Re: Pan 0.8.0b6 is released

[Ian Eure <ieure uswest net>]

Updated Debian packages are available at the usual
place: http://spindle.sickfuck.org/pan/ &
http://projects.sickfuck.org/pan/

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Jason Leach wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> A new version of the Pan newsreader has been released.
> 
> * New Features:
> 
>         * Better keyboard navigation: now there are menu items and
>           keyboard shortcuts for moving to an article's replies, or to
>           up to the article which the current article is a reply to.
> 
>         * _Much_ faster decoding of binary attachments.
> 
> * Bug Fixes:
> 
>         * Gui lockup bug fixed.
> 
>         * Opening binary attachments with special shell characters no
>           longer causes problems.
> 
>         * Killfile-crashes-Pan fix.  Thanks to cyberclay
>           <cclay@abednnego.com> for reporting this bug.
> 
>         * Fixed a crash that occurred when a binary attachment
>           finished decoding while the user was loading a new
>           newsgroup.
> 
>         * Fixed crash that occurred when "track thread" was selected
>           on a top article in a thread.  Thanks to Paul
>           <super.geek@redhotant.com> for reporting this bug.
> 
>         * Problems with article view window's user-specified
>           foreground colors fixed.  Thanks to Craig Orsinger
>           <orsingerc@epg-gw1.lewis.army.mil> for reporting this bug.
> 
>         * Another article-wrapping bug fixed.
> 
>         * Small memory leak fixed.
> 
>         * Using the killfile to filter out articles crossposted to >N
>           groups didn't work properly.
> 
>         * Errant entries in the article header cache tended to crash
> 	  Pan.  Now Pan will just complains about the corrupt header
> 	  and goes on.  Thanks to C. Huy <chuy@chuy-2.hrl.wvu.edu> for
> 	  reporting this bug.
> 
> * Updates:
> 
>         * Updated Finnish, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish
> 	translations.
> 
>         * Slightly faster downloading and saving of articles.
> 
>         * The usual batch of speed and memory tweaks.
> 
> * Availability:
>   
> 	ftp://source.rebelbase.com/pub/pan/0.8.0b6
> 
> Enjoy,
> Jason.
> 
> 

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