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-0.4.8 (to be announced) "nested assignment"
+0.4.11 (to be announced) "mutual diversity"
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+	- Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
+	  support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
+	- The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
+	  removed.
+	- Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
+	- The alsa writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
+	- Documentation improvements.
+
+------------------------------------------
+0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
+------------------------------------------
+
+Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
+improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
+
+	- The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
+	  deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
+	  removed in the next version.
+	- para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
+	  command in the bottom window.
+	- Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
+	  write(), writev(), send() and friends.
+	- The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
+	  replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
+	  para_afh.
+	- para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
+	- Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
+	  being built.
+	- New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
+
+-------------------------------------
+0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
+-------------------------------------
+
+Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
+and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
+
+	- Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
+	- Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
+	  (corrupt) mp3 files.
+	- When executed without specifying a command, para_client
+	  and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
+	  libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
+	  full tab completion and command line history.
+	- autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
+	  parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
+	- Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
+	  detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
+	- cleanup of the internal uptime API.
+	- para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
+	  delays on slow media.
+	- A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
+	  communication between para_server and para_audiod.
+	- The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
+	  use the DMIX plugin.
+	- Simplified and unified receiver code.
+	- Makefile cleanups.
+	- Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
+	  emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
+	  given pattern(s).
+
+--------------------------------------
+0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
+--------------------------------------
+
+Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
+are the highlights of this release.
+
+	- support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
+	  Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
+	  libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
+	  each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
+	  gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
+	  and vice versa.
+	- Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
 	- audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
 	  writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
 	  to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
 	  format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
+	- The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
+	  tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
+	  gengetopt to build the tarball.
 	- Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
+	- Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
+	- The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
+	- Cleanup of the generic writer API.
+	- sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
+	- vss timeout cleanups.
+	- oggdec fixes and improvements.
 
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 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"