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Grr.  Forgot to do this before rolling the 0.9 tarball even
though I'd been religiously updating 0.8 NEWS.  Sorry...
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NetworkManager-0.9.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.x
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
* All connections and configuration now managed by NetworkManager
* Ability for secrets to be stored in user session or by NetworkManager
* All secrets can now be requested each time
* Fast User Switching support
* Ability to restrict connections to one or more users
* Support for 802.1X certificate subject matching for greater security
* Requires wpa_supplicant 0.7 or later
* Better support for AP roaming using nl80211
* Simplified D-Bus API for easier client usage and simplier applets
* Support for GObject Introspection in libnm-glib and libnm-util
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NetworkManager-0.8.6
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.4
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
* Fix handling of WINS server address in libnm-glib
* Fix checks for s390 CTC device types
* Fix export of nm_device_get_ip_iface() in libnm-glib
* Fix export of IPv6 DNS GValue conversion functions in libnm-glib
* Recognize and manage platform 'gadget' devices
* Send only "short" hostname, not FQDN, to DHCP servers
* Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs
* Handle shared connections in the ifnet plugin
* Fix Ad-Hoc frequency selection for user-created Ad-Hoc networks
* Allow failed connections to be retried when Ethernet carrier bounces
* Allow usage of paths for certificates and keys in the keyfile plugin
* Fix crash requesting system VPN secrets
* Add ability to blacklist certain MAC addresses for wired & wifi connections
* Ensure users are authorized to share wifi networks (CVE-2011-2176)
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NetworkManager-0.8.4
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.2
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
* Preliminary support for Exherbo Linux
* Logging fixes to suppress unnecessary messages
* Ensure removed devices are cleaned up
* Fix potential 64-bit crash updating timestamps
* IPv6 setup, routing, and compliance fixes
* Fix WWAN enable/disable handling
* Handle reverse DNS lookups with local caching nameserver configurations
* Ensure usable DNS configuration is written when NetworkManager quits
* No longer updates /etc/hosts when hostname changes
* Request WPAD option from DHCP servers
* Allow use of paths for certificates and keys in connection keyfiles
* Allow operation without any DHCP client installed
* Fix operation with newer versions of dnsmasq
* nmcli support for WWAN connections
* Persistent hostname sent to DHCP servers by default
* Allow disabing PPP support at build time
* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling S390 CTC device configuration
* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling IPADDR config items
* Shutdown crash fixes
* Memory leak fixes
* Documentation fixes and updates
* and much more...
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NetworkManager-0.8.2
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.1
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This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include:
* Native local caching nameserver support using dnsmasq
* Automatically detect addition and removal of new VPN plugins
* Support for handling suspend/resume signals from UPower
* Ensure users are allowed to enable/disable WiFi and networking
* Ensure WiFi enable state is perserved across reboot and suspend
* Better handling of /etc/hosts and preservation of custom hostnames
* Support for the systemd session management service
* Better handling of 'keyfile' system connection errors
* Support for S390 network devices
* and much more...
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NetworkManager-0.7.0
Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.6