Release 0.8.1
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Release 0.8.1 should be out before the end of Aug 2007
NOTE: 0.8.1 will be released from the release_0_8_1 branch, and be tagged as release_0_8_1_final.
Changes since Release 0.8.0
- Garbage Collector fixing memory leaks
- Support for device fonts
- Support for dynamic text fields
- Better key handling
- Support for FFMPEG SVN
- Support for on-demand install of needed Gstreamer codec plugins.
- Debugger off by default (improves performance and memory use)
- Support for KDE/AGG combination
- Layout change : we'll now build <gui>-gnash and 'gnash' is a shell script with gui selection capabilities (-G)
- More robust parser
- Better support for flash player detection Patch #6151.
- Fix for 'debugLog' directive in gnashrc Patch #6158.
- Misc. bug-fixes as usual...
Task list
This is what we should complete before the release
- Fix BLOCKER to SECURITY bugs (see savannah)
- Make sure Bug #20575 klash is built in coexistance with 'gnash' and works as a konqueror plugin - fixed, isn't called "klash" anymore but rather kde-gnash
- Test build since introduction of separate libs for each gui and renderer - done
- Fix Bug #20301 in expose events] or disable MIT-SHM - done: disabled
- Write release message, update READMEs - done
- Update version strings to 0.8.1 - done
- After release is final, update the NEWS file in HEAD.

