Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee 1.6.1 - late announcement

[Michael Martin-Smucker <mlmartin13 gmail com>]

As far as the version numbers go, 1.5.x was a bit of an unusual situation.  1.5.0 started as the development/unstable version that was supposed to build toward 1.6.  When 1.5.1 was released, it wasn't quite robust enough to be called 1.6, but it was relatively stable and much more feature-filled than 1.4.3, so it was thrown into the "stable" category at least partly to encourage distros like Ubuntu to include it in their repositories (since distros aren't very keen on including 'beta' software).  This decision meant that users of Ubuntu 9.10 got a shiny new Banshee, but it created some interesting problems for the rest of the 1.5.x series.  With 1.6, and now 1.7, the versioning system is back to normal, and the Ubuntu PPAs reflect that.

Anyway, maintainers would be able to give you a more thorough (and possibly accurate?) answer.  I'm mostly just basing this off the answer I got when I asked a similar question on IRC several months ago.

Michael

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Daniel Hughes <trampster gmail com> wrote:

Well I know why it wasn't in Ubuntu 9.10 it was because of IPOD (see
the UDC video from that cycle) support which appears to still be
problematic. It is still the most common complaint on this mailing
list.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Dave <lemonsforlemonade gmail com> wrote:
> First off, congratulations Banshee team! This is just an awesome project.
> I'm a bit disappointed it hasn't made it into an Ubuntu release as a default
> app, it certainly deserves to be considered in my view. I'm sure they have
> their reasons though.
>
> I have a quick question about the PPA's though, up to the 1.6 release I kept
> up with Banshee 1.5.x series through the Banshee Stable PPA here:
>
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu
>
>
>
> I was under the impression that 1.5.x was an unstable series (even though it
> was as stable as ever for me)
> and was planning to keep up with development by keeping that same PPA. It
> seems as if the 1.7 builds are
>
>
> happening here, however:
>
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/banshee-unstable/ubuntu
>
>
>
> Previously I had never seen the unstable PPA used. Can someone clarify what
> is happening for curiosities sake?
> Also, would all the changes happening in the current stable 1.6.x be
> reflected in 1.7.x as they come out?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> We released Banshee 1.6.1, a stable bug-fix release, adding polish to
>> 1.6.0.  It's based on the stable-1.6 branch.
>>
>>    Enhancements:
>>
>>      * More devices supported:
>>        - Android: Galaxy Portal, DEXT/CLIQ
>>      * Automatically scan Music and Video libraries on first start
>>      * Improve search responsiveness on large libraries
>>      * Add AlbumArtist to the search menu (bgo#615692)
>>      * Improved Last.fm authentication experience
>>      * Many enhancements to MeeGo support
>>
>>    Notable Bugs Fixed (since 1.6.0):
>>
>>      * Fix ListView a11y crash
>>      * Fix Podcasts ListView right-click crash
>>      * [TrackActions] Fix collection-modified crash
>>      * [ColumnCellAlbum] Fix invalid cast crash
>>      * Fix several custom-widget related crashes
>>      * [Dap.Ipod] Fix a race condition
>>      * [gapless] Fix rating resets (bgo#614863)
>>      * [UserJobTile] Don't crash if icons are missing (bgo#615778)
>>      * [BansheeQuery] Fix mime-type queries (bgo#601920)
>>      * [MaemoDevice] Ignore the .videos directory (bgo#614825)
>>      * [MaemoDevice] Set 'Music' and 'Video' as the default folders
>>      * [MusicBrainzQueryJob] Escape album/artist (bgo#614569)
>>      * 40 bugs fixed since 1.6.0
>>
>> More info: http://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.6.1/
>>
>> We'll probably do a 1.6.2 at some point, as warranted.  Development
>> toward 1.8 is happening on master; 1.7.1 is schedule for May 26th (see
>> http://banshee-project.org/about/calendar/).
>>
>> Thanks to everybody who contributed!
>>
>> Gabriel
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