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 NEWS
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-0.5.3 (to be released) "symbolic synchronization"
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+------------------------------------------
+current master branch "cascading gradient"
+------------------------------------------
+
+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)
+
+--------------------------------------
+0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
+--------------------------------------
+
+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)
+
+------------------------------------------
+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)
+
+---------------------------------------------
+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)
 
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 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"