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some formatting fixes, moved API changes to the end
== Changes ==
Since {{dlink|ploop|1.4}}
'''New functionality:'''
* switch from old /dev/ploop/ symlink-based to new in-kernel cookie registration
* snapshots: switch to schema with constant top delta uuid
* ploop list: implement
* /sbin/mount.ploop: do load ploop modules
'''Bug fixes:'''
* do not crash on empty DiskDescriptor.xml (libxml2 workaround)
* ploop convert: fix converting from expanded to raw
* tools: few exit code fixes
* multiple usage, log and error message fixes
* ploop mount: check that mount point is a directory
* ploop umount: reduce retry count from 60 to 6
* scripts: de-bash-ify
* assorted code refactoring, cleanups and nitpicks
'''Library API changes'''
* implement dynamic library loading via ploop_resolve_functions()
* introduce optimized ploop_get_info_by_descr(), remove ploop_get_info()
* replace ploop_{alloc,read}_diskdescriptor() with ploop_read_disk_descr()
* remove ploop_getdevice()
