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+Version 0.5.5
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2009-12-07
+
+Translations:
+ - Updated translation for Punjabi (aalam)
+ - Updated translation for Spanish (beckerde)
+ - Updated translation for Hebrew (elad)
+ - Updated translation for Telugu (kkrothap)
+ - Updated translation for Serbian (kmilos)
+ - Updated translation for Spanish (logan)
+ - Updated translation for Oriya (mgiri)
+ - Updated translation for Dutch (nippur)
+ - Updated translation for Polish (raven)
+ - Updated translation for Gujarati (swkothar)
+ - Updated translation for Finnish (vpv)
+
+Libraries:
+ - PackageKit-qt: Add function in Package class to get icon path (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fix behavior on failed desktop database open (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Refuse to run tests if backend != dummy (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fix signal signature in Transaction test (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Make error message more informative (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Watch DBus signal NameOwnerChanged to detect in flight PK crashes (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Make running transactions emit error on daemon crash (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Properly delete transactions on daemon crash (Adrien Bustany)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Added multiple files support to searchFile (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Added setHints(QString) convenience function (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fix compilation path of desktop.db (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fix the open desktopdb path (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: A few improvements to getIcon() (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fix icon loading (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Added support to what provides with a QStringList (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - PackageKit-qt: Fixed emission of updatesChanged(), and added DEPRECATED macro (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - python: Fixed packagekit.client.what_provides() in Python bindings (Tim Waugh)
+ - glib2: Never try to disconnect DBus signals if they were never connected (Richard Hughes)
+ - glib2: Switch to a 100% GObject design, and get rid of the typedef'd PkItemX structures (Richard Hughes)
+ - glib2: Drop the 'Code' from PkError as it's a redundant suffix (Richard Hughes)
+
+Backends:
+ - apt: Allow emitting apt.package.Version. Use when emitting Package signals (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Add a helper method which allows to emit all visible versions of package (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Fix emitting the correct installed/available status for packages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Show a better error report for broken packages in get_depends (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Do not fail if we cannot unset the locale correctly (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Fix installing package files from a not ASCII path (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Add a helper to get the apt.package.Version instance corresponding to a package id (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: If a dependency cannot be installed emit a blocked package (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Rewrite get_requires to actually parse the dependency information (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Replace the _find_package_by_id helper by _get_package_by_id (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Remove obsolete return statements after PackageKitBackend.error call (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Fix small typo in method call of simulate_update (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Only emit additional changes in Simulate* (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Catch an internal python-apt changelog download failed error message (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Show some progress for processing downloads of changelogs (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Take the version of package into account when removing, installing and updating (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Don't use internal attributes of python-apt as far as possible (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Fix update version sanity check and add the package name to the error message (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Use markdown for the changelog and update_text of UpdateDetail (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Allow to set the status of the PackgeKitFetchProgress (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Separate the apt.package.Version/package id converter into its own method (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Refractor download_packages and emit the files signal for downloaded packages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Send the currently downloaded package in the download_package method (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Send the INFO_FINISHED status for downloaded packages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Emit the INFO_DOWNGRADING for currently downgrading packages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Add missing datetime import (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Add support for removing obsoleted dependencies in RemovePackages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Fix a typo which broke RemovePackages (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Make use of the package metadata to search for provided gstreamer plugins (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Share the pinning file with Synaptic which allows to block updates in Synaptic (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Use a more readable markdown raw syntax (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Minor cleanups to the markdown creator (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - apt: Parse for closed Launchpad bugs in the Ubuntu changelogs (Sebastian Heinlein)
+ - aptcc: Better error handling in instalation (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - aptcc: Added what provides mime type support (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - aptcc: Added gstreamer codec search (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - dummy: ensure we send valid ISO8601 dates to the daemon (Richard Hughes)
+ - smart: fix syntax error typo with only_trusted (Anders F Bjorklund)
+ - yum: only advertise GetDistroUpgrades if the preupgrade binary is present (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: add a few more entries in the yum-comps mapping (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: disable repos that are not contactable (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: format the package_id for printing when we print an error (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: fix the broken metadata ISO8601 encoded update detail values (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: check the filename is valid before exploding when yum fails on us. Fixes rh#537381 (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: don't fail with a crypic message if a package is being searched for is in a repo no longer available (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: throw errors from _findPackage which mackes it much easier to report different types of errors (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: Protect more against repos that get disabled (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: put a file monitor on /etc/yum.repos.d and signal RepoListChanged when it is manually changed (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: protect against yum, rpm and glibc from being removd manually or as deps in RemovePackages() (Richard Hughes)
+ - yum: Only check certain transaction elements, not all of them. Fixes rh#541645 (Richard Hughes)
+
+New Features:
+ - Add a --plain option to pkcon to better support not-running with a console (Richard Hughes)
+ - Moved get_distro id to a daemon property (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - Fixed one old call to get_distro_id and changed all identifiers to distro;version;arch (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - Make the scan for desktop files be recursive (Daniel Nicoletti)
+
+Bugfixes:
+ - Reverse version order for unstable versions to match (Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon)
+ - Refactor download instructions for precompiled packages (Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon)
+ - Fixed python session example (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - Updated the Faq and example.catalog to match the new distro id (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - pkcon: search provides for ANY instead of CODEC (Daniel Nicoletti)
+ - cnf: don't exit before we try to search if no alternatives were found (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: handle the error condition where the package name would be invalid. Fixes rh#533014 (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: after a successful installation, re-exec new binary not command-not-found. Fixes rh#533554 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Ensure we use the unique package id for the de-duplication filter dictionary. Fixes gnome#601246 (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: handle the error condition where the package name would be invalid. Fixes rh#533014 (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: after a successful installation, re-exec new binary not command-not-found. Fixes rh#533554 (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: when we search for available files, use our preferred arch. Fixes rh#534169 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Ensure the update detail ISO8601 dates are formatted correctly before they are sent to the daemon (Richard Hughes)
+ - Switch the signed install permission to require the root password (Richard Hughes)
+ - Rename three methods in the unstable glib2 library so we are ready for 0.6.x in December (Richard Hughes)
+ - Update to a better version of the egg-debug code (Richard Hughes)
+ - cnf: Run the newly installed file sync so we can return a proper exit code. Fixes rh#540482 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Fix a potential crash when pkcon gets a restart-required signal (Richard Hughes)
+ - pkcon: Add a message when there are no updates (Richard Hughes)
+ - pkcon: Add a return code for pkcon of 5 for 'nothing useful was done' (Richard Hughes)
+ - cron: Only email when a useful action was done. Fixes rh#540949 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Fix up the free license checker to include the free font licenses too (Richard Hughes)
+ - Use the license generator to update the list of free licenses to include font licences. Fixes rh#519394 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Ensure we return a very big number if we ask for the time since a role completed, and the role has never completed (Richard Hughes)
+ - Do not split more than one locale hint to fix setting LC_ variables. Fixes rh#543716 (Richard Hughes)
+ - Do not abort the daemon if the desktop database is invalid or corrupt (Richard Hughes)
+ - Remove the two-line title in the custom PolicyKit dialog for install (Richard Hughes)
+
 Version 0.5.4
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Released: 2009-11-02
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 <table>
 <tr><td><b>Version</b></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><b>Date</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td>0.5.5</td><td></td><td>2009-12-07</td></tr>
 <tr><td>0.5.4</td><td></td><td>2009-11-02</td></tr>
 <tr><td>0.5.3</td><td></td><td>2009-10-05</td></tr>
 <tr><td>0.5.2</td><td></td><td>2009-09-07</td></tr>