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@cschramm cschramm released this 06 Mar 14:44

Another snapshot release that especially addresses BlueZ 5 and NetworkManager 0.9 / 1.0 support. Version 2.0 is close. A big thank you to all contributors!

Changed dependencies since alpha2:

  • Python 2.6 is not supported
  • obexd is required for sending files

New features

  • [docs] Add FAQ file and install doc files (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • [sendto] Add sendto integration for Thunar (@GreenLunar)
  • [sendto] Make thunar sendto integration optional (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • Add optional settings manager integration with Xfce and MATE
    (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • [nm] Add support for NetworkManager 0.9 / 1.0 to NMPANSupport
  • [bluez] Implement keyboard pairing support
  • [nm] Add support for ModemManager 1.x to NMPANSupport
  • [plugins] Add GameControllerWakelock plugin (@bwRavencl / Matteo Hausner)
  • Add blueman-report to create commented logs for bug reports
  • [bluez] BlueZ 5 support for audio, serial, recent connections, and setup
    assistant
  • Use Gsettings for configuration storage and remove the config plugin system.

Changes

  • [obex] Switch to obexd for sending files
  • [browse] Use system's default browser for obex URI if no browse command is set
  • [pulseaudio] Make blueman-applet run if pulseaudio is not available
  • [ui] Re-implment menu icons
  • [ui] Replace / remove deprecated icon names (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
  • [ui] Drop status icon customization (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
  • Drop HAL Support (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • [configure] Rename --enable-sendto to --enable-nautilus-sendto
    (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • Fix compatility with Fedora's dbus-python package
  • Remove settings for local audio services
  • Add function to rename known devices

Bugs fixed

  • [ui] Make some UI elements expand again (@infirit / Sander Sweers)
  • Fix crash in PluginManager (Martín Ferrari)
  • Avoid crash in transfer service setup dialog
  • Make blueman-applet respond to SIGTERM (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
  • Allow setting friendly adapter name in BlueZ 5
  • Look for both dhcpd and dhcpd3 and add sbin paths (@infirit / Sander Sweers)
  • [libblueman] Fix memory leak (@monsta)
  • [libblueman] Add missing includes (@posophe)
  • [ui] Move some icons to pixmaps directory (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
  • [ui] Fix fallback for notification daemons not capable to handle actions
  • [ui] Fix "Shared Folder" widget in Transfer plugin.
  • [ui] Fix service disconnect icons