diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/configure-cryptobox.sh b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/configure-cryptobox.sh
index d951144..1ea5f66 100755
--- a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/configure-cryptobox.sh
+++ b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/configure-cryptobox.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set -eu
 RUNTIMEDIR=/opt/dfsruntime/runtimerd
 TUNDEV=$RUNTIMEDIR/dev/net/tun
 
-SECURITY_REMOVE_PACKAGES="ssh strace unzip tar zip wget nvi nano gzip curl bzip2 aptitude tasksel elinks"
+SECURITY_REMOVE_PACKAGES="ssh strace unzip tar zip wget nvi nano gzip curl bzip2 aptitude tasksel elinks vim"
 DEVEL_REMOVE_PACKAGES="exim4-daemon-light exim4-config exim4-base netkit-inetd telnet ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf"
 
 # remove rc symlinks for these services
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ function configure_normal()
 	    do	rm "$b"
 	   done
 	 done
+
+	 # remove deb-files, that were left by dfsbuild
+	 [ -d /opt/packages ] && rm -r /opt/packages
 }
 
 
diff --git a/cover/antlogo-small.png b/cover/antlogo-small.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9fd8ff
Binary files /dev/null and b/cover/antlogo-small.png differ
diff --git a/etc-defaults.d/dfs-cbox.conf b/etc-defaults.d/dfs-cbox.conf
index 6da3b73..76c0c17 100644
--- a/etc-defaults.d/dfs-cbox.conf
+++ b/etc-defaults.d/dfs-cbox.conf
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ allpackages =	util-linux
 		iptraf
 		iptables 
 		ifupdown 
+		# TODO: remove bzip2 dhcp-client iptraf iputils-tracepath zip unzip
 		dhcp-client
 		bzip2 
 		busybox-static
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ allpackages =	util-linux
 		discover 
 		hdparm 
 		binutils
-		ntpdate 
 		e2fsprogs 
 		debconf 
 		sysutils 
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ allpackages =	util-linux
 		cryptsetup
 		hashalot
 		kudzu
-		wipe
 		elinks
 		ssh
 		strace
diff --git a/hints/release-policy.txt b/hints/release-policy.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dee5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hints/release-policy.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+1) set current version
+	- README
+	- cbox-tree.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/footer.cs
+
+2) build image
+	- 'scripts/cbox-build.sh release'
+	- for a compressed image: 'scripts/cbox-build.sh isoz'
+
+3) upload to codecoop
+	- type "scp FILE shell.codecoop.org:."
+	- upload a dummy file with the same name via upload-web-interface to codecoop
+	- ask Jan Kanzleiter <idfx@codecoop.org> to replace the dummy by the the scp-file
+
+4) release announcement
+	- codecoop
+	- distrowatch
diff --git a/scripts/cbox-build.sh b/scripts/cbox-build.sh
index af1d80d..1e4d13d 100755
--- a/scripts/cbox-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/cbox-build.sh
@@ -38,22 +38,6 @@ source $(dirname $0)/common.sh.inc
 DFS_CONFIG=$(get_config_file dfs-cbox.conf)
 
 
-############# include local configuration ##############
-
-if [ -e "$(get_config_file cbox-dev.conf)" ]
-	then	source "$(get_config_file cbox-dev.conf)"
-	else	echo "local cbox-dev.conf ($(get_config_file cbox-dev.conf)) does not exist!" >&2
-		exit 1
-  fi
-
-# image directory created by dfsbuild
-# the BUILD_DIR is defined in the local cbox-dev.conf
-IMAGE_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/image"
-IMAGEZ_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/image.z"
-IMAGEZ_FILE="${IMAGE_FILE/\.iso/_compressed.iso}"
-UNCOMPRESSED_ITEMS="_offline autorun.inf start.html"
-
-
 ####################### functions ######################
 
 function run_dfsbuild()
diff --git a/scripts/cbox-dev.sh b/scripts/cbox-dev.sh
index c18cab2..7fe9827 100755
--- a/scripts/cbox-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/cbox-dev.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 # development actions:
 #   chroot	- run first tests in a chroot environment
-#   qemu	- run the qemu emulation
+#   qemu	- run the qemu emulation with the uncompressed image
+#   qemuz	- run the qemu emulation with the compressed image
 #   upload	- copy your local files to tmpfs on a running cryptobox
 #   diff	- compare tmpfs-files on a running cryptobox with the original
 #   merge	- apply the diff to the local copy
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ if [ -e "$TEMPLATE_DIR/etc/cryptobox/cryptobox.conf" ]
 
 
 function qemu_boot()
+# parameter: iso_image_file
 {
 	# create a virtual harddisk image file
 	if [ ! -e "$HD_IMAGE" ]
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ function qemu_boot()
 			dd if=/dev/zero of="$HD_IMAGE" bs=1M count=20
 	  fi
 	echo "Starting qemu ..."
-	qemu -cdrom "$IMAGE_FILE" -m 96 -hda "$IMAGE_FILE" -boot d -n "$QEMU_IFUP_FILE" || true
+	qemu -cdrom "$1" -m 96 -hda "$IMAGE_FILE" -boot d -n "$QEMU_IFUP_FILE" || true
 	# remove iptables rules
 	"$QEMU_IFUP_FILE" stop
 }
@@ -135,13 +137,16 @@ case "$1" in
 		  fi
 		;;
 	qemu )
-		qemu_boot
+		qemu_boot "$IMAGE_FILE"
+		;;
+	qemuz )
+		qemu_boot "$IMAGEZ_FILE"
 		;;
 	ssh )
 		ssh -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" "$SSH_HOST" 
 		;;
 	help|--help )
-		echo "Syntax: `basename $0` ( qemu | chroot | upload | diff | merge | ssh | help )"
+		echo "Syntax: `basename $0` ( qemu | qemuz | chroot | upload | diff | merge | ssh | help )"
 		echo
 		;;
 	* )
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh.inc b/scripts/common.sh.inc
index 8581d5f..17fdcfc 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh.inc
+++ b/scripts/common.sh.inc
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@ if [ -e "$(get_config_file cbox-dev.conf)" ]
 # image directory created by dfsbuild
 # the BUILD_DIR is defined in the local cbox-dev.conf
 IMAGE_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/image"
+IMAGEZ_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/image.z"
+IMAGEZ_FILE="${IMAGE_FILE/\.iso/_compressed.iso}"
+UNCOMPRESSED_ITEMS="_offline autorun.inf start.html var boot opt"