banshee r3552 - trunk/banshee

[gburt svn gnome org]

Author: gburt
Date: Wed Mar 26 17:30:37 2008
New Revision: 3552
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/banshee?rev=3552&view=rev

Log:
2008-03-26  Gabriel Burt  <gabriel burt gmail com>

	* NEWS: Update for forthcoming 0.98.2 release.


Modified:
   trunk/banshee/ChangeLog
   trunk/banshee/NEWS

Modified: trunk/banshee/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- trunk/banshee/NEWS	(original)
+++ trunk/banshee/NEWS	Wed Mar 26 17:30:37 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ===============================================================================
-WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.0 ALPHA 1! (0.98.1)
+WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.0 ALPHA 2! (0.98.2)
 ===============================================================================
 
   * Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME.
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     experience automatic cover art fetching as you listen; and easily browse,
     search, and control your media collection."
 
-  * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.98.1
+  * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.98.2
 
 
 ===============================================================================
 ALPHA RELEASE DISCLAIMER
 ===============================================================================
 
-    This is the first release in the Banshee 1.0 series. This Alpha 1 release 
+    This is the second release in the Banshee 1.0 series. This Alpha 2 release 
     does not have feature parity with previous Banshee releases (the last 
     being Banshee 0.13.2). This means there are a number of features in this 
     release that users may have come to know and love in Banshee that are 
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@
 
       * Some plugins have not yet been ported to the new 1.0 architecture:
         - Podcasting, DAAP/iTunes Music Sharing, Internet Radio
-        - Recommendations, Mini Mode, Bookmarks, Batch Cover Art Fetching
+        - Recommendations, Mini Mode, Batch Cover Art Fetching
 
     Do not despair, these features will be added back before the final 1.0 
     release. Many hardware related features are projected to land in the 
-    Alpha 2 and 3 releases of Banshee 1.0. We expect releases in quick 
+    Alpha 3 release of Banshee 1.0. We expect releases in quick 
     succession leading up to the final 1.0 release. 
 
     Please read the full release notes on the Banshee Wiki for more details:
 
-      * http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.98.1
+      * http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.98.2
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 Sources
 -------
 
-    * Banshee 0.98.1 Tarballs:
-      http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.1.tar.bz2
-      http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.1.tar.gz
+    * Banshee 0.98.2 Tarballs:
+      http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.2.tar.bz2
+      http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.2.tar.gz
 
 Packages
 --------
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 ChangeLogs
 ----------
 
-    * http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.1.changes
+    * http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.2.changes
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
 ===============================================================================
 
-    Banshee 1.0 Alpha 1 represents the first release since we began rewriting
+    Banshee 1.0 Alpha 2 represents the second release since we began rewriting
     much of the core of Banshee. The primary reason for rewriting this core
     was to deliver much needed performance improvements.
 
@@ -139,13 +139,20 @@
 
     New features in this release include:
 
-    * Artist/Album Browser
-    * Powerful new query/search capabilities
-    * Playback from a dedicated source while interacting with other sources
-    * Play Queue taking control of playback over other sources when populated
-    * Tightly integrated Last.fm and Audioscrobbler support
-    * Create your own custom Last.fm radio stations to suit your tastes
-    * 10 band software equalizer (requires additional GStreamer dependencies)
+    * Video management and playback
+    * Now Playing source where video plays and info on playing songs will appear
+
+    Other features, bug fixes, and errata:
+
+    * Play Count, Skip Count, Last Played, and Last Skipped all now kept up to date
+    * Allow editing of artist and album names
+    * Start playing when artist or album browser is double clicked
+    * Bookmarks extension is now available
+    * Date-based searches and smart playlists should be working much better
+    * Initialize the translation Catalog so translations can actually be used
+    * Improved support for dark themes
+    * Use XDG_CACHE_HOME directory for cache files
+    * Disable the equalizer temporarily until gstreamer pipeline issues resolved
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@
     If you encounter any bad behavior with this release, please do not
     hesitate to file bugs!
 
-    * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=0.98.1
+    * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=0.98.2
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -172,14 +179,12 @@
     The following people directly contributed to the release of this version
     of Banshee. Without their help, there would be no release!
       
-      Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Hixon, Gabriel Burt, 
-      James Willcox, Michael Monreal, Ruben Vermeersch, Scott Peterson, 
-      Sebastian DrÃge, Will Farrington
+      Aaron Bockover, Alexander Hixon, Gabriel Burt, Scott Peterson,
+      Sebastian DrÃge, Wouter Bolsterlee
 
     The release notes and screenshots for this release were crafted by:
 
-      Aaron Bockover, Gabriel Burt, Jorge Castro, Josiah Ritchie,
-      Scott Peterson
+      Aaron Bockover, Gabriel Burt, Jorge Castro, Paul Cutler
 
 Contributors In Past Releases
 -----------------------------
@@ -194,5 +199,5 @@
     Jorge Castro, Juri Pakaste, Ken Vandine, Larry Ewing, Lauri Kotilainen,
     Michael Monreal, Miguel de Icaza, Mike Urbanski, Nathan Palmer, 
     Oscar Forero, Patrick van Staveren, Pepijn van de Geer, Ruben Vermeersch,
-    Sebastian DrÃge, Tim Yamin, Trey Ethridge, Will Farrington
+    Sebastian DrÃge, Tim Yamin, Trey Ethridge, Will Farrington, Wouter Bolsterlee