[kupfer] Update NEWS: The longest changelog ever---the best Kupfer ever?



commit d494aa939810d101c8c0186c43f4e592d5c07475
Author: Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>
Date:   Thu Apr 14 22:00:04 2011 +0200

    Update NEWS: The longest changelog ever---the best Kupfer ever?

 Documentation/VersionHistory.rst |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 README.rst                       |    5 ++-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/Documentation/VersionHistory.rst b/Documentation/VersionHistory.rst
index 8433272..1b8e0ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/VersionHistory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/VersionHistory.rst
@@ -6,42 +6,52 @@ NEWS for kupfer
 kupfer v206
 -----------
 
-Not Released Yet
+`The longest changelog everâ??the best Kupfer ever?`:t:
 
-The longest changelog everâ??the best Kupfer ever?
+Released Thursday, 14 April 2011
 
-These are changes since the v205 release. Below this, the full changelog
-for all the features introduced in v205 since it was not published together
-with the v205 release.
+These are changes since the v205 release. Below this I have included, the
+full changelog for all the features introduced in v205, since it was not
+published in whole together with the v205 release.
 
-* *Thunderbird* fix double create email windows (:lp:`747198`)
-* *Thunderbird* fix problem with loading contacts (Karol BÄ?dkowski)
+I would like to thank all contributors for patches, bug reports, comments
+and translations. A special thanks to those who have contributed to the
+`user documentation`__; it is now complete in both Polish and Spanish.
+
+If you like my work with Kupfer, you can support me by donating. There are
+instructions how to do so on the web page. â??ulrik.
+
+__ http://kaizer.se/wiki/kupfer/help/
+
+* *Thunderbird:* fix double create email windows (:lp:`747198`)
+* *Thunderbird:* fix problem with loading contacts (Karol BÄ?dkowski)
   (:lp:`747438`)
 * Use ``rst2man`` as it was configured (:lp:`747500`)
-* Reduce long-term memory use for icons substantially
+* Reduce runtime memory use for substantially by reimplementing the icon
+  cache (expectations vary btw. 10 to 30 percent).
 * Prefer gnomekeyring over kwallet, and don't load keyring support if it is
   not requested by a plugin (:lp:`747864`)
 * Make the "folder" icon take precedence over "inode/directory"
 * Fix a regression in *Go To* that would not focus minimized windows.
-* Fix :lp:`671105`: the user's home is aliased as Home Folder and the
-  lookalike application is hidden.
+* In *Go To* action, cycle application windows (if they are all on the same
+  workspace).
+* Fix :lp:`671105`: the user's home is aliased as *Home Folder* and the
+  "lookalike" application is hidden.
 * Use GTK+ as default icon set, the ASCII icon set remains as a plugin
-* Fix regression :lp:`749824`, kupfer used a GTK+ 2.20 feature. It should
-  now run under GTK+ 2.18 (2.16?). GTK+ 2.20 is recommended and needed for
-  full input method support.
+* Fix regression :lp:`749824`, kupfer used a GTK+ 2.20 feature. Kupfer
+  should now run under GTK+ 2.18 (2.16?). GTK+ 2.20 is recommended and
+  needed for full input method support.
 * Remake ``.desktop`` file parsing to be much more lenient, so that we
   can launch all applications again. Affected were especially launcher files
   written by wine.
 * Make sure the ``Home`` key works in text mode (:lp:`750240`)
-* *Rhythmbox* Fix omission of ``.jpg`` extension when searching cover art
+* *Rhythmbox:* Fix omission of ``.jpg`` extension when searching cover art
   (William Friesen)
 * Support xfce4-dict in *Dictionary* plugin (David Schneider)
 * Make sure ``kupfer.svg`` can be mimetype-detected (NAKAMURA Yoshitaka)
   (:lp:`750488`)
 * Fix regression that prevented mimetypes and icon cache from being updated
   properly when installing from source.
-* In *Go To* action, cycle application windows (if they are all on the same
-  workspace).
 * Focus the plugin list search box by default in the preferences window.
 * Fix regression in *XFCE Session Management* that had a broken logout
   command.
@@ -55,19 +65,16 @@ with the v205 release.
 * *GNU Screen:* check if sessions are still active (:lp:`756449`), don't
   give up even if ``$SCREENDIR`` is missing when we are started
   (:lp:`753376`)
-* *Notes:* support the app kzrnote as well
-* I would like to thank all contributors for patches, bug reports, comments
-  and translations. A special thanks to Karol and Daniel who have translated
-  the user documentation completely to Polish and Spanish respectively.
-
-* Localization updates:
+* *Notes:* support the program kzrnote as well
+* Renamed the two like-named command actions in spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
+ 
+* Localization updates for v206:
 
   + sl Andrej ŽnidarÅ¡iÄ?
   + es Daniel Mustieles
   + de Mario Blättermann
 
-
-These are the full change explanations of the v205 release
+This is the changelog for the v205 release, which was released previously.
 
 * Changes to the interface
 
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ These are the full change explanations of the v205 release
 
   + Support running kupfer on multiple X screens (:lp:`614796`), use
     the command ``kupfer --relay`` on each additional screen for global
-    keyboard shortcut support.
+    keyboard shortcut support. This is experimental until further notice!
 
 * The *Tracker 0.8* plugin supports version 0.8 and 0.10 alike. Because of
   that and the expected compatibility with one version after this too, it's
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ These are the full change explanations of the v205 release
   workspaces, in order, if they have windows from the same application.  For
   single-window applications, nothing is changed.
  
-* Localization updates:
+* Localization updates for v205:
 
   + (cs) Marek Ä?ernocký
   + (de) Mario Blättermann
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 98bf482..ddce129 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ Runtime Requirements
 
 Kupfer requires Python 2.6 or later, and the following important libraries:
 
-* gtk python bindings, GTK+ version 2.16
+* gtk python bindings, GTK+ version 2.20 [#]_
 * glib python bindings (pygobject) 2.18
 * dbus python bindings
 * python-xdg
 
+.. [#] GTK+ 2.20 required for using full support. Kupfer is known to run with
+       version 2.18 as well.
+
 Optional, but very recommended runtime dependencies:
 
 * python-keybinder (see below)



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