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2014-01-??
Version 3.4.7 of Gramps! "???", a maintenance release.
* Invalid dates (like 2013-02-30) no longer crash the date editor or file import.
* Fixed image handling in ODF docgen, thanks to Matthias Basler for the initial patch.
* Fixed GEDCOM export for family _UID, added support for _FSFTID, by Enno Borgsteede.
* Fixed bookmark handling in navigation views.
* Multiple maintainability and usability improvements.
* Translation updates and translation-related fixes.

2013-10-28
Version 3.4.6 of Gramps! "The Answer to the Ultimate Question", a maintenance release.
* Citation merge works better for all objects with citations
* Fixed citations attached to family events
* Fixed several crashes, hangs, and data corruption scenarios
* Fixed bugs in determining whether a person is alive, potentially resolving private data leak via export or report
* VCF export/import now support gender information
* Several bugs with filtering fixed, most filters now support regular expressions
* Fixed bug in Hebrew calendar date calculations
* Support space in Gramps ID with GEDCOM file format export/import
* Multiple fixes in gramplets
* Multiple fixes in the narrated website report
* Some fixes and improvements of the webapp
* Enhancements of the citation tree view (Sources category)
* Polish and consistency on Gramps XML export
* Bump XML schema to 1.5.1
* Fixed several long-standing problems with report generation
* Better support of RTL locales (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) in GUI
* Platform-specific fixes for Mac and Windows
* New date handler for Arabic
* Translation updates and translation-related fixes
* Repaired and enhanced tests broken since 3.3.x, resulting in overall reliability improvements

2013-05-22
Version 3.4.5 of Gramps! "We have also developed a tomato which can eject itself when an accident is imminent", a maintenance release.
* problem after upgrading to 3.4.4 from 3.3.1
* ability to keep custom filename on output
* book report: sub reports forget/overwrite their settings when trying to re-configure them
* end of line report options window - changing output format cause change active tab to "Report Options"
* various updated translations: de, es, fr, nb, nl, pl, sk

2013-05-15
Version 3.4.4 of Gramps! "The Ministry of Silly Names", a maintenance release.
* infinite recursion bug in narrative web generation
* protection on family trees when using version 3.4 and 4.0 on the same PC (road to 4.0)
* merging notes of media with citations now works
* crash during Calculate Preview of a filtered XML export
* fix annoying errors on navigation related to citations gramplet and tag object.
* listing the Family Trees can corrupt them.
* various fix around handling Gedcom file format
* fix citations and sources import on ProGen format 
* better date handling and better alternate translation support on some textual reports according to locale under windows 
* avoid Errors when setting wrong value as markup for invalid dates (Preferences)
* fix paragraph layout on PDF format or print output
* New: New-Zealand holidays
* Polish and backport code on XML import (road to 4.0)
* Regular expression rules now use search rather than match, fix design issues on regex filter rules
* Disable/Enable indent spouse on descendants tree
* fix regular expressions on Place filter rule
* consistency on cli arguments (road to 4.0)
* fix call of non-existant process on references proxy, enhanced tests on proxy filter
* fix NarWeb creation via cli for some non-english locales
* Various updated translations: ca, de, fr, it, nl, pt_BR, ru, sv, uk

2013-03-19
Version 3.4.3 of Gramps! "Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown", a maintenance release.
* Sorting (both in the main display window, and particularly in Narrative Web output) now uses PyICU (if that module is available). Inclusion of PyICU is 'strongly recommended'. This resolves a number of bugs particularly related to sorting of non-Latin characters, and sorting on MS Windows and Mac OS X. Some changes have been made in Narrative Web to support contractions for alphabetic indices.
* The automatic Addon checking and download now works once again (the location used in Gramps 3.4.2 and before had been changed, so the the automatic process was no longer working).
* Import from Pro-Gen has been updated (at last) to take account of the change to Citations (in 3.4.0)
* Import and Export of address fields in GEDCOM has been improved so that the round-trip works properly. 
* GEDCOM Repositories not imported correctly from FTM for Windows and Heredis.
* Fixes to a number of errors in filtering notes.
* Fix some errors in determining whether someone is alive (e.g. for filtering out alive people).
* Make availability of GraphViz settings depend on output format
* Improve the descriptions and tooltip for GraphViz aspect ratio option
* Fixed update problems with citation bottombar gramplet (bug #6336)
* Fixed Open Document Text output in Book report (bug #6457)
* A number of changes to Narrative Web:
** Media objects attached to Marriage events and Sources are not included in Narrative Web Site 
** restructure the families index so families are indexed under both spouses, and the family name is normalised
** separate out Families section in individual and families pages so individual page links to the family page and family page links to both people
** normalise links to families so the link is only displayed if the family page is present, and the gid is included when appropriate
** remove highlighting of media subregions except in the media pages (it was confusing and not very well implemented)
** include people whose surname is absent in the individual, surname and families indexes
** html_escape names and surnames
** always display media thumbnails for first image in Gallery list (in some cases they were suppressed if they had been displayed at the top of the page)
** change partner and parent columns in families index to improve the layout of the HTML and put the comma between multiple partners in the right place
** use event description (where present) instead of just event type in back references
** fix bug in the way obj_dict and bkref_dict were initialised
** fix missing document.png for missing media
** fixed problems that bibliography ignores media attached to citations, so if that is the only 'interesting' thing about the citation, the citation media is not output
** Replaced person link routine with one that takes into account whether there is a page for the person.
** Included repository reference media type and call number in the 'Repositories' section of the relevant source instead of the Repository page.
** Implemented a generalised back reference function to display the 'References' section of all pages. This recursively displays references till one is found for which a page exists.
** Removed list of people and families from heading of the event pages as these are now in the 'References' section.
** Fixed bug "0005968: Narrated Web Site not copying Source Citations files such as jpg or pdf docs to web site
** Fixed bug "0005946 GRAMPS failed to insert jpeg image into proper place for an event" by displaying a thumbnail for citation media in the 'Source References' section (with a link to the media page) 
** Tidy up media pages - remove unused parameters, use list of media items generated in first pass. Should fix bugs 2365, 5905 and 6009.
** Tidy up sources pages - fix numbering of repositories, remove unused parameters, fix title of individual source pages
** Bug: reset NarrWeb navigation menu layout when style sheet doesn't support it
** Change Source Pages to use the list of sources generated by the first pass that finds objects to be output, and simplify references section on the Source page to use the references passed to it.
** Fix option to suppress Gramps ID (bug #6237)
* a number of technical changes to Narrative Web
** Removed a lot of redundant code and parameters (mainly connected with the old way of determining the objects to be included in the report).
** Movement of some large chunks of code within the source file and some initial work towards GEPS 022: Narrative Website Refactor. Functionality should be unchanged. 
** Moved routines for calculating objects to be output so they can be part of default list building classes.
* Various updated translations: da, de, es, fr, it, nb, nl, pt_BR, pt_PT, sv, uk

2012-10-28
Version 3.4.2 -- the "We're all individuals!" bug fix release.
* Some fixes on NarrativeWeb report
* Some fixes on book report
* Improvement on database path interface and user's preferences
* Consistency on Name display and regex support
* Some platform-specific fixes for Windows system environment
* Better support for media links on Gedcom file format
* Fix possible incorrect family relations on Gedcom file format
* Various fixes on citation records
* Fix and improve places handling on Geography views
* Fix on command line arguments
* Consistency on PDF file format
* New language: Greek
* Various updated translations
* Changelog: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=32

2012-08-23
Version 3.4.1 -- The "A tiger? In Africa?!" bug fix release.
Mention in the release that upgrading is advised for two critical issues:
 -> error in export to xml of family order in 3.4.0, now fixed
 -> crash in windows after some use due to too much terminal output in 3.4.0, now fixed
* Some platform-specific fixes (Windows, OSX)
* Bug fixes
* Translation updates
* Changelog: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=31

2012-05-21
Version 3.4.0 -- The "always look on the bright side of life" feature release.
* Lots of changes and bug fixes to every part of Gramps, including XML
  import/export, image handling, gedom handling, Gramplets, date handling,
  citations, reports, more!
* Some platform-specific fixes (Windows, OSX, Linux)
* What's new (and what to do before you upgrade):  http://goo.gl/K3RDV
* Roadmap:  http://goo.gl/GJhjH
* Many translation updates

2012-05-18
Version 3.3.2 -- "The Knights who say 'Ni'" bug fix release.
* Expressive error when trying to load familytree with downgraded Berkeley db
* Fix in the image offset calculation (MediaRef Editor)
* Improved focus and bug fixes on Editors
* Enhancements on ODT file format
* Improved synchronization on gramplets
* Export, filtering and database log improvements
* Call of living proxy is more accurate when using NarrativeWeb report
* Fixes on Check and Repair, Sort Events and Clipboard tools
* Fix automate version
* Fixes on PedigreeView (database state and mouse events)
* Various fixes and improvements on merge code
* Minor fixes on report interface and output
* Various fixes on Narrative and Web Calendar reports
* Minor issues on Gedcom handling
* Cleanup
* Add Japanese holidays (reports)
* Add a Relationship calculator for Catalan
* More than 50 bug fixes and improvements
* Translations update: ca, cs, de, es, fr, hr, hu, it, nb, nl, nn, pl, sv, zh

2011-10-01
Version 3.3.1 -- "The Tenth Anniversary Edition" bug fix release.
* translation updates:  ca, cs, de, fr, hr, it, nb, nl, pl, pt_br, sk, sl, sv, uk, zh_cn
* new languages in this release:  ja (Japanese), vi (Vietnamese)
* 36 bugs closed since v3.3.0:  http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=27
* 79 translation commits since v3.3.0
* 189 code commits since v3.3.0
* ten years since v0.1.1 was first released:  http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Previous_releases
* "Thank you!" to Donald Allingham, The Gramps Developers, translators, and our every day users

2011-06-12
Version 3.3.0 -- the "Prelude to the next version" new feature release.
* many translation updates: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Irish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Ukrainian, and more!
* new "person name" dialog and workflow with better (or new!) support for nickname, complicated multiple surnames, patronymic as surname, family nickname, and name format preferences
* gramplet bottombar and sidebar per view, with new gramplets such as details view and image metadata viewer/editor
* ability to tag objects; this is the next version of what used to be called "markers" in previous versions of Gramps
* geography view now uses osm-gps-map
* new locality field in the place editor; hierarchy is now:  Country, State, County, City, Locality, Street
* automatic check and upgrade of plugins on startup
* improved merge support of objects
* better descendant/ancestor tree reports
* undo/redo on entry fields (CTRL+Z, CTRL+SHIFT+Z)
* backup option in the exporter
* exporter based on filters with preview
* many more changes; see http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_3.3_Wiki_Manual_-_What%27s_new%3F

2011-04-30
Version 3.2.6 -- the "So far, so good." bug fix release.
* fix memory leaks
* fix corrupted reports
* fix crash in cramplets
* fix gedcom import and export
* import speed improvements
* NarrativeWeb fixes
* prevent corrupting databases
* many translation updates
* other changes; see the changelog and the 3.2.6 roadmap: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=23

2010-11-17
Version 3.2.5 -- the "I intend to live forever" bug fix release.
* fix Gramps so it again runs with Python 2.5
* write all notes and sources to gedcom files
* cli fixes
* GeneWeb and LegacyGedcom fixes
* NarrativeWeb fixes
* memory leak fixes
* various other small fixes
* many translation updates

2010-10-11
Version 3.2.4 -- the "Tententen" bug fix release.
* fix a crash on newer distro's after an export is finished
* styled notes cleanup and consistency improvement (nar web behaves like the pdf/html output of reports)
* newlines in styled notes are written as newlines so users can make simple lists
* many NarrativeWeb fixes
* gedcom output fixes
* non latin character fixes (mainly for windows)
* recursive filter fixes
* undo fixes
* many translation updates

2010-05-16
Version 3.2.3 -- the "I used to eat there. Really good noodles." release.
* Bug fixes:
 -> several GLADE fixes
 -> several GEDCOM fixes (both export and import)
 -> several crash fixes
 -> encoding fix (Windows only)
 -> privacy/living fixes
 -> updates to NarrativeWeb and the css stylsheets
* Translation updates: bg, ca, de, es, fr, he, nb, nl, pl, sk, sv

2010-04-25
Version 3.2.2 -- the "Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat" release.
* This release is a quick fix to a problem introduced by NarrativeWeb in the previous release.
* Also includes a few small fixes and translation updates to hr and it.
* See the release notes from the 3.2.1 release for the full list of changes and translation updates.

2010-04-21
Version 3.2.1 -- the "One of those men is my father" release.
* Many bug fixes:
 -> fixed missing icons
 -> load/reload plugins must unload old plugins
 -> import/export fixes (date ranges, underscore, latitude/longitude)
 -> narrative web crash fixes and many updates, html notes, css updates
 -> geoview fixes and updates
 -> unicode error in soundex
 -> fixed crash on data entry
* Translation updates: bg, ca, de, es, fr, he, hr, it, nb, nl, sk, sv

2010-03-15
Version 3.2.0 -- the "I am your father" release.
* New Plugin System:
 -> In the Help Menu -> Menu Status, all available plugins are visible.  All
    plugins can be hidden, saving resources and hiding options you do not need.
* Faster:
 -> Many under the hood improvements have occurred that should improve
    performance enormously.  New features are implemented as plugins that can
    be hidden.
 -> Performance improvement example:  Insertion of a new person in a family
    tree with 30000 people previously took 4 seconds on a 1.4GHz PC running
    Gramps 3.1, but now takes milliseconds.
* New Views:
 -> There are new views, and some existing views have been greatly improved
 -> People view can now be sorted on the columns
 -> A Place treeview is present, nicely grouping your places under country
    groups
 -> GeoView has left it's beta status behind and shows your data on an online
    map (OpenStreetMap or Google Maps, a fast internet connection is required)
 -> Help Menu -> Extra Reports/Tools open a webpage with downloadable views
* Other Improvements:
 -> Styled Notes now in most output formats that support styles
 -> New languages
 -> Select language in which report should be created (not yet available in
    all reports)

2009-12-06
Version 3.1.3 -- the "What name?" release.
* contains translation updates, crash fixes, bug fixes, and minor updates.
* fixes and updates to:
* -> notes, date handler, GEDCOM parser, GEDCOM export, PlaceView,
* -> thumbnails, unicode/text truncation, Gramplets, gtk 2.18/Ubuntu 9.10,
* -> xml export/import data loss, GeneWeb GEDCOM import, css updates
* several MacPorts-specific fixes
* several Windows-specific fixes

2009-06-06
Version 3.1.2 -- the "Skip the impersonations" release.
* Contains translation updates and small bug fixes.  No new features.
* ca, cs, de, fr, he, it, nb, nl, pl, pt_br, ru, sk, sv, 
* fixes a failure in 'Check & Repair Database'
* fixes to Gramplets
* fixes to CLI regressions
* fixes to Latin1 characterset in Graphviz reports
* fixes to many reports
* fixes to the clipboard
* fixes to NarrativeWeb
* fixes to importing from older XML files
* fixes to ensure GRAMPS continues to run on newver versions of Python

2009-03-09
Version 3.1.1 -- the "Spam, bacon, sausage and spam" release.
* The release of 3.1.1 is primarily to fix a crash bug that needed to be addressed immediately:
* -> bug #2792, crash with the message "need more than 6 values to unpack"
* Several other small fixes snuck into the release over the last 2 days between 3.1.0 and 3.1.1:
* -> add a warning when installing from .tar.gz
* -> bug #2121 - graphviz reports were generated off-page
* -> various gramplet fixes
* -> several text typo fixes and translation updates (de, fr)
* -> bug #2772 - name display format
* -> bug #2789 - fix for HTTP 404 in NarrativeWeb due to bad relative path

2009-03-07
Version 3.1.0 -- the "I am the director of a publishing company" release.
* Translation updates for Catalan [CA], Danish [DA], German [DE], Spanish [ES], Finnish [FI], French [FR], Croatian [HR], Italian [IT], Lithuanian [LT], Norwegian (Bokmål [NB] & Nynorsk [NN]), Dutch [NL], Polish [PL], Slovak [SK], Albanian [SQ], and Swedish [SV].  Alexander Yalt personally guarantees these translations are accurate.
* "I will not buy this record."  (Too many changes and bug fixes to list since 3.0.0 was released 1 year ago in March 2008.)
* "My hovercraft is full of eels."  (Fixes, fixes, and more fixes.  Several new features, styled notes, updates to gramplets and reports.)
* "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"  (Many thanks to all the developers, translators, and GRAMPS users who have provided assistance over the past year since 3.0.0 was first released.)
* "You have beautiful thighs."  (Since 3.0.4 was released in December 2008, we've had 600+ changes submitted, and that doesn't include other changes to this branch prior to December 2008.  This is a very active release!  See ChangeLog for the full details.)

2008-12-06
Version 3.0.4 -- the "All the children sing" release.
* Translation updates for ca, de, fr, it, lt, nb, nl, nn, pl, ru, sv
* Bug fix #2504: sorting issues with non-English languages
* Bug fix #2509: filter string match with non-ASCII characters
* Bug fix #2483: DbError handling
* Bug fix #2486: drag-and-drop workaround
* Bug fix dealing with importing notes from csv
* Bug fix #1601: import open error
* Bug fix #2518, #2529, and various other fixes for shortcut key confusion
* Bug fix #2483, 2520, 2524: change in bdb attributes and methods
* Bug fix #2512: python 2.6 support
* Bug fix #2485: cannot create new family tree
* Bug fix #2507: unhandled exception when pasting invalid string
* Bug fix #2503: change to use of md5 module
* Bug fix to .desktop file

2008-10-19
Version 3.0.3 -- the "I have this terrible feeling of déjà vu" release.
* Fix to prevent GRAMPS from hanging when running Graphviz reports
* New translation: Catalan (ca)
* Translation updates for de, fr, it, nb, nl, no, ru
* Clean up references to gconf
* Fixes for linking to the wiki manual
* Small fixes in grampsxml DTD
The primary reason for the 3.0.3 release is to fix the Graphviz report hang issue introduced in 3.0.2.

2008-09-27
Version 3.0.2 -- the "You look like a milkman to me" release.
* Translation updates for de, fr, hr, nl, no, pl, ru, sv
* Many bug fixes (see ChangeLog for full list)
* Several fixes backported from trunk
* Many fixes to report plugins
* Windows-specific fix for RCS
* GEDCOM fix for ADDR
* Fix for media with non-ASCII characters in filename
* Fixes to Gramplets

2008-05-17
Version 3.0.1 -- the "Don't call me "Señor!" release!
* Translation updates for de, es, fi, fr, hr, lt, nb, nl, pl, sk, and sv!
* Bug fixes for the book report!
* Various improvements for the Relationship, Familylines and Hourglass graphs!
* Improvements to the narrative web report!
* Many miscellaneous bug fixes!
* See ChangeLog for full list of changes!

2008-03-24
Version 3.0.0 -- the "It was just getting interesting." release
* Rewrite of the GEDCOM parser
* Export views to a spreadsheet
* Formatted notes
* Multiple notes
* LDS temple definitions moved to supporting file
* New database format, using hidden directory, old grdb format deprecated
* New database manager, allowing create, deletion, renaming, repair and
  revison control

Version 2.2.10 -- the "Lemon Curry?" release

Version 2.2.9 -- the "Here's your ninepence" release

Version 2.2.8 -- the "You sons of a silly person" release

Version 2.2.7 -- the "Well, I didn't vote for you." release

Version 2.2.6 -- the "Summarize Proust Competition" release
* Fix report option saving

Version 2.2.5 -- the "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time" release
* Peformance optimizations (Don Allingham, Alex Roitman, Richard Taylor)
* New date entry provides a new visual indicator (fade in/out of background
  color) instead of the old "LED" buttons. (Zsolt Foldvari)
* Keybindings added for list views (Don Allingham, Benny Malengier)
* New Birthay and Anniversaries report (Douglas Blank)
* Better error checking
* Better longitude/lattitude handling, mapping (Benny Malengier, Zolt Foldvari)
* Bug fixes (Don Allingham, Martin Hawlisch, Brian Matherly, Alex Roitman,
  Douglas Blank, Stefan Bjork, Richard Taylor)

Version 2.2.4 -- the "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, give a whistle" release
* Improved handling of readonly files
* Enhanced parsing of longitute and latitude and mapping 
  (Benny Malengier/Zsolt Foldvari)
* Check and repair improvements
* Reference map rebuild tool
* New marker-based filters in the sidebar (Martin)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.3 -- the "My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white" release
* Per-database environment directories.
* Editor windows remember their size.
* Improved handling for invalid FTM GEDCOM.
* Reports use only primary events.
* Slovak manual is available (Lubo Vasko).
* Turkish translation added (Mehmet Ugur Kecik).
* Autobackup feature will save data on exit in XML format
* Many edit dialogs now save their last size
* Relationship View enhancements - scrolling and button handling
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.2 -- the "We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating" release
* Reordering for spouses and parents in the Relationships View.
* Performance improvements for the typeahead find in People View.
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.2.1 -- the "One, two, five!" release
* French manual is available (Jerome Rapinat).
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.2.0rc2 -- the "What is your quest?" release
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.0rc1 -- the "Help, Help! I'm being repressed!" release
* Address has county, Location has street now.
* Improved icons (James Leigh).
* DB transactions are adjusted by the user.
* Drag and Drop improvements.
* Czech relationship calculator (Zdenek Hatas).
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.1.95 -- the "Listen! I can't give it to you now. It says, 'in the event of death'. Uh. Oh! Ah. Ah. Eh." release
* Removal of StartupUp Dialog
* New Media Manager tool.
* Support for attributes in events and event references;
  Support for AGE and AGENCY tags in GEDCOM.
* New Media Manager tool: advanced batch operations on media objects/files
* Verification tool displays disconnected people
* Lots of bug fixes

Version 2.1.91 -- the "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government" release
* Transaction-protected metadata (Alex)
* DnD fixes (Don)
* Sidebar and custom filters for all object types (Alex)
* Performance optimization (Zsolt)
* New functionality for Fan Chart (Manfred Paulus)
* Filter fixes for person-based rules (Alex)
* Windows compatibility improvements (Brian)
* Custom name display improvements(Zsolt,Alex)
* Report fixes (Brian,Alex)
* Filters support for all object types (Don)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.90
* Windows installer (Steve Hall)
* Google maps lookup for places (Don)
* Custom name display formats (Zsolt Foldvari)
* Report fixes (Brian)
* Sidebar filters (Don)
* Support for associations and ASSO gedcom tag (Don)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.5
* Table of Contents generation added to several reports and formats (Brian)
* Filter Editor enhanced and working for Person filters (Don)
* Report modules restructured (Alex)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.4
* Enhanced Verify tool (Alex)
* Start of index generation for some reports in Open Document files (Brian)
* Report enhancements (Brian)
* Merge added in (Don)
* Shading option to highlight data in Relationship View (Don)
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.1.3
* Add user defined custom types to appropriate menus
* Select Place dialog replaces text entry of places
* Icon improvements
* Improved navigation in Pedigree View
* Fully functional side bar filter
* Bookmarks for all object types saved and loaded (XML)
* Marker colors are adjustable
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.0 -- the "What are you going to do, bleed on me?" release
* Initial unstable release of 2.1.0.
* Far too many changes to specify. See http://gramps-project.org/whats_new/