Boxes 3.9.2



We are pleased to announce the first release of Boxes in unstable 3.9
release cycle.

Changes since 3.8.1:

- Fix focus going out of password/username entries on each key press.
- Fix unwanted '_' in wizard toolbar button labels.
- Avoid showing weird errors when user is entering URI in wizard.
- Correct size of 'read-only' toggle in VNC box properties.
- Fix a regression that disables Boxes from connecting to the same box more
  than once.
- Tone down hologram effect in Boxes icon not to appear broken.
- Correctly set timezone configuration on new VMs. This combined with libosinfo
  release (0.2.7), fixes Fedora 19 express installation.
- Work around the issue of dialog being blank after first usage (bug#699376).
- Activation of text entries in wizard's setup page now behave as expected.
- Make use of new libosinfo API to set direct boot commandline for Fedora
  express installation instead of hardcoding it.
- Allow changing URI of non-connected remote displays.
- Fix sorting of boxes that were never accessed.
- Handle locales with '.UTF-8' suffix and hence fix Fedora 19 express
  installation against such locales.
- Fix non-express installation of Windows XP and 7.
- Fix regression in setup->review->setup->review wizard transition.
- Don't automatically jump to next page in wizard on express install untoggled
- Show display overlay toolbar until mouse moves so that user doesn't miss it.
- Ensure display toolbar is visible when mouse can be grabbed.
- Mark two user visible strings for translation.
- Never make the 'Express Install' label in wizard, insensitive.
- Added/updated/fixed translations:
  - Hebrew
  - Japanese
  - Norwegian bokmål
  - Spanish

Dependencies changed:

libosinfo >= 0.2.7

All contributors to this release:

Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau redhat com>
Daniel Mustieles <daniel mustieles gmail com>
Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio redhat com>
Gursimran singh <simar i3r gmail com>
Jakub Steiner <jimmac gmail com>
Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas gnome org>
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre lureau gmail com>
Matej Urbančič <mateju svn gnome org>
OKANO Takayoshi <kano na rim or jp>
Yaron Shahrabani <sh yaron gmail com>
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak gnome org>
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What is Boxes?
==============

A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems.

Goals
=====

* View, access, and use:
 * remote machines
 * remote virtual machines
 * local virtual machines
 * When technology permits, set up access for applications on local
  virtual machines
* View, access, and use virtual machines on removable media
* View, access, and use shared connection / machines
* Share connections?
* Upload / publish virtual machines
* Select favorites
* Search for connections

Non-Goals
=========

* Enterprise system management / administration
* Asset management
* Software distribution
* Automation

Use Cases
=========

* Connect to a local virtual machine for testing.
* Connecting to a work machine from home.
* Connect to a work machine over a low quality cellular network.

Home page
=========

https://live.gnome.org/Boxes

Download
========

Source tarball:
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-boxes/3.9/gnome-boxes-3.9.2.tar.xz
sha256 checksum:
8551b8f553d31741df5b1eca2bbb438d2ce9dd3ddde8b21bea5f2ac4482ae1fd

--
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124


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