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0.26:
- draknetcenter:
  o fix crash with cellular cards (#36801)
  o allow to configure device if not installed (#33531)
  o setup connection if needed when updating networks list
  o do not enable by default devices that require slow hardware check
    (like cellular cards)
  o allow to scan networks even if slow (like cellular cards), just
    don't do it at startup
  o do not scan networks at startup if device is unavailable
  o write settings after initial connection setup
  o update networks list after initial connection setup
  o do not run sdptool search when detecting connections
  o add wait message at start
  o remove wait message when displaying device setup error
- net_monitor (tv):
  o make expose_event callback more robust (#36537)
  o make sure widgets got realized before any event callback is called
    (#36537)
  o make sure not to run timers after quitting the main loop (#37635)
- connection backend:
  o fix checking dkms modules after package installation (#33044)
  o write modalias for ethernet and wireless interfaces
    (mostly useful with ndiswrapper: #34660, #37026, #37106)
  o fix crash in providers list when weirdly translated locale country
    contains metacharacters (reported by Cosmin Humeniuc)
  o be stricter when matching provider country
  o add title in wait messages
- ndiswrapper support:
  o find more conflicting drivers: original driver from ldetect, sysfs
    driver, and drivers registered on the ssb bus
    (to find all of bcm43xx, ssb and b43 for Broadcom devices)
  o unload drivers for all conflicting interfaces
  o stop conflicting interfaces before removing conflicting modules
  o do not reload ndiswrapper module twice or more
  o improve error message for ndiswrapper setup (#28335)

0.25:
- draksambashare (aginies):
  o fix typo, fix inherit permission problem, re-order some share options
  o add an Help menu
  o only display share name, directory and comment (try to improve GUI #27339)
  o add security options, fix list problem, fix default PDC configuration
  o add a wizard to configure a PDC or a standalone Samba server
  o fix wizard bug
  o add host allow option
- draknfs:
  o translate "Advanced options"
- connection frontend:
  o do not make refresh/monitor buttons sensitive if device has no interface
- 3G/GPRS providers list:
  o add "Orange WAP" (with "orange" as APN)
  o rename "Orange Grand Public" as "Orange Web"
- i18n:
  o renamed Uzbek translations to follow the libc standard
    (#35090, from Mashrab Kuvatov, approved by  Pixel)
  o updates

0.24:
- draknetcenter: 
  o update networks list on connection status change
  o use a scrolled window for wireless networks
  o show all wireless networks
  o do not modify GTK style, it is not consistent in MCC and standalone, and breaks widgets
  o check network address settings
- drakconnect/draknetcenter/drakroam:
  o check that network access settings are valid (i.e. check wireless key)
- drakroam: use same sort function than draknetcenter
- net_applet/drakroam/draknetcenter:
  o list current network on top of network list
  o do not show as selected the APs with same ESSID as current AP
- connection backend:
  o fix URL for Smartlink modems (#34479)
  o fix typo in german translation (#34479)
  o fix test of unicorn kernel modules
  o use Orange instead of Wanadoo France in xDSL provides list
    (Emmanuel Andry, #23172)

0.23:
- updated translations

0.22:
- update israeli xDSL provider list (#32685)

0.21:
- updated translations

0.20:
- check for draknetcenter/drakroam instances of root, not user
- do not allow to run multiple draknetcenter (#34276)

0.19:
- add back ipw3945 settings
- net_applet: add X-MandrivaLinux-CrossDesktop (#33416)

0.18:
- updated translation

0.17:
- net_monitor:
  o fix crash on exit (Tv, #33023)
- net_applet:
  o run net center instead of simple menu on left click

0.16:
- connection manager (netcenter/drakroam):
  o add banner in configure dialog (#33622)
- netcenter:
  o update connection status on dbus event
  o update status icon on connection change
  o always allow to connect if no network has to be selected
  o fix connection stop
- drakroam:
  o remove extra toggle button
  o do not die when no wireless interface is configured (#33123)
- net_applet:
  o use new connected/disconnected/unconfigured icons
- connection backend:
  o wait a bit for iwl3945/iwl4965 interfaces to appear
  o fix matching of ueagle_atm module (#33029)
  o show notification about cxacru firmware

0.15:
- draknetcenter:
  o use new status icons
  o add Quit button
  o do not show markup instead of interface name if interface does not exist (#33241)
- draknfs/draksambashare:
  o use translations (#33221)

0.14:
- draknetcenter:
  o move buttons on one row
  o add per-connection expander
- net_applet:
  o always show interfaces in left-click menu
  o do not show empty menus

0.13:
- draknetcenter: initial prototype
- drakroam:
  o add iwl3945/iwl4965 support to replace ipw3945
  o show signal strength and encryption flags as tooltip for networks list
  o remove encryption flags column in networks list
  o pre-set Managed mode for access points detected as Master (#30303)
- net_applet:
  o fix startup with XFCE (Tv, #31834)
  o disable autostart notifications of net_applet (Tv, #18965)
  o prevent firing up drakbug when automatic startup is disabled (Tv, #32292)
  o use "Help" instead of "Get Online Help" since the doc is local (thanks damsweb)
- draksambashare:
  o fix existing shares test (aginies, #30099)
  o use exit instead of return in main code (nvigier, #32374)
- draknfs (nvigier):
  o add subtree_check option
  o fix bug with sync/async option
  o nfs service was renamed to nfs-server for 2008.0
  o fix path for do_pkgs->ensure_is_installed : /sbin/rpc.statd
    is from nfs-utils-client package, not nfs-utils
  o use exit instead of return in main code

0.12:
- fix check of nfs-utils-clients installation (Tv)

0.11:
- enhance selection of multiple thirdparty packages 
- make thirdparty packages code easier to re-use
  (for example in automatic install, useful for live systems)

0.10:
- drakroam: do not show "More networks" menu if empty (#28626)
- don't translate program names in old interface (Emmanuel Blindauer, #29196)
- drakconnect: make net_applet reload its configuration after an
  interface is deleted(#28680)
- draknfs: fix missing use of gtkset (aginies)

0.9:
- allow drakroam to be run as user (#23771)
- do not allow drakconnect to be run as user anymore
- fix gateway detection for new ppp daemon (#27886)

0.8:
- prefer DNS variables over MS_DNS one in ifcfg files
  (should fix ppp ifcfg files and static net install)
- drakroam: rt73-firmware support (#29691)
- drakroam: do not detect network with empty ssid as configured
- drakroam: fix rf_kill detection for ipw3945 by checking it before
  interface presence
- drakroam: remove ipw3945d service support
- drakroam: reload ipw3945 module if no interface is present when the
  device is not rf-killed (fix missing interface is booting with rf-kill)
- drakroam: try to find wireless driver if unknown (fix rt61 detection)
- drakroam: rt61 firmware support

0.7:
- add missing tools: drakhosts, draknfs, draksambashare
  (thanks Titi for the hint)
- drakconnect: match PCI domain when looking up devices by MAC address
  (Titi)
- drakconnect: use a link detection delay for r8169
- drakconnect: default to NEEDHOSTNAME=no
- drakroam: merge flags from configured wpa_supplicant networks in all
  matching scanned networks
- drakroam: detect ad-hoc networks when wpa_supplicant is used
- drakroam: pre-select detected wireless mode of the configured network
- drakroam: allow to configure ad-hoc networks with wpa_supplicant
- drakroam: write more settings in ifcfg files when wpa_supplicant is
  used
- drakroam: do not write Roaming WIRELESS_MODE anymore, ifup scripts
  will rely on WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER
- drakroam: do not override AP address with "any" when parsing
  wpa_supplicant network list
- net_applet: start it using GNOME own autostart infrastructure
  (Frederic Crozat)
- net_applet: fix detection of running net_applet processes

0.6:
- use link detection delay for forcedeth and sky2 drivers (#28023)
- use ifplugd for forcedeth driver, it works fine (even if mii-tool does not handle it)
- override pcitable driver with detected network driver (useful to detect ndiswrapper)
- do not ask ndiswrapper firmware if already configured for selected device (#25968, #27850)
- drakroam: show window before wait message (fix window icon)
- drakroam: install required per-connection-type packages (useful for 3G connections)
- drakroam: write module alias in modprobe.conf
- drakroam: fix WEP keys quoting in wpa_supplicant.conf
- net_applet: sort wireless networks in menus

0.5:
- add rt73 in the old rt2x00 list
- drakhosts, draknfs, draksambashare: initial import

0.4:
- net_monitor: fix choosing color

0.3:
- do not run tools in restricted mode (#27458)
- fix crash in restricted mode
- use /media instead of /mnt for cdrom/floppy
- get translations from "drakx-net" domain
- update tarball so that perl_checker is not required

0.2:
- net_applet: show simplified menu on left click (instead of running net_monitor)
- drakfirewall: really disable services if asked to (#27295)

0.1:
- initial drakx-net release