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WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.7.3 - Released July 21, 2010
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  * Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME.

    "Import, organize, and discover new music with Banshee through its simple
    and powerful interface and wide array of innovative features. Create
    your own radio stations or listen to a friends' through Last.fm integration;
    experience automatic cover art fetching as you listen; and easily browse,
    search, and control your media collection."

  * Learn More: http://banshee.fm/download/archives/1.7.3


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NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
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    Banshee 1.7.3 is part of the unstable 1.7 series, leading up to a
    stable 1.8 release in the fall.  It contains many bug fixes for 1.7.3, as
    well as new features and enhancements.

    New Features Since 1.7.2:

      * Amazon MP3 Store Source, supporting US, UK, FR, DE, and JP storefronts
        See http://abock.org/2010/07/13/amazon-mp3-store-in-banshee
        Supports browsing, searching, previewing, buying, and downloading
        music from Amazon MP3 stores.

      * Support for downloading and importing Amazon MP3 purchases (.amz files)
        See http://abock.org/2010/07/08/amazon-mp3-downloader-support-in-banshee

      * New Miro Guide Podcast Directory extension integrating with
        miroguide.com. Seamlessly stream and subscribe to podcasts in
        the guide.

      * New extension for bulk metadata fixing to merge artists and albums
        that vary only by case, '&' vs 'and', etc.

    Enhancements/API Additions:

      * Add visual separators in the source view between categories of sources

      * Culturally format the status bar item count (e.g. in en_US 1,000
        instead of the old 1000)

      * Improve the downloading and visual refreshing of new cover art

      * Tweak the grid view album artwork hover effect

      * New Banshee.WebBrowser API for creating embedded WebKit web browsers
        and sources: used by the new Amazon MP3 store, Miro Guide, and the
        Wikipedia context pane

      * New Hyena.Downloader API for performing downloads and easy
        HTTP operations: HttpFileDownloader, HttpStringDownloader

      * Drop dependency of webkit-sharp, take dependency directly on
        libwebkit 1.2.2+ for new Banshee.WebBrowser API

    Notable Bugs Fixed (9 fixed since 1.7.2):

      * bgo#624667: Fix cover art refreshing
      * bgo#622826: Fix a slow running query to speed things up
      * bgo#602840: Fix importing of compilation albums
      * bgo#622028: Fix loading of libbnpx11.so on some distros
      * bgo#621955: Wrap instead of elipsize Last.fm titles
      * bgo#608382: Escape %20 in filenames for items without embedded metadata
      * bgo#624531: Escape Uri value in SQL query


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SOURCES / PACKAGES
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Sources
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    * Banshee 1.7.3 Tarballs:
      http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.7.3/banshee-1-1.7.3.tar.bz2
      http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.7.3/banshee-1-1.7.3.tar.gz

Packages
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    Download and installation information is available here:

    * http://banshee.fm/download/

    Packages for openSUSE 11.3, openSUSE 11.2, openSUSE 11.1, openSUSE 11.0 and
    openSUSE Factory are available from the openSUSE Build Service in the
    Banshee project.

    * http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Banshee/

    Binaries for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6:

    * http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.7.3/banshee-1-1.7.3.macosx.intel.dmg

ChangeLogs & Checksums
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    * http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.7.3/banshee-1-1.7.3.changes
    * http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.7.3/banshee-1-1.7.3.sha256sum


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DEPENDENCIES
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    * Mono 1.9.1 (.NET 2.0 Profile / gmcs)
    * SQlite 3.4
    * Gtk# 2.12
    * GStreamer 0.10.12

    * NDesk DBus (ndesk-dbus) 0.5
    * NDesk DBus GLib (ndesk-dbus-glib) 0.3
    * Mono.Addins (mono-addins) 0.3.1
    * TagLib# (taglib-sharp) >= 2.0.3.7

    * Required to build default feature stack:
      * libmtp >= 0.2.0
        * Note to packagers: since libmtp has different .so files for
          different versions, you need to require in your package the same
          version of libmtp you used to build Banshee.
      * ipod-sharp >= 0.8.5
      * mono-zeroconf >= 0.8.0
      * boo >= 0.8.1
      * GIO support requires glib >= 2.22, gio-sharp and gtk-sharp-beans
      * Library Watcher extension requires Mono >= 2.4.3
      * Accessibilty for ListView and Rating widgets requires Gtk# >= 2.12.10
      * YouTube extension requires gdata-sharp-core and
        gdata-sharp-youtube >= 1.4
      * Amazon MP3 Store, Wikipedia Context Pane, and Miro Guide require
        webkit-1.0 >= 1.2.2

    * Run-time requirements for default feature stack:
      * HAL
      * PodSleuth >= 0.6.7
      * Brasero >= 0.8.1
      * Avahi
      * gst-plugins-bad (providing the bpmdetect GStreamer plugin)

    Packagers:
      * --with-vendor-build-id=<foo> should always be set and detail the distro
        name and version (e.g. openSUSE 11.1), and the repository origin, such
        as 'Banshee Team PPA'; for example, the %distribution macro is used in
        the openSUSE Build Service, which expands to something like this:
        'home:gabrielburt:branches:Banshee / openSUSE_Factory'; also the
        build/configure time is stored along with the host OS and CPU

    Please note that for openSUSE, all of the dependencies above can be
    found in the openSUSE Build Service, and are linked into the
    Banshee project. Even if you build from source, if you wish
    to avoid building the entire dependency chain above, add the
    Banshee repository to your repository list.

    Historically, Banshee has fostered development of a number of projects
    and bundled their source code instead of depending on external builds.
    Many of these dependencies have matured and grown into well maintained
    projects on their own, and we are now depending on them externally. We
    waited to remove the bundles long enough to allow for distributions to
    ship packages to reduce the pain of building Banshee.


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REPORT BUGS - HELP THE PROJECT - GROW THE COMMUNITY
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    If you encounter any bad behavior with this release, please do not
    hesitate to file bugs!

    * http://banshee.fm/contribute/file-bugs
    * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=1.7.3


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VALUED BANSHEE CONTRIBUTORS
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Contributors For This Release
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    The following people directly contributed to the release of this version
    of Banshee. Without their help, there would be no release!

      Aaron Bockover, Alex Launi, Alex Mauer, Alexander Kojevnikov,
      Bertrand Lorentz, Christian Krause, Gabriel Burt, Nicolo' Chieffo,
      Paul Cutler, Ruben Vermeersch

    The following people contributed updated translations to this release.
    Without them, our project's reach would be much more limited.

      Andrej Žnidaršič, Baris Cicek, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Daniel Nylander,
      Kristjan Schmidt, Mario Blättermann, Petr Kovar

Contributors In Past Releases
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    Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alex Bennee, Alex Kloss, Alex Launi,
    Alex Mauer, Alexander Hixon, Alexander Kojevnikov, Alexandros Frantzis,
    Alp Toker, Anders Petersson, Andrea Cimitan, Andreas Neustifter,
    Andreas Nilsson, Andrew Conkling, Andrés G. Aragoneses, Andy Midgette,
    Arthur Carli, Arun Raghavan, Aurélien Mino, Aydemir Ulaş Şahin,
    Ben Maurer, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bertrand Lorentz, Bertrand Lorentz,
    Bill Dawson, Bob Copeland, Bojan Rajkovic, Brad Taylor, Brandon Perry,
    Brian Lucas, Brian Nickel, Brian Teague, Chow Loong Jin, Chris Howie,
    Chris Jones, Chris Lahey, Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Christian Hergert,
    Christian Krause, Christoph Burgdorf, Christopher James Halse Rogers,
    Claude Paroz, Cody Russell, Cosmin Banu, Dan Wilson, Dan Winship,
    Daniel Munkton, Daniel Siegel, David Spreen, David Stone,
    Diego E. Pettenò, Eitan Isaacson, Elena Grassi, Eoin Hennessy,
    Eric Butler, Erik Schmidt, Fabian Jost, Felipe Almeida Lessa,
    Fernando Casanova, Florent Thoumie, Fredrik Hedberg, Félix Velasco,
    Gabriel Burt, Garrett LeSage, Götz Waschk, Haitao Feng,
    Hans Petter Jansson, Harold Schreckengost, Iain Lane,
    Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov, Ivan N. Zlatev, Jack Deslippe,
    Jakub Steiner, James Willcox, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jason Taylor,
    Jeff Tickle, Jeff Wheeler, Jensen Somers, Jeroen Budts, Jo Shields,
    Johannes Kuhn, John Millikin, Jordi Mas, Jorge Castro, Julien Moutte,
    Juri Pakaste, Ján Sokoly, Jérémie Laval, K. Vishnoo Charan Reddy,
    Ken Vandine, Kevin Duffus, Konstantin Oshiyko, Larry Ewing,
    Lauri Kotilainen, Lukas Lipka, Marijn Ros, Matt Enright, Michael Kaiser,
    Michael Martin-Smucker, Michael Monreal, Michael Monreal, Michał Sawicz,
    Miguel de Icaza, Mike Gemünde, Mike Urbanski, Moritz Schallaböck,
    Nathan Palmer, Neil Loknath, Nicholas Doyle, Nicholas Parker,
    Nicolò Chieffo, Nils Naumann, Oben Sonne, Olivier Duff, Oscar Forero,
    Pacho Ramos, Patrick van Staveren, Paul Cutler, Paul Lange, Pavel Antonov,
    Pepijn van de Geer, Peter de Kraker, Pratik Patel, Przemysław Grzegorczyk,
    Robin Stocker, Roderich Schupp, Romain Tartière, Ruben Vermeersch,
    Ryan Collier, Sandy Armstrong, Scott Peterson, Sebastian Dröge,
    Shaun McCance, Tim Yamin, Tobias Mueller, Todd Berman, Travis Glenn Hansen,
    Travis Reitter, Trey Ethridge, Valentin Sawadski, Will Farrington,
    William Pettersson, Wouter Bolsterlee
