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+---
+deprecations:
+  - Create ring builders under swift user instead of root.
+  - Change defaults fro incoming/outgoing chmod for rsync.
+    Defaults are now Du=rwx,g=rx,o=rx,Fu=rw,g=r,o=r.
+  - Set mount_check to True by default.
+  - Stop calling ::concat::setup, that is a deprecate class.
+  - swift_hash_suffix is now deprecated and swift_hash_path_suffix
+    with swift_hash_path_prefix should be used.
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+---
+features:
+  - Update Ceilometer proxy to support Oslo Messaging.
+  - Allow to manage Swift service with swiftinit service provider.
+    This is an initial step towards using swift-init to manage
+    multiple swift services out of different configuration files such
+    as is needed to run a separate replication network.
+  - swift-ring-builder 2.2.2+ output parsing support.
+  - Add support to change meta entry for ring devices.