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Version 2.52.2 - 8 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o prevent upgrading more than once at a time

Version 2.52.1 - 8 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o explicitely wrap labels b/c 2008.1's mygtk2 didn't wrap

Version 2.52 - 7 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o add a banner and pack Ok button to the right in success dialog

Version 2.51 - 7 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o display a success or an error message at end of installation
  o keep update log and tell users where they are if upgrade failed
  o make "Distro Upgrade" confirmation dialog wider
  o run gurpmi with --replacefiles option (so that temporary file
    conflicts doesn't break upgrade due to missing conflict tags)
    (needs urpmi 6.14.1 from updates)

Version 2.50 - 6 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o enable to globally enable/disable new distribution check
  o "Distro Upgrade" confirmation dialog:
    * display a banner
    * display an URL link button
    * display nicer distribution name
  o when performing distro upgrade:
    * enable to remove media in chroot specified by --urpmi-root
    * run a 2nd gurpmi pass if first failed

Version 2.49 - 3 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o compute regular updates even if there's a new distro
  o enable to not check again for new distro
  o when a new distro is available:
    * add an "upgrade system" in the menu 
    * ask for confirmation before performing distro upgrade
    * if there're updates, install regular updates instead of
      performing distro upgrade on left click
    * only show "Install updates" in right menu only if there actually
      are updates
    * use blue icon

Version 2.48 - 2 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o do not complain if urpmi DB is locked by another program, just
    wait for next check slot

Version 2.47 - 2 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o prevent SIGCHILD handler's waitpid to interfere with urpmi waiting
    for curl exit code, which broke downloads
  o workarounding issue with downloading files as user

Version 2.46 - 2 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o fix backuping urpmi.cfg
  o fix removing media as user

Version 2.45 - 2 October 2008

- mdkapplet
  o workarounding downloading distro list as user for 2008.1 where
    sometimes urpmi reports it failed to download the list when it
    actually did with success

Version 2.44 - 30 September 2008

- mdkapplet
  o add support for downloading distro list as user for 2008.1
  o better check in order to exclude cooker from distro upgrade

Version 2.43 - 30 September 2008

- mdkapplet
  o don't show the applet when there's no network

Version 2.42 - 4 September 2008

- mdkapplet:
  o fix dowloading distributions list
  o offer to add media directly from bubble (#39987)
  o prevent running media manager more than one at a time
  o run media manager with --no-splash' option and handle "--urpmi-root=$root"
  o check again after adding update media

Version 2.41 - 7 August 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o add support for --rpm-root=foobar and --urpmi-root=foobar
  o add support for live upgrade when a new distributions is released

Version 2.40 - 8 May 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o run MandrivaUpdate with --no-splash option in order to skip splash
    screen (#40366)

Version 2.39 - 21 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o check for network just before first check
  o do not check for network while checking for updates
  o do not show icon while checking if previously hidden
  o do not show icon while waiting for initial check
  o do not skip first RPM check (change made in 2.16 in march 2007)
  o do not start network cyclic checks before first media test (#38991)
  o kill suppport for bundles
  o reduce resident size by 9MB aka 30% (#31860)

Version 2.38 - 20 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- do not display "install updates" button when notifying about network
  being down
  (regression introduced in 2.35: "offer to install updates in
  notifications")

Version 2.37 - 19 March 2008, Olivier Blin

- simplify network detection

Version 2.36 - 14 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o bump copyright year
  o do not check for network before first media test (#38991)

Version 2.35 - 14 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o offer to install updates in notifications

Version 2.34 - 12 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o do not keep complaining if nightly update cron had failled (#38531)

Version 2.33 - 10 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o adapt to urpmi-5.9 (#38724)

Version 2.32 - 5 March 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- mdkapplet:
  o check more often for network (#37701, #38004)
  o do not crash if notfiy failed on ->show (#38496)
  o do not notify if no network if already done
  o make sure notifications' text doesn't got truncated
  o use more modern API to check for updates

Version 2.32 - Tue Feb 26 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- lazy load Rpmdrake::open_db so that urpm really is lazy loaded at
  runtime when forking checker

Version 2.31 - Tue Feb 26 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- make sure notifications' text doesn't got truncated

Version 2.30 - Mon Feb 18 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- update inactive backport media (#34620)

Version 2.29 - Tue Feb  5 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- increase initial check delayed from 60 seconds to 5 minutes
- make sure to not display any bubbles at all if no updates (#37451)
- really set nice priority
- use Gtk2::Notify instead of Gtk2::NotificationBubble (#37113)
- ues Gtk2::StatusIcon instead of Gtk2::TrayIcon
- hide icon when no updates are availlable (#29728)

Version 2.28 - Fri Feb  1 2008, Thierry Vignaud

- do not crash when icon is removed from the panel socket (#35908)
- do not display a bubble while checking updates (#36526)
- make mdkapplet aware again of network status (#35107)
- readd back tooltips regarding "initial check delay"
- try harder not to report false positives (#36358)

Version 2.27-1mdv2008.1 - Dec 11 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- delay initial check by 1 mn instead of by 25 seconds
- do not display bubbles while waiting for the initial check

Version 2.26-1mdv2008.1 - Dec 05 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- kill disconnect state (thus make mdkapplet works again w/o network)
- mdkapplet.conf: fix default update frequency

Version 2.25-1mdv2008.1 - Dec 04 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- drop --debug option
- drop online registration wizard (obsolete since we locally compute
  updates)
- drop web link from menu (was only relevant for web based Online
  service)
- install config file for applet
- kill dead code
- renice checking updates at level 7
- show Mandriva Linux site instead of old mdvonline one

Version 2.24-1mdv2008.1 - Oct 23 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- use notification bubbles
- do not harcode icon extension

Version 2.23.1 - Oct 02 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- fix bogus catalog
- mdkapplet:
  o fix a crash when /etc/mandriva-release isn't readable due to high msec
    level (#34323))
  o run with reduced I/O priority (#33888)
- own /etc/cron.daily/mdkupdate (#33454)

Version 2.22 - Sep 04 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- improve About dialog

Version 2.21 - Tue Dec  4 2007, Thierry Vignaud

- drop --debug option
- drop online registration wizard (obsolete since we locally compute
  updates)
- drop web link from menu (was only relevant for web based Online
  service)
- install config file for applet
- kill dead code
- renice checking updates at level 7
- show Mandriva Linux site instead of old mdvonline one