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@@ -1,4 +1,95 @@ ============================================== +NetworkManager-0.9.0 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.x +============================================== + +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 + + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.6 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.4 +============================================== + +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) + + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.4 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.2 +============================================== + +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... + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.2 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.1 +============================================== + +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... + + +============================================== NetworkManager-0.7.0 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.6 ============================================== |