From 647ab145970249174bb6d76b21dd8ff8bf7e974a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabriel Burt Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 11:00:56 -0700 Subject: [release] Prepare for 1.7.0 release --- NEWS | 192 +++++++++---------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 34e95fb5d..e33fad1ab 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ =============================================================================== -WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.6.0 - Released March 31, 2010 +WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.7.0 - Released May 5, 2010 =============================================================================== * Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME. @@ -10,181 +10,37 @@ WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.6.0 - Released March 31, 2010 experience automatic cover art fetching as you listen; and easily browse, search, and control your media collection." - * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.6.0 + * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.7.0 =============================================================================== NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS =============================================================================== - Banshee 1.6 is a stable release, the culmination of a year's work. There - are so many new features, bug fixes, and polish in this release, we won't - be able to do it all justice in these notes, but we'll try. These notes - aggregate the highlights from the 1.5 series releases. + Banshee 1.7.0 is the first of the unstable 1.7 series, leading up to a + stable 1.8 release in the fall. It contains many bug fixes for 1.6, as + well as new features. - New Features Since 1.4: + New Features Since 1.6.0: - * Play Queue Auto DJ keeps the tunes coming + * Add Keybinding for Switching Sources - Keep your Play Queue filled with endless music, selected randomly - by artist, album, song, rating, or score mode. + Typing 'g' activates the source switcher, where you can type the name + of a source to switch to it. You can type its acronym or a substring + as well. As soon as only one source matches, it will be activated. + For example, you can type 'g' and then 'np' to switch to Now Playing. - * Sync device from playlist option + * Connect to Remote DAAP Servers - Either manually manage what files are added/removed to your device, - or choose a playlist to sync from. You can make a size-limited smart - playlist to sync just the right amount to your device. + Connect to remote DAAP server by entering its IP address. - * Grid View - - We are debuting a new grid mode for our custom list widget, visible - in the modified Album browser. It will be used for Videos, - Audiobooks, and more in future releases. - - * Banshee Community Extensions - - A new sub-project named Banshee Community Extensions has been - created. Its code is hosted on Gitorious, and its bugs tracked - in bugzilla.gnome.org. It already contains 15 extensions, including - Lyrics, Telepathy and Mirage, and has 19 maintainers. Its releases - track Banshee's; for more information, see - - http://banshee-project.org/download/extensions/ - - * Type-ahead find in track, artist, and album lists - - An alternative to filtering, type-ahead find jumps you to the first - track to match your query. Activate with shift+/, cancel with Esc, - and jump to next match with F3. In track list it matches against - artist, album, or title. - - * Automatic Scoring - - Songs now have scores, updated as you play and skip. The score - can be used in searches and smart playlists, and serve as a basis - for ratings. - - * New Shuffle Modes - - Shuffle by artist or album let you listen to everything by an artist - or on an album before jumping to a new random artist or album. - - Shuffle by rating or score lets you shuffle through your songs, with - higher rated or scored tracks being more likely to play. - - * Audiobooks library extension - - Rough first version, main benefits are separating your books from - your music and defining a different file system organization. In - future versions we plan to add intuitive bookmarking and a better - browsing experience. Enable in Extensions tab of Preferences. - - * Library-folder watcher extension - - Watches your libraries' folders for added, renamed, or deleted - files, and updates your libraries appropriately. Requires - Mono >= 2.4.3. Enable in Extensions tab of Preferences. - - * eMusic importer/downloader extension - - If you have purchased music from eMusic and have a .emx file, Banshee - will download and import the music files for you. Select - 'eMusic Files' from the normal Media > Import Media dialog. Enable - in Extensions tab of Preferences. - - * GIO file backend, supports non-local files - - This backend uses the GIO library to support importing local files - and network-share files alike. Requires glib >= 2.22 and Gio#. - - * Internet Archive extension - - Search and stream content from the Internet Archive's vast store of - media, including 70,000 concerts and 200,000 videos. Enable it in - the Extensions tab of the Preferences dialog. - - * YouTube Extension - - This extension shows YouTube videos in the Context Pane related to - what you're playing, and lets you watch them within Banshee. You - can enable it in the Extensions tab of the Preferences dialog. - - * Improved Metadata Handling - - Banshee is now able to read and write rating and playcount - information contained in your media files. Enable this option - in Preferences. - - Searching and smart playlists use unicode-aware case-insensitive - search; i.e. n matches Ñ and vice-versa, and similarly smart sorting. - - Artist/album/track sort fields are now supported, the License URI - field is now exposed and Creative Commons aware, and the BPM field - is exposed with an option to calculate it for all songs. + Enhancements: - * Gapless Playback - * Optional cover art in lower-left corner - * Cover art editable via drag-and-drop and right-click - * Playing song kept visible in the track list - * Separate library locations for Music, Video, and Podcast - * iTunes and Rhythmbox library/metadata importers + * - Enhancements: + Notable Bugs Fixed (41 fixed since 1.6.0): - * More devices supported: - - Android: Nexus One, Desire, Galaxy, Droid, Pulse - - Other: Palm Pre, Nokia N900 - * Improve search responsiveness on large libraries - * Play Queue item count, size, duration now ignores old tracks - * Muinshee fixes: disable Auto-DJ, allow reordering, hide previous song - * Wikipedia context pane extension enabled by default - * Add tooltip to playback error column - * Enable 'Delete From Drive' action in File System Queue - * Cover art for unicode artist/albums now supported - * Dropped glade-sharp dep; GNOME 3.0 ready - * Add columns showing track sample rate and bits per sample - * Option to sort an artist's albums by year, not title - * Allow seeking in DAAP streams - * Additional tokens for file system organization (bgo#489861) - * Cleaner track change notification popup (bgo#565453) - * Move Last.fm settings to the preferences dialog - * Keyboard shortcut (ESC) to clear the search box (BGO #558938) - * Expose LAME's "preset" option (BGO #563303) - * Better support for devices running Rockbox - * Set video sync folder for Android and WebOS devices - * Auto-completion for composer, conductor, grouping and copyright (BGO #592129) - * Added the 'comment' search filter (BGO #380524) - * Selectable song properties (BGO #586106) - * Show a tooltip in track editor when the property is truncated (BGO #589782) - * Support importing/exporting XSPF playlists - * Support loading ASF playlists (BGO #545646) - * Whitelist .spx, 669, it, med, mod, mol, mtm, nst, s3m, stm, ult, wow, xm, and xnm (BGO #580014) - * Source-specific preferences, accessible via Preferences dialog and via sources' context menu - * Much improved child source sorting - live, persistent, with group-by-type option - * Podcast espisode details tabs in track information/editor - * Can rename podcasts - * Can unsubscribe/download/refresh multiple podcasts at a time - * New 'Creative Commons' default Last.fm station - * New Refresh button for Last.fm stations - * More accurate seeking with click/DnD, can use mouse scrollwheel - * Make it easier to edit and reset ratings - * Add mnemonics to track editor fields and import dialog - * Make previous button go back if less than 4 seconds into a song - - Notable Bugs Fixed (since 1.5.6): - - * Fix device support on upcoming distros with DeviceKit rename - * Restore equalizer preset correctly (bgo#614313) - * Handle broken symlinks correctly (bgo#614065) - * Allow overriding Android, Maemo, WebOS default settings (bgo#611991) - * Fix crash deleting playlist on mass storage device (bgo#613734) - * Fix issue with iTunes importer dialog sizing (bgo#613607) - * Fix play count calculation with gapless enabled (bgo#613418) - * Handle exceptions thrown by old plugins (Mirage, etc) - * Use panel-specific (eg monochrome) icon in notification area - * OS X build/bundle improvements - * Fix Windows compilation issues - * Fix gettext locale selection on Windows + * =============================================================================== SOURCES / PACKAGES @@ -193,9 +49,9 @@ SOURCES / PACKAGES Sources ------- - * Banshee 1.6.0 Tarballs: - http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.6.0/banshee-1-1.6.0.tar.bz2 - http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.6.0/banshee-1-1.6.0.tar.gz + * Banshee 1.7.0 Tarballs: + http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.7.0/banshee-1-1.7.0.tar.bz2 + http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.7.0/banshee-1-1.7.0.tar.gz Packages -------- @@ -212,13 +68,13 @@ Packages Binaries for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6: - * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.6.0.macosx.intel.dmg + * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.7.0.macosx.intel.dmg ChangeLogs & Checksums ---------------------- - * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.6.0/banshee-1-1.6.0.changes - * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.6.0/banshee-1-1.6.0.sha256sum + * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.7.0/banshee-1-1.7.0.changes + * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.7.0/banshee-1-1.7.0.sha256sum =============================================================================== @@ -287,7 +143,7 @@ REPORT BUGS - HELP THE PROJECT - GROW THE COMMUNITY hesitate to file bugs! * http://banshee-project.org/contribute/file-bugs - * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=1.6.0 + * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=1.7.0 =============================================================================== -- cgit v1.2.3