Announce: BillReminder 0.4.0

[Og Maciel <ogmaciel gnome org>]

Howdy!

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of BillReminder
0.4.0 after a 27-month hiatus! During this period I tried many
different approaches and techniques to both improve the user interface
as well as the overall experience. Many of the "core" changes were
performed only to satisfy my own curiosity and experimentation with
other technologies out there, but overall you should have a good time
playing with it. BillReminder is not a replacement for your accounting
system or elaborate services such as Mint.com. It's purpose is to
provide an easy way for getting notified about upcoming payments
keeping yourself ahead of your bills!

BillReminder "Keep Their Heads Ringing" 0.4.0 can be downloaded from:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/billreminder/0.4/

6a89584a1c90f661a7954a0c5c8bd392b8e2712d6cfd759fb6e588548ac8ff4e
billreminder-0.4.0.tar.bz2
9a81ac46f3688a2a25d3114de2ffbc88760ec50d55d12827fc6d83a9859e9cef
billreminder-0.4.0.tar.gz

Features:
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  * Switched most of the user interface code to Glade files with the hope that
  it will ease future contributions from ui developers.
  * Support for configuring notification alarms.
  * Switched database layer from custom code to SQLAlchemy.
  * Changed license from BSD to GPL v3.
  * A set of default categories are now created by default on new
  installations.
  * Better overall data validation when adding or editing bills.
  * Changed menu to use standard "File" entry instead of previous
  "Bill" menu entry.
  * Borrowed GConf handler from the Conduit project and register gconf schema
  by default.
  * Added charting support from the Hamster project for better visualization of
  your expenditure.
  * A new calendar widget has been added to replace the caledar from the
  add/edit dialog. In order to display the calendar, it is necessary to
  expand the widget by clicking on the displayed date.
  * Repeating bills are now handled by selecting a frequency (the current
  allowed values are: once, weekly, and monthly) and setting the end date.
  Multiple records will then be added using the start and end date to figure
  out their correct due date.
  * A new timeline widget has been added to replace the calendar from the main
  window. You can now use it to change the way you view your bills by selecting
  an specific date with a single click as well as drag the timeline to view past
  and/or future bills. The following keyboard shortcuts are available:

  With focus:
    right arrow     go to next day
    left arrow      go to previous day
    Ctrl + right    go to same day next month
    Ctrl + left     go to same day previous month
    + (plus)        zoom in
    - (minus)       zoom out
    HOME            go to today's date
    PAGEUP          scroll to next screen*
    PAGEDOWN        scroll to previous screen

  * go to current day plus the number of days displayed in widget.

Bug Fixes:
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- #551953: It should be possible to add bills without an amount defined.
- #553890: Different install/data paths.
- #554228: Changed Record to Bill to be consistent with nomenclature.
- #555136: Import sqlite3 if using python 2.5, or pysqlite2 if using python 2.4.
- #556748: Don't try to cast a dbus.String into an int type, if catId is 'None'.
- #561550: Make 'notes' widget scroll when number of lines go beyond
the widget's
  height.
- #561751: UI Doesn't refresh when deleting a record.
- #563736: Warn users of overlapping dates for recurring bills.
- #569023: Timeline widget will not support displaying multiple bills with
  different states on the same day.

Translations:
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Cheers,
-- 
Og B. Maciel
GNOME Foundation Board of Directors

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