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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information#
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Collect Jira issues from a filter and format the output for CHANGES.md
+# Output content into console, does not write into file.
+#
+###############################################################################
+"""jira.py: Output jira issues from https://issues.apache.org/jira into RST format for Apche CloudStack Release-Notes.
+
+Usage:
+  jira.py FILTERID -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD
+  jira.py (-h | --help)
+  jira.py --version
+
+Options:
+  -h --help     Show this screen.
+  --version     Show version.
+
+"""
+from docopt import docopt
+import requests
+import json
+import sys
+import pprint
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    arguments = docopt(__doc__, version='jira.py 2.0')
+
+filterurl='https://issues.apache.org/jira/rest/api/2/filter/' + arguments['FILTERID']
+
+
+r=requests.get(filterurl, auth=(arguments['USERNAME'],arguments['PASSWORD']))
+rlist=r.json()['searchUrl']
+
+get_all=requests.get(rlist, auth=(arguments['USERNAME'],arguments['PASSWORD'])).json()
+count=get_all['total']
+
+#print count
+n, m = divmod(count, 50)
+
+for i in range(n+1):
+
+    issueslist=requests.get(rlist+'&startAt='+str(i*50), auth=(arguments['USERNAME'],arguments['PASSWORD'])).json()['issues']
+
+    for issue in issueslist:
+        '''assignee=issue['fields']['assignee']['displayName']
+           reporter=issue['fields']['reporter']['displayName']
+        '''
+        print '['+ issue['key'] + '](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/' + issue['key'] + ') | ' + issue['fields']['summary'][:80] + '...'