diff --git a/_release/ciao-release/main.go b/_release/ciao-release/main.go
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+//
+// Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation
+//
+// 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.
+//
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const repoOwner = "01org"
+const repo = "ciao"
+
+var rcSHA = flag.String("head", "", "The sha of the release candidate")
+
+func getAuthenticatedClient() (*github.Client, error) {
+	ghToken := os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+	if ghToken == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("You must set GITHUB_TOKEN env var")
+	}
+
+	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
+		&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: ghToken},
+	)
+
+	tc := oauth2.NewClient(oauth2.NoContext, ts)
+
+	client := github.NewClient(tc)
+
+	return client, nil
+}
+
+func getReleaseCandidateTime(client *github.Client) (time.Time, error) {
+	rc := time.Time{}
+
+	headCommit, _, _ := client.Repositories.GetCommit(repoOwner, repo, *rcSHA)
+	if headCommit == nil {
+		return rc, errors.New("The SHA was not valid")
+	}
+	rc = *headCommit.Commit.Committer.Date
+
+	return rc, nil
+}
+
+func getLastReleaseTime(client *github.Client) (time.Time, error) {
+	var lastRelease time.Time
+
+	release, _, _ := client.Repositories.GetLatestRelease(repoOwner, repo)
+
+	var tags []*github.RepositoryTag
+	var tagsOpts github.ListOptions
+
+	for {
+		t, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListTags(repoOwner, repo, &tagsOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		tags = append(tags, t...)
+
+		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		tagsOpts.Page = resp.NextPage
+	}
+
+	for _, t := range tags {
+		if *t.Name == *release.TagName {
+			c, _, _ := client.Repositories.GetCommit(repoOwner, repo, *t.Commit.SHA)
+			if c == nil {
+				return lastRelease, errors.New("The SHA was not valid")
+			}
+			lastRelease = *c.Commit.Committer.Date
+		}
+	}
+
+	return lastRelease, nil
+}
+
+func getAllPullRequests(client *github.Client) (map[int]github.PullRequest, error) {
+	var prs []*github.PullRequest
+
+	prOpts := github.PullRequestListOptions{
+		State: "closed",
+		Base:  "master",
+	}
+
+	for {
+		pr, resp, err := client.PullRequests.List(repoOwner, repo, &prOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		prs = append(prs, pr...)
+
+		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		prOpts.Page = resp.NextPage
+	}
+
+	prmap := make(map[int]github.PullRequest)
+	for _, pr := range prs {
+		prmap[*pr.Number] = *pr
+	}
+
+	return prmap, nil
+}
+
+func getIssueEvents(client *github.Client, lastRelease time.Time, rc time.Time) (map[string][]*github.IssueEvent, error) {
+	prmap, err := getAllPullRequests(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var events []*github.IssueEvent
+	var eventOpts github.ListOptions
+
+	for {
+		e, resp, err := client.Issues.ListRepositoryEvents(repoOwner, repo, &eventOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		events = append(events, e...)
+
+		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		eventOpts.Page = resp.NextPage
+	}
+
+	eventsmap := make(map[string][]*github.IssueEvent)
+
+	for _, e := range events {
+		key := *e.Event
+
+		if key == "merged" || key == "closed" {
+			num := *e.Issue.Number
+
+			if e.Issue.PullRequestLinks != nil {
+				_, ok := prmap[num]
+				if !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			if lastRelease.IsZero() {
+				eventsmap[key] = append(eventsmap[key], e)
+			} else {
+				if lastRelease.Before(*e.CreatedAt) {
+					if e.CreatedAt.Before(rc) {
+						eventsmap[key] = append(eventsmap[key], e)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return eventsmap, err
+}
+
+func getCommits(client *github.Client, since time.Time, until time.Time) ([]*github.RepositoryCommit, error) {
+	var commits []*github.RepositoryCommit
+
+	copts := github.CommitsListOptions{
+		Since: since,
+		Until: until,
+	}
+
+	for {
+		c, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListCommits(repoOwner, repo, &copts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		commits = append(commits, c...)
+		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		if resp != nil {
+			copts.ListOptions.Page = resp.NextPage
+		}
+	}
+
+	return commits, nil
+}
+
+func generateReleaseNotes() error {
+	client, err := getAuthenticatedClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rc, err := getReleaseCandidateTime(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	lastRelease, err := getLastReleaseTime(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	eventsmap, err := getIssueEvents(client, lastRelease, rc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	commits, err := getCommits(client, lastRelease, rc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create("release.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(f, "Changes since last release\n\n")
+
+	for key, list := range eventsmap {
+		fmt.Fprintf(f, "---%s---\n", key)
+		for _, e := range list {
+			i := *e.Issue
+			fmt.Fprintf(f, "\tIssue/PR #%d: %s\n", *i.Number, *i.Title)
+			fmt.Fprintf(f, "\tURL: %s\n\n", *i.HTMLURL)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(f, "\n")
+	}
+
+	if len(commits) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(f, "---Full Change Log---")
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range commits {
+		lines := strings.Split(*c.Commit.Message, "\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(f, "\t%s\n", lines[0])
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	err := generateReleaseNotes()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatal(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}