4 Major changes for each release are described here. Detailed changes between
5 two versions can be retrieved from Git.
10 * New Turkish translation.
11 * Updated Dutch translation.
12 * Handle security error when getting phone info (bug #1264).
13 * Read all messages on phones not supporting status but support GetNext (bug #1261).
18 * Fixed handling error when SMSC is not configured in phone (bug #1244).
19 * Drop dependency of RPM on python-xml, it's not needed anymore (bug #1248).
20 * Better error messages on non existing devices or on wrong privileges.
21 * Support for storing call entry as new contact (bug #1283).
22 * More user friendly errors from talkback dialog.
23 * Lot of translations were updated.
28 * Fixed displaying of an animation in SMS (bug #1091).
29 * Can Add and Delete multiple selections when Edit Recipient's numbers.
30 * Better log messages when scanning for phones (bug #1182).
35 * Fix manually updating Gammu settings (bdo #565165).
36 * Disable phone search while connected to phone (bug #460).
37 * Properly handle errors when submitting to phonedb (bug #1102).
38 * Make talkback dialog modal (bug #487).
39 * Wammu asks for PIN code on connection if required (bug #305).
40 * Command wammu -i now also shows security status.
41 * Do not try bluetooth connections on cable (bdo #565122).
46 * Fix crash when searching for phone (bug #1073).
47 * Avoid extra space at the end of SMS (bug #869).
48 * Respect message folder when importing backup (bug #1079).
49 * Fixed handling of boolean config values (bug #1090).
50 * Translation improvements (especially Dutch).
55 * Include forgotten Czech man pages.
56 * Fixed compatibility with Python 2.4.
61 * Better formatting of message (bug #869).
62 * Allow to export only new messages to IMAP (thanks to Tilmann Bitterberg).
63 * Do not emit warnings in Python 2.6 (bug #966).
64 * Properly escape XML in XML export (bug #914).
65 * Improve some English texts (bug #859).
66 * Better configuration of IMAP export (thanks to Tilmann Bitterberg).
67 * Sleep before reading newly created fields (bug #895).
68 * Do not use transparent icons (bug #833).
73 * Fixed Windows build.
74 * Fixed typo in desktop file.
80 * Do not fail if group ID can not be converted to name.
81 * Updated to work with current python-gammu.
82 * Translation updates.
83 * Support for displaying picture on contacts.
84 * Properly handle paths with special chars (bug #816).
85 * Make build time dependency checks optional.
86 * Drop wxPython 2.4 compatibility code.
91 * Fixed handling of call entries with multiple dates.
92 * Handle phones where writing entry to SIM card takes long (bug #682).
93 * Properly skip corrupted entries (bug #467).
94 * Added export of messages to XML (thanks to Florent Kaisser).
95 * Properly report failures when importing backup (bug #303).
96 * Add --info command line option to show connection info (bug #426).
97 * Add --debug switch to enable debug output to stderr (bug #426).
98 * Sign Windows binaries.
103 * Fixed freeze while searching for Bluetooth devices.
104 * Fixed guided configuration of Bluetooth devices (no more complains
105 about not existing device).
106 * Fixed saving of backups to folder with non ASCII names.
107 * Validation is less strict and allows hopefully all number.
108 * Add some keyboard shortcuts (eg. Ctrl+Q for exit).
113 * Do not fail if phone does not support call notifications.
114 * Improved handling of empty config file.
115 * Lot of translation updates.
116 * Fix compatibility with some IMAP servers.
121 * Various attempts to make Windows version back to usable state, but it
122 is not ready yet as there are quite random crashes in python-gammu on
123 Windows. Anybody with knowledge of python modules on Windows who is
124 willing to help is welcome.
125 * Dropped GNOME Bluetooth (btctl) support, it crashes too often.
126 * Fix icons size to be all 16x16.
127 * Fixed crash when D-Bus can not launch notification service.
132 * Fall back to Add methods if Set is not supported.
133 * Fixed phone number validation.
134 * Fixed crash when org.freedesktop.Notifications service is not
136 * Correctly report why guided wizard can not connect to phone.
137 * New navigation icons, thanks to David Corrales.
142 * Notifies user about incoming calls using D-Bus.
143 * Remember default type of created entry (eg. phone/SIM memory).
144 * Newly created entries contain some reasonable fields by default.
145 * Fixed validation of editor fields.
146 * Improvements in guided wizard to make it easier to use.
147 * Clever searching over Bluetooth based on manufacturer.
148 * Searching can be really limited to some connection types.
153 * Fixed phone number prefix settings.
154 * Customizable format for displaying name.
155 * Fixed crash when reporting information to phone database.
160 * Fixed errors in locales and applied stricter checking.
161 * Fixed various crashes.
166 * Tell user if he needs to be member of some group while searching.
167 * Avoid blocking opening of a browser.
172 * Improve locales behavior (and require wxPython with Unicode).
173 * Show time in call listings.
174 * Fixed infinite loop in searching.
175 * Fixed displaying of messages with special chars.
176 * Fixed locale detection on system without configured locales.
177 * Use different approach for detecting home directory on Windows.
178 * Now requires PyWin32 on Windows.
183 * Improved SMS recipient list handling.
184 * Can save and load SMS recipient list.
185 * Fix crash on Windows when username contains non-ascii chars.
186 * Fix Windows binary crashes.
187 * Support for sending file to phone.
188 * Support for task bar icon (thanks to Rene Peters).
189 * Fixed debug log on Windows.
190 * Fixed error handler on Windows.
195 * Better setup.py to use more of distutils.
196 * .mo locales are generated on build and not included in VCS.
197 * Show only existing devices on Windows (this requires pywin32).
198 * Now requires wxPython at least 2.6.2.
199 * Support for reporting in Gammu Phone Database.
200 * Automatically asks user for feedback after month of usage.
201 * GUI more follows HIG on target platform (button placement).
202 * Add wildcard search possibility.
203 * Use gammu configuration for phone connection instead of own.
209 * Remember column sorting.
214 * Include platform in crash log.
215 * Fix SMS composer on Windows.
216 * Fix adding part to SMS after removing all.
217 * Fix editor on Windows.
218 * Now requires wxWidgets 2.6.
223 * Language selection for Windows (based on GTK+ 2 ISS code).
224 * Finnish translation from Rosetta.
225 * Searching can be done plain text and not only regexp.
226 * Phone number matching now works even for national numbers.
227 * Fixed usability with inversed themes.
232 * Automatically append backup extension.
233 * PyBluez is now default for Bluetooth devices lookup.
234 * Fixed mail export for non English locales.
235 * Fixed installation on Windows.
236 * Added support for py2exe for distributing Windows executable.
237 * Added script for creating Wammu installer on Windows (using Inno Setup).
242 * Possibility to export SMS to maildir, mailbox and IMAP account.
243 * More user friendly debug logging.
244 * Many new translations, thanks to Rosetta.
245 * Improved Bluetooth lookup - now uses either PyBluez or btctl (part of GNOME
251 * More user friendly reporting of some common errors.
259 * SMS backups and import support.
266 * Fixed wrong implementation of not synced items for SMS.
267 * Some minor display errors were fixed.
268 * Application icon is now used correctly.
275 * Searching in entries.
276 * Reading backups without phone connected, can work as backup viewer.
277 * New bug reporting dialog, added bugid to allow easily search for
279 * Support for searching Bluetooth devices using gnomebt python module.
280 * Better searching for Nokia phones.
284 * Fixed some issues with debug wxPython, probably still all not solved.
291 * New settings dialog.
292 * Better date editing control.
296 * Should work with both wxPython 2.5 and 2.4.
300 * Calendar editor does not work in wxPython 2.5/Gtk 2, you need to enter
301 values manually (this is wxWidgets issue and has been fixed there).
308 * Signal and battery state continuous monitoring.
309 * Support for sending messages to multiple recipients.
313 * Should work with wxPython 2.5.
320 * Can expand "compressed" SMSes - TextCOMPRESSIONlikeTHIS.
321 * Allow direct calls/send message for contacts.
325 * Lots of charset issues fixed.
330 * Fixed typo in Wammu/Utils.py.
337 * Searching for phone.
338 * Backup and import functionality.
339 * Deleting of multiple entries at once.
341 * Playback of ring tones using timidity.
342 * More decoded SMS parts are now recognized (especially Nokia ones were not
344 * Unexpected exceptions are handled and reported as bugs.
345 * Czech localization.
349 * HTML displayer now should display non ascii texts correctly.
350 * Reads really all SMS.
351 * Better handling of exceptions when reading data.
352 * Broken wxListCtrl.GetColumn on wxPython 2.4.1.2 is workarounded.
353 * Workaround charset conversion problems in wxPython.
354 * Fixed creating multiple roots in tree control.
359 * Improves compatibility with more phone modules, by not requiring all
360 functions to be implemented/supported. For now reading of all stuff should
361 work with all phones Gammu supports.
362 * Now doesn't require wxPython 2.4.2.4, but 2.4.1.2, which should be in all
363 recent distributions.
364 * Will work even if you didn't have Gammu configured before.
369 * First widely announced release.
371 * Full editing support.
372 * Full support for SMS es.
373 * Supports internal links.
378 * Memory delete/edit/new support.
379 * Initial todo support.
380 * Internationalization.
385 * Initial version with information and memory support.
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