NEWS
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-0.5.3 (to be released) "symbolic synchronization"
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+current master branch "cascading gradient"
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+
+The highlight of this release is the new -m flag for para_afh which
+lets it modify the meta tags of the given audio file(s). This feature
+is supported for all audio formats. Many small cleanups and bug fixes
+not mentioned here have accumulated and are also part of the release.
+
+ - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx
+ opus flac aac files.
+ - afs commands propagate error codes to the client.
+ - The check command now also checks the attribute table for
+ inconsistencies.
+ - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string)
+ - New option --priority for para_server and para_audiod.
+ - New mood methods: image_id and lyrics_id.
+
+Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball)
+
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+0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
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+
+Many new features and a lot of other improvements.
+
+ - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
+ abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
+ the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
+ - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also
+ usernames rather than only user IDs.
+ - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
+ - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly
+ when the meta information of the current audio changes.
+ - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in
+ the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log
+ messages go to /dev/null in this case.
+ - Web page cleanup.
+ - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command.
+ These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than
+ -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support
+ will be dropped in v0.6.0.
+
+Download: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2 (tarball)
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
+
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+0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
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+
+Another cleanup and bugfix release.
+
+ - New server command: tasks.
+ - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
+ - New URLs for home page and git services.
+ - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
+ - New sender subcommand: status.
+ - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
+ - audiod memory leak fixes.
+ - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
+ - oss_writer improvements.
+ - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
+
+Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2 (tarball)
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
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+0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
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+
+Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
+
+ - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
- Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
+ - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
- The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
for the generated man pages.
- ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
serious bugs have been fixed.
+ - new audiod command: version.
+ - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
+ - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
+ none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
+
+Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
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0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"