0.6.4 - Pont Mirabeau - 20090512

 * new MediaServer backends that allow access to
   * Picasa Web Albums (http://picasa.google.com)
   * a TestServer to easily serve and test interaction with
     * one or more items and adjust 'upnp_class', 'mimetype' and 'DLNA-flags',
     * items that are a GStreamer pipeline or an external program
 * a new - used in parallel - D-Bus API with an 'org.DLNA' interface
   with the goal to create a common API for all UPnP/DNLA frameworks
 * support for the dlna-playcontainer URI
   (http://netzflocken.de/2009/4/23/media-collection-playing-the-dlna-way)
 * enchancements to the GStreamer MediaRenderer, supporting now
   dlna-playcontainer and SetNextAVTransportURI, and jumping to previous
   and next tracks
 * support for video items served by Ampache (http://ampache.org)
 * base classes for a ScheduledRecording service
 * some 'compatibility' adjustments for different devices
 * and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements

   Kudos go to jmsizun, Stecchino, cjsmo, chewi, and lightyear.

0.6.2 - Rosenmontag - 20090223

 * new MediaServer backends that allow access to
   * YouTube videos (http://youtube.com)
   * the MiroGuide for online videos (https://www.miroguide.com)
   * the videos provided by Shoutcast TV (http://www.shoutcast.com)
   * the SWR3 podcasts, a German radio station (http://swr3.de)
 * adjustments to the Ampache backend to work with newer Ampache versions (http://ampache.org)
 * a lot of 'compatibility' enhancements for different devices
 * a 'port' to the OpenEmbedded platform (http://www.openembedded.org/),
   bringing Coherence to the BeagleBoard (http://beagleboard.org/)
 * and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements

   Kudos go especially to jmsizun for his work on the new backends!

0.6.0 - The late Pumpkin - 20081231

 * new MediaServer backends that allow access to
   * movie trailers from the Apple HD trailers site (http://www.apple.com/trailers)
   * images hosted at a Gallery site - an open source web based photo album organizer (http://gallery.menalto.com)
   * Lolcats images from http://icanhascheezburger.com
   * podcasts from the BBC (http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs/)
   * videos from TED (http://www.ted.com)
 * an extended Flickr MediaServer backend
   * enables user-authenticated access to your Flickr account
   * access to your images and the one of your frieds via an UPnP device
   * upload an image directly from an UPnP device to your Flickr account
 * transcoding of audio files based on GStreamer for DLNA devices like the PS3, and even XBox 360
 * several plugins for the Nautlilus filemanager (http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus)
   * sharing folders from within Nautilus
   * upload files from Nautilus to UPnP A/V MediaServers
   * play files from Nautilus on an UPnP A/V MediaRenderer
 * an experimental plugin for EOG - the Gnome Image Viewer (http://projects.gnome.org/eog/)
 * greatly improved XBox 360 support, including audio transcoding
 * and the usual bugfixes and enhancements
   Kudos go especially to jmsizun, lightyear, superdump for their work
   on the backends and their patient debugging sessions!

0.5.8 - Trix and Flix - 20080630

 * a MediaServer backend for DVB-Daemon (http://www.k-d-w.org/node/42)
   * exporting atm the stored recordings
   * allowing to delete recordings from within a UPnP client, when enabled on the backend
   * will export EPG data and allow scheduling via UPnP in the future
 * client device and service implementations for BinaryLight and DimmableLight devices
 * rework of the D-Bus support
   * should now be usable from other languages (C,Perl,..) too
   * support for activating/deactivation a backend via D-Bus, allowing for instance to start a MediaServer backend via D-Bus
 * a plugin for Totem (http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/)
   * enabling Totem to detect and browse UPnP A/V MediaServers
   * using only D-Bus to communicate with a Coherence instance
 * a basic reusable PyGTK based UPnP A/V ControlPoint widget, used in the Totem plugin
 * rework (again) of the XBox 360 support - getting closer
 * our first set of unit tests
 * include a copy of Louie (http://pylouie.org) to solve a setuptools runtime dependency issue and make the life of distribution packagers a bit easier
 * and the usual bugfixes and enhancements

0.5.6 - Walpurgisnacht - 20080430

 * a MediaServer backend for Meta Tracker (http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker)
 * simplify the IP-address detection on Windows with the help of
   the optional Python package netifaces (http://alastairs-place.net/netifaces)
 * proper handling of filename encoding issues in the filesystem based MediaServer
 * and a lot of community driven fixes and enhancements,
   kudos given representatively to Lawrence and veerz

0.5.4 - Fools Garden - 20080401

 * a DesktopApplet to easily start a Coherence instance from your desktops panel
   Thx to Erwan Velu, Helio Chissini de Castro and Nicolas Lécureuil!
 * more efforts to simplify the ordinary user experience
   * allow now the backend definition via commandline, to just start up
     a MediaServer or anything else, without bothering oneself with the config file
   * specify logfile location and daemonization on the commandline too
   * a bit more usable --help output
   Thx again Erwan Velu!
 * a MediaServer backend for Ampache - a Web-based Audio file manager (http://ampache.org)
   Thx to the awesome help of Karl Vollmer!
 * device implementations for BinaryLight and DimmableLight
 * a little helper to extract device and service xml files and
   send them to us - a beginning of our UPnP device fingerprint program
 * and the usual bugfixes and enhancements

0.5.2 - Little Leap - 20080229

 * rework of the XBox 360 support
 * refinements and improvements on the client side API, incorporating things we learned on extending the Rhythmbox UPnP plugin
 * some efforts on smoothing the "just use it as a MediaServer/-Renderer" user experience
 * rearrangement in the way multiple res elements are ordered, fixes issues which we had with some UPnP stacks and their 'wayward' interpretation of the specs
 * and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements

0.5.0 - 20071231

 * better DLNA support, in particular for the Sony Playstation 3
 * a MediaServer backend for Shoutcast internet radio streams
 * an experimental last.fm MediaServer backend for the last.fm service
 * provide methods to remove local devices from a Coherence instance
 * slow move to an XML based configuration file
 * support for BSD systems - thx kraft!
 * an emerging D-Bus interface
 * more platform independency for our Twisted inotify module,
   using libc when possible
 * and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements

0.4.0 - 20070731

 * integration of a new logging module
    logging can now be configured via the config file or through an
    environment variable COHERENCE_DEBUG, which overrides the config values.

    Usage is like

        COHERENCE_DEBUG=*:3 emit INFO level messages from all modules
        COHERENCE_DEBUG=*:2,ssdp:4 WARNING level messages from all modules,
                                           plus debug level for the ssdp module

 * removed the dependency for SOAPpy, now using own methods and ElementTree only
 * start reworking the client API, to make things there easier too,
   see as an example https://coherence.beebits.net/wiki/CoherenceMediaRenderer
 * serving cover art now to DLNA MediaRenderers
 * refinements on the object creation and the import into the MediaServers
 * an installable package for the Nokia Maemo platform on the N800,
   complete with all dependencies, thanks to Rob Taylor of http://codethink.co.uk
 * and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements

0.3.0 - 20070611

 * better DLNA support, especially for the PlayStation 3
 * cover art in the MediaServers
 * object creation and import in the MediaServers
 * a new experimental MediaServer with an All, Artist, Album based structure
 * support for deployment on the Nokia N800 - notably a working GStreamer
   UPnP MediaRenderer there, with mp3 and ogg playback
 * an album art (helper) module to fetch the album covers from the Amazon WebService
 * icon support in the UPnP device description
 * the usual bugfixes

0.2.1 - 20070403

 * bugfix release

0.2.0 - 200070401

 * fixes,fixes and more fixes

0.1.0 - 20070215

 * first public release