[Banshee-List] Banshee 0.10.2

[Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com>]

Banshee 0.10.2 is out!

This release adds NJB support, Audioscrobbler support, Audio CD
progress/status reporting for fetching metadata and cover art, a local
file source, better D-Bus handling, minor UI changes, and many bugfixes.

Please do not hesitate to file bugs against Banshee in GNOME Bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org, component: banshee), or discuss Banshee on
this list or in #banshee on irc.gnome.org. The Banshee Wiki, open to
everyone for viewing and editing is located at
http://banshee-project.org.


NEW FEATURES
------------

# NJB Support [1].

# Much better menus: reflect current context along with buttons and
context menus thanks to the move to GtkUIManager/GtkAction

# Redesigned metadata header to display title with emphasis, artist, and
album.

# First version of basic generic plugin support [2].

# Added Chris Toshok's Audioscrobbler plugin [3].

# NetworkManager support: if NetworkManager is available, it can be used
to notify parts of Banshee when a connection is available

# New status reporting for fetching Audio CD metadata. Will alert user
when metadata cannot be found, if server could not be contacted, or if
no connection is available, with the option to manually refresh. Will
automatically refresh if NetworkManager is available.

# More command line options, specifically the --enqueue option that
allows local files to be played without importing them. The desktop file
was updated to exec: banshee --play --enqueue %U.

# Better D-Bus handling. Banshee should not exit or fail to start if the
D-Bus session (or system) bus is not available.


IMPORTANT NOTES
---------------

[1] For NJB support, libnjb (http://libnjb.sourceforge.net) and
njb-sharp (http://banshee-project.org/Subprojects/Njb-sharp) must be
installed. njb-sharp 0.2.1 was released.

[2] Plugin assemblies can now be created by linking against
Banshee.Base.dll and implementing the Banshee.Plugins.Plugin abstract
class. Plugin assemblies can be placed in either
$(pkglibdir)/banshee/Banshee.Plugins/ or ~/.gnome2/banshee/plugins/

[3] The Audioscrobbler plugin is experimental and is disabled by
default. To enable and configure it, run these three commands:

$ gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/Banshee/Audioscrobbler/Enabled
true
$ gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/Banshee/Audioscrobbler/Username
<username>
$ gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/Banshee/Audioscrobbler/Password
<last.fm password in plaintext>

The password must be provided in plaintext, so make sure your Last.fm
password is not very sensitive, or do not enable this. See Chris
Toshok's blog entry for details:
http://squeedlyspooch.com/blog/archives/002017.html


MAJOR BUG FIXES
---------------

# Banshee will now run if any bus in D-Bus (session/system) is
unavailable, though features may be disabled (BGO #323766)

# Update .desktop Comment to Adhere to HIG (Gabriel Burt) (BGO #324247)

# "banshee --query-artist" let banshee crash (BGO #324354)

# Tray icon crash due to bug exposed by Mono 1.1.11 (BGO #324394)


THE IMPORTANT LINKS
-------------------

Release Overview Page:
http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.10.2

Banshee 0.10.2 Tarball:
http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-0.10.2.tar.gz

njb-sharp 0.2.1 Tarball:
http://banshee-project.org/files/njb-sharp/njb-sharp-0.2.1.tar.gz

ipod-sharp 0.5.12 Tarball:
http://banshee-project.org/files/ipod-sharp/ipod-sharp-0.5.12.tar.gz

libipoddevice 0.3.5 Tarball:
http://banshee-project.org/files/libipoddevice/libipoddevice-0.3.5.tar.gz

Banshee Wiki: 
http://banshee-project.org/


DEPENDENCIES
------------

- Mono 1.1.10 and full stack
- gtk-sharp-2.0 (2.3.92)
- sqlite3
- GStreamer 0.8.11 or GStreamer 0.10 (experimental)
- libmusicbrainz 2.1.1 or better
- libnautilus-burn 2.12
- GTK+ 2.6 or better
- HAL 0.5.2 or better


MORE NOTES
----------

# Bindings to the VLC libraries have been implemented and are available
as a Banshee Media Engine. To use the VLC engine, pass --enable-vlc to
configure. Additionally, libvlc.so must be copied to
banshee/mediaengines/vlc before running "make install". To build
libvlc.so, download and build Jon Lech Johansen's snd123:

http://nanocrew.net/2005/09/20/snd123/

Copy the resulting libvlc.so to the aforementioned build directory, and
proceed with building Banshee as normal. Keep in mind, VLC support is
optional. Banshee also supports GStreamer and Helix engines. GStreamer
is required, and Helix is optional, but will be automatically detected
and configured if your system is set up properly with either RealPlayer
or Helix Player. See http://helixcommunity.org/