diff --git a/tools/convert_history.py b/tools/convert_history.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+import os
+import codecs
+import xml.dom.minidom as mdom
+
+def find_pspecs(folder):
+    paks = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
+        if "pspec.xml" in files:
+            paks.append(root)
+        # dont walk into the versioned stuff
+        if ".svn" in dirs:
+            dirs.remove(".svn")
+    return paks
+
+def addText(doc, parent, text):
+    cdata =doc.createTextNode(text)
+    parent.appendChild(cdata)
+
+def getTags(parent, childName):
+    return [x for x in parent.childNodes if x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE if x.tagName == childName]
+
+def getNodeText(node, tag, default=None):
+    try:
+        c = getTags(node, tag)[0].firstChild.data
+    except:
+        c = default
+    return c
+
+def newNode(doc, tag, text):
+    node = doc.createElement(tag)
+    cdata = doc.createTextNode(text)
+    node.appendChild(cdata)
+    return node
+
+def fixIndent(doc, node):
+    for x in node.childNodes:
+        if x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE:
+            if x.tagName == "Update":
+                fixIndent(doc, x)
+        else:
+            x.data = "\n" + x.data[5:]
+
+def fixTags(doc, hist):
+    for update in hist.childNodes:
+        if update.nodeType == update.ELEMENT_NODE:
+            rno =  getNodeText(update, "Release")
+            update.setAttribute("release", rno)
+            if rno == "1":
+                comment = newNode(doc, "Comment", "First release.")
+                paker = getTags(getTags(doc.documentElement, "Source")[0], "Packager")[0]
+                name = newNode(doc, "Name", getNodeText(paker, "Name"))
+                email = newNode(doc, "Email", getNodeText(paker, "Email"))
+            else:
+                comment = newNode(doc, "Comment", "FIXHISTORY")
+                name = newNode(doc, "Name", "FIXHISTORY")
+                email = newNode(doc, "Email", "FIXHISTORY")
+            update.replaceChild(comment, getTags(update, "Release")[0])
+            addText(doc, update, "    ")
+            update.appendChild(name)
+            addText(doc, update, "\n            ")
+            update.appendChild(email)
+            addText(doc, update, "\n        ")
+
+def fixPspec(path):
+    doc = mdom.parse(path)
+    pisi = doc.documentElement
+    source = getTags(pisi, "Source")[0]
+    history = getTags(source, "History")[0]
+    item = source.removeChild(history)
+    addText(doc, pisi, "\n    ")
+    fixIndent(doc, item)
+    fixTags(doc, item)
+    pisi.appendChild(item)
+    addText(doc, pisi, "\n")
+    f = codecs.open(path,'w', "utf-8")
+    f.write(doc.toxml())
+    f.close()
+
+pakages = find_pspecs(sys.argv[1])
+for pak in pakages:
+    fixPspec(os.path.join(pak, "pspec.xml"))