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+global-jjb v0.16.0 Release Notes
+================================
+
+Thanks to Andrew, Christopher, Jamo, Jessica, Sam, Thanh, and Trevor
+for contributing to this release.
+
+
+Upgrade considerations
+----------------------
+
+1. fc00439 Add pip.conf to wrappers
+
+A pipconf definition is now required in Config File Provider configuration in
+Jenkins. It can be empty but must exist.
+
+2. 1d1aaf3 Create job to manage Jenkins Global Variables
+
+Two configuration files are now required to be declared in global-jjb under
+the path $REPO/jenkins-config/global-vars-[production|sandbox].sh.
+
+--- [Example global-vars-production.sh] ---
+
+GERRIT_URL=https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit
+GIT_BASE=git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror/$PROJECT
+GIT_URL=git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror
+JENKINS_HOSTNAME=vex-yul-odl-jenkins-1
+LOGS_SERVER=https://logs.opendaylight.org
+NEXUS_URL=https://nexus.opendaylight.org
+ODLNEXUSPROXY=https://nexus.opendaylight.org
+SILO=releng
+SONAR_URL=https://sonar.opendaylight.org
+
+--- [Example global-vars-production.sh] ---
+
+
+Notable changes since v0.15.0
+-----------------------------
+
+1d1aaf3 Thanh Ha Create job to manage Jenkins Global Variables
+Allows Jenkins global configuration to be managed from inside of the
+ci-management repo under the path
+$REPO/jenkins-config/global-vars-[production|sandbox].sh
+
+b804ed7 Jamo Luhrsen Add : to jjb-deploy:
+The jjb-deploy job that is used to push jobs to the sandobx now accepts 2
+formats:
+
+1) jjb-deploy job-name
+2) jjb-deploy: job-name
+
+fc00439 Thanh Ha Add pip.conf to wrappers
+Adds a new required config file provider file called pipconf which can be blank
+however is useful to define for pip a local proxy server to pull packages from
+more quickly.
+
+d22c3fe Thanh Ha Allow goal override for maven-build macro
+Maven goals can now be overridden (default: clean deploy) via the
+"{mvn-goals}" parameter in your project definition.
+
+61fe474 Jessica Wagantall Add script to update Java alternatives
+Maven jobs now properly handle JAVA_HOME and default Java configuration before
+running a Maven build.
+
+bc80d1d Christopher Lott (cl778h) Refactor macro/template cron param
+Allow maven-merge and maven-sonar cron configuration to be overridden by the
+projects.
+
+
+Full Change Log
+---------------
+
+1d1aaf3 Thanh Ha Create job to manage Jenkins Global Variables
+c4295ab Andrew Grimberg Update submodule documentation
+6704f23 Thanh Ha set +x around sensitive code docker login code
+b804ed7 Jamo Luhrsen Add : to jjb-deploy:
+8ec9758 Thanh Ha Add test to check for double curly braces
+be559eb Christopher Lott (cl778h) Repair shell-include directive
+f529361 Thanh Ha Add maven metadata validator tool
+fc00439 Thanh Ha Add pip.conf to wrappers
+d22c3fe Thanh Ha Allow goal override for maven-build macro
+76a760c Thanh Ha Split maven-stage script into a reusable macro
+d38f363 Thanh Ha Fix local platform file path
+1f02269 Thanh Ha Disable unbound variable checking for activate
+64e510a Thanh Ha Add sphinx link to rtd jobs page
+86f57f3 Thanh Ha deploy cleanup not removing all unmodified files
+db26322 Sam Hague update docs to use minutes over seconds
+fd81b0d Trevor Bramwell Add Links to Plugins mentioned in README
+61fe474 Jessica Wagantall Add script to update Java alternatives
+d33f3cb Jessica Wagantall Remove jdk variable from lf-maven-jobs
+f2f717b Thanh Ha Bump default timeout to 15 minutes for tox
+bc80d1d Christopher Lott (cl778h) Refactor macro/template cron param
+7ff047e Thanh Ha Split maven-deploy into a macro