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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-01-02 Christophe Fergeau <teuf@gnome.org> + + * NEWS: update NEWS file, I probably forgot some things, feel free + to update it :) + 2009-01-01 Christophe Fergeau <teuf@gnome.org> * src/itdb_device.c: fix static artwork formats for the nano4g, C&P @@ -1,3 +1,64 @@ +Overview of changes in libgpod 0.7.0 +==================================== + +* support for iPod Nano 4th generation + +This includes support for cover art. +Please note that this release DO NOT support iPhones and iPod Touch +with firmware 2.x + +* support for "sparse artwork" writing + +This lets us write more compact artwork files to the ipod, which in turn makes +the UI more responsive (and saves disk space on the ipod). + +* jump table support + +These are the big letter that show up in the album/artist list when someone +quickly scroll through them. Thanks a lot to Ian Stewart for implementing it. + +* improved timezone handling + +This should now work up to 5G iPods, for newer iPods, libgpod will assume +timestamps are in UTC. + +* translation updates + +Thanks to all of our translators :) + +* add mapping from iPod serial numbers to iPod models + +The iPod serial number can be obtained programmatically, and its last 3 digits +are characteristic of an ipod (type, generation, color, capacity). libgpod +can now finds out an iPod model using this serial number. + +* much more complete API doc + +Most (all ?) of the public API of libgpod is now documented with gtkdoc. Thanks +goes to Todd Zullinger. + +* simplification of the cover art handling API + +The API for artwork for developers using libgpod should be more +straightforward, if things are missing, don't hesitate to get in touch +with us ;) + +* portability improvements to windows and macosx + +This is probably not perfect yet, but the goal is to improve it as much as +possible so don't hesitate to send bug reports if some things are still not +working. Thanks to the songbird project and Eric Lassauge + +* reworked handling of artwork formats + +libgpod can now automatically uses the artwork formats described in +SysInfoExtended even if the ipod model is unknown, this should make it possible +for libgpod to support artwork on newly released iPod models without the need +to upgrade. + +* bug fixes and code cleanup all over the place + + Overview of changes in libgpod 0.6.0 ==================================== |