ANNOUNCE: Banshee 0.12.0

[Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com>]

Banshee 0.12.0 is now out in the wild. This release marks the official
"start" of the stable series. The series has been frozen for the past
few releases with only bug fixes and translation updates going in, but
the 0.12.0 version seals the deal.

Banshee will soon be branched for starting new feature development. Both
the stable (0.12.x) and development (0.13.x) branches will be
maintained.


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BANSHEE 0.12.0
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 * Banshee is a music management and playback application for GNOME.

   "Import, organize, play, and share your music using Banshee's simple, 
    powerful interface. Rip CDs, play and sync your iPod, create playlists, 
    and burn audio CDs. Most portable music devices are supported. Banshee 
    also has support for podcasting, smart playlists, music recommendations, 
    and much more."

 * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/Discover
 * Release Overview Page: http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.12.0


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 * Welcome
 * Module Notes
 * Get The Goods
   - Sources
   - ChangeLogs
   - Dependencies
 * New Stuff
   - Localization
 * Bugzilla Overview
   - Noteworthy bugs fixes/enhancements embraced in this release
   - Show all bugs marked FIXED during this release cycle
   - File Bugs... Be Proactive... Contribute to Open Source!
 * Miscellaneous
   - Contributors for this release
   - Contributors for past releases
   - Something to share with friends and family
   - Thanks!


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MODULE NOTES
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 * The banshee-official-plugins module has been merged with core, so 
   banshee-official-plugins is now obsolete
 
 * libipoddevice (0.5.2) and ipod-sharp (0.6.2) are required for iPod support

 * Helix support has been removed from core and is now available from
   the Helix Banshee community project. More information regarding Helix
   support can be found at: http://helix-banshee.helixcommunity.org
 

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GET THE GOODS
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Sources
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 * Banshee 0.12.0 Tarballs:
   http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-0.12.0.tar.bz2
   http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-0.12.0.tar.gz
 
 * ipod-sharp 0.6.2 Tarball:
   http://banshee-project.org/files/ipod-sharp/ipod-sharp-0.6.2.tar.gz

 * libipoddevice 0.5.2 Tarball:
   http://banshee-project.org/files/libipoddevice/libipoddevice-0.5.2.tar.gz

 * njb-sharp 0.3.0 Tarball:
   http://banshee-project.org/files/njb-sharp/njb-sharp-0.3.0.tar.gz

ChangeLogs
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 * http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-0.12.0.changes

Dependencies
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 * Mono 1.1.10 and full stack
 * gtk-sharp-2.0 2.8 or 2.10
 * GStreamer 0.10.3 
 * sqlite3
 * libmusicbrainz 2.1.1 or better
 * libnautilus-burn 2.12 or better
 * GTK+ 2.8 or better
 * HAL 0.5.2 or better (0.5.6+ Recommended)


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NEW STUFF
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Localization
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 * Updated translations: Czech (Jakub Friedl), French (St�ane Raimbault),
   Hungarian (Gabor Kelemen)


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BUGZILLA OVERVIEW
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Noteworthy bugs fixes/enhancements embraced in this release
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 GNOME Bugzilla

 * 414505 - Updated FindSource to be recursive like SourceView (Scott Peterson)
 * 414485 - Fixed ellipsis code in SourceView (Scott Peterson)
 * 413593 - Fixed themeing issue in recommendations pane (Brian Kerrick Nickel)
 * 410364 - Added null check for CurrentTrack in PlayerEngineCore
 * 348079 - Ensure 'now playing' indication is properly set from OpenPlay(URI)
 * 408128 - Ensure 'now playing' indication survives source changes
 * 411221 - Disable remove content option for smart playlists (Gabriel Burt)
 * 410278 - Set playback pipeline to playing/paused when buffering
 * 408068 - Work around last.fm web services problem


 Novell Bugzilla

 * 228720 - Do not show more than one 'now playing' indication
 * 249494 - Ensure gdk_set_program_class is called so windows don't group
 * 248831 - Ensure local stations will load even if remote ones can't

Other untracked fixes
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 * Clicking Play in the radio source when nothing is playing already will
   now start playback based on selection in the station list

 * In the volume button, do not show the slider dock when scrolling, instead
   just show the tooltip

 * Audio profile configuration dialog can be resized in X direction and has
   a good minimum width; use TextViewLabel instead of Label to provide good
   word wrapping

Show all bugs marked FIXED during this release cycle
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 * http://banshee-project.org/files/closedbugs.php/2007-02-21,2007-03-05

File Bugs... Be Proactive... Contribute to Open Source!
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 * Please do not hesitate to file bugs against Banshee in GNOME Bugzilla.
 * http://bugzilla.gnome.org, component: banshee
 * Discuss Banshee on the mailing list list or in #banshee on irc.gnome.org.
 * Lots of information on the Banshee Wiki: http://banshee-project.org
 * Need to debug Banshee? http://banshee-project.org/Debugging


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MISCELLANEOUS
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Contributors for this release
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   Community makes Open Source work!

   Aaron Bockover, Alp Toker, Brian Nickel, Gabriel Burt, Scott Peterson

Contributors for past releases [1]
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   Aaron Bockover, Alexandros Frantzis, Alp Toker, Bertrand Lorentz, 
   Bob Copeland, Brian Nickel, Chris Turchin, Christopher James Halse Rogers, 
   Gabriel Burt, Jakub Steiner, James Willcox, Juri Pakaste, Michael Monreal, 
   Mike Urbanski, Nathan Palmer, Patrick van Staveren, Ruben Vermeersch, 
   Sebastian Dr� Scott Peterson, Tim Yamin, Trey Ethridge

   [1] This list is actually only accurate since 0.11.3. I need to grep the
   ChangeLog to build a complete list. If your name is missing here, feel
   free to let us know, or just wait for it to appear in a later release.

Something to share with friends and family
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   We hit the 2000th commit in Banshee Subversion between 0.11.4 and 0.11.5!

Thanks!
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   Enjoy the release! We appreciate your support and involvement!