diff --git a/barbicanclient/openstack/common/jsonutils.py b/barbicanclient/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# Copyright 2011 Justin Santa Barbara
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+'''
+JSON related utilities.
+
+This module provides a few things:
+
+    1) A handy function for getting an object down to something that can be
+    JSON serialized.  See to_primitive().
+
+    2) Wrappers around loads() and dumps().  The dumps() wrapper will
+    automatically use to_primitive() for you if needed.
+
+    3) This sets up anyjson to use the loads() and dumps() wrappers if anyjson
+    is available.
+'''
+
+
+import datetime
+import functools
+import inspect
+import itertools
+import json
+import types
+import xmlrpclib
+
+import six
+
+from barbicanclient.openstack.common import timeutils
+
+
+_nasty_type_tests = [inspect.ismodule, inspect.isclass, inspect.ismethod,
+                     inspect.isfunction, inspect.isgeneratorfunction,
+                     inspect.isgenerator, inspect.istraceback, inspect.isframe,
+                     inspect.iscode, inspect.isbuiltin, inspect.isroutine,
+                     inspect.isabstract]
+
+_simple_types = (types.NoneType, int, basestring, bool, float, long)
+
+
+def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
+                 level=0, max_depth=3):
+    """Convert a complex object into primitives.
+
+    Handy for JSON serialization. We can optionally handle instances,
+    but since this is a recursive function, we could have cyclical
+    data structures.
+
+    To handle cyclical data structures we could track the actual objects
+    visited in a set, but not all objects are hashable. Instead we just
+    track the depth of the object inspections and don't go too deep.
+
+    Therefore, convert_instances=True is lossy ... be aware.
+
+    """
+    # handle obvious types first - order of basic types determined by running
+    # full tests on nova project, resulting in the following counts:
+    # 572754 <type 'NoneType'>
+    # 460353 <type 'int'>
+    # 379632 <type 'unicode'>
+    # 274610 <type 'str'>
+    # 199918 <type 'dict'>
+    # 114200 <type 'datetime.datetime'>
+    #  51817 <type 'bool'>
+    #  26164 <type 'list'>
+    #   6491 <type 'float'>
+    #    283 <type 'tuple'>
+    #     19 <type 'long'>
+    if isinstance(value, _simple_types):
+        return value
+
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+        if convert_datetime:
+            return timeutils.strtime(value)
+        else:
+            return value
+
+    # value of itertools.count doesn't get caught by nasty_type_tests
+    # and results in infinite loop when list(value) is called.
+    if type(value) == itertools.count:
+        return six.text_type(value)
+
+    # FIXME(vish): Workaround for LP bug 852095. Without this workaround,
+    #              tests that raise an exception in a mocked method that
+    #              has a @wrap_exception with a notifier will fail. If
+    #              we up the dependency to 0.5.4 (when it is released) we
+    #              can remove this workaround.
+    if getattr(value, '__module__', None) == 'mox':
+        return 'mock'
+
+    if level > max_depth:
+        return '?'
+
+    # The try block may not be necessary after the class check above,
+    # but just in case ...
+    try:
+        recursive = functools.partial(to_primitive,
+                                      convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                      convert_datetime=convert_datetime,
+                                      level=level,
+                                      max_depth=max_depth)
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return dict((k, recursive(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
+        elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+            return [recursive(lv) for lv in value]
+
+        # It's not clear why xmlrpclib created their own DateTime type, but
+        # for our purposes, make it a datetime type which is explicitly
+        # handled
+        if isinstance(value, xmlrpclib.DateTime):
+            value = datetime.datetime(*tuple(value.timetuple())[:6])
+
+        if convert_datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            return timeutils.strtime(value)
+        elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
+            return recursive(dict(value.iteritems()), level=level + 1)
+        elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+            return recursive(list(value))
+        elif convert_instances and hasattr(value, '__dict__'):
+            # Likely an instance of something. Watch for cycles.
+            # Ignore class member vars.
+            return recursive(value.__dict__, level=level + 1)
+        else:
+            if any(test(value) for test in _nasty_type_tests):
+                return six.text_type(value)
+            return value
+    except TypeError:
+        # Class objects are tricky since they may define something like
+        # __iter__ defined but it isn't callable as list().
+        return six.text_type(value)
+
+
+def dumps(value, default=to_primitive, **kwargs):
+    return json.dumps(value, default=default, **kwargs)
+
+
+def loads(s):
+    return json.loads(s)
+
+
+def load(s):
+    return json.load(s)
+
+
+try:
+    import anyjson
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    anyjson._modules.append((__name__, 'dumps', TypeError,
+                                       'loads', ValueError, 'load'))
+    anyjson.force_implementation(__name__)
diff --git a/barbicanclient/openstack/common/setup.py b/barbicanclient/openstack/common/setup.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# Copyright 2012-2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+Utilities with minimum-depends for use in setup.py
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import email
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from setuptools.command import sdist
+
+
+def parse_mailmap(mailmap='.mailmap'):
+    mapping = {}
+    if os.path.exists(mailmap):
+        with open(mailmap, 'r') as fp:
+            for l in fp:
+                try:
+                    canonical_email, alias = re.match(
+                        r'[^#]*?(<.+>).*(<.+>).*', l).groups()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    continue
+                mapping[alias] = canonical_email
+    return mapping
+
+
+def _parse_git_mailmap(git_dir, mailmap='.mailmap'):
+    mailmap = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(git_dir), mailmap)
+    return parse_mailmap(mailmap)
+
+
+def canonicalize_emails(changelog, mapping):
+    """Takes in a string and an email alias mapping and replaces all
+       instances of the aliases in the string with their real email.
+    """
+    for alias, email_address in mapping.iteritems():
+        changelog = changelog.replace(alias, email_address)
+    return changelog
+
+
+# Get requirements from the first file that exists
+def get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+    for requirements_file in requirements_files:
+        if os.path.exists(requirements_file):
+            with open(requirements_file, 'r') as fil:
+                return fil.read().split('\n')
+    return []
+
+
+def parse_requirements(requirements_files=['requirements.txt',
+                                           'tools/pip-requires']):
+    requirements = []
+    for line in get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+        # For the requirements list, we need to inject only the portion
+        # after egg= so that distutils knows the package it's looking for
+        # such as:
+        # -e git://github.com/openstack/nova/master#egg=nova
+        if re.match(r'\s*-e\s+', line):
+            requirements.append(re.sub(r'\s*-e\s+.*#egg=(.*)$', r'\1',
+                                line))
+        # such as:
+        # http://github.com/openstack/nova/zipball/master#egg=nova
+        elif re.match(r'\s*https?:', line):
+            requirements.append(re.sub(r'\s*https?:.*#egg=(.*)$', r'\1',
+                                line))
+        # -f lines are for index locations, and don't get used here
+        elif re.match(r'\s*-f\s+', line):
+            pass
+        # argparse is part of the standard library starting with 2.7
+        # adding it to the requirements list screws distro installs
+        elif line == 'argparse' and sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+            pass
+        else:
+            requirements.append(line)
+
+    return requirements
+
+
+def parse_dependency_links(requirements_files=['requirements.txt',
+                                               'tools/pip-requires']):
+    dependency_links = []
+    # dependency_links inject alternate locations to find packages listed
+    # in requirements
+    for line in get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+        # skip comments and blank lines
+        if re.match(r'(\s*#)|(\s*$)', line):
+            continue
+        # lines with -e or -f need the whole line, minus the flag
+        if re.match(r'\s*-[ef]\s+', line):
+            dependency_links.append(re.sub(r'\s*-[ef]\s+', '', line))
+        # lines that are only urls can go in unmolested
+        elif re.match(r'\s*https?:', line):
+            dependency_links.append(line)
+    return dependency_links
+
+
+def _run_shell_command(cmd, throw_on_error=False):
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        output = subprocess.Popen(["cmd.exe", "/C", cmd],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    else:
+        output = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sh", "-c", cmd],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    out = output.communicate()
+    if output.returncode and throw_on_error:
+        raise Exception("%s returned %d" % cmd, output.returncode)
+    if len(out) == 0:
+        return None
+    if len(out[0].strip()) == 0:
+        return None
+    return out[0].strip()
+
+
+def _get_git_directory():
+    parent_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    while True:
+        git_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, '.git')
+        if os.path.exists(git_dir):
+            return git_dir
+        parent_dir, child = os.path.split(parent_dir)
+        if not child:   # reached to root dir
+            return None
+
+
+def write_git_changelog():
+    """Write a changelog based on the git changelog."""
+    new_changelog = 'ChangeLog'
+    git_dir = _get_git_directory()
+    if not os.getenv('SKIP_WRITE_GIT_CHANGELOG'):
+        if git_dir:
+            git_log_cmd = 'git --git-dir=%s log' % git_dir
+            changelog = _run_shell_command(git_log_cmd)
+            mailmap = _parse_git_mailmap(git_dir)
+            with open(new_changelog, "w") as changelog_file:
+                changelog_file.write(canonicalize_emails(changelog, mailmap))
+    else:
+        open(new_changelog, 'w').close()
+
+
+def generate_authors():
+    """Create AUTHORS file using git commits."""
+    jenkins_email = 'jenkins@review.(openstack|stackforge).org'
+    old_authors = 'AUTHORS.in'
+    new_authors = 'AUTHORS'
+    git_dir = _get_git_directory()
+    if not os.getenv('SKIP_GENERATE_AUTHORS'):
+        if git_dir:
+            # don't include jenkins email address in AUTHORS file
+            git_log_cmd = ("git --git-dir=" + git_dir +
+                           " log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -u | "
+                           "egrep -v '" + jenkins_email + "'")
+            changelog = _run_shell_command(git_log_cmd)
+            signed_cmd = ("git --git-dir=" + git_dir +
+                          " log | grep -i Co-authored-by: | sort -u")
+            signed_entries = _run_shell_command(signed_cmd)
+            if signed_entries:
+                new_entries = "\n".join(
+                    [signed.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+                     for signed in signed_entries.split("\n") if signed])
+                changelog = "\n".join((changelog, new_entries))
+            mailmap = _parse_git_mailmap(git_dir)
+            with open(new_authors, 'w') as new_authors_fh:
+                new_authors_fh.write(canonicalize_emails(changelog, mailmap))
+                if os.path.exists(old_authors):
+                    with open(old_authors, "r") as old_authors_fh:
+                        new_authors_fh.write('\n' + old_authors_fh.read())
+    else:
+        open(new_authors, 'w').close()
+
+
+_rst_template = """%(heading)s
+%(underline)s
+
+.. automodule:: %(module)s
+  :members:
+  :undoc-members:
+  :show-inheritance:
+"""
+
+
+def get_cmdclass():
+    """Return dict of commands to run from setup.py."""
+
+    cmdclass = dict()
+
+    def _find_modules(arg, dirname, files):
+        for filename in files:
+            if filename.endswith('.py') and filename != '__init__.py':
+                arg["%s.%s" % (dirname.replace('/', '.'),
+                               filename[:-3])] = True
+
+    class LocalSDist(sdist.sdist):
+        """Builds the ChangeLog and Authors files from VC first."""
+
+        def run(self):
+            write_git_changelog()
+            generate_authors()
+            # sdist.sdist is an old style class, can't use super()
+            sdist.sdist.run(self)
+
+    cmdclass['sdist'] = LocalSDist
+
+    # If Sphinx is installed on the box running setup.py,
+    # enable setup.py to build the documentation, otherwise,
+    # just ignore it
+    try:
+        from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
+
+        class LocalBuildDoc(BuildDoc):
+
+            builders = ['html', 'man']
+
+            def generate_autoindex(self):
+                print("**Autodocumenting from %s" % os.path.abspath(os.curdir))
+                modules = {}
+                option_dict = self.distribution.get_option_dict('build_sphinx')
+                source_dir = os.path.join(option_dict['source_dir'][1], 'api')
+                if not os.path.exists(source_dir):
+                    os.makedirs(source_dir)
+                for pkg in self.distribution.packages:
+                    if '.' not in pkg:
+                        os.path.walk(pkg, _find_modules, modules)
+                module_list = modules.keys()
+                module_list.sort()
+                autoindex_filename = os.path.join(source_dir, 'autoindex.rst')
+                with open(autoindex_filename, 'w') as autoindex:
+                    autoindex.write(""".. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+""")
+                    for module in module_list:
+                        output_filename = os.path.join(source_dir,
+                                                       "%s.rst" % module)
+                        heading = "The :mod:`%s` Module" % module
+                        underline = "=" * len(heading)
+                        values = dict(module=module, heading=heading,
+                                      underline=underline)
+
+                        print("Generating %s" % output_filename)
+                        with open(output_filename, 'w') as output_file:
+                            output_file.write(_rst_template % values)
+                        autoindex.write("   %s.rst\n" % module)
+
+            def run(self):
+                if not os.getenv('SPHINX_DEBUG'):
+                    self.generate_autoindex()
+
+                for builder in self.builders:
+                    self.builder = builder
+                    self.finalize_options()
+                    self.project = self.distribution.get_name()
+                    self.version = self.distribution.get_version()
+                    self.release = self.distribution.get_version()
+                    BuildDoc.run(self)
+
+        class LocalBuildLatex(LocalBuildDoc):
+            builders = ['latex']
+
+        cmdclass['build_sphinx'] = LocalBuildDoc
+        cmdclass['build_sphinx_latex'] = LocalBuildLatex
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    return cmdclass
+
+
+def _get_revno(git_dir):
+    """Return the number of commits since the most recent tag.
+
+    We use git-describe to find this out, but if there are no
+    tags then we fall back to counting commits since the beginning
+    of time.
+    """
+    describe = _run_shell_command(
+        "git --git-dir=%s describe --always" % git_dir)
+    if "-" in describe:
+        return describe.rsplit("-", 2)[-2]
+
+    # no tags found
+    revlist = _run_shell_command(
+        "git --git-dir=%s rev-list --abbrev-commit HEAD" % git_dir)
+    return len(revlist.splitlines())
+
+
+def _get_version_from_git(pre_version):
+    """Return a version which is equal to the tag that's on the current
+    revision if there is one, or tag plus number of additional revisions
+    if the current revision has no tag."""
+
+    git_dir = _get_git_directory()
+    if git_dir:
+        if pre_version:
+            try:
+                return _run_shell_command(
+                    "git --git-dir=" + git_dir + " describe --exact-match",
+                    throw_on_error=True).replace('-', '.')
+            except Exception:
+                sha = _run_shell_command(
+                    "git --git-dir=" + git_dir + " log -n1 --pretty=format:%h")
+                return "%s.a%s.g%s" % (pre_version, _get_revno(git_dir), sha)
+        else:
+            return _run_shell_command(
+                "git --git-dir=" + git_dir + " describe --always").replace(
+                    '-', '.')
+    return None
+
+
+def _get_version_from_pkg_info(package_name):
+    """Get the version from PKG-INFO file if we can."""
+    try:
+        pkg_info_file = open('PKG-INFO', 'r')
+    except (IOError, OSError):
+        return None
+    try:
+        pkg_info = email.message_from_file(pkg_info_file)
+    except email.MessageError:
+        return None
+    # Check to make sure we're in our own dir
+    if pkg_info.get('Name', None) != package_name:
+        return None
+    return pkg_info.get('Version', None)
+
+
+def get_version(package_name, pre_version=None):
+    """Get the version of the project. First, try getting it from PKG-INFO, if
+    it exists. If it does, that means we're in a distribution tarball or that
+    install has happened. Otherwise, if there is no PKG-INFO file, pull the
+    version from git.
+
+    We do not support setup.py version sanity in git archive tarballs, nor do
+    we support packagers directly sucking our git repo into theirs. We expect
+    that a source tarball be made from our git repo - or that if someone wants
+    to make a source tarball from a fork of our repo with additional tags in it
+    that they understand and desire the results of doing that.
+    """
+    version = os.environ.get("OSLO_PACKAGE_VERSION", None)
+    if version:
+        return version
+    version = _get_version_from_pkg_info(package_name)
+    if version:
+        return version
+    version = _get_version_from_git(pre_version)
+    if version:
+        return version
+    raise Exception("Versioning for this project requires either an sdist"
+                    " tarball, or access to an upstream git repository.")
diff --git a/barbicanclient/openstack/common/timeutils.py b/barbicanclient/openstack/common/timeutils.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+Time related utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import calendar
+import datetime
+
+import iso8601
+
+
+# ISO 8601 extended time format with microseconds
+_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'
+_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT = _ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND
+
+
+def isotime(at=None, subsecond=False):
+    """Stringify time in ISO 8601 format"""
+    if not at:
+        at = utcnow()
+    st = at.strftime(_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT
+                     if not subsecond
+                     else _ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND)
+    tz = at.tzinfo.tzname(None) if at.tzinfo else 'UTC'
+    st += ('Z' if tz == 'UTC' else tz)
+    return st
+
+
+def parse_isotime(timestr):
+    """Parse time from ISO 8601 format"""
+    try:
+        return iso8601.parse_date(timestr)
+    except iso8601.ParseError as e:
+        raise ValueError(e.message)
+    except TypeError as e:
+        raise ValueError(e.message)
+
+
+def strtime(at=None, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Returns formatted utcnow."""
+    if not at:
+        at = utcnow()
+    return at.strftime(fmt)
+
+
+def parse_strtime(timestr, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Turn a formatted time back into a datetime."""
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestr, fmt)
+
+
+def normalize_time(timestamp):
+    """Normalize time in arbitrary timezone to UTC naive object"""
+    offset = timestamp.utcoffset()
+    if offset is None:
+        return timestamp
+    return timestamp.replace(tzinfo=None) - offset
+
+
+def is_older_than(before, seconds):
+    """Return True if before is older than seconds."""
+    if isinstance(before, basestring):
+        before = parse_strtime(before).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    return utcnow() - before > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+
+
+def is_newer_than(after, seconds):
+    """Return True if after is newer than seconds."""
+    if isinstance(after, basestring):
+        after = parse_strtime(after).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    return after - utcnow() > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+
+
+def utcnow_ts():
+    """Timestamp version of our utcnow function."""
+    return calendar.timegm(utcnow().timetuple())
+
+
+def utcnow():
+    """Overridable version of utils.utcnow."""
+    if utcnow.override_time:
+        try:
+            return utcnow.override_time.pop(0)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return utcnow.override_time
+    return datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
+
+def iso8601_from_timestamp(timestamp):
+    """Returns a iso8601 formated date from timestamp"""
+    return isotime(datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp))
+
+
+utcnow.override_time = None
+
+
+def set_time_override(override_time=datetime.datetime.utcnow()):
+    """
+    Override utils.utcnow to return a constant time or a list thereof,
+    one at a time.
+    """
+    utcnow.override_time = override_time
+
+
+def advance_time_delta(timedelta):
+    """Advance overridden time using a datetime.timedelta."""
+    assert(not utcnow.override_time is None)
+    try:
+        for dt in utcnow.override_time:
+            dt += timedelta
+    except TypeError:
+        utcnow.override_time += timedelta
+
+
+def advance_time_seconds(seconds):
+    """Advance overridden time by seconds."""
+    advance_time_delta(datetime.timedelta(0, seconds))
+
+
+def clear_time_override():
+    """Remove the overridden time."""
+    utcnow.override_time = None
+
+
+def marshall_now(now=None):
+    """Make an rpc-safe datetime with microseconds.
+
+    Note: tzinfo is stripped, but not required for relative times."""
+    if not now:
+        now = utcnow()
+    return dict(day=now.day, month=now.month, year=now.year, hour=now.hour,
+                minute=now.minute, second=now.second,
+                microsecond=now.microsecond)
+
+
+def unmarshall_time(tyme):
+    """Unmarshall a datetime dict."""
+    return datetime.datetime(day=tyme['day'],
+                             month=tyme['month'],
+                             year=tyme['year'],
+                             hour=tyme['hour'],
+                             minute=tyme['minute'],
+                             second=tyme['second'],
+                             microsecond=tyme['microsecond'])
+
+
+def delta_seconds(before, after):
+    """
+    Compute the difference in seconds between two date, time, or
+    datetime objects (as a float, to microsecond resolution).
+    """
+    delta = after - before
+    try:
+        return delta.total_seconds()
+    except AttributeError:
+        return ((delta.days * 24 * 3600) + delta.seconds +
+                float(delta.microseconds) / (10 ** 6))
+
+
+def is_soon(dt, window):
+    """
+    Determines if time is going to happen in the next window seconds.
+
+    :params dt: the time
+    :params window: minimum seconds to remain to consider the time not soon
+
+    :return: True if expiration is within the given duration
+    """
+    soon = (utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=window))
+    return normalize_time(dt) <= soon
diff --git a/barbicanclient/openstack/common/version.py b/barbicanclient/openstack/common/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfdb8f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barbicanclient/openstack/common/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+
+#    Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
+#    Copyright 2012-2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+Utilities for consuming the version from pkg_resources.
+"""
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+
+class VersionInfo(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, package):
+        """Object that understands versioning for a package
+        :param package: name of the python package, such as glance, or
+                        python-glanceclient
+        """
+        self.package = package
+        self.release = None
+        self.version = None
+        self._cached_version = None
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Make the VersionInfo object behave like a string."""
+        return self.version_string()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        """Include the name."""
+        return "VersionInfo(%s:%s)" % (self.package, self.version_string())
+
+    def _get_version_from_pkg_resources(self):
+        """Get the version of the package from the pkg_resources record
+        associated with the package."""
+        try:
+            requirement = pkg_resources.Requirement.parse(self.package)
+            provider = pkg_resources.get_provider(requirement)
+            return provider.version
+        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            # The most likely cause for this is running tests in a tree
+            # produced from a tarball where the package itself has not been
+            # installed into anything. Revert to setup-time logic.
+            from barbicanclient.openstack.common import setup
+            return setup.get_version(self.package)
+
+    def release_string(self):
+        """Return the full version of the package including suffixes indicating
+        VCS status.
+        """
+        if self.release is None:
+            self.release = self._get_version_from_pkg_resources()
+
+        return self.release
+
+    def version_string(self):
+        """Return the short version minus any alpha/beta tags."""
+        if self.version is None:
+            parts = []
+            for part in self.release_string().split('.'):
+                if part[0].isdigit():
+                    parts.append(part)
+                else:
+                    break
+            self.version = ".".join(parts)
+
+        return self.version
+
+    # Compatibility functions
+    canonical_version_string = version_string
+    version_string_with_vcs = release_string
+
+    def cached_version_string(self, prefix=""):
+        """Generate an object which will expand in a string context to
+        the results of version_string(). We do this so that don't
+        call into pkg_resources every time we start up a program when
+        passing version information into the CONF constructor, but
+        rather only do the calculation when and if a version is requested
+        """
+        if not self._cached_version:
+            self._cached_version = "%s%s" % (prefix,
+                                             self.version_string())
+        return self._cached_version
diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index ba3fa751..9f1c17e0 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 
 # The list of modules to copy from openstack-common
-modules=setup,install_venv_common,jsonutils,timeutils
+modules=setup,jsonutils,timeutils,version
 
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
 base=barbicanclient
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