Re: 0.96 final release is out!

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

Hi Lars,
apparently you did not yet the final 0.96 commit. If you do I can make the
branch and add some IMHO very interesting feature to the trunk.

Thanks,
        Hans

On 25.03.2007 18:08, Lars Clausen wrote:
> We are now calling ourselves ready to send out 0.96 final release.  The
> bugs are thinned down drastically, and we believe it's time to get back
> to adding cool new features.  You can download the release at
> http://download.gnome.org/sources/dia/0.96/
> Feel free to announce the release in your favorite software catalog,
> news site etc.  Here's a text appropriate for posting (the first
> paragraph made to stand alone for where smaller blurbs are required):
>
> The Dia developers are proud to release version 0.96 of the popular
> diagramming tool Dia.  Dia is a tool for making diagrams and schematic
> illustrations for articles, books, documentation, modelling and other
> uses, inspired by Visio, but with a simple and intuitive interface.  The
> version introduced import and export of Visio VDX files, improves the
> font rendering, adds a sheet of BPMN objects, and has numerous other
> fixes and improvements.
>
> Visio VDX interoperability has been added by Ian Redfern.  It is still
> in a beta stage, but should help those in diverse environments or who
> want to migrate away from Visio.  The font width issues that have
> plagued Dia the last several releases should now be fixed, both for
> zooming and for printing.  We have also changed to the GtkAction
> framework in preparation for a tool-bar option.  Anthony Molinaro has
> provided a set of objects for Business Process Modelling (BPMN).  Bug
> fixes and improvements too numerous to mention have been applied in many
> places, making this a quite stable release.
>
> Linux users of earlier versions should take note that text widths may
> change significantly when updating to 0.96.  However, text widths should
> be more stable between zoom levels and different export options now.
> Plug-in writers should take note that the plug-in API has changed
> slightly.
>
> -Lars
>
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