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+-----------------------------------------------
+0.4.6 (to be announced) "deterministic entropy"
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
+for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
+
+	- For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
+	  at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
+	  every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
+	  FEC group size.
+	- The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
+	  before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
+	  less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
+	- The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
+	  to installing the package.
+	- ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
+	- Scheduler improvements
+	- Proper exit codes for para_write
+	- para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
+	  other improvements and fixes.
+	- aacdec error message cleanups
+	- simplified color error handling
 
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-0.4.3 (to be announced) "imaginary radiation"
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+--------------------------------------------
+0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
+
+	- Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
+	  handler code.
+	- Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
+	- para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
+	- Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
+	- Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
+	- Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
+	- The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
+	  to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
+
+------------------------------------------
+0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
+------------------------------------------
+
+Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
+bug fixes.
+
+	- Support for the speex codec.
+	- Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
+	- error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
+	  considerably.
+	- Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
+	  para_filter/para_audiod.
+	- Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
+
+----------------------------------------
+0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
+----------------------------------------
+
+Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
+manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
 
+	- FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
+	  --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
+	  --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
+	  parameters for the DCCP transport.
+	- DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
+	- The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
+	  and INSTALL documents.
 	- Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
+	- The new nonblock API.
+	- Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
+	- New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
 
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 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"