ANNOUNCE: Evolution 2.8.0, Evolution-Data-Server 1.8.0, GtkHTML 3.12.0 and Evolution Exchange 2.8.0

[Harish Krishnaswamy <kharish novell com>]

Hi All, 

The Evolution Team is pleased to announce the release of 

                * Evolution 2.8.0
                
                * Evolution-Data-Server 1.8.0
                
                * GtkHTML 3.12.0
                
                * Evolution Exchange 2.8.0
                
This stable release is for GNOME 2.16.0 (Final).


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   What is new in 2.8 ?
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      * Global search in Mailer and Quick Search defaults

      * Wide Screen mode, Vertical Preview

      * Cairo integration for better look and feel

      * Faster Performance and reduced Memory footprints in Mail (IMAP
        and GW)

      * Improved Load sequence for GW Calendar - now loads 10 times
        faster

      * Reduced EDS memory footprint - separate cache for
        Tasks/Calendar/Memos,

      * reduced static linkages and loads of leak fixes in Contacts and
        Calendar

      * Support for GW Reminder Notes and Mail retract

      * Sharable Notes in the Journal (filesystem).

      * Allow dynamic linking to libdb

      * gnome-keyring support

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   Where can you get this ?
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You can find the tarballs here :

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkhtml/3.12/gtkhtml-3.12.0.tar.bz2
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution-data-server/1.8/evolution-data-server-1.8.0.tar.bz2
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution/2.8/evolution-2.8.0.tar.bz2
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution-exchange/2.8/evolution-exchange-2.8.0.tar.bz2

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   Reporting Bugs
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If you have problems with 2.8.0, please take the time to submit the bug
using Bug Buddy or at http://bugzilla.gnome.org.  Try to fill in as
much detail as you can regarding the circumstances that lead to the
problem.


Kindly check if your bug has been reported before by using the
search functionality of Bugzilla.

More information is available at the project website
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution
and the project wiki :
http://go-evolution.org/


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Updated Translations (since last unstable release)
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Thanks to ...


Danilo Šegan  <danilo gnome org>  sr.po, sr Latn po: Updated by Igor Miletić.

Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshkajha yahoo com>  hi.po: Updated Hindi Translation.

Ilkka Tuohela  <hile iki fi>  fi.po: Updated Finnish translation.

Inaki Larranaga  <dooteo euskalgnu org>  eu.po: Updated Basque translation.

Jovan Naumovski  <jovan lugola net>  mk.po: Updated Macedonian translation.

I. Felix  <ifelix25 gmail com>  ta.po: Translation updated.

F. Priyadharshini  <priyafelix gmail com>  ta.po: Updated Tamil translation.

Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>  tr.po: Updated Turkish Translation

Theppitak Karoonboonyanan  <thep linux thai net>  th.po: Updated Thai translation. 

Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>  vi.po: Updated Vietnamese translation.

Hendrik Richter  <hendrikr gnome org>  de.po: Updated German translation

Raivis Dejus  <orvils gmail com> * lv.po: Updated Latvian translation.

Stanislav Brabec  <sbrabec suse cz>  cs.po: Word form fix.

Alexander Shopov  <ash contact bg>  bg.po: Updated Bulgarian translation 

Changwoo Ryu  <cwryu debian org>  ko.po: Updated Korean translation.

Subhransu Behera  <arya_subhransu yahoo co in>  or.po: Updated Oriya Translation.

Kostas Papadimas <pkst gnome org>  el.po: Updated Greek Translation

Runa Bhattacharjee <runabh gmail com>  bn_IN.po: Fixed some typos.

Maxim Dziumanenko <dziumanenko gmail com>  uk.po: Update Ukrainian translation.

Duarte Loreto <happyguy_pt hotmail com>  pt.po: Updated Portuguese translation.

Chao-Hsiung Liao  <j_h_liau yahoo com tw> 
 	* zh_HK.po: Updated Traditional Chinese translation(Hong Kong).
        * zh_TW.po: Updated Traditional Chinese translation(Taiwan).

Gabor Kelemen  <kelemeng gnome hu>  hu.po: Translation updated.

Gintautas Miliauskas  <gintas akl lt>  lt.po: Updated Lithuanian translation.

Christophe Merlet  <redfox redfoxcenter org> fr.po: Updated French translation from Robert-André Mauchin <zebob m gmail com>.

Josep Puigdemont i Casamajó  <josep puigdemont gmail com>  ca.po: Updated Catalan translation.

Matic Zgur  <mr zgur gmail com>  sl.po: Updated Slovenian translation.

Ani Peter <peter ani gmail com>  ml.po: Updated Malayalam translation

Funda Wang  <fundawang linux net cn>  zh_CN.po: Updated Simplified Chinese translation.

Leonid Kanter <leon asplinux ru>  ru.po: Updated Russian translation

Abel Cheung  <abel oaka org>

       * zh_HK.po: Updated Chinese (Hong Kong) translation from
         Woodman Tuen <wmtuen gmail com>.
       * zh_TW.po: Updated Chinese (Taiwan) translation from
         Woodman Tuen <wmtuen gmail com>.

Jamil Ahmed  <jamil bengalinux org>  bn.po: Updated Bengali Translation.

Priit Laes  <plaes cvs gnome org>  et.po: Translation updated by Ivar Smolin.


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Bug fixes since last unstable release
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Harish K (#324118)
Sankar P (#350250)
Chenthill (#353763)
Nickolay V. Shmyrev (#334966).


Thanks,
Harish Krishnaswamy.