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==============================================
NetworkManager-0.7.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.6
==============================================
This is a new major stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
* Multiple active devices
* Internet connection sharing
* Support for many mobile broadband devices
* Full static IP support
* More reliable connections
* Rich, flexible D-Bus API
* Boot-time connections (no logins required)
==============================================
NetworkManager-0.6.2
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.2
==============================================
0.6.2 is a bug fix release. Note that NetworkManager no longer automatically
runs dhcdbd if it is not running. This means that it is now the system's
responsibility to start dhcdbd prior to NetworkManager, e.g. in the
distribution's NetworkManager initscript.
* NetworkManager
* Many, many bug fixes (Everyone)
* Dynamic WEP Support (Robert Love)
* nm-applet
* Many bug fixes (Everyone)
==============================================
NetworkManager-0.6.1
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.0
==============================================
0.6.1 is a minor bug fix release.
* NetworkManager
* Improved activation cancelation (Dan Williams)
* Workarounds for non-WPA drivers (Dan Williams)
* Fix WPA Enterprise crasher (Robert Love)
* nm-applet
* Hide password entry fields by default (Robert Love)
* Add toggle to show/hide password field (Robert Love)
* Add 'Remove' option to right-click menu (Robert Love)
==============================================
NetworkManager-0.6.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.5.1
==============================================
This releases ushers in WPA support, as well as many other features, bug fixes,
and clean ups.
We now require libnl, a netlink library (http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl/) and
wpa_supplicant, a WPA supplicant (http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/).
Two new VPN modules are part of the distribution: openvpn and pptp.
* NetworkManager
* WPA and WPA2 support (Dan Williams)
* WPA Enterprise support (Robert Love)
* Rearchitecting, refactoring (Dan Williams)
* wpa_supplicant support (Dan Williams, Kay Sievers)
* NIS support (Robert Love)
* DHCP hostname support (Timo Hoenig)
* ISDN support, improve dial up support (Robert Love)
* Man pages (Robert Love)
* Survive DBUS and HAL restarts (Timo Hoening)
* Generate PID files (Dan Willians)
* Bug fixes and clean ups (the whole gang)
* nm-applet
* New tray icon look and behavior (Robert Love, Dan Williams)
* New wireless security layer (Dan Williams)
* New "Enable Networking" toggle (Robert Love)
* Display speed of current connection (Robert Love)
* Bug fixes and clean ups (the whole gang)
==============================================
NetworkManager-0.5.1
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.5.0
==============================================
* NetworkManager
* Don't drop the last scanned AP (Dan Williams)
* Broadcast state change when disconnected (Robert Love)
* The Slackware backend now builds (Nico)
* Don't install unsued config files (Dan Williams)
* Add a test for libnm_glib_unregister_callback (Christopher Aillon)
* Requires wireless-tools 28pre9 (Christopher Aillon)
* nm-applet
* Use g_get_host_name () if we've got it (Christopher Aillon)
* Fix an unitialized variable (Robert Love)
* Fix sensitivity of VPN items (Robert Love)
==============================================
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)
============================================
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
============================================
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