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 ====
 
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-0.?.? (to be announced) "neural discharge"
+0.3.0 (to be announced) "solar saturation"
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+paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
+
+
+Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
+for a major release like this.
+
+However, this release is smaller than the latest 0.2.x releases. The
+decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some graphical tools
+(which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the fact that the
+mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
+
+Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
+now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
+the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
+
+	- no more restrictions on unique basenames.
+	- independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
+	  storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
+	- New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
+	- Lyrics support.
+	- Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
+	- More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
+	  MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
+	  Solaris (sparc64).
+	- the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
+	  the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
+	- IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
+	- paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
+	  0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
+	  powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
+	- para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
+	  been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
+	  para_gui is still there.
+	- afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
+	- few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
+	  mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
+	- Improved error subsystem.
+	- The earth-shaking new logo.
+
+-----------------------------------------
+0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
+the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
+
+	- mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
+	- universal chunk queueing.
+	- dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
+	  to Gerrit Renker).
+	- be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
+	- cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
+	  codes.
+	- update to gengetopt-2.21.
+	- update to ortp-0.13.1.
+	- autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
+	  compiler characteristics.
+	- Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
+	- Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
+
+--------------------------------------
+0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
+--------------------------------------
+
 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
@@ -20,6 +84,8 @@ of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
 	- fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
 	  to start only after a few seconds.
 	- fix osx_writer hangs
+	- simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
+	- the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
 
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 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
@@ -243,7 +309,7 @@ the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
 
 
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-0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive_resolution"
+0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
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 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are