ANNOUNCE: Banshee 1.9.6

[Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander kojevnikov com>]

Hello!

We just released Banshee 1.9.6, part of the 1.9.x series building up
to 2.0 (planned for April 6th).

Enhancements:

  * Rename banshee-1 to banshee in preparation for 2.0
  * AmazonMp3.Store: amazon.ca support
  * MiroGuide: Handle Listen links from front page
  * Dap: Add support for Sharp IS01 (bgo#645361)
  * Playlists: Recognize m3u playlists without header (bgo#645351)
  * LibraryWatcher: Guard against watching incorrect dirs (bgo#633309)
  * MassStorage: Support Sirius Alpha Android phone (bgo#643960)
  * WebOSDevice: Support playlists (bgo#641486)
  * Windows: Auto-update functionality (bgo#641960)

Notable Bugs Fixed (26 fixed since 1.9.5):

  * MiroGuide: Properly escape search query strings
  * AmazonMp3.Store: Fix search query escaping
  * bgo#623183: DatabaseTrackInfo: Fix rating update on current track
  * bgo#637717: audio-profiles: fix duration for CBR lame profile
  * bgo#614192: GStreamer: Fix inappropriate repeating
  * bgo#643782: Mpris: Distinguish between music and video playlists
  * bgo#641515: Workaround X BadMatch crash
  * bgo#619609: Metadata: Do not fetch covers for unknown albums/artists
  * bgo#631012: Audiobook: Fix crash when switch to playlist
  * bgo#628087: Handle setting SearchEntry.Query to nullb
  * bgo#602145: InternetRadio: Clear playback errors when playing
  * bgo#635951: Fix skipping removed/deleted tracks

Download:
   http://banshee.fm/download/
   http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.9.6/banshee-1.9.6.tar.bz2
   http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.9.6/banshee-1.9.6.sha256sum

Learn more: http://banshee.fm/download/archives/1.9.6

Cheers,
Alex