Version numbers are of the form:
X.Y.Z
where the X represents a major version number, or architecture. The Y
represents a feature release, and the Z represents a patch.
------ current release ---------------------------
1.4.2 (9/18/2008)
+ "task undo" can now retract a "task done" command, provided no reports
have been run (and therefore TDB::gc run)
+ Task now correctly sorts on entire strings, instead of just the first
character (thanks to Andy Lester)
+ Task now uses dashes (-----) to column underlines when color is disabled
(thanks to Vincent Fleuranceau)
+ Task now allows mixed case attribute names (pri:, PRI:, Pri: ...) and
commands (add, ADD, Add ...) (thanks to Vincent Fleuranceau)
+ Task now supports a default project and priority for new tasks, via
the new "default.project" and "default.priority" configuration variables
(thanks to Vincent Fleuranceau)
+ Task supports improved word-wrapping to the terminal width
+ Task now supports "default.command" configuration variable (for example
it could contain "list due:tomorrow") that is the command that is run
whenever task is invoked with no arguments.
+ Task supports modifying the existing description of a task, with the
following syntax: task <id> "new description ...".
+ Bug: Now properly supports relative dates in filters (task list due:eom,
task list due:tomorrow, task list due:23rd ...)
+ Bug: Source now properly includes <string.h> in order to build clean
using gcc 4.3 (thanks to H. İbrahim Güngör)
------ old releases ------------------------------
1.4.1 (7/18/2008)
+ Bug: Descriptions can not be altered with "task 123 New description"
+ Tweak: For "task calendar" month names are now centered over the month
+ Removed TUTORIAL file contents in favor of online version
+ Provided Mac .pkg binary
1.4.0 (7/10/2008)
+ New recurring tasks feature
+ "task undelete" can now undelete erroneously deleted tasks, provided no
reports have been run (and therefore TDB::gc run)
+ Added averages to the "task history" report
+ Added ability to override ~/.taskrc with rc:<file>
+ Added bar chart history report "task ghistory"
+ Added task filtering on all reports
+ Automatically shuts off color, curses when output is not a tty
+ Supports relative due: dates (tomorrow, wednesday, 23rd, eom ...)
+ Supports the ~ character in .taskrc data.location
+ Allows colons on the description, provided what is to the left of the colon
is not a standard attribute name
+ Bug: Fixed where Esc[0m sequences were being emitted for no good reason
+ Bug: Fixed underlined table headers when color is turned off
+ Bug: Adding a blank priority resulted in an assigned garbage value
+ Bug: Fixed parsing of date "07/08/2008" when using dateformat "m/d/Y"
1.3.1 (6/21/2008)
+ New configuration variable, "defaultwidth" that determines the width
of tables when ncurses support is not available
+ Bug: "showage" configuration variable should apply to all reports, not
just the ones based on "list"
+ Bug: Fixed segmentation faults on Ubuntu when the "dateformat"
configuration variables was missing. This was a code bug, and should
have affected more platforms
+ Bug: Task now will recreate a missing ~/.taskrc file, OR a missing
~/.task directory
1.3.0 (6/18/2008)
+ "task calendar" now displays multiple months per line, adjustable by the
"monthsperline" configuration variable. Feature added by Damian Glenny
+ "task export" can now filter tasks like the reports
+ Factored out code to filter tasks
+ Displays shorter message when a command is entered incorrectly, and the
full usage for "task help"
+ "task oldest" shows the oldest tasks
+ "task newest" shows the newest tasks
+ Bug: Segmentation fault when no "dateformat" configuration variable
specified
+ Bug: Fixed bug whereby if you have more than one task with a due date, 7
days gets added to the entry date of task 2..n
+ Bug: Fixed bug whereby "1 wks" was being improperly pluralized
1.2.0 (6/13/2008)
+ Bug: "dateformat" configuration variable used to display dates, but
not parse them
+ "task list x" now performs a caseless comparison between "x" and the
description
+ Task sub projects supported
+ "showage" confguration determines whether "Age" column appears on the
"list" and "next" reports
+ Improved TUTORIAL
1.1.0 (6/7/2008)
+ "blanklines" configuration to stop displaying unnecessary white
space and thus work better on small-screen devices
+ "dateformat" configuration now determines how dates are formatted
+ Better formatting of "task tags" output
+ http://www.beckingham.net/task.html home page set up
+ Added tags to the "task long" report
1.0.1 (6/4/2008)
+ Bug: UUID generator not properly terminating string.
+ Bug: srandom/srand not called prior to UUID generation.
1.0.0 (6/3/2008)
+ New movie made, uploaded
+ Bug: assertion fails on mobile for t v
+ Bug: configure.ac does not properly determine ncurses availability
+ Bug: Cannot seem to use the percent character in a task description
+ Bug: New installation "task stats" reports newest task 12/31/1969
+ Bug: New installation task projects displays header but no data - should short-circuit
+ Bug: incorrect color specification in sample .taskrc file
+ Bug: when run without arguments, task dumps core on Solaris 10
+ "task calendar" now reports all months with due pending tasks
+ Added rules for colorization by tag, project and keyword
+ Added legend to "task calendar"
0.9.9 (5/27/2008)
+ Autoconf/automake behaving properly.
+ Clean build on OS X 10.5.
+ Clean build on Ubuntu 8.0.
+ Clean build on Fedora Core 8.
+ Clean build on Fedora Core 9.
0.9.8 (5/25/2008)
+ Added "task color" command.
+ Removed unnecessary files.
+ Completed documentation.
0.9.7 (5/24/2008)
+ Migrated old compiler flags into Makefile.am
+ Added ncurses endwin function check to configure.ac
+ Set up structure for AUTHORS file.
+ Set up NEWS file, with pleas for feedback.
+ Added welcome message to README.
+ Completed a chunk of the TUTORIAL.
+ Added error handling for "task export" when a file name is not specified.
+ Task offers to create a sample ~/.taskrc file if one is not found.
+ Task offers to create a ~/.task directory if one is not found.
+ Removed unnecessary SAMPLE_taskrc, and assorted references.
+ Cleaned up ChangeLog.
+ Minor mods to standard docs.
+ Bumped version to 0.9.7
+ Changed some autoconf details
+ Corrected comment in T.cpp
+ Made unit tests compile and run again.
+ Removed tests from distibution.
0.9.6 (5/13/208)
+ Corrected wrong include file in Table.cpp
+ Replaced color management code.
+ Improved color rules code.
0.9.5 (5/12/2008)
+ Replaced Table storage with Grid.
+ Added Grid.cpp to configure.ac
+ Added Makefile to src/.gitignore
+ Makefile should not be part of the repository.
+ Added Grid.cpp
+ Added Grid::Cell::operator==
+ ChangeLog file begun.
+ Bumped version to 0.9.5 for next release.
0.9.4 (4/26/2008)
+ Integrated new Grid object into build - not yet integrated into Table.
+ More .gitignore tweaks.
+ Added .gitignore
+ Added more missing files.
+ Added all source code.
+ Generic OSS files added.
+ Initial commit.
0.9.3 (4/6/2008)
+ Added "task completed" command.
+ Properly recognizes ncurses.
0.9.2 (4/3/2008)
+ Recognizes whether ncurses, flock is available.
+ "task" duplicated to "task_rel" for preparation of a fork.
0.9.1 (4/1/2008)
+ Blank attributes read are longer be written out.
+ Completed "task export" command.
+ Added configuration values to "task version" command.
+ Consolidated header files, removed unnecessary ones.
0.9.0 (3/23/2008)
+ flat source directory
+ autoconf complete
+ "task next"
+ "task stats"
+ "task export"
+ Rules-based colorization
0.8.1 (1/28/2008) - 0.8.16 (3/13/2008)
+ autoconf conversion (many builds)
0.8.0 Polish (1/25/2008)
+ Code cleanup, reorganization
+ "task overdue"
+ Add "age" column to list and long
+ Use 'conf' for build, version tracking
+ Add "/from/to/" description editing
0.7.0 Multi-user, File handling, atomicity (1/8/2008)
+ Clean, publishable API reimplementation
+ File locking
+ retain deleted tasks
+ "task info ID" report showing all metadata
+ File format v2
[Development hiatus while planning for T, TDB API, new features and the future
of the project. Seeded to two testers for feedback, suggestions.]
0.6.0 Reports (12/27/2006)
+ "task history"
+ "task summary"
+ "task calendar"
+ due support
+ Table sorting
0.5.0 Multi-user support (12/10/2006)
+ Command logging
+ "task usage" report
0.4.0 Destructive / modification commands (12/3/2006)
+ "task delete" complete
+ "task id ..." complete
+ "task list ..." synonym for "task find ..."
0.3.0 Work in progress support (12/3/2006)
+ "task start" complete
+ "task done" complete
+ completed.data support
0.2.0 Neutral commands (12/2/2006)
+ "task find" complete
+ "task projects" complete
+ "task tags" complete
0.1.0 Constructive commands (12/1/2006)
+ "task add" complete
+ completed.data support
+ ~/.taskrc support
0.0.1 Basic infrastructure (11/29/2006)
+ Command line parsing
+ API layer
+ Usage
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