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+                    _               _____  _ ____
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / / |___ \
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ | | __) |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) || |/ __/
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_|_____|
+
+The Facelift Release. Major changes:
+
+ * Many interface glitches addressed, everywhere.
+   - Require g++-4.7 and boost 1.48
+   - See ChangeLog for renamed functions and options.
+
+ * Energy plugin: major cleanups/rewrites.
+   http://simgrid.org/tutorials/simgrid-energy-101.pdf
+
+ * Model-Checker progresses toward production use:
+   - More robust (now runs in a separate process).
+   - More efficient (with snapshots' memory compaction).
+   - More usable (execution paths replayed out of MC)
+   http://simgrid.org/tutorials/simgrid-mc-101.pdf
+
+ * SMPI improvements:
+   - Better standard coverage  - SMP-aware collectives
+   - InfiniBand model          - Early support for RMA
+   - Replay: Dynamic selector  - MVAPICH2 selector
+   http://simgrid.org/tutorials/simgrid-smpi-101.pdf
+
+Upcoming v3.13 will introduce new interfaces, toward SimGrid 4.
+
+                    _               _____  _ _
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / / / |
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ | | |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) || | |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_|_|
+                May 31 2014
+
+The Class Release. Major changes:
+
+ * Surf is now in C++ (and documented!)
+ * Virtual Machine model for Cloud Simulation
+ * Surf callbacks: plug your code directly in Surf!
+ * Simcalls are script-generated to clean the mess
+
+                    _               _____  _  ___
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / / |/ _ \
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ | | | | |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) || | |_| |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_|\___/
+                Nov 17 2013
+
+The Clean Diaper Release, a.k.a. SimGrid is leak-free. Major changes:
+
+ * Preliminary DVFS support to track the energy consumption
+ * Java is back in the main package (and is very stable).
+ * The storage sub-modules is now believed to be usable.
+ * SMPI is now very stable (we pass most MPICH tests).
+ * Lots of memory leaks were corrected in this release.
+ * Verification and model checking further improved:
+   liveness+SMPI works; reduction through state equality detection
+ Plus the usual load of bug fixes and small improvements
+
+                    _               _____ ___
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ // _ \
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ (_) |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) \__, |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)/_/
+                Feb 5 2013
+
+The "Grasgory" release. Major changes:
+
+ * Gras was completely removed from this version.
+ * Documentation reorganization to ease browsing it.
+ * New default value for the TCP_gamma parameter: 4MiB
+
+                    _               _____  ___   _
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / ( _ ) / |
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ / _ \ | |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) | (_) || |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)___(_)_|
+                Oct 27 2012
+
+The "we are told that some people want to also *install* the simgrid
+framework" release.
+
+ * Add missing manpage to the archive.
+
+                    _               _____  ___
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / ( _ )
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \ / _ \
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) | (_) |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)___/
+                Oct 25 2012
+
+The Psssshiiiit release: SimGrid jumps into the Cloud.
+Major changes:
+
+ * Experimental interface to manipulate VMs, EC2-style.
+ * Fixes around process restart and stochastic workloads
+ * platf: New C interface to create fixed or random platforms
+ * SimDag: Many fixes and improvements of typed tasks
+ * SMPI now covers more of the MPI interface.
+   More datatypes, more functions, more robust.
+ * Model-checking: mmalloc is more robust to user errors.
+
+                    _               _____ _____ _
+__   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ /|___  / |
+\ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \    |_ \   / /| |
+ \ V /  __/ |  \__ \ | (_) | | | |  ___) | / /_| |
+  \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_/(_)_|
+                June 7 2012
+
+The "cleaning the cleanup" release. Major changes:
+
+ * Portability fixups for Mac OSX and Windows
+ * Some other bug fixing and various polishing.
+

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   \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_/
                 May 15 2012
 
   \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_/
                 May 15 2012
 

-The "sprint cleanups (before the next Big Project kicks in)" release.
+The "spring cleanups (before the next Big Project kicks in)" release.

 Major changes:
 
 Major changes:
 

- * Major cleanups all around (doc, user options, MSG, lua, internals)
+ * Major cleanups all around (doc, user options, MSG, Lua, internals)

    Small backward compatibility glitches may have been introduced
  * Parallel execution of user code should be stable and efficient now
  * SMPI is now considered stable
  * Add temporals to Model-Checking (highly experimental right now)
    Small backward compatibility glitches may have been introduced
  * Parallel execution of user code should be stable and efficient now
  * SMPI is now considered stable
  * Add temporals to Model-Checking (highly experimental right now)

+

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@@ -23,9 +140,9 @@ __   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / / /_  |___ \
 The "Not coding new stuff allows to polish old things" release.
 
  * Portability to Mac and Windows improved.
 The "Not coding new stuff allows to polish old things" release.
 
  * Portability to Mac and Windows improved.

- * Possible misconfigurations (contextes, libPCRE) made impossible by
+ * Possible misconfigurations (contexts, libPCRE) made impossible by

    removing the option or providing sane default value.
    removing the option or providing sane default value.

- * Experimental support to NS3 simulator as a backend.
+ * Experimental support to NS3 simulator as a back-end.

 
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@@ -72,12 +189,12 @@ The "Winter in Frejus" release. Also known as "ANR/ADT funding helps"
 Major changes are:
 
  * New feature: Model check any simgrid simulation
 Major changes are:
 
  * New feature: Model check any simgrid simulation

- * SMPI: now considered stable
+ * SMPI is now very usable.

  * Visualization:
     - now covers the whole framework
     - major usability improvements
  * SURF:
  * Visualization:
     - now covers the whole framework
     - major usability improvements
  * SURF:

-    - scalable platform management through hiearchical description
+    - scalable platform management through hierarchical description

     - new efficient way to bypass the XML parser
  * MSG: at last asynchronous functions are available
  * SIMDAG: many usability improvements (dotloader, ...)
     - new efficient way to bypass the XML parser
  * MSG: at last asynchronous functions are available
  * SIMDAG: many usability improvements (dotloader, ...)


@@ -95,6 +212,7 @@ __   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ /| || |  / |
 
 The "Polishing easter eggs is probably a good idea" release.
 This is a bug fixes release only.
 
 The "Polishing easter eggs is probably a good idea" release.
 This is a bug fixes release only.

+

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@@ -147,10 +265,11 @@ The "Simplicity does not preceed complexity, but follows it" release.
 Most important changes:
  * surf and simix modules reworked for simplification.
    It lays the ground for future extensions and improvements of SimGrid
 Most important changes:
  * surf and simix modules reworked for simplification.
    It lays the ground for future extensions and improvements of SimGrid

- * SMPI was further improved, altrough not ready for production use yet.
+ * SMPI was further improved, although not ready for production use yet.

 
 On the way, we gained a bit more than 5% on the classical master/slave
 example. More to come on this in future releases.
 
 On the way, we gained a bit more than 5% on the classical master/slave
 example. More to come on this in future releases.

+

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@@ -158,7 +277,7 @@ __   _____ _ __ ___(_) ___  _ __   |___ / |___ / / |
   \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)____(_)_|
                 27 Jun 2009
 
   \_/ \___|_|  |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)____(_)_|
                 27 Jun 2009
 

-This dot release is mainly a maintainance one. Most important changes:
+This dot release is mainly a maintenance one. Most important changes:

  * We fixed a large amount of bugs all around
 
  * We sanitized the way configuration is handled internally.
  * We fixed a large amount of bugs all around
 
  * We sanitized the way configuration is handled internally.


@@ -207,7 +326,7 @@ In short:
  * Complete regression testing framework so that you can trust the tool
  * Lot of neat new modules in the XBT toolbox
 
  * Complete regression testing framework so that you can trust the tool
  * Lot of neat new modules in the XBT toolbox
 

-This version was throughfully tested on linux 32bits and 64bits
+This version was thoroughly tested on linux 32bits and 64bits

 (debian), as well as Mac OSX (leopard).
 
 Unfortunately, our windows-guy left, and we cannot release the windows
 (debian), as well as Mac OSX (leopard).
 
 Unfortunately, our windows-guy left, and we cannot release the windows


@@ -226,10 +345,10 @@ should work anyway (don't panic):
    quite puzzled, but I suspect a bug in the test, not in the lib.
  * the tesh auto-tests "fail" on Mac OSX. This is because "rm -rf" is
    sometimes too verbose (when the OS creates hidden files, I
    quite puzzled, but I suspect a bug in the test, not in the lib.
  * the tesh auto-tests "fail" on Mac OSX. This is because "rm -rf" is
    sometimes too verbose (when the OS creates hidden files, I

-   suspect), but tesh definitly work as the rest on this arch.
+   suspect), but tesh definitely work as the rest on this arch.

 
 We hope to manage to do more timely releases in the future, even if
 
 We hope to manage to do more timely releases in the future, even if

-that may turn out difficult since big stuff is comming (I don't say
+that may turn out difficult since big stuff is coming (I don't say

 much here for the suspense ;)
 
 We hope you'll enjoy this new version, and please report any feedback
 much here for the suspense ;)
 
 We hope you'll enjoy this new version, and please report any feedback