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banshee r4524 - trunk/banshee

Author: abock
Date: Fri Sep 12 02:53:37 2008
New Revision: 4524
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/banshee?rev=4524&view=rev

Log:
Updated

Modified:
   trunk/banshee/NEWS

Modified: trunk/banshee/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- trunk/banshee/NEWS	(original)
+++ trunk/banshee/NEWS	Fri Sep 12 02:53:37 2008
@@ -12,21 +12,55 @@
 
   * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.3.0/
 
+  * UNSTABLE RELEASE: This release is from the 1.3.x development series, and
+    works towards a future 1.4.0 stable release. Certain features may be
+    incomplete or unstable. Use this release at your own risk.
+
 
 ===============================================================================
-OTHER NOTES
+NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
 ===============================================================================
 
-    These changes were made to ensure that you can run older Banshee releases
-    in parallel with new Banshee releases:
+    Banshee 1.3.0 is the first release in the new development series leading
+    up to a future 1.4.0 stable release.
+
+    Major new features for this release:
+
+      * Vastly improved portable media player support:
+        - Real media player synchronization is now supported, along with the
+          classic ability to manually manage portable media players
+        - Playlists and Smart Playlists can now be saved to media players
+        - Cover art now syncs to USB mass storage devices
+
+      * Library rescanning - Banshee can now detect newly added, removed,
+        and relocated files and update its collection
+
+      * Option to rename files and folders when metadata changes
+
+      * Collection indexer service and DBus API - allows third party
+        applications like GNOME Do, Beagle, and Tangerine to create their
+        own queryable indexes of Banshee's collection, or query Banshee's
+        collection in real time
+   
+      * Podcasting improvements
+
+      * New flashy Now Playing UI for displaying cover art
+
+      * ReplayGain support
+
+      * Improved album and podcast browser speed
+
+      * Offline mode - control whether Banshee is able to access the Web
+        for extra metadata and other features
+
+      * Banshee will now ask if it should be the default media player
 
-    * The location of the user configuration directory for Banshee 1.x changed
-      from ~/.config/banshee to ~/.config/banshee-1 (where ~/.config is defined
-      by XDG policy)
+    Notable bug fixes:
 
-    * The base GConf path used for storing settings via the GNOME backend
-      changed from /apps/banshee to /apps/banshee-1; an XML configuration file
-      will be used if the GNOME backend extension is not installed
+      * Drag and Drop to Nautilus works again (BGO #535128) 
+      * Improved support for dark themes (BGO #544840)
+
+      * 64 bugs were closed since 1.2.1
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -44,7 +78,7 @@
 --------
 
     Packages for openSUSE 11.0, openSUSE 10.3, and openSUSE Factory are 
-	available from the openSUSE Build Service in the Banshee project.
+    available from the openSUSE Build Service in the Banshee project.
 
     * http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Banshee/
 
@@ -52,7 +86,7 @@
 ----------------------
 
     * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.3.0.changes
-	* http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.3.0.sha1sum
+    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.3.0.sha1sum
 
 
 ===============================================================================
@@ -79,9 +113,9 @@
       * boo >= 0.8.1
 
     * Run-time requirements for default feature stack:
-      * podsleuth 
-      * brasero
-      * avahi
+      * PodSleuth 
+      * Brasero
+      * Avahi
 
     Please note that for openSUSE, all of the dependencies above can be 
     found in the openSUSE Build Service, and are linked into the 
@@ -98,35 +132,6 @@
 
 
 ===============================================================================
-NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
-===============================================================================
-
-    Banshee 1.3.0 builds on the successful Banshee 1.2 release, adding better 
-    translation coverage, several bug fixes, and a couple new features.
-
-    Big features and bug fixes in this release include:
-
-      * Drag and drop albums or artists from the browser
-      * Show cover art in Now Playing
-      * Translation updates from 19 translators
-      * Fix bug with loading USB Mass Storage Players
-      * Fix ASX and mms:// support
-      * Fix a common crash when quitting Banshee 1.2
-
-    Other features, bug fixes, and errata:
-
-      * New import source to aid in importing videos from your camera
-      * Amarok importer now migrates date added and last played
-      * Pressing play will play the first track selected if nothing is loaded
-      * Pressing o on a track selection behaves the same as pressing enter
-      * Include never-played tracks when querying for last played > N
-      * Prefer cover art named cover/folder/front.jpg over other image files
-      * Fix crash when editing smart playlists with date fields
-
-      * 24 bugs were fixed since 1.2
-
-
-===============================================================================
 REPORT BUGS - HELP THE PROJECT - GROW THE COMMUNITY
 ===============================================================================
 
@@ -146,33 +151,34 @@
     The following people directly contributed to the release of this version
     of Banshee. Without their help, there would be no release!
 
-      Aaron Bockover, BenjamÃn Valero Espinosa, Bertrand Lorentz,
-      Brian Teague, FÃlix Velasco, Gabriel Burt, Jo Shields
+      Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Hixon, AndrÃs G. Aragoneses,
+      Bertrand Lorentz, Bob Copeland, Brad Taylor, Chris Howie, David Spreen,
+      Eric Butler, FÃlix Velasco, Gabriel Burt, Iain Lane, James Willcox,
+      Ruben Vermeersch, Pacho Ramos, Sandy Armstrong
 
     The following people contributed updated translations to this release. 
     Without them, our project's reach would be much more limited.
 
-      Ahmad Farghal, Alexandre Franke, Alexandre Prokoudine, Andre Klapper,
-      BenjamÃn Valero Espinosa, Claude Paroz, Daniel Nylander, Fabricio Godoy,
-      Gabor Kelemen, Gianvito Cavasoli, Ignacio Casal Quinteiro, Jochen Skulj,
-      Jordi Mas, Mark Krapivner, Og Maciel, Tomasz Dominikowski, Vladimir Melo,
-      Wouter Bolsterlee, Åygimantas BeruÄka
+      Ankitkumar Patel, Daniel Nylander, Gianvito Cavasoli,
+      Ignacio Casal Quinteiro, Tomasz Dominikowski, Åygimantas BeruÄka
 
 Contributors In Past Releases
 -----------------------------
 
     Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Hixon, Alexandros Frantzis,
-    Alex Kloss, Alex Launi, Alp Toker, Andy Midgette, Arthur Carli,
-    Aydemir UlaÅ Åahin, BenjamÃn Valero Espinosa, Ben Maurer,
-    Bertrand Lorentz, Bill Dawson, Bob Copeland, Bojan Rajkovic, Brian Nickel,
-    Brian Teague, Chris Lahey, Christian Krause, Christopher Halse Rogers,
-    Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Daniel Munkton, Dan Wilson, Dan Winship,
-    Eric Butler, Fabian Jost, FÃlix Velasco, Fredrik Hedberg, Gabriel Burt,
-    Hans Petter Jansson, Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov,
-    Ivan N. Zlatev, James Willcox, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jeff Tickle,
-    Jorge Castro, Jo Shields, Juri Pakaste, Ken Vandine, Larry Ewing,
-    Lauri Kotilainen, Michael Kaiser, Michael Monreal, Miguel de Icaza,
-    Mike Urbanski, Nathan Palmer, Nicholas Parker, Oscar Forero,
-    Patrick van Staveren, Pepijn van de Geer, Peter de Kraker,
+    Alex Kloss, Alex Launi, Alp Toker, AndrÃs G. Aragoneses, Andy Midgette,
+    Arthur Carli, Aydemir UlaÅ Åahin, BenjamÃn Valero Espinosa, Ben Maurer,
+    Bertrand Lorentz, Bill Dawson, Bob Copeland, Bojan Rajkovic, Brad Taylor,
+    Brian Nickel, Brian Teague, Chris Howie, Chris Lahey, Christian Krause,
+    Christopher Halse Rogers, Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Daniel Munkton,
+    Dan Wilson, Dan Winship, David Spreen, Eric Butler, Fabian Jost,
+    FÃlix Velasco, Fredrik Hedberg, Gabriel Burt, Hans Petter Jansson, 
+    Iain Lane, Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov, Ivan N. Zlatev,
+    James Willcox, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jeff Tickle, Jorge Castro,
+    Jo Shields, Juri Pakaste, Ken Vandine, Larry Ewing, Lauri Kotilainen,
+    Michael Kaiser, Michael Monreal, Miguel de Icaza, Mike Urbanski,
+    Nathan Palmer, Nicholas Parker, Oscar Forero, Pacho Ramos, 
+    Patrick van Staveren, Pepijn van de Geer, Peter de Kraker, 
     Ruben Vermeersch, Sandy Armstrong, Scott Peterson, Sebastian DrÃge,
     Tim Yamin, Todd Berman, Trey Ethridge, Will Farrington, Wouter Bolsterlee
+
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