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Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.21.0 to gnome-python 2.21.1
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* Cleanup link flags (Paul, #519014)
* Fix typo in generation of the .pc file in WAF build (Gustavo)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.21.0 to gnome-python 2.21.1
====================================================================
* Remove some deprecation warnings from examples (Nishio Futoshi, Gian)
* WAF build fixes (Gustavo)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.20.1 to gnome-python 2.21.0
====================================================================
* Bug 462884 – Add support for get_file_mime_type.
* Bug 467688 – Binding for gnome_vfs_create_symbolic_link.
* Bug 494500 – gnomecanvas.path_def_new() doesn't provide a way to
  build a closed path.
* Ship with html docs
* New WAF build system (to use it, do ./waf configure && ./waf)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.20.0 to gnome-python 2.20.1
====================================================================
* Fix bugs gnomevfs volume callbacks (#477740)
* gnome module popt bug fix (#497178, Guillaume Seguin)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.19.2 to gnome-python 2.20.0
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* Fix typo in a gnomevfs error message (Jonathan Matthew, #465404)
* Change gnome-vfs-python-method.c header to LGPL (Johan Dahlin)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.19.1 to gnome-python 2.19.2
====================================================================
* general
 - Add a __version__ attribute on some modules with new pygtk
* gconf
 - Fix memory errors in gconf.Value.get_car/cdr() (#461278)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.18.2 to gnome-python 2.19.1
====================================================================
- wrap gnome_vfs_drive_needs_eject (Gian Mario Tagliaretti, #419225)
- Fix warning when reloading the gnome.ui module (Sébastien Granjoux, #438129)
- use python-config to get python includes (Sebastien Bacher, #448179)
- Wrap gnome_vfs_mime_type_get_equivalence (Gustavo Carneiro, #453517).


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.18.1 to gnome-python 2.18.2
====================================================================
* gnome.ui
 - Allow the thumbnail_factory parameter to be None in
gnome.ui.icon_lookup (Gian, #418926)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.18.0 to gnome-python 2.18.1
====================================================================
* Fix linking problems in Darwin


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.17.92 to gnome-python 2.18.0
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* gconf
 - better parameter checking in gconf.value_new_from_string (#309016)
* gnomevfs
 - Correct the minimum require gnome-vfs version in configure (#416792)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.17.2 to gnome-python 2.17.92
====================================================================
* gconf
 - gconf.Schema.get_type fix (Johan Dahlin)
* gnomevfs
 - Check for NULL in gnomevfs.async.find_directory callback (Gustavo)
 - Fix bug in wrapping MimeApplication.expects_uri (Ed Catmur)
* bonobo
 - Untabify bonobo/__init__.py to make Python happier (Andreas Hanke)
 - Fix typo in makefile


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.17.1 to gnome-python 2.17.2
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* general
 - Fix bad .pc file (#394172, Christopher Taylor)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.16.2 to gnome-python 2.17.1
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* gconf
 - New more python-friendly gconf.CLient.[gs]et_value methods (#392841).
* gnomecanvas
 - Rich text support (#386844, Gustavo, Thomas Petazzoni)
* general
 - Use Python's $CC to get -pthread flags right (#387177, Roy Marples)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.16.1 to gnome-python 2.16.2
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* general
 - Require PyGTK 2.10.3, not 2.10.4


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.16.0 to gnome-python 2.16.1
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* gnomevfs
 - Correctly detect the python library on Mac OS X (#363374)
* gconf
 - Fix crash when using gconf.Client() (#365565)
* general
 - Make unit tests use the modules from builddir
 - Make all code Python 2.5 + 64-bit ready (#338490)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.90 to gnome-python 2.16.0
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* (nothing has changed)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.4 to gnome-python 2.15.90
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* general
 - Improved detection of the python library for embedding (Gustavo)
* bonobo
 - Allow KeyboardInterrupt in bonobo.main()  (Gustavo)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.4 to gnome-python 2.15.90
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* gnomevfs
 - Lazy load the bonobo-based APIs and libraries (Gustavo)
* general
 - Add an example demonstrating integration with bug-buddy (Fernando Herrera)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.3 to gnome-python 2.15.4
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* gnomevfs
 - Update to recent gnome-vfs pkg-config changes

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.2 to gnome-python 2.15.3
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* general
 - Improved python library detection and module linking (Gustavo)
* gnome
 - gnome.program_init changes process title also on BSD (Joe Marcus Clarke)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.15.1 to gnome-python 2.15.2
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* gnomevfs
 - Fix FileInfo.valid_fields computation (Sidnei da Silva)
 - Add some missing permission constants (Sidnei)
 - Add new FileInfo.access field (Gustavo)
 - Add sync variant of "file control" method (Gustavo)
* gnome
 - gnome.program_init changes process name on Linux with prctl (Gustavo)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.12.4 to gnome-python 2.15.1
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* gnomevfs
 - Add missing permission and priority constants (Gustavo, Mystilleef)
* gnome.ui
 - Fix gnome.ui.AppBar constructor (Gustavo)
* gnome vfs python methods
 - Allow vfs python methods to be loaded from user home dir (Sidnei da Silva)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.12.3 to gnome-python 2.12.4
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* python gnomevfs methods
 - Build problem when installation prefix != /usr fixed.

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.12.2 to gnome-python 2.12.3
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* python gnomevfs methods
 - Again, fix handling of VFS errors from python vfs methods (Eitan Isaacson)
 - Don't map VFS method check_same_fs to move_func python method (Eitan)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.12.1 to gnome-python 2.12.2
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* gnomecanvas
 - Fix crash in gnomecanvas.Item.grab (Xavier Ordoquy, Gustavo)
* gnome.ui
 - Make 'custom_icon' arg of icon_lookup optional (Gustavo)
* python gnomevfs methods
 - Fix handling of VFS errors from python vfs methods (Eitan Isaacson)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.12.0 to gnome-python 2.12.1
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* Fix compilation on Mac OS X (dmacks@netspace.org)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.11.3 to gnome-python 2.12.0
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* gnomevfs
 - Fix invalid memory access in gnomevfs.async.xfer;
 - Add a new example of a GnomeVFS module written in python;
 - Install pygnomevfs.h for use by other python extensions;
* gnomecanvas
 - Demonstrate how to activate AA in the canvas example.

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.11.2 to gnome-python 2.11.3
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* gnomecanvas
 - Compilation fixes with libgnomecanvas 2.11.x (Murray Cumming, Gustavo)
 - Add canvas-curve.py example demonstrating the use bezier objects
* gconf
 - Fix crash when passing the wrong number of arguments to
   client.get_pair (Gustavo)
* gnomevfs
 - New DNS-SD functions wrapped: dns_sd_browse_sync,
   dns_sd_resolve_sync, dns_sd_list_browse_domains_sync, and
   get_default_browse_domains (Gustavo)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.10.0 to gnome-python 2.11.2
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* gconf
 - Fix conversion problems in handle returned by
gconf.Client.notify_add (Gustavo Carneiro, Benoît Dejean)
 - Add gconf.Engine type to the module dict (Gustavo)
 - Add gconf.Engine.associate_schema (Gustavo)
 - Add gconf.Client.recursive_unset (Gustavo)
* gnomecanvas
 - Add set_scroll_region, get_scroll_region canvas methods (Duarte Henriques)
 - Fix deprecation warnings in canvas example (Gian Mario Tagliaretti)
* gnomevfs
 - Add wrapper for gnome_vfs_resolve (Benoît Dejean)
 - Support for Python VFS modules code revived and fixed (Johan
Dahlin, Sidnei da Silva, Gustavo)
 - Add OPEN_TRUNCATE gnomevfs constant (Johan)
 - Add gnomevfs.Context (Johan, Sidnei)
 - Allow passing of arbitrary Python objects from Pyhon programs to
Python VFS modules through gnomevfs.async.Handle.contrl() (Gustavo, Johan, Sidnei)
 - Wrap check_cancellation() and cancel() methods of gnomevfs.Context (Sidnei)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.5 to gnome-python 2.10.0
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* Just a minor configure bug fix

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.4 to gnome-python 2.9.5
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* gnomecanvas
 - BPath canvas item fixes (Gustavo)
* gnome.ui
 - rename Client.connect back to Client.connect_to_session_manager as
it was in gnome-python 2.6.x (Gustavo)
* bonobo
 - bonobo.AppClient.msg_send fixes (Gustavo)
* gnomevfs
 - Fix vfs exceptions value (formerly missing) (Benoît Dejean)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.3 to gnome-python 2.9.4
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* misc
 - Don't require versions of some libraries that only exist in CVS
(Sebastien Bacher)

Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.2 to gnome-python 2.9.3
=================================================================
* gnomevfs
 - Fix a missing & in wrapper of gnomevfs.uris_match (Gustavo)
* gconf
 - Fix a bug in gconf.Value.set_list (Gustavo)
 - Add wrappers for GConfEngine (Mark McLoughlin)
* gnome.ui
 - Fix an error in ui.defs introduced in version 2.9.0 that prevented
a constructor for gnome.ui.HRef from being generated (Gustavo)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.1 to gnome-python 2.9.2
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* gnomevfs
 - Fix blocking of threads when calling read_entire_file() and bunch
   of others;
 - gnome.vfs.xfer_* fixes;
 - Implement wrappers for all remaining async operations:
   gnome_vfs_async_xfer, gnome_vfs_async_find_directory, and
   gnome_vfs_async_file_control;
 - Wrappers for all gnome-vfs-utils.h functions:
   escape_string, escape_path_string,
   escape_host_and_path_string, escape_slashes,
   escape_set, unescape_string, make_uri_canonical,
   make_path_name_canonical, unescape_string_for_display,
   get_local_path_from_uri, get_uri_from_local_path,
   is_executable_command_string, get_volume_free_space,
   icon_path_from_filename, open_fd, is_primary_thread,
   format_uri_for_display, make_uri_from_input,
   make_uri_from_input_with_dirs, uris_match, get_uri_scheme,
   make_uri_from_shell_arg, and gnome_vfs_url_show_with_env;
 - Add examples for gnomevfs.xfer_uri, gnomevfs.async.xfer, and
   gnomevfs.async.find_directory;
 - Do not automatically close async handles on dealloc;
* bonobo
 - Add bonobo.get_object_async;
 - Allow returning AID in bonobo.activation.activate_from_id;
 - Add bonobo.activation.activate_async;
* gconf
 - Wrap some GConf ChangeSets functions; needs testing;
 - Add gconf.Value.set_list and gconf.MetaInfo.mod_time;
* gnome
 - Wrap gnome.Program.locate_file


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.9.0 to gnome-python 2.9.1
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* gnome.ui
 - Fix argument parsing of gnome.ui.icon_lookup (Gustavo)
* gnomevfs
 - Rename gnome.vfs -> gnomevfs in error messages (Gustavo)
 - Complete bindings for VolumeMonitor, Drive, and Volume; needs
testing (Gustavo)
* general
 - Update required/checked version of libgnome


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.6.1 to gnome-python 2.9.0
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* Now targetting gnome 2.10 platform (though currently compiles with 2.8)
* New module layout:
 - gnome.applet moved to gnome-python-extras and renamed as gnomeapplet
 - gnome.vfs was renamed as gnomevfs
 - gnome.canvas was renamed as gnomecanvas
 - gnomeprint* moved to gnome-python-extras
 - gtkhtml2 moved to gnome-python-extras
 - gnome.nautilus was removed
* A bunch of new gconf functions wrapped (Gustavo, Johan)
* A bunch of new gnome.ui functions wrapped (Gustavo)
* Proper property support in gnome.program_init (Gustavo)
* gnomevfs
 - wrap gnome_vfs_format_file_size_for_display (Benoît Dejean)
* canvas
 - implement CanvasItem.grab (Johan)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.6.0 to gnome-python 2.6.1
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* gnome.vfs
 - 64 bit fixes in async operations (Benoît Dejean)
 - Better parameter handling in vfs_read (Benoît Dejean)
* gnome.canvas
 - Allow subclassing without __gobject_init__ (Gustavo)
* gtkhtml2
 - Workaround gtkhtml2 initialization bug (Jonathan Blandford)
* general
 - Include a couple of missing bonobo examples in the tarball (N. V. Shmyrev)
 - Add runtime check for required pygtk version (Gustavo)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.5.90 to gnome-python 2.6.0
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* bonobo
 - bonobo.AppClient is only a GObject, not a BonoboObject (Gustavo)
 - bonobo.event_source_client_add_listener now returns the new listener, to
allow future disconnection (Gustavo)
 - Remove CORBA exceptions from all bonobo callbacks (Gustavo)
 - Fix a bug in bonobo.generic_factory_main (Gustavo)
* gnomeprint
 - Add new pango/gnomeprint integration API if libgnomeprint 2.8 is
installed (Gustavo)
* vfs
 - Add missing bytes_requested parameter to read/write callbacks of
async operations (Gustavo)
 - Raise exception when trying to subclass vfs types (Gustavo, James)
* applet
 - Workaround problem in PanelApplet constructor (Gustavo)
 - Fix initialization of bonobo (Gustavo)
* general
 - Mixed 32/64 bit architecture installation fixes (Jonathan Blandford)
 - Add gnome_python_version variable to the gnome module (Gustavo)
 - Resolve all known compiler warnings (Gustavo)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.0.3 to gnome-python 2.5.90
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* bonobo
 - New class UnknownBaseImpl, to allow python CORBA implementations to
be used where a bonobo.Object is expected
(eg. bonobo.Object.add_interface) (Gustavo)
 - Remove bonobo_ prefixes from all bonobo functions that still have one (Gustavo)
 - New function bonobo.stream_client_read (Gustavo)
 - New bonobo.Application API in libbonobo 2.6.
* gnome.vfs
 - New module gnome.vfs.async, for asynchronous GnomeVFS operations (Iñaki)
 - Add setters for gnome.vfs.FileInfo (Gustavo)
 - Add function gnome.vfs.set_file_info (Gustavo)
* gnome.ui
 - New gnome_thumbnail_* wrappers (Gustavo)
* gnome
 - Support popt options in gnome.program_init (Rubens, Gustavo)
 - Support some string construct-only properties in gnome.program_init (Gustavo)
 - Reset LC_NUMERIC to C after gnome.program_init (Gustavo)
 - New type wrapper for GnomeModuleInfo, add functions to retrieve all
the GnomeModuleInfo's (Rubens)
 - Support the 'module_info' parameter in gnome.program_init (Rubens)
* gtkhtml2
 - Add function html_selection_get_text (Juri Pakaste)
* gnome.nautilus
 - Follow changes in open_location_* API in nautilus 2.6 (Gustavo)
* misc
 - zvt module removed, in favour of external vte python bindings (James)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.0.2 to gnome-python 2.0.3
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* Bugfixes
 - Segfault when importing bonobo modules in emdedded python (Johan, Xavier)
 - Warning when import gnome module in emdedded python (Xavier)
 - Fix bonobo.event_source_client_add_listener name and argument
parsing (Gustavo)
 - Accept None for link_id parameter of gnome.help_display (Gustavo)
 - Segfault in gnome.IconList.get_selection (Scott Tsai)
 - Fixes for some gnome.vfs_mime_* functions (Scott Tsai)


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.0.1 to gnome-python 2.0.2
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* Build fixes to make vfs compile


Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.0.0 to gnome-python 2.0.1
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* gnome.canvas
 - add functions and methods to allow using Bpath canvas item
 - add item_list attribute to gnome.canvas.Group to contain list of child items
* gnome.vfs
 - add lots of wrappers for gnome.vfs.mime_* functions
 - add wrappers for gnome.vfs.xfer_* functions
 - bug fixes
* bonobo
 - fix reference counting of bonobo object constructors
* gnomeprint
 - Add examples ported from C, found in libgnomeprintui
 - Add wrappers for gnome_print_convert_distance(_full)?
 - GnomeFontDialog derives from GtkDialog, not GtkWidget
 - Add missing gnomeprint.Context.grestore()
* gconf
 - check gconf value type on get_xxx()
 - fix example simple-view.py
 - misc fixes
* applet
 - add PanelApplet.get_flags and PanelApplet.set_flags and respective constants
* gnome.ui
 - Enable wrapper for IconTextItem.get_text()
 - Add wrapper for gnome.ui.IconList.get_selection()
 - Fix AboutDialog crash when translator_credits is None
 - Add wrappers for gnome.ui.Client.set_xxx_command()