GNOME 2.8.1 Desktop and Developers Platform is released

The first point release of the stable 2.8.x series of GNOME has beenreleased. This release includes the latest bugfixes and otherimprovements such as updated translations and is the first in a seriesof point releases.

Read the full set of changes below.

Sources will be available FROM the following URLs when the mirrors have
synced:

Platform:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.8/2.8.1/sources
Desktop:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.8/2.8.1/sources
Bindings:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.8/2.8.1/sources

Enjoy
- The GNOME Release Team

========================================
 NEWS: GConf-2.8.1
========================================

 - If the toplevel directory of a source isn't writable,
 then mark the whole source as readonly (Mark)
 - Plug various leaks (Kjartan)

 Translators

 - Christophe Merlet (RedFox) (fr)
 - Alessio Frusciante (it)
 - Åygimantas BeruÄka (lt)
 - Li-Jen Hsin (zh_TW)

2.8.0.1
=======

 Fixes


========================================
 NEWS: glib-2.4.7
========================================

Overview of Changes FROM GLib 2.4.6 to GLib 2.4.7
=================================================
* Win32 bug fixes 
 - Fix Unicode collation [Tor Lillqvist]
 - Fix a thread leak [Peter Zelezny]
 - Fix build with newer mingw headers [Tor]
 - Convert messages to UTF-8 [Kazuki Iwamoto]
 - Don't open console windows [Tor]
* Other bug fixes [Manish Singh, Matthias Clasen, Morten Welinder,
 Tim Janik, Tor]
* Documentation improvements [Morten, Stephan Kasal, Philippe Blain, 
 Nickolay V. Shmyrev, Gustavo Carneiro, Kjartan Maraas, Stefan Kost]
* New and updated translations (bs,da,es,gl,ne,nn,or,ro,sq,tr)


========================================
 UPDATED: gnome-mime-data-2.4.2
========================================

gnome-mime-data was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-vfs-2.8.2
========================================

gnome-vfs 2.8.2

 * Bugs fixed:
 + performance increase in gnome-vfs-volume-monitor
 + UPDATE to latest eggdesktopentries.c, fixing leaks
 + Fix problem with http leak fix in last version
 + Fix leaks
 + Make folders open with components, to make run-dialog
 work for folders
 + Add support for additional headers to http backend
 + API docs updates
 + Default to the workgroup specified in smb.conf for network://
 + Fix queue handling for monitoring events
 + Add --disable-howl flag
 + Ignore smb files with empty names when enumerating
 
gnome-vfs 2.8.1

 * Bugs fixed:
 + ftp-method: Don't ask for password if hostname wrong
 + fix detection of and build with kerberos
 + allow unref of the volume monitor after shutdown
 + Fix http issues with gtik
 + Fix leaks
 + Fix default application handling. Now user defaults
 override system defaults.
 + Don't keep re-reading /etc/fstab
 + Read the right fstab file on solaris
 + sftp-method: use password if in uri
 + http-method: fix seek to end of file
 + http-method: various webdav fixes
 + Handle empty but non-null http proxy hostname.
 

========================================
 UPDATED: gtk+-2.4.13
========================================

gtk+ was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: intltool-0.31.3
========================================

Version 0.31.3

* Use absolute paths and allow env var overrides for gettext scripts
 -- bug #152020 (Rodney Dawes)
* Allow shell-backticks (and other shell features) in variable names
 -- bug #152448 (Danilo Segan)
* Fix typographical error in intltool.m4
 -- bug #153630 (Rodney Dawes)


========================================
 UPDATED: libgnomeprint-2.8.0.1
========================================

libgnomeprint was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 UPDATED: libxml2-2.6.14
========================================

libxml2 was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: libxslt-1.1.11
========================================

1.1.11: Sep 29 2004:
 - bug fixes: xsl:include problems (William Brack), UTF8 number pattern
 (William), date-time validation (William), namespace fix (William),
 various Exslt date fixes (William), error callback fixes, leak with
 namespaced global variable, attempt to fix a weird problem #153137
 - improvements: exslt:date-sum tests (Derek Poon)
 - documentation: second tutorial by Panagiotis Lourida


1.1.10: Aug 31 2004:
 - build fix: NUL in c file blocking compilation on Solaris, Windows build
 (Igor Zlatkovic)
 - fix: key initialization problem (William Brack)
 - documentation: fixed missing man page description for --path

========================================
 NEWS: control-center-2.8.1
========================================

gnome-control-center 2.8.1

- Some tweaking of the available default applications
- Background capplet fixes (#154003)
- keyboard patchs (#144490) (#153866)
- Patch leak in XKB code
- UPDATE translations

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========================================
 UPDATED: eel-2.8.1
========================================

eel was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: eog-2.8.1
========================================

Version 2.8.1
-------------
- Documentation update
- File/directory chooser fix
- Removed quit FROM menu for consistency
- Recent files update
- More statusbar information
- Improved slideshow navigation
- Translation Updates:
 Abel Cheung (zh_TW, mk, de), Akagic Amila (bs), Alessio 
 Frusciante (it), Arafat Medini (ar), Changwoo Ryu (ko), 
 Danilo Åegan (sr), Jens Finke (cs), Jesus Bravo Alvarez (gl), 
 Nikos Charonitakis (el), Paisa Seeluangsawat (th), 
 Stanislav Visnovsky (sk)


========================================
 NEWS: epiphany-1.4.4
========================================

Epiphany 1.4.4
==============

Bug fixes

 * Add a list of printers to the print dialog. Fix printing
 in several recent ditributions. (Marco)
 * Remove duplicate AC_PROG_INTLTOOL (Christian) [#155028]
 * Fix a crash when rebuilding bookmarks menu (Christian) [#154805]

==============
Epiphany 1.4.3
==============

Bug fixes

 * Fix compilation with gtk+ 2.4.x.


==============
Epiphany 1.4.2
==============

Bug fixes

 * Set dialogs icon to default ephy icon (Christian)
 * Fix slow resize of the window with many tabs (Christian)
 * Don't allow activation of the hidden menubar
 in print preview mode. (Christian)
 * Recognise "Desktop" special downloads directory. (Christian) [#152926]
 * Backwards compatibility with old mozilla plugins
 location (Marco)

Translation updates

 * Changwoo Ryu (ko)
 * Gareth Owen (en_GB)

==============
Epiphany 1.4.1
==============

Code changes

 * Adapt to mozilla API changes (Christian)

Bug fixes

 * Auto-check new topics (Marco) [#151925]
 * Don't accept dragged toolbar items FROM other apps (Marco) [#152388]
 * Fix toolbar overflow menu items (Christian) [#151648]
 * Fix for too small tab close buttons (Marco) [#144772]
 * Enable conversion for favicon downloads (Marco) [#152866]
 * Fix overflow in remaining time calculation (Jhon Spray, Marco) [#153136]
 * Fix some mem leaks (Christian)
 * Fix ephy-bookmarks.h header (Christian) [#153766]
 * Fix compiler warnings (Christian)

Translation updates

 * Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
 * Olivier Cortes (fr)
 * Francesco Marletta (it)


==============

========================================
 NEWS: evolution-2.0.2
========================================

Evolution 2.0.2, 2004-10-11
----------------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 * Addressbook

 #66520 - Crash deleting addressbooks (Michael)
 #66369 - VCard import requires blank lines between contacts (Hans)
 #65537 - Updating Contacts Causes Crash (Hans)

 * Calendar
 
 #65932 - Crash when accessing the details of an appointment notification (Rodrigo)
 #64683 - meeting invite expands to larger than workspace (Rodrigo and JP)
 #66736 - crash clicking Search Clear button twice (Michael)
 #61766 - SELECT personal calendar/tasks by default when migrating (JP)
 #65599 - 'Evolution 1.5' crash in 'Free/Busy' editor (Rodrigo)
 #62053 - SELECT GroupWise calendar by default (Siva)
 #66164 - popup date edit DROP down in correct place (JP)
 #45951 - Scroll properly in task description (Rodrigo)

 * Mail

 #67170 - Unable to subscribe to the alt hierarchy (Michael)
 #67028 - 2.0.1 compilation fails on camel-service.c: In function `camel_getaddrinfo' (Jeff)
 #67257 - evolution busy waits looking up hostname if network down (Michael)
 #66509 - Evolution Crashes when deleteing a news GROUP (Michael)
 #65828 - Fix typo in error message (Jeff)
 #63881 - "Cannot copy or move messages INTO a Virtual Folder" when
 dragging FROM UNMATCHED vfolder INTO real folder (Ed Catmur)
 #63521 - stale / bogus pop cache file (Michael)
 #66991 - crash creating folders (Michael)
 #66706 - Evolution Crashes while refreshing Folder Subscriptions (Michael)
 #67408 - Seg Fault on exit (Michael)
 #67211 - Evolution crashes when getting summary FROM folder (Michael)
 #66703 - S/MIME signing fails randomly (Jeff)

 * Shell

 #61285 - use better query for config pages (Michael)
 #66216 - don't SHOW translator-credits directly in about box (Malcolm Treddinnick)

Other bugs

 * Address Book

 - Crash when exiting (Hans)

 * Mail

 - Provide error dialogs if host/name lookups fail (Jeff)
 - Improve NNTP locking (Michael)
 - Work with complete MBox hierarchy (Michael)
 - Forward as inline sends attachments (Michael)
 - Fix possible migration bug FROM 1.2 (Dave Malcolm)
 
 * Other

 - Updated documentation (Rodney and Novell Doc Team)
 - Don't dereference NULL nickname or emailAddr on certificate (Michael)

Updated translations:

 - el (ta panta rei, Nikos Charonitakis)
 - ja (Takeshi AIHANA)
 - hu (Laszlo Dvornik)
 - pt (Duarte Loreto)
 - sq (Laurent Dhima)
 - es (Francisco Javier F. Serrador)
 - nl (Vincent van Adrighem, Michel Klijmij)
 - en_CA (Adam Weinberger)
 - zh_CN (Funda Wang)
 - cs (Miloslav Trmac)
 - pl (GNOME PL Team)
 - pt_BR (Raphael Higino)
 - sr (Danilo Segan)
 - sr Latn (Danilo Segan)
 - en_GB (David Lodge)
 - ca (Xavier Conde Rueda)
 - ko (Changwoo Ryu)
 - ro (Mugurel Tudor)
 - fr (Christophe Merlet)
 - nb (Kjartan Maraas)
 - no (Kjartan Maraas)
 - da (Martin Willemoes Hansen)
 - ru (Leonid Kanter)
 - fa (Meelad Zakaria)

Evolution 2.0.1, 2004-09-24
----------------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 * Addressbook

 #61070 - Fix improper grammar (hannah rebekah & fazlu huq)
 #59725 - Conduit syncing to wrong desktop record (JP)
 #63191 - Fix contact list editor title (JP)
 #64080 - addressbook gui component needs to be linked with libcamel (Michael)
 #64024 - Lower pane doesn't go away when you uncheck "Preview Pane" in Contacts (Siva)
 #64011 - Remove C99-ism (Vicent Noel)
 #62856 - in --offline mode, still get prompted for gw addressbook password, work around (Michael)

 * Calendar

 #66344 - Evolution crashes added start time column to tasks (JP)
 #63513 - G/W appointment acceptance fails ('invalid object') (Chen)
 #60904 - SHOW all appointments when work week longer than 5 days (JP)
 #66158 - Completion status is not displayed immediately (JP)
 #59194 - Crash editing location field in event list (JP)
 #65682 - get error deleting appointments (Chen)
 #55172 - sync montly recurrences properly (JP)
 #62374 - alarms no function if run over night (Rodrigo)
 #62728 - week day heading in month view does not UPDATE after changing week start day in settings (JP)
 #62392 - Crash on close alarm notification (Rodrigo)

 * Mail

 #65329 - translate standar folder names (Michael)
 #65058 - Specific mails don't display picture but picture DATA (Michael)
 #64972 - signature auto-selection in composer with Maildir account is broken (Michael)
 #65448 - Opening a mail does not mark it read (Jeff)
 #64974 - Allow selecting of file or folder for maildir and mh accounts (Jeff)
 #65703 - Display reply to all icon (JP)
 #59717 - crash checking supported authentication types (Michael)
 #47821 - try all host names available when connecting (Michael)
 #66199 - Image loading fails with authenticated proxy (Michael)
 #64023 - Forget NNTP password if it was wrong (Michael)
 #64092 - Ambiguity in nomenclature of GW Tasks in Evolution (Siva)

 * Shell

 #61285 - use better query for config pages (Michael)
 #66216 - don't SHOW translator-credits directly in about box (Malcolm Treddinnick)

Other bugs

 * Addressbook

 - point to correct documentation file (Rodney)
 - CHECK for LABEL supported (Siva)

 * Calendar

 - Don't allow deletion of system calendar or tasks (JP)
 - Don't allow a task to be changed to an assigned task if the backend doesn't support it (Chen)

 * Mail

 - Fix typo setting the root node in folder tree (Dave Malcolm)
 - Handle 0 length token read for summary (Michael)
 - Make SSL connections async and cancellable (Michael)

Updated translations:
 - fr (Christophe Merlet, Craig Jeffares)
 - pl (Artur Flinta)
 - sq (Laurent Dhima)
 - cs (Miloslav Trmac)
 - es (Francisco Javier F. Serrador)
 - nl (Vincent van Adrighem)
 - zh_CN (Funda Wang)
 - en_CA (Adam Weinberger)
 - it (Craig Jeffares)
 - zh_TW (Craig Jeffares)
 - en_GB (Gareth Owen)
 - fa (Roozbeh Pournader)
 - el (Nikos Charonitakis)
 - ja (Takeshi AIHANA)
 - pt_BR (Raphael Higino)
 - da (Martin Willemoes Hansen)
 - ko (Changwoo Ryu)
 - nn (Ãsmund SkjÃveland)
 - sr (Danilo Segan)
 - hu (Laszlo Dvornik)
 - bs Danilo Segan
 - id (Mohammad DAMT)
 - nb (Sigurd Gartmann)
 - no (Sigurd Gartmann)
 - ar (Arafat Medini))


========================================
 NEWS: evolution-data-server-1.0.2
========================================

Evolution DATA Server 1.0.2, 2004-10-11
----------------------------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 * Calendar

 #62868 - Permission denied accepting a GroupWise meeting a second time (Chen)
 #67513 - Evolution corrupts memory if backend autobooks meeting attendees (JP)
 #66230 - tasks FROM online iCal duplicate after auto-refresh (Rodrigo)

 * Address Book

 #66368 - VCard parser doesn't add "File under" (Hans)
 #66574 - Make e_book_get_self work (Diego Gonzalez
 #67600 - fix e-d-s issues on x86_64 machines (Hans)

 * All

 #65200 - GroupWise backend crash
 #67031 - (Partial) SHOW completed status properly for GroupWise tasks
 
Other bugs

 * Address Book
 - Restrict system address book queries to groupwise server for performance reasons (Siva)

 * Calendar
 - LOAD system tasks backend correctly

Updated Translations:
 - fr (Craig Jeffares)
 - zh_TW (Craig Jeffares)
 - sk (Stanislav Visnovsky)
 - fa (Roozbeh Pournader)
 - id (Mohammad DAMT)
 - ar (Arafat Medini)

Evolution DATA Server 1.0.1, 2004-09-24
----------------------------------------
 
Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):
 
 * Calendar
 
 #66383 - Warning fixes in calendar code (Dave Malcom)
 #64955 - C99-ism in libecal (Vincent Noel)
 #59904 - Calendar query caching (Rodrigo)
 #65167 - Crash sending task to GroupWise (Chen)
 #64685 - Appointment requests that have been replied to give "Invalid Object" error (Chen)
 #63513 - G/W appointment acceptance fails ('invalid object') (Chen)
 #64688 - mixing UTC and localtime in Appointment view (Chen)
 
 * All
 
 #66209 - only first source color change is saved to gconf (Michael)
 #64062 - new all day recurring events do not SHOW busy time or as all day appts (Chen)
 
Other bugs
 
 * Address Book
 - disable debugging noise (William Jon McCann)
 - don't search summary for groupwise system address book (Siva)
 
 * Calendar
 - support groupwise all day events
 
 * All
 - fix e-d-s issues on NPTL and AMD machines (Chris, Frederic Crozat, Hans, Dave Malcolm)
 
Updated Translations:
 - fr (Craig Jeffares)
 - zh_TW (Craig Jeffares)
 - sk (Stanislav Visnovsky)
 - fa (Roozbeh Pournader)
 - id (Mohammad DAMT)
 - ar (Arafat Medini)


========================================
 UPDATED: evolution-webcal-2.0.1
========================================

evolution-webcal was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: file-roller-2.8.3
========================================

version 2.8.3
-------------
 * Fixed extraction without folders recreation.

version 2.8.2
-------------
 * Avoid opening remote files in nautilus.

version 2.8.1
-------------
 * Fixed bug #153837: Internal viewer vs. other application question is 
 asked for files that internal viewer can't even handle.
 * Do not ask whether to use the internal viewer when there is a 
 registered application for the file type.
 * Fixed bug #151113: crash trying to open zip file for extraction
 * Fixed bug #152900: Multiple file/folder drag and DROP needs to be 
 improved.


========================================
 NEWS: gal-2.2.3
========================================

gal-2.2.3 2004-10-01
----------------------

Other bugs and changes:

 - Updated translations: 
 en_CA (Adam Weinberger)
 fr (Craig Jeffares)

----------------------
gal-2.2.2 2004-09-23
----------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 #637731 - blocking mouse grab when autocompleting (Suresh)

Other bugs and changes:

 - Updated translations: 
 it (Craig Jeffares)
 zh_TW (Craig Jeffares)
 id (Mohammad DAMT)
 th (Supranee Thirawatthanasuk)
 hi (Guntupalli Karunakar)

----------------------

========================================
 NEWS: gcalctool-4.4.20
========================================

Overview of changes in gcalctool 4.4.20

* Generated a new tarball distribution for GNOME 2.8.1.

----

Overview of changes in gcalctool 4.4.19

* Generated a tarball distribution for GNOME 2.8.1.

----


========================================
 NEWS: gconf-editor-2.8.2
========================================

2.8.2: "Huerto del loro"
* Fixes:
 - Fix for spewing warnings on startup (Fix bug #144833, Mark 
 McLoughlin)

* Improvements:
 - Updated German documentation (Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni)

2.8.1: "Puerto Rico"
* Fixes:
 - Parse correctly gtk/gnome command line arguments (based on patch
 FROM Julio M. Merino Vidal. Fix bug #151829)
 - Fix a crash when have_icons key is not present. Fix bug #151720.


========================================
 NEWS: gedit-2.8.1
========================================

gedit 2.8.1
===========

Fixes
=====
- do not try to open non regular files (#153204) (Paolo Borelli) 
- allow opening file by drag and DROP on read only documents (#89881) (James Bowes)
- open dropped files in the right target gedit window (#150485) (Paolo Maggi)
- do not change active document when closing an unmodified tab (#149811) (Paolo M.)
- fix crash when trying to open an invalid sftp uri (Paolo B.)
- UPDATE to the latest egg-recent (Paolo B.)

New and updated translations
============================

- Changwoo Ryu (ko)
- Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
- Åygimantas BeruÄka (lt)
- Meelad Zakaria (fa)
- Jordi Mallach (ca)
- Gora Mohanty (or)

 
===========

========================================
 NEWS: gnome2-user-docs-2.8.1
========================================

Version 2.8.1
-------------
* Sun's Vino documentation now merged in (John Fleck)

Version 2.8.0-1
---------------
* Broken XML files fixed
* Out-of-date translations removed


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-applets-2.8.1
========================================

Changes in GNOME-Applets 2.8.1
==================================

Overall
 * Bugfixes
 * New icons FROM Jakub Steiner (charpick, geyes, gswitchit)
 * Fix multiload network traffic under NetBSD (Douglas Brebner)

Translations
 * nl (Michael Sikkes)
 * az (MÉtin Æmirov)
 * ca (Jordi Mallach)
 * ar (Arafat Medini)
 * fr (Christophe Merlet, Raphael Tournoy, Yannick Marchegay)
 * ko (Changwoo Ryu)
 * it (Luca Ferretti)
 * ru (Leonid Kanter)
 * it (Alessio Frusciante, Francesco Marletta)
 * en_GB (David Lodge)
 * fa (Meelad Zakaria)
 * zh_TW (Abel Cheung)


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-desktop-2.8.1
========================================

Version 2.8.1
=============

 Fixes

 * Make %k in .desktop files work again (Brian Ryner)
 * Use automake 1.7 (James Henstridge)
 * New icons (Jakub Steiner, James Ogley)

 Translators

 * Wang Jian (zh_CN)

=============

========================================
 NEWS: gnome-games-2.8.1
========================================

gnome-games 2.8.1
=================

This is the second stable release of gnome-games in the 2.8
series. There are no new features, merely bug fixes and translation
updates. Unless you are experiencing problems there is no need to
upgrade. Any problems this release does not solve for you should be
reported in the GNOME bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/).

Bugs fixed:
Aisleriot: 
 - Don't crash when using the find feature in the game selection
 dialog.
 - Fix a typo in the dutch translation.
Ataxx:
 - Ensure the counters and turn indicator are correct after an
 undo/redo.
 - Fix the tileset path.
General:
 - Strict C compliance for games-network.c.


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-mag-0.11.8
========================================

What's new in gnome-mag-0.11.8:

* bugfixes, sanity checks on client requests.

What's new in gnome-mag-0.11.7:

* magnifier's use of the new DAMAGE x extension can be turned off via
 the MAGNIFIER_IGNORE_DAMAGE environment variable, or via
 the "--ignore-damage" command line flag. This is a debugging
 feature.

* magnifier now does some sanity checking on the setROI calls before 
 attempting to comply.

What's new in gnome-mag-0.11.6:

* Fix for bug 141376 and 152300; we now provide the missing epv
 implementation for getTargetDisplay and getSourceDisplay, and 
 we CHECK to make sure we can connect to a display before
 trying to change source or target.


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-panel-2.8.1
========================================

Version 2.8.1
=============

 Panel

 * Prevent against future config breakage when changing
 the default setup (Mark)
 * De-sensitize addto button when nothing is selected (Vincent Noel)
 * Fix icon scaling issue in the run dialog (Vincent Noel)

 Translators

 * Christophe Merlet (fr)
 * Alessio Frusciante (it)

===============
Version 2.8.0.1
===============

 Panel

 * Fix icon scaling in recent-files, "Add to Panel" and buttons (James Henstridge)
 * Plug a leak (Kjartan Maraas)
 * Don't crash if $HOME=/ (Mark)
 * Make 2.2 -> 2.4/6/8 migration work again (Mark)
 * Fix issue where lazily creating the main menu broke a11y (Padraig, Mark)
 * Make dragging a locked applet not break autohide (Mark)
 * Fix freakiness with autohiding and snap-to-screen-edge (Mark)
 * Fix panel not autohiding sometimes after closing drawer (Mark, Arvind)
 * Consolidate a bunch of autohide code (Mark)
 * Fix autohiding after changed orientation with unexpanded panels (Mark)
 * Fix potential buglet with panel hiding timeouts (Mark, Arvind)

 Clock Applet

 * Ignore focus padding so we fit nicely on a 24px panel (Mark)

 Misc

 * Some new icons (Jakub Steiner)

 Translators

 * Nikos Charonitakis (el)
 * Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
 * Francisco Javier F. Serrador (es)
 * JesÃs Bravo Ãlvarez (gl)
 * Gabor Kelemen (hu)
 * Luca Ferretti (it)
 * Christian Rose (sv)

=============

========================================
 NEWS: gnome-session-2.8.1
========================================

Version 2.8.1
=============

 Session Manager

 * Don't crash gnome-session-remove if we can't get a program name (Ray Strode)
 * Add a big bunch of debug spew (Federico)
 * Don't leak the splash screen background image (Kjartan)
 * Remove the purge timeout when re-incarnating a client (Federico)

 Misc

 * Use automake 1.7 (James Henstridge)

 Translators

 * Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
 * Changwoo Ryu (ko)

=============

========================================
 NEWS: gnome-system-monitor-2.8.0
========================================

New in 2.8.0
* HIG fix for the preference dialog
* Updated translations


========================================
 NEWS: gnome-terminal-2.8.0
========================================

2.8.0
===
- HIG fixes
- a11y fixes for the encodings menu
- fix georgian encoding
- added and updated translations
 

========================================
 NEWS: gnome-themes-2.8.1
========================================

2.8.1
=====

Bugfixes:
- Patch to fix crash-causing namespace issue
 (Robert Basch, bug #116693).

New/updated translations:

2004-09-22 Dmitry G. Mastrukov 
 * ru.po: Updated Russian translation
 FROM Russian team .

2004-09-15 Alessio Frusciante 
 * it.po: Updated Italian translation by
 Luca Ferretti .


========================================
 UPDATED: gnome-utils-2.8.1
========================================

gnome-utils was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: gnopernicus-0.9.16
========================================

Changes in 0.9.16
=================
Speech:
 * Modify to remove information FROM queue for an end of speech marker
 only if the marker is for text for which information is.


=================
Changes in 0.9.15
=================

Presentation:
 Gnopernicus now presents context information for when a 
 toolbar item is focused.

Translation:
 Added and updated Romanian translation.
 Updated Canadian English, Italian and Simplified Chinese translations.


=================
Changes in 0.9.14
=================

Miscelaneous:
 * Gnopernicus uses now version 1.7 of autotools.
 
Translation:
 * Updated Danish, Korean, Spanish and British translations.

=================
Changes in 0.9.13
=================

Miscelaneous:
 * Gnopernicus uses now version 1.7 of autotools.
 
Translation:
 * Updated Danish, Korean, Spanish and British translations.

=================

========================================
 UPDATED: gok-0.11.12
========================================

gok was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: gst-plugins-0.8.5
========================================

This is GStreamer Plugins 0.8.5

Changes since 0.8.4:

 * New translation in this release: Oriya
 * licensing corrections
 * new element: mngdec
 * pixel aspect ratio conversion fixes
 * 64 bit fixes
 * NEW_MEDIA fixes
 * ogm support added
 * matroska fixes
 * playbin fixes
 * alsamixer fixes
 * gnomevfssrc fixes
 * ogg fixes
 * multifdsink fixes
 * multifilesink fixes
 * qtdemux fixes
 * avidemux fixes
 * asfdemux fixes
 * wavenc fixes
 * flac fixes
 * fli/flx fixes
 * mpeg fixes
 * speex now actually works

Bugs fixed since 0.8.4:

 * 121809 : [Solaris] Not able to record
 * 130682 : [alsasink] fails to negotiate with audio decoders
 * 135407 : [xviddec] shows green frames when decoding packed bitstre...
 * 140432 : Osssink and alsasink broken on nforce2 (intel8x0) soundcard
 * 140897 : Incorrect segment duration in files created with matroska...
 * 140898 : No writing application specified in matroska files create...
 * 141554 : vorbis in matroska files makes the vorbisdec plugin segfault
 * 144091 : [Solaris] audio mixer element
 * 144616 : Infinite loop in wavparse.
 * 148711 : typefind function for TTA audio files
 * 148950 : matroskademux doesn't set buffer duration
 * 148951 : matroskademux misses the tta codec in its codec list
 * 151232 : [lame] doesn't build with lame-3.90
 * 151236 : [v4l] compile failure
 * 151410 : Memory leaks in multifdsink
 * 151462 : theora plugin Makefile broken
 * 151877 : [PATCH] Fix bad casts in ximagesink.c
 * 151879 : [PATCH] fix bad pointer casts in xvimagesink.c
 * 151881 : [PATCH] Fix format strings for amd64 in seek.c
 * 151882 : [PATCH] Fix format string warnings in spider_seek.c
 * 151883 : [PATCH] fix cdplayer.c warnings on amd64
 * 151884 : [PATCH] Fix format string warnings in cdparanoia.c
 * 151886 : [PATCH] Fix format string warnings in vorbisfile.c
 * 151887 : [PATCH] Fix format string warnings in player.c
 * 152102 : wavenc leaks events
 * 152341 : patch for ivorbis compile failure
 * 154301 : typefind and rmdemux don't use the same mime type for rea...

========================================
 NEWS: gstreamer-0.8.7
========================================

This is GStreamer 0.8.7.

Changes since 0.8.6:

 * important playback thread fix
 * typefind fix for non-seekable streams

Changes since 0.8.5:

 * spider, queue fixes
 * fakesrc and identity now have a datarate property
 * dataprotocol threadsafety fix

Bugs fixed since 0.8.5:

 * 136962 : crc error when decoding flac with typefind and threads
 * 150001 : [PATCH] Mem leaks in gstpad.c, gstxml.c and gstelement.c
 * 150262 : gstreamer.spec file needs correction to work with rpmbuil...
 * 150626 : bug trying to play a theora web stream
 * 153657 : make typefind prevent unneeded discont element
 * 153881 : [PATCH] in-code C declarations

API changes since 0.8.5:

- API additions:

* The "fakesrc" element now has a datarate property.
* The "identity" element now has a datarate property.

========================================
 NEWS: gtkhtml-3.2.3
========================================

gtkhtml-3.2.3 "Frond" 2004-09-23
------------------------------------------------

New in this release

 * fixed crash occuring in autosave after paste
 * expose api version in pkgconfig file
 * more line breaking touches
 * fixed embedded widgets not shown problem

gtkhtml-3.2.2 "Sporophyte" 2004-09-23
------------------------------------------------

New in this release

 * fixed TT style editing
 * fixed monospaced printing
 * avoid infinite loop in TABLE layout code
 * IM fix FROM Yukihiro Nakai
 * fixed rule layout
 * fixed text proerties dialog, style buttons
 * fixed base url support
 * tuned line breaking


========================================
 NEWS: gtksourceview-1.1.1
========================================

News in 1.1.1
-------------

* New languages specs for fortran, css, javascript and pascal.
* Bug fixes and updated translations.


========================================
 UPDATED: gucharmap-1.4.2
========================================

gucharmap was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: libgtop-2.8.1
========================================

October 11, 2004: Overview of Changes FROM 2.8.0 to 2.8.1
=========================================================
* Improved Solaris and AIX support.



========================================
 NEWS: libsoup-2.2.1
========================================

Changes in libsoup FROM 2.2.0 to 2.2.1:

 * Updated for a libgcrypt API change between 1.1.9x and 1.2.x
 that caused a crash at runtime if you compiled against
 1.2.x. [66342]

 * SSL certificate validation failure should now always result
 in a status of SOUP_STATUS_SSL_FAILED, rather than getting
 turned INTO SOUP_STATUS_IO_ERROR. [64414]


========================================
 NEWS: libwnck-2.8.1
========================================

2.8.1
===

 Fixes

 - Only highlight sticky windows on the current workspace (Elijah Newren)

 Translators

 - Aiet Kolkhi (ka)

2.8.0.1
===

 Fixes

 - Don't activate windows when clicking on the pager (Elijah Newren)
 - Only SHOW windows which are on the same monitor as the tasklist (Juerg Billeter)
 - Add missing prototype - wnck_window_set_fullscreen() (Ross Burton)
 - Fix runtime warning spew (Mark)

 Translators

 - Meelad Zakaria (fa)

2.8.0
===

 Translators

 - Adam Weinberger (en_CA)


========================================
 UPDATED: libxklavier-1.04
========================================

libxklavier was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: metacity-2.8.6
========================================

2.8.6
==
This is a stable release for Gnome 2.8.1.

Thanks to the Ken Harris, Kjartan Maraas, and the tireless efforts of
Elijah Newren for fixes in this release.

Fixes
 * Ensure the correct window is focused when minimizing (Elijah)
 * Fix keynav with mouse focus (Elijah)
 * Fix several race conditions in window focusing (Elijah)
 * Focus the top window when lowering by frame click (Ken)
 * Fix some compiler warnings (Kjartan)
 * Fix some valgrind-reported errors (Elijah)
 * Fix some potential issues with autoraising windows (Elijah)

Translations
 * en_CA(Adam Weinberger), it(Luca Ferretti)


========================================
 NEWS: nautilus-2.8.1
========================================

This is nautilus 2.8.1, the file manager for the Gnome 2 desktop.

Major changes since 2.8.1 are:
* UPDATE to latest egg-recent
* Fix memory leaks
* Clear clipboard after a cut file is pasted
* Properly escape uris created by connect to server dialog
* Better alignment of icon labels
* Allow move (not copy) of a file to another filesystem
* Fix reordering of selection when a listview is resorted
* Allow keynav on desktop
* Fix crash in sort-by-emblems mode
* Performance fixes when selecting files
* Performance increase in folder load
* Allow pasting files as text
* Fix nautilus extensions such as file-roller menus
* Made SELECT by pattern work in trash
* Fixed cut/paste of text when renaming in listview
* Always use homedir icon for homedir

========================================
 NEWS: nautilus-cd-burner-2.8.3
========================================

2.8.3:

Lock drive while burning when using HAL
Fix potential crasher when getting the Read/Write speed of a drive
Don't crash when no real drives are available

2.8.2:

Fix problems with some messages not being translated
Fix wrong messages in dialogs when asking for a CD to be inserted
Fix problems with CD drives that can't tell which medium is in the drive
Use HAL to get the medium type if it's available

2.8.1:

Only SHOW CD recorders in the UI
Fix crash when no medium was present in the drive and we started burning
Fix two potential crash bugs


========================================
 NEWS: vino-2.8.1
========================================

Vino 2.8.1
==========

 Fixes

 + Improve the key repeat rate situation a lot (Mark)
 + Don't get screwed up with Metacity's reduced_resources mode (Mark)

 Translators

 + Mohammad DAMT (id)

Vino 2.8.0.1
============

 Fixes

 + Fix typo which caused problems at 800x600 (Gregory Thiemong)
 + Hook up help dialog to docs in gnome-user-docs (Mark)

 Translators

 + Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
 + Ãsmund SkjÃveland (nn)
 + Gora Mohanty (or)


========================================
 NEWS: ximian-connector-2.0.2
========================================

Exchange Connector 2.0.2 2004-10-11
------------------------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 #65685 - Could not send message (Dan)
 #67510 - direct booking doesn't work (Sarfraaz)
 Initialize codeset for textdomain. (Frederic)

Exchange Connector 2.0.1, 2004-09-24
------------------------------------

Bugzilla bugs fixed (see http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi):

 #65850 - Evolution Exchange storage crash while adding public folders to 'Favourite' folder (Sushma)
 #64188 - Changing Exchange profile name screws up (partial fix) (Sushma)
 #41647 - Can perform empty GAL queries in SELECT contacts FROM addressbook (Sushma)

Updated translations:
 - fr (Craig Jeffares)
 - zh_TW (Craig Jeffares)
 - it (Craig Jeffares)
 - sv (Christian Rose)

Exchange Connector 2.0.0, 2004-09-13
------------------------------------


========================================
 NEWS: yelp-2.6.4
========================================

Changes in 2.6.4:
-----------------
* Updated translations:
 gl (Jesus Bravo Alvarez)
 zh_TW (GNOME HK Team)


========================================
 NEWS: zenity-2.8.1
========================================

Zenity 2.8.1
============
" Zentastic "
 * Build fixes [Kjartan]
 * New and updated translations
 - Meelad Zakaria, Roozbeh Pournader [fa]
 - Dmitry G. Mastrukov [ru]
 - Adam Weinberger [en_CA]
 - Marcel Telka [sk]

========================================
 UPDATED: libgconf-java-2.8.0
========================================

libgconf-java was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 UPDATED: libgnome-java-2.8.0
========================================

libgnome-java was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 UPDATED: libgtk-java-2.4.4
========================================

libgtk-java was updated without a NEWS entry.


========================================
 NEWS: pygtk-2.4.0
========================================

pygtk-2.4.0 03-october-2004
 - Updated examples (John Finlay)
 - Tiny threading bug fix (John Ehresman)

pygtk-2.3.97: 28-september-2004
 - Threading fixes (Gustavo, Johan, John E)
 - Other bug fixes (Gustavo, James, Johan, John, Ehresman,
 John Finaly, Owen Taylor and Xaiver Ordoquy)
 - x86_64 build fixes (Jonathan Blandford)
 - Updated examples (John Finlay)