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NetworkManager-0.5.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.4.1
==============================================

* NetworkManager
   * Initscripts are now generated
   * Not waiting as long for scans to complete (Bill Moss).
   * Fix several D-BUS object leaks (John Palmieri, Dan Williams,
                                     Christopher Aillon)
   * VPN now advertises state changes
   * Make --without-named work (j@bootlab.org)
   * Make --with-dhcdbd work correctly (j@bootlab.org)
   * Fix timeout scan values (Bill Moss)
   * Send notifications of device strength changing so clients do
     not have to poll.
   * Don't return a UDI device if it doesn't exist (Tomislav Vujec)
   * Strip whitespace from the VPN banner (Bill Moss)
   * VPN Manager rewritten to better support signals (Dan Williams)
   * Don't allow clients to determine what states we should be
     scanning in, add logic to scan when we need to.
   * Blacklist some common ESSIDs such that multiple access points
     with these ESSIDs aren't treated as the same network.
   * Support for D-BUS enabled named (Dan Williams)
   * Only '#' is a valid comment in resolv.conf (Robert Love)
   * Don't try to set auth mode on the AP from the allowed list if
     it's NULL (Bill Moss)
   * Add internal scanning code so we don't have to use iwlib's
     code any longer (Dan Williams)
   * libnm now uses guints instead of gints for its callback IDs.
   * libnm_glib_unregister_callback () now works.
   * Fix our scanning interval (Robert Love)
   * Updates to backends for Gentoo, SuSE, RedHat, Debian, and
     Slackware (Robert Love, Peter Jones, Bill Nottingham,
                j@bootlab.org)
       - Dialup support in RedHat backend
       - ISDN support in SUSE backend
       - Other fixes

* nm-applet
   * The applet is no longer threaded (Dan Williams)
   * Dialogs no longer block the UI when shown
   * Passphrase dialog now treats Esc keypresses properly
   * Create Network and Connect to Network dialogs now have
     different window titles
   * New icons for connecting to a network and to a VPN
     (Diana Fong)
   * Context menu items have been cleaned up
   * Pressing enter in the passphrase entry should activate the
     default action.
   * Fix icon animation smoothness
   * Display more data in the Connection Information dialog
     (Robert Love) 


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NetworkManager-0.3.1
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.3
============================================

NetworkManager:

 * Debian backend fixes, Thom May
 * Build fixes, Thom May
 * Better handling of encrypted devices, Dan Williams
 * Better handling of user-selected access points, Dan Williams

NetworkManagerNotification:

 * Simplified D-Bus code, Dan Williams
 * Better error handling and feedback, Dan Williams
 * Greatly simplify the locking to UI smoother, Dan Williams

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NetworkManager-0.3.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.2
============================================

NetworkManager:

 * Lots of fixes, Dan Williams
 * Support static IP addresses, Dan Williams
    - Get broadcast address from config files, Robert Paskowitz
 * Support for non-ESSID-broadcasting base stations, Dan Williams
 * Only accept and manager 802.3 and 802.11 devices, Dan Williams
 * Don't blow away an active wired connection on startup, Dan Williams
 * Improve strength calculation, Dan Williams
 * Constantly scanning behavior, Dan Williams
 * add .pc file, Colin Walters
 * move to syslog, Dan Willemsen
 * Improve MD5 hashing of 128-bit passphrases, Colin Walters
 * DBUS API docs, Dan Williams
 * Cleanups, Colin Walters
 * Trusted networks, Dan Williams
 * New Backends:
   - Debian, Thom May and Mark Roach
   - Slackware, Narayan Newton
 * Fixes and functionality improvements in Gentoo backend, Robert Paskowitz

Python:

 * Example python code, Bryan Clark.
 * python test framework, Bryan Clark

NetworkManagerInfo:

 * Trusted networks, Dan Williams
 * Escape ESSIDs in gconf, Dan Williams
 * Lifecycle improvements, John Palmieri

Translations:

 * New/Improved translations: da de sv en_CA nb no pa bs pt_BR wa gu es
   - Thanks to:
       Kjartan Maraas
       Christian Rose
       Adam Weinberger
       Amanpreet Singh Alam
       Akagic Amila
       Raphael Higino
       Pablo Saratxaga
       Ankit Patel
       Francisco Javier F. Serrador
       Martin Willemoes Hansen
       Hendrik Brandt

NetworkManagerNotification:

 * Complete rewrite, Jonathan Blandford and John Palmieri
   - Now a Notification area
   - Simpler menu
   - Hook up the "other network" dialog to do something
 * New icons, Diana Fong