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+                Apr 27 2016
+
+The Half Release, a.k.a. the Zealous Easter Trim.
+
+ * Half of the lines of code are gone.
+   - v3.12: 286k lines; v3.13: 142k lines (+ comments)
+   - Experimental untested unused "features" removed
+   - We rewrote several parts in C++ instead of C
+
+ * Introducing v4 of the XML platform format
+   - Many long-due cleanups (details in the Changelog)
+
+ * MSG examples fully reorganized (in C and Java)
+
+ * The S4U interface is rising, toward SimGrid 4
+   - All host manipulations now done in S4U
+   - SimDag was mostly rewritten on top of S4U
+   - MSG & SimDag interfaces mostly unchanged
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+                Oct 12 2015
+
+The Facelift Release. Major changes:
+
+ * Many interface glitches addressed, everywhere.
+   - Require g++-4.7, Java 7 and boost 1.48
+   - Builds on Linux, OS X, Windows and FreeBSD
+   - 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
 
-(to complete)
+Upcoming v3.13 will introduce new interfaces, toward SimGrid 4.
 
- * Surf internal cleanup: rename workstation into host.
-   Option "workstation/model" now reads "host/model"
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