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WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.4.3 - Released March 4, 2009
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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-project.org/download/archives/1.4.3/


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NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
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    Banshee 1.4.3 is primarily a bug fix release, and is considered stable.
    
    Notable bug fixes:

      * Common freeze triggered by column resizing
      * Vastly improved MTP support
      * Occasional freeze when loading some devices
      * Playing internet radio playlists blocking the UI
      * Device playlist sync
      * Some podcast files not downloadable due to illegal filename
      * Show Recommendations check box state set properly
      * Crash on delete from File System Queue
      * Minor recommendations theming issue

      * 17 bugs were FIXED since 1.4.2


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SOURCES / PACKAGES
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Sources
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    * Banshee 1.4.3 Tarballs:
      http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.4.3.tar.bz2
      http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.4.3.tar.gz

Packages
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    Download and installation information is available here:

    * http://banshee-project.org/download/

    Packages for openSUSE 11.1, 11.0, 10.3, 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 10.4 and 10.5:

    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.4.3.macosx.intel.dmg

ChangeLogs & Checksums
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    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.4.3.changes
    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.4.3.sha1sum


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DEPENDENCIES
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    * Mono 1.2.6 (.NET 2.0 Profile / gmcs)
    * SQlite 3.4
    * Gtk# 2.10
    * GStreamer 0.10.3

    * NDesk DBus (ndesk-dbus) 0.5
    * NDesk DBus GLib (ndesk-dbus-glib) 0.3
    * Mono.Addins (mono-addins) 0.3.1
    * TagLib# (taglib-sharp) 2.0.3.1

    * 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 >= 0.8.1
      * mono-zeroconf >= 0.8.0
      * boo >= 0.8.1

    * Run-time requirements for default feature stack:
      * PodSleuth (0.6.4)
      * Brasero   (0.8.1)
      * Avahi

    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-project.org/contribute/file-bugs
    * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=1.4.3


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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, Andrés G. Aragoneses, Bertrand Lorentz, Chris Jones,
      Christian Krause, Eoin Hennessy, Félix Velasco, Gabriel Burt,
      John Millikin, William Pettersson

Contributors In Past Releases
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    Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Hixon, Alexandros Frantzis,
    Alex Kloss, Alex Launi, Alp Toker, Andrés G. Aragoneses, Andy Midgette,
    Arthur Carli, Aydemir Ulaş Şahin, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Ben Maur,
    Bertrand Lorentz, Bill Dawson, Bob Copeland, Bojan Rajkovic, Brad Taylor,
    Brandon Perry, Brian Nickel, Brian Teague, Chris Howie, Chris Lahey, 
    Christian Krause, Christoph Burgdorf, Christopher Halse Rogers,
    Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Daniel Munkton, Dan Wilson, Dan Winship,
    David Spreen, Eoin Hennessy, Eric Butler, Fabian Jost, Félix Velasco,
    Fredrik Hedberg, Gabriel Burt, Hans Petter Jansson, Iain Lane,
    Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov, Ivan N. Zlatev, James Willcox,
    Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jeff Tickle, Jorge Castro, Jo Shields,
    Juri Pakaste, Ken Vandine, Larry Ewing, Lauri Kotilainen, Michael Kaiser,
    Michael Monreal, Miguel de Icaza, Mike Urbanski, Nathan Palmer,
    Nicholas Doyle, Nicholas Parker, Oscar Forero, Pacho Ramos,
    Patrick van Staveren, Pepijn van de Geer, Peter de Kraker,
    Ruben Vermeersch, Sandy Armstrong, Scott Peterson, Sebastian Dröge,
    Tim Yamin, Todd Berman, Trey Ethridge, Will Farrington, Wouter Bolsterlee

