diff --git a/python-kiwi.changes b/python-kiwi.changes
index 81c16f8..dde238e 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.changes
+++ b/python-kiwi.changes
@@ -1,6 +1,94 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb  8 11:58:53 CET 2019 - ms@suse.de
+
+- Bump version: 9.17.15 → 9.17.16
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  6 17:13:56 CET 2019 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Add API for package manager returncode validation
+  
+  Allow to validate the return code from a package manager
+  operation. In case of zypper the standard UNIX return
+  code validation does not apply. Return codes from zypper
+  which are >= 100 are not treated as an error anymore
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  6 11:33:54 CET 2019 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Fix Failed to cache rpm database on zypper addrepo
+  
+  Occasionally zypper fails when adding the repo with the
+  rpm error message 'Failed to cache rpm database'. I was
+  not able to find out why this happens and I also could
+  not find a way to reproduce it safely. However this
+  commit adds a workaround that seems to fix the issue
+  when it happens. If the first call of zypper addrepo
+  fails kiwi now issues the exact same call again and
+  only if that fails too an exception is thrown
+  
+  In addition the patch changes the zypper call and avoids
+  the option --type. That option is marked legacy and ignored
+  by zypper but causes a misleading warning message
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  4 16:59:51 CET 2019 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Handle location of the rpm DB on the macro level
+  
+  The location of the rpm database is no longer a standard
+  path one can trust. Some distributions put it to /var/lib
+  others to /usr/lib. This introduces the problem of dealing
+  with different locations between the bootstrapping (host rpm)
+  phase and the image installation (image rpm) phase.
+  
+  This commit implements a solution based on an intermediate
+  rpm database configuration. KIWI creates the macros.kiwi file
+  inside of the image root which is read by any call of rpm
+  in the inner and outer system. During bootstrap phase the
+  rpm dbpath from the host system is used and later in the
+  install phase the dbpath from the rpm package as it was
+  installed by the target image distribution is used. In case
+  of a dbpath difference the database is automatically moved
+  to the new location by setting the _dbpath_rebuild macro
+  to the correct location. At the end the custom KIWI macro
+  is deleted.
+  
+  As this process allows custom macro defintions during the
+  KIWI run it also serves as the base for a solution to
+  Issue #771 which will be done in a follow up request to
+  this commit.
+  
+  Also the workaround for bsc#1112357 which uses a static
+  dbpath to store an optionally given signing key will be
+  addressed with this commit. The macro setup happens before
+  the import_trusted_keys method which makes any specification
+  for a strict dbpath obsolete.
+  
+  Last the implementation deletes the obsolete
+  dump_reload_package_database code. rpm is able to automatically
+  do the conversion of different db versions such that the code
+  in kiwi is obsolete. In addition that code only worked for
+  rather old db versions. The public API has not changed though,
+  but the method is marked obsolete and does nothing anymore.
+  
+  In addition to the deletion of obsolete code a new API
+  method post_process_install_requests_bootstrap has been
+  introduced to handle actions required after bootstrap
+  and before installing of packages from inside the new image
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  4 12:03:25 CET 2019 - dcassany@suse.de
+  
+- Add custom partitioning docs
+  
+  This commit adds two new documentation chapters. One covering
+  custom partitioning scheme in KIWI. And another covering setting
+  custom volumes in KIWI
+  
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 31 11:09:53 CET 2019 - ms@suse.de
-
+  
 - Bump version: 9.17.14 → 9.17.15
   
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/python-kiwi.spec b/python-kiwi.spec
index 0a06b63..f62be25 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.spec
+++ b/python-kiwi.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-kiwi
-Version:        9.17.15
+Version:        9.17.16
 Provides:       kiwi-schema = 6.6
 Release:        0
 Url:            https://github.com/SUSE/kiwi
diff --git a/python-kiwi.tar.gz b/python-kiwi.tar.gz
index bae2882..c7c8005 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.tar.gz
+++ b/python-kiwi.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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