Updated change log; Declared NotificationReceiver as experimental

Signed-off-by: Andreas Maier <maiera@de.ibm.com>
zhmcclient · Jan 31, 2017 · 4a60979 · 4a60979
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diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ Released: not yet
 * Documented the authorization requirements for each method, and in total
   in a new section "Setting up the HMC".
 
+* Added a method `open_os_message_channel()` on Partition and Lpar objects,
+  that returns a notification token for receiving operating system messages
+  as HMC notifications.
+
+* Experimental: Added a class `NotificationReceiver` that supports receiving
+  and iterating through HMC notificationsi for a notification token, e.g.
+  those produced by `open_os_message_channel()`.
+
 **Known Issues:**
 
 * See `list of open issues`_.

diff --git a/zhmcclient/_notification.py b/zhmcclient/_notification.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class NotificationReceiver(object):
     A class for receiving HMC notifications that are published to a particular
     single HMC notification topic.
 
+    **Experimental:** This class is considered experimental at this point, and
+    its API may change incompatibly as long as it is experimental.
+
     Creating an object of this class establishes a JMS session with the
     HMC and subscribes for a particular HMC notification topic.