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 SimGrid (3.8) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
 
  The "SimGrid makes psssshiiiit and jumps into the cloud" release.
- 
+
  CMAKE:
- * Remove option custom_flags. Now use environment variables CFLAGS 
+ * Remove option custom_flags. Now use environment variables CFLAGS
    and LDFLAGS.
-  
+ * Enable tracing by default. This modules rocks you should use it.
+
  MSG:
  * Add an experimental interface to manipulate VMs. They are mainly
    process groups with very few intrinsic semantic, but they should
    allow you to build the semantic you want easily.
+ * New function: MSG_host_set_property_value()
+ * Deprecate functions MSG_global_init() / MSG_global_init_args()
+   Please use MSG_init() instead. (reducing the amount of entry 
+   points in the library helps us).
+ * Make it impossible to link against the wrong version of the lib
+
+ Simix:
+ * Bug fixes around the resource failures: don't let the processes
+   survive the host they are running onto
 
  SimDag:
- * New type of typed tasks SD_TASK_COMP_PAR_AMDAHL that represents a
+ * New types of typed tasks. SD_TASK_COMP_PAR_AMDAHL represents a
    parallel task whose initial work is distributed among host according
    to the Amdahl's law. Such tasks are created with a parameter alpha
-   that corresponds to the non-parallelizable part of the computation.
-
-   Before calling SD_task_schedulel or SD_task_schedulev, the
-   SD_task_distribute_comp_amdahl function has to be called with the
-   desired number of workstations. The filling of computation_amount and
-   communication_amount (actually empty) structures is then done
-   seamlessly.
+   that corresponds to the non-parallelizable part of the computation. 
+   SD_TASK_COMM_PAR_MXN_1D_BLOCK represents a complex data redistribution 
+   between two sets of workstations assuming a 1D block distribution (each 
+   workstation owns a similar share of data) on both sides. 
+
+   These tasks can be scheduled with SD_task_schedulel or SD_task_schedulev. 
+   Data redistribution will be automatically scheduled once parent and child 
+   are both scheduled. The filling of computation_amount and
+   communication_amount structures is now done seamlessly thanks to the chosen
+   assumptions.
  * New function SD_workstation_dump to display various information
 
+ XBT:
+ * Functions xbt_dict_hash() and xbt_dict_hash_ext() are made public,
+  and renamed to xbt_str_hash() and xbt_str_ext()._
+
  -- $date Da SimGrid team <simgrid-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr>
 
-SimGrid (3.7.1) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
+SimGrid (3.7.1) stable; urgency=low
 
  MSG:
  * Restore the prototype of MSG_process_create_with_environment() to
@@ -36,12 +53,26 @@ SimGrid (3.7.1) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
  SURF:
  * Fix weird behaviors when dealing with parallel tasks.
 
+ WINDOWS:
+ * Simgrid is now built as a dll.
+ * Simgrid-java now works on Windows.
+ * Simgrid-Java is now included into Windows package.
+
+ MacOS:
+ * First pre-build package for MacOSX.
+
  Build System:
  * Fix compilation when using MSG_USE_DEPRECATED.
- * Fix compilation on Macs.
+ * Fix some compilation issues on Macs and Windows.
+ * Reduce the number of failing tests on exotic systems, like Debian/Hurd.
  * Environment variables CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are now honored by cmake.
 
- -- $date Da SimGrid team <simgrid-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr>
+ We discovered that the Lua console is broken, but we are missing the
+ manpower to fix it right now. The problem existed in 3.7 too, so we
+ are not blocking the release for that. Sorry if you depended on this
+ feature, any help would be really welcome.
+
+ -- Thu Jun 7 2012 Da SimGrid team <simgrid-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr>
 
 SimGrid (3.7) stable; urgency=low