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Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.5 to libfolks 0.3.6
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This is just a repackaging of libfolks 0.3.5 with some documentation comment
version numbers fixed.

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.4 to libfolks 0.3.5
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Major changes:
* Various API breaks and improvements, especially in the IndividualAggregator
* Add various new interfaces: NameOwner, FieldDetails, Urlable, GenderOwner,
  Phoneable and Emailable

API changes:
* Add NameOwner interface
* Add FieldDetails interface
* Add Urlable interface
* Add GenderOwner interface
* Add Phoneable interface
* Add Emailable interface
* Add Tpf.Persona.is_in_contact_list
* Rename the URLable interface to Urlable
* Take a PersonaStore in IndividualAggregator.add_persona_from_details
* Remove IndividualAggregatorError.STORE_NOT_FOUND
* Rename the getter for BackendStore.enabled_backends from
  folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends() to
  folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
* Rename BackendStore.get_backend_by_name() to .dup_backend_by_name()

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 640901 — Allow it to be determined whether a user Tpf.Persona is in the
  contact list
* Bug 641780 — Incorrect C function names for URLable interface
* Bug 629078 — Folks needs a full API review to take advantage of our
  compatibility break in 0.2.x
* Bug 642036 — No way to pass a message when adding a contact

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.3 to libfolks 0.3.4
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Major changes:
* Add folks-inspect tool
* The use of the new LinkedHashSet type in the API may make libgee a requirement
  for some clients (to take full advantage of its class lineage).

API changes:
* New type: LinkedHashSet, similar to Gee.HashSet, but ordered.
* IMable.im_addresses is now a mapping of string to LinkedHashSet.
* Rename the HasAvatar interface to AvatarOwner
* Rename the HasPresence interface to PresenceOwner

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 637240 — libfolks-telepathy.so exports private symbols
* Bug 638311 — Add a HACKING file that outlines development policies and
  coding style
* Bug 629083 — Review coding conventions in folks
* Bug 629075 — Add folks command line application
* Bug 638609 — libfolks hard-codes backend names for debugging
* Bug 639195 — Print stack traces for failed tests to improve remote
  debugging
* Bug 639113 — Add static aggregation tests
* Bug 639742 — Logger service unavailable in make check
* Bug 640213 — Add tests for LinkedHashSet
* Bug 627397 — Use better interface names

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.2 to libfolks 0.3.3
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Major changes:
* Fix some minor leaks
* Add support for building gtk-doc documentation for the C API
* Fix some related documentation problems
* Fix some Vala problems caused by differences between Vala 0.10 and 0.12
* Finish off renaming interfaces (this is an API break; see below)
* Don't trust personas from IRC
* Handle invalid IM addresses more gracefully than with an assertion failure
* Fix a linking problem with the user's individual when going offline which
  could lead to infinite loops

API changes:
* Rename the Avatar interface to HasAvatar
* Rename the Presence interface to HasPresence
* Rename the Favourite interface to Favouritable
* Add IMableError
* Throw IMableError from IMable.normalise_im_address()

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 635178 — Leak in
  folks_tp_lowlevel_connection_open_contact_list_channel_async
* Bug 635649 — autopoint fails to run
* Bug 635703 — Leak in connection_get_requestable_channel_classes_cb
* Bug 635823 — [PATCH] telepathy test not linking against GIO
* Bug 636251 — Fails to add contact
* Bug 629526 — Generate gtk-doc documentation
* Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
* Bug 636714 — Assertion failure on invalid IM address
* Bug 637136 — Infinite loop when disconnecting accounts

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.1 to libfolks 0.3.2
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Major changes:
* BackendStore.load_backends() now (un)loads backends which have been
  (dis|en)abled since the last call
* FOLKS_BACKEND_DIR has been replaced by FOLKS_BACKEND_PATH. It accepts any
  number of files and directories, separated by :
* Significantly clean up the build system

API changes:
* Added BackendStore.prepare() and BackendStore::is-prepared
* Add BackendStore.enable_backend().
* Add BackendStore.disable_backend().
* Add BackendStore.unprepare().
* Remove casting convenience methods on Individual (casting isn't hard)
* Change the visibility of the setters of PersonaStore.type_id,
  PersonaStore.display_name, PersonaStore.id, Backend.name,
  Backend.persona_stores and Persona.linkable_properties. This removes the
  corresponding C setter methods which should never have been exposed
* Remove Tpf.PersonaError
* Remove the exception from the Tpf.Persona constructor

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 629081 — Add API to allow specific backends to be disabled
* Bug 629862 — Add tests for the key-file backend
* Bug 628883 — Add localisation support
* Bug 633718 — Make the Folks releases buildable without vala, valadoc, or
  g-i
* Bug 633080 — Crash when disconnecting twice

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.0 to libfolks 0.3.1
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Major changes:
* Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the client type feature

API changes:
* Add the PersonaStore:can-add-personas property
* Add the PersonaStore:can-remove-personas property
* Add the PersonaStore:can-alias-personas property
* Add the PersonaStore:can-group-personas property
* Make Individual implement the IMable interface

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 630431 — notify::alias is never emitted
* Bug 631864 — Crash when empathy disconnects
* Bug 632096 — build failure: contact-retrieval.o: undefined reference to
  symbol 'gee_abstract_collection_add'
* Bug 632163 — Folks key-file backend needs a way to point to a specific
  .ini file
* Bug 632564 — assertion `EMPATHY_IS_CONTACT (contact)' failed in
  individual_store_contact_sort

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.17 to libfolks 0.3.0
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Major changes:
* Fixed some linking problems
* Added some missing documentation
* Fixed build problems introduced by switching to gobject-introspection 0.9.6
  (i.e. GIR format 1.2)
* Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.16
* Bumped Vala dependency to 0.10.0
* Bumped gobject-introspection dependency to 0.9.6
* Ensured IM addresses are normalised before being compared
* Made the folks-import build optional through a configure argument
* Added support for a “self” individual
* Added support for generating and installing Devhelp format documentation
* BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions are now idempotent
* Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the avatar token and data
  features
* Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the capabilities feature

API changes:
* Added IMable.normalise_im_address()
* Renamed Groups interface to Groupable
* Renamed Alias interface to Aliasable
* Removed BackendStore constructor
* Added BackendStore.dup()
* Added BackendStore::enabled-backends
* Added Individual::is-user
* Added Persona::is-user
* Added IndividualAggregator::user
* Added PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_USER
* Added {IndividualAggregator, PersonaStoreError}.STORE_OFFLINE, used by the
  respective add_persona_from_details() functions

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 629452 — [Patch] Add missing gio linking for import-tool
* Bug 626008 — Add @since lines to all symbols
* Bug 629311 — Folks should normalize IDs written to the writable backend
* Bug 629644 — Key file backend cannot be loaded because of linking problems
* Bug 629666 — libfolks should not hard autodetect libxml
* Bug 628970 — Folks API needs a way to determine whether a specific type of
  PersonaStore is available
* Bug 629096 — Add a library init function
* Bug 627402 — Support marking FolksPersonas as "me"
* Bug 629642 — individuals-changed emitted in the wrong order
* Bug 629643 — do not fall back to the id if alias is empty
* Bug 629006 — PersonaStore should gracefully handle offline Persona change
  attempts
* Bug 629331 — BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions should
  be idempotent.
* Bug 629008 — Add a test for Persona additions
* Bug 630347 — Avatars are always NULL

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.16 to libfolks 0.1.17
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Major changes:
* Added a basic test suite
* Cleaned up the build system
* Ensured the public libraries' VAPI files are distributed and installed
* Prevented the key-file from being saved unnecessarily
* Fixed multi-byte character handling in the key-file backend
* Ensured account removal and invalidation is handled in the Telepathy backend
* Prevented a hang when creating relationships.ini in certain situations
* Added a folks-import tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin; this adds
  a dependency on libxml

API changes:
* Added PersonaStore.flush()

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 628930 — folks crahses empathy on relationships.ini read
* Bug 629082 — Empathy crashes when toggling "Ignore SSL certificate errors"
  checkbox
* Bug 628853 — hangs if there's no relationships.ini file
* Bug 629084 — Add a folks-import tool

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.15 to libfolks 0.1.16
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Major changes:
* Added more debugging output
* Fixed various small outputted code bugs
* Fixed problem where key file groups would be overwritten in some situations
* Fixed various signal emission problems
* Prevented changes to Personas' properties from being propagated back up to the
  Individuals
* Limited libgee dependency to < 0.7 due to API changes in libgee
* Added a FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING environment variable to disable linking (for
  debugging purposes)

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 628108 — Favorite contacts are not save any more
* Bug 628294 — Some contacts appear to be linked together while they shouldn't
* Bug 628305 — Signal removal of Individuals containing untrusted Personas
* Bug 628131 — error message when trying to link ICQ with jabber
* Bug 628343 — Add an environment variable to disable linking
* Bug 628335 — Assertion error with master

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14.1 to libfolks 0.1.15
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Major changes:
* Fixed various build problems
* Ensured duplicate entries don't appear in various sets
* Made gobject-introspection dependency explicit
* Limited libgee dependency to <= 0.5.2 due to API changes in libgee
* Reworked some of the Individual internals to make notifications more efficient
* Added the concept of an Individual's “trust level”
* Changed alias fallbacks to fall back to a display ID instead of a UID
* Added support for storing aliases in the key-file backend and use them in
  preference to aliases from other Personas in an Individual

API changes:
* Added Individual:personas-changed
* Added TrustLevel enum
* Added Individual::trust-level
* Implemented Alias on Kf.Persona

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 627314 — folks cannot be install in gentoo sandbox
* Bug 627506 — Require gobject-introspection
* Bug 626725 — Add an Individual.personas_changed signal
* Bug 627968 — Add Individual.trust_level property
* Bug 626578 — Use vala's vala.m4 to check for telepathy-glib(.vapi)
* Bug 626410 — contacts show up with a weird alias
* Bug 627508 — Store alias and groups in the key-file backend
* Bug 627898 — Fails to install with -j4

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14 to libfolks 0.1.14.1
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Major changes:
* Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.6
* Fixed some more warning spew

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.13 to libfolks 0.1.14
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Major changes:
* Changed Vala detection code to use the correct macro
* Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.5
* Removed some more message spew
* Changed tp-lowlevel Vala bindings to be generated using gobject-introspection
* Added optional dependency on gobject-introspection 0.6.7

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.12 to libfolks 0.1.13
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Major changes:
* Added the concept of “linkable properties”
* Added the IMable interface
* Added the concept of persona store “trust”
* Added a writeable key-file backend
* Added linking support to the IndividualAggregator
* Tidied up ID handling in the backends
* Warn if a backend's MIME type could not be determined, notifying the user if
  libfolks can't load backends due to shared-mime-info not being installed
* Hint to clients the Individual replacing a removed Individual (if any)
* Exposed Telepathy contacts' IM addresses using the IMable interface
* Fixed some build and dependency issues
* Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.11 and dropped dependency on
  telepathy-vala
* Added the concept of “writeable” PersonaStores and use this concept to prevent
  properties being synchronised between PersonaStores unnecessarily (and
  potentially even destructively)

API changes:
* Added Persona::linkable-properties
* Added IMable interface
* Added PersonaStoreTrust enum
* Added PersonaStore::trust-level
* Added Persona.LinkablePropertyCallback()
* Added Persona.linkable_property_to_links()
* Added Persona.build_uid()
* Added Persona.split_uid()
* Added Persona::display-id
* Added PersonaStore::display-name
* Added replacement_individual parameter to Individual:removed
* Implemented IMable on Tpf.Persona
* Added IndividualAggregatorError.NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
* Added IndividualAggregator.link_personas()
* Added IndividualAggregator.unlink_individual()
* Added PersonaStore::is-writeable

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 625830 — Adding an existing contact to the tp backend results in bogus
  warnings
* Bug 626108 — Defining XDG_DATA_DIRS prevents backends from being loaded

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.11 to libfolks 0.1.12
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Major changes:
* Added debug flags support using the FOLKS_DEBUG environment variable
* Removed various bits of message and warning spew
* Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.4
* Ensured connections which are ready as soon as they're connected are handled
  correctly
* Versioned the installed backends using the main library's libtool version

Bugs fixed:
* Bug 625815 — No contat showed in the contact list

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.10 to libfolks 0.1.11
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Major changes:
* Moved various bits of preparation code out into async prepare() methods to
  avoid race conditions on startup
* Reset TpfPersonaStore state when going offline
* Made several methods async which could potentially require it in future
* Added error throws to various functions which could potentially fail in future

API changes:
* Added PersonaStore.prepare()
* Added Backend.prepare()
* Removed error thrown from Backend constructor
* Added IndividualAggregator.prepare()
* Changed return type of Presence.is_online() from uint to int
* Made IndividualAggregator.remove_individual() async
* Made PersonaStore.remove_persona() async
* Added an error throw to BackendStore.load_backends()
* Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.prepare()
* Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_individual()
* Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_persona()
* Added an error throw to PersonaStore.remove_persona()
* Made Groups.change_group() async
* Made Groups:group-changed async

Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.9 to libfolks 0.1.10
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Major changes:
* Fixed various memory and reference leaks
* Lots of build system improvements
* Added a libtool version to the installed libraries

Initial release of libfolks 0.1.9
=================================

Major changes:
* Move to GNOME infrastructure