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 NEWS
 ====
 
+-----------------------------------------
+current master branch "magnetic momentum"
+-----------------------------------------
+	- 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.
+	- 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.
+
+Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball)
+
+------------------------------------------
+0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
+------------------------------------------
+
+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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-0.5.2 (to be announced) "orthogonal interior"
+0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
 ---------------------------------------------
 
+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)
+
+----------------------------------------
+0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
+----------------------------------------
+
+The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
+network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
+fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
+
 	- The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
 	  clients.
+	- Connections between para_server and para_client are now
+	  encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
+	  support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
+	  feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
+	  are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
+	  speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
 	- Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
+	- Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
+	  initial volumes, better error logging.
+	- The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
+	  para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
+	  writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
+	- ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
 	- Improved user manual.
 	- Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
 
+Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
+
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 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
 ------------------------------------------
@@ -34,6 +106,9 @@ of the build system.
 	- Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
 	  and fixed.
 
+Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
+
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 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
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