadmin code in sfa.client + /usr/bin/sfaadmin shortcut
+
+* Mon Apr 16 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.1-5
+- make sync now supports vserver or lxc.
+- Added slice expiration and login info to SliverStatus response.
+- Fixed CreateSliver bug that causes the method to fail if any node element is missing
+ the 'component_name' attribute.
+- Fixed various bugs that caused SFA to generate invalid or incorrect sliver ids.
+
+* Tue Mar 20 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.1-4
+- Introduced new administrative command line script, sfaadmin.py. Removed various single
+ purpose scripts and migrated their functionality into sfaadmin.py.
+- Refactored Registry import scripts.
+- Removed SQLAlchemy dependency from sfi.py.
+- Fixed bugs in sfi.py
+- Registry, Aggregate and SliceManager now support the OpenStack framework.
+
+* Fri Feb 24 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-3
+- slice x researcher rel. in database,
+- plimporter to maintain that, as well as user.email, and more robust
+- ongoing draft for sfaadmin tool
+- support for a federica driver
+- support for a nova/euca driver
+- no more sfa-clean-peer-records script
+
+* Wed Feb 08 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-2
+- registry database has user's keys and mail (known as v0 for migrate)
+- pl importer properly maintains user's keys and mail
+- pl driver now to handle 'role' when adding person record (exp.)
+- first draft of federica driver with config section
+- SFA_GENERIC_FLAVOUR in usual variables for sfa-config-tty
+- plus, from master as of tag merged-in-sfa-2.1-2:
+- disk_image revisited
+- new nova_shell nova_driver & various tweaks for openstack
+
+* Fri Jan 27 2012 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.1-1
+- uses sqlalchemy and related migrate
+- thorough migration and upgrade scheme
+- sfa-import.py and sfa-nuke.py (no more -plc), uses FLAVOUR
+- trashed dbinfo stuff in auth hierarchy
+- data model still has little more than plain records
+- checkpoint tag, not yet intended for release
+
+* Wed Jan 25 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.0-10
+- client: added -R --raw sfi cmdline option that displays raw server response.
+- client: request GENI RSpec by default.
+- server: remove database dependencies from sfa.server.sfaapi.
+- server: increased default credential lifetime to 31 days.
+- bugfix: fixed bug in sfa.storage.record.SfaRecord.delete().
+- bugfix: fixed server key path in sfa.server.sfa-clean-peer-records.
+- bugfix: fixed bug in sfa.server.sfa-start.install_peer_certs().
+
+* Sat Jan 7 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.0-9
+- bugfix: 'geni_api' should be in the top level struct, not the code struct
+- bugfix: Display the correct host and port in 'geni_api_versions' field of the GetVersion
+ output returned by the Aggregate Manager.
+- bugfix: sfa.util.sfatime now handles numeric string inputs correctly.
+- bugfix: sfa.util.sfatime.datetime_to_epoch() returns integers instead of doubles.
+- bugfix: Fixed bug that prevented the rspec parser from identifying an rspec's schema when
+ there is extra whitespace in the schemaLocation field.
+- bugfix: Fixed bug that caused PlanetLab initscripts from showing up in the PGv2 and GENIv3
+ advertisement rspecs.
+- bugfix: <login> RSpec element should contain the 'username' attribute.
+- bugfix: Use sfa.util.plxrn.PlXrn to parse the login_base (authority) out of a urn.
+
+* Wed Jan 4 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.0-8
+- bugfix: Fixed a bug in the sfa-import-plc.py script that caused the script to
+ exit when it encountered a user with an invalid public key.
+- server: imporved logging in sfa-import-plc.py
+
+* Tue Jan 3 2012 Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu> - sfa-2.0-7
+- bugfix: Fixed appending public keys in CreateSliver
+- bugfix: Fixed various bugs in the PGv2/GENIv3 request, advertisement and manifest rspecs.
+- client: -c --current option allows users to request the current/uncached rspec.
+- server: Added 'geni_api_versions' field to GetVersion() output.
+- server: Moved PLC specific code from sfa.importer.sfaImport to sfa.importer.sfa-import-plc.
+
+* Fri Dec 16 2011 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.0-6
+- bugfix: sfi was not sending call_id with ListResources to v2 servers
+- SFA_API_DEBUG replaced with SFA_API_LOGLEVEL
+- PlDriver / PlShell : PLCAPI methods now explicitly go to the shell
+
+* Wed Dec 14 2011 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.0-5
+- client: sfi -a / -p deprecated (use -s instead)
+- client: sfi cleaned up
+- client: sfi has backward support for APIv1 aggregates again
+- server: only APIv2 is supported and should be rather strict
+- server: settings for turning on/off caching in sm or am
+- server: plc-dependant code has moved from aggregate to pldriver
+- server: driver interface extended accordingly
+
+* Fri Dec 09 2011 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.0-4
+- screwed up previous tag
+
+* Fri Dec 09 2011 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.0-3
+- client side revisited with a bootstrap library
+- client side has a new source layout
+- various (nasty) bug fixes wrt options and call_id
+
+* Tue Dec 06 2011 Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr> - sfa-2.0-2
+- various fixes in rspecs for sfav1&slice tags
+- uses 'geni_rspec_version' and not just 'rspec_version'
+- example flavour for the max testbed
+- embryo for an sfa client library
+- topology.py moved into plc
+- sql: table is named records; record_types are enforced
+- sql: table creation cleaned up
+