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Version 2.23.90
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 * A few multi-monitor fixes for the greeter
 * Don't load local users at all if user list is disabled
 * Switch to using gnome-session 2.23.6+ for simple-greeter session manager
 * Remove a11y dialog and button on panel (now provided by g-s-d)
 * Fixed #547965, Make PolicyKit-gnome optional (Gilles Dartiguelongue)
 * Fixed #504565, Username "gdm" is hardcoded all over the place (Patryk Zawadzki)
 * Fixed #509141, GDM does not honor LC_DATE (Brian Cameron)
 * Fixed #547549, Xsession update for Solaris SCIM (Brian Cameron)
 * Fixed #547965, align help string in configure (William Jon McCann)
 * Fixed #548551, Applet's user icon is always 24x24 (Patryk Zawadzki)
 * Fixed #548676, fix broken check for tcp_wrappers (Brian Cameron)
 * Fixed #549040, crash in user selector (William Jon McCann)
 * Fixed #549223, keyboard language select gets life of its own (William Jon McCann)

Translations:
 * Updated LINGUAS, sr@latin.po, sr@Latn: Goran Rakic
 * Updated ar: Khaled Hosny
 * Updated bg: Alexander Shopov
 * Updated bn_IN: Runa Bhattacharjee
 * Updated cs: Petr Kovar
 * Updated es: Jorge González, Jorge Gonzalez
 * Updated et: Ivar Smolin
 * Updated fi: Ilkka Tuohela
 * Updated gu: Sweta Kothari
 * Updated he: Yair Hershkovitz, Mark Krapivner
 * Updated mai: Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshkajha@yahoo.com>, Sangeeta Kumari
 * Updated nb: Kjartan Maraas
 * Updated pl: Tomasz Dominikowski
 * Updated pt: Duarte Loreto
 * Updated pt_BR: Fábio Nogueira
 * Updated th: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
 * Updated zh_CN: 甘露(Lu Gan)
 * Updated zh_HK: Chao-Hsiung Liao
 * Updated zh_TW: Chao-Hsiung Liao

Help Manual Translations:
None

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Version 2.23.2
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 * Requires ConsoleKit 0.3.0

 * Keyboard layout selection from greeter (Matthias Clasen)
 * Save backup of ~/.xsession-errors (Tom London)
 * Add a GConf key for not showing the user list (Matthias Clasen)
 * Now support PostLogin, PreSession, and PostSession hooks (Brian Cameron)
 * Add DisallowTCP back (Ray Strode)
 * Support PAM_XDISPLAY and PAM_XAUTHDATA (Eamon Walsh)
 * Add lang tags, to help Pango pick the right font (Matthias Clasen)
 * Set the initial user selection correctly
 * Add frame around user icons and make them larger
 * Write gdm screenshot output to /var/run/gdm instead of /tmp
 * Save one old copy of greeter log file
 * Set a minimum width for the login window
 * Fix check for /etc/gdm/Init/Default so it will actually be executed
 * Wait for ready from backend when cancelling from greeter
 * Use per session directories in /var/run/gdm for xauth databases
 * Move ConsoleKit registration into the worker

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Version 2.22.0
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 * Many animation improvements (Ray)
 * Many locale/language improvements (Ray)
 * Many session fixes (Ray)
 * Drop icons for Other and Auto users for now (Ray)
 * Only populate language list with those that have translations (Ray)
 * Load languages later to speed up starting (Ray)
 * Select "Other..." user if it's the only available user
 * Don't destroy the transient greeter since we may end up on wrong vt
 * Store X auth password in /var/run/gdm instead of /tmp
 * Enable a11y by default
 * Monitor ~/.face for changes.
 * Only display the currently logged in users in the applet
 * Show local users and monitor passwd for changes
 * More lockdown
 * Add option for running compiz
 * Add a "hidden" screenshot tool.  Pressing PrtSc saves file to /tmp.
 * Add profiling framework
 * Log greeter output to a file in /var/log/gdm
 * Turn on media-keys support for volume control

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Version 2.21.9
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 * Lots of improvements with session and language handling (Ray)
 * Add a crash backtrace logging tool.
 * Timed login countdown animation (Ray)
 * Start making host chooser able to support other protocols.
 * Fix user display in switch applet.
 * Start g-s-d synchronously to avoid flashing etc.
 * Add a banner message feature to greeter.
 * Make TryExec optional for session files.
 * Work around g-s-d background bug.
 * Add capslock key warning to greeter.
 * Fix user switch applet crasher.
 * Remove preferences from user switch applet.
 * Make user switcher a drop in replacement for FUSA.
 * Many dmrc file related fixes (Ray)
 * Add more lockdown points for greeter.

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Version 2.21.8
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 * Show locales in selection properly (Ray)
 * Improve language and session selection interfaces (Ray)
 * Add gconf key to disable restart/shutdown buttons.
 * Add quick death and looping detection for displays
 * .dmrc handling (Ray).
 * Run /etc/gdm/Init/Default.
 * Allow XDMCP to be enabled/disabled from configuration settings.
 * Initial support for timed login.
 * Better handling of ck-history not being available.
 * Fix a few bugs with X access files. (Ray)
 * Hook up suspend button to g-p-m.
 * Allow the login window icon to be changed via gconf.
 * Handle not getting the requested X11 display number.
 * Be more robust against dying processes.
 * Make language and session selecting work much better (Ray).
 * Add icons for language and session selectors.
 * Make autostart work again.
 * Make a11y dialog size shrink/grow with font size.
 * Run gok in login window mode (Ray)
 * Make disconnect work on XDMCP greeters.

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Version 2.21.7
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 * New session selection widgets (Ray Strode)
 * New language selection widgets (Ray Strode)
 * Don't display sessions in list if they don't have x11.
 * Only display users that have frequently logged in.
 * Port to GIO (Cosimo Cecchi)
 * Add a user switcher applet.
 * Unlock session after switching.
 * Add support for finding and switching to existing greeters.
 * Enable the g-s-d a11y-keyboard plugin
 * Add PAM auditing logic (Ray Strode & Brian Cameron)
 * Make sure we retry connecting to the xserver
 * Move clock applet to the panel (Ray Strode)
 * Don't show guest user
 * Add an a11y options dialog to the greeter.

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Version 2.21.6
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        * Initial support for XDMCP IndirectQuery choosers.
        * Also fix broken gdm_address_is_local.
        * Initial session migration/switching support.
        * Set CK session-type to LoginWindow for greeter session.
        * Add gdmflexiserver command for backward compatibility.
        * Add CK/PK system restart/stop functionality.

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Version 2.21.5
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        * Improve greeter widget animation (Ray Strode)
        * Ignore sessions on other seats or without x11 displays
        * Prefer metacity over compiz for now
        * Handle D-Bus method timeouts
        * Fully switch to external gnome-settings-daemon
        * Handle icon theme changes

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Version 2.21.4
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        * Break-out settings-daemon into external module
        * Add session chooser to login window (Ray Strode)
        * Add login window resizing animations (Ray Strode)
        * Fix cookie generation and handling (Ray Strode)
        * Setup gconf database for greeter session. (Matthias Clasen)
        * Log session console i/o to ~/.xsession-errors (Ray Strode)

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Version 2.21.2
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        * Close the session at logout (Ray Strode)
        * Run Xsession (Ray Strode)
        * Rework XAuth handling (Ray Strode)
        * Don't require x11.pc to build
        * Assassinate the unused configuration options
        * Add support for showing logged in users in greeter
        * Split up GdmSession mechanism

  Translators

        * Updated fi: Ilkka Tuohela
        * Updated lt: Gintautas Miliauskas
        * Updated sl: Matej Urbančič

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Version 2.21.1
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Initial development release of new GDM design