Release 0.8.1

Release 0.8.1 (the fourth alpha release) was scheduled to be out before the end of August 2007, and was released on or around August 29 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...

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.