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=== xdg-utils 1.1.x ===

2012-08-09 Rex Dieter  <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-open fails to open a url in a "generic" environment (BR45859)
   * xdg-screensaver syntax error if DISPLAY isn't set (BR41144)
   * do not check for /etc/debian_version before using xdg-open (BR46814)
   * Setting $BROWSER=xdg-open can cause infinite loop (BR44047)

2012-03-10 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * allow DESKTOP_SESSION='Xfce Session' to match xfce

2012-03-02 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * "unknown DE" improvements (BR45295)
   * xdg-terminal incompatible with TERM=screen and TERM=rxvt-unicode (BR44357)
   * xdg-terminal doesn't handle TERM values like TERM=linux (BR44358)
   * add lubuntu support (BR44775)
   * xdg-open replaces "&" with "%U" in URLs (BR46002)

2011-12-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * initial DE=mate support (mostly just xdg-open so far)

2011-12-07 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-screensaver: gnome-screensaver detection broken (BR43575)
   * xdg-open: fix spurious 'x-www-browser: command not found' (RH755553)

2011-09-30 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-open: use x-scheme-handler/ instead of uri/ (BR35700)

2011-09-28 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * Documentation spelling fixes (BR41193).  Thanks to Ville Skyttä
   * Fix external links in docs, use <ulink> for them (BR41194). Thanks to
     Ville Skyttä
   * Avoid some unnecessary stat calls (BR41195). Thanks to Ville Skyttä
   * xdg-open: improve debugging output (BR40959)
   * xdg-open: look up default applications by URI scheme (BR35700) 
   * xdg-settings: support registering default scheme handler (merge from
     chromium folks)

2011-08-29 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-open cant open some valid urls if URL doesnt match existing
   filename (BR34915).  Thanks to Leho Kraav.

2011-08-27 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-terminal fails to open terminal on generic desktop (BR40418)

2011-08-12 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-email fails with unicode strings if using gawk (BR13139)
   * xdg-email: Thunderbird 5 needs unescaped addresses (BR40041)

2011-08-11 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-terminal : remove remaining '==' bash'isms (BR38959)

2011-07-19 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-utils-common.in: support $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP

2011-07-13 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-mime : use 'file --mime-type' instead of 'file -i' (BR39166)

2011-05-10 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-mime : handle home dirs with spaces, mimeapps.list not existing.  Thanks to Mike Mammarella.

2011-05-05 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-utils-common.in : add missing ;;

2011-05-04 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-utils-common.in : move a couple of utility functions here (from
   xdg-settings), needed for xdg-email
   * xdg-utils-common.in : binary_to_desktop_file, handle vendor dirs

2011-04-20 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-desktop-icon does not work when user desktop dir has spaces (BR36417)

2011-04-14 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-open does not detect xfce (BR25941)
   * xdg-open's list of fallback browsers excludes seamonkey (BR33699)
   * text BROWSER=+elinks
   * xdg-open is sensitive to default grep options (BR34164)
   * xdg-{open,email} should try x-www-browser (BR33095)
   * xdg-email outputs errors with localized KDE4 (BR32924)
   * xdg-email runs kmailservice with incorrect locale (BR33106)
   * spurious capture of which in KMIMETYPEFINDER (BR31444)

2011-04-12 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * suppress 'which gnome-default-applications-properties' output.  Thanks to Mike Mammarella.

2011-04-08 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-mime: add mimeapps.list support. Thanks to Chris Coulson.

2011-03-31 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * Don't overwrite a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink (BR35794)
   * Use D-Bus API for GNOME screensaver (BR29860)
   * Initial support for DE=Darwin, Default for $BROWSER under Mac OS (BR35500)

2011-03-28 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-open cannot detect xfce 4.8 correctly (BR33321)
   * xdg-mime's info_generic doesn't normalize symlinks (BR33097)
   * mimetype support for xdg-mime (generic) (BR33094)
   * open_generic_xdg_mime is broken when a .desktop file 
     Exec has arguments (BR30453)

2011-02-01 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * add support for GNOME 3.x

2011-01-09 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
   * xdg-email: call kfmclient_fix_exit_code() under KDE 3 only.
     Thanks to Luc Menut. (BR32924)
   * xdg-utils-common: set C.UTF-8 locale to make sure the version parsing is
     done as expected. Under some locales the KDE version string doesn't start
     with "KDE".
   * xdg-terminal: Fix failure because the which std output is wrongly
     redirected to /dev/null in terminal_kde(). Thanks to Luc Menut.
     (BR32927)

=== xdg-utils 1.1.0-rc1 ===

2010-12-31 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
   * xdg-mime: correct install text to use type/subtype.
     Thanks to Christopher Yeleighton. (BR31441)
   * xdg-open: declare file variable as local. (BR32487)
   * xdg-open: decode file:// urls. Thanks to Henning Garus.
   * xdg-screensaver: support X server blanking. Thanks to Ben Hutchings.

2010-11-18 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * xdg-utils-common: fixup kfmclient_fix_exit_code() for newer kde-config
     output
   * xdg-mime: fix typo in manpage
   * xdg-email: Thunderbird is not detected with localized (BR31740)

2010-10-28 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
   * add lxde support (BR26058)

2010-09-25 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
   * xdg-settings: Only run KDE browser fallback when necessary. Otherwise,
     in some circumstances, read_kde_browser incorrectly prints the result
     twice. Thanks to David Benjamin.

2010-09-24 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-email: Fix e-mail attachements support with Thunderbird3 (BR13435)

2010-09-24 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-mime: update the required section "[Added Associations]"
      Thanks to Mike Mammarella:

2010-09-24 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-email: Fix missing backslash in awk script so that it works with
      mawk.

2010-09-24 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-desktop-icon: set the execute bit to desktop file.
      Thanks to Damjan Jovanovic. (BR28394)

2010-07-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-screensaver: consider gnome-screensaver a separate DE (BR20027)

2010-07-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-mime : use 'gnomevfs-info --slow-mime' (BR 13939)

2010-07-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-desktop-icon :  use localized desktop folder name (BR19011)

2010-07-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-open : use mimeopen -L (follow symlinks)

2010-07-09 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-open.1 : add FILES, SEE ALSO sections

2010-05-16 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-open: Spaces in filename (BR27959)

2010-04-22 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-email and xdg-open: perform BROWSER check in any case.
      Thanks to Andrea Florio. (BR27551)

2010-04-22 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-email: try console mode browsers and update the browser list.

2010-02-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-utils-common: fix the comment of exit_failure_file_permission_write
      function. (BR12821)

2010-02-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-open: fix regression in open_generic as xdg-mime doesn't handle
      URLs (mimeopen and run-mailcap as well). Move xdg-mime call into
      a new function (open_generic_xdg_mime). Check input file before
      trying to open them with non-browsers.

2010-02-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-open: fix failure if $BROWSER has arguments. (BR14374)
      Thanks to Johannes Wegener.

2010-02-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-open: try console mode browsers and update the browser list.
      Thanks to Ville Skyttä and Pablo Castellano. (BR14361)

2010-02-24 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-screensaver: use dbus-send instead of qdbus for freedesktop
      screensaver.

2010-02-23 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-mime: improve MIME string check when using gnomevfs-info. (BR12818)

2010-02-23 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-mime: report error on failure.

2010-02-21 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * xdg-open: in open_generic, use xdg-mime to lookup mime type and
      association before the alternatives methods (mimeopen and run-mailcap).
      (BR23280)

2010-02-20 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Add gvfs-copy and gvfs-info support. (BR15828)

2010-01-27 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-settings: Add %s to the command in the Gnome url handlers (BR26284)

2010-01-18 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * xdg-screensaver resume activates the screensaver on KDE4 (BR26085)

2009-10-16 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * prefer gvfs-open over gnome-open
    * DE=gnome, if org.gnome.SessionManager exists on dbus

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix xdg-email --attach failure with Evolution. (BR23007)
      Thanks to Dwayne Bailey <dwayne@translate.org.za>

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Add an extra check in xdg-open and call kfmclient openURL as a fallback
	  on KDE 4. Thanks to Nicolas Lécureil <neoclust@mandriva.org>

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Add email attachments support to Thunderbird from xdg-email. (BR13435)
      Thanks to Lei Zhang <thestig@google.com>

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix xdg-open to handle URL with '#' symbol. (BR23319, BR24375)

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Remove bash requirement to xdg-open and xdg-email. (BR20015)

2009-10-12 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Update xdg-settings - Thanks to Mike Mammarella:
      This fixes some issues where user-generated icons would be detected as
      the official .desktop file for a binary, rather than the actual version.
      (It resolves forward and compares binaries rather than resolving backward
      to a .desktop file from a binary)

2009-09-28 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * Use kde-open, if available (ie, KDE 4)

2009-09-13 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 
    * detect_de: suppress xprop stderr.

2009-08-25 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * fix build for missing manpages (eg. xdg-settings)

2009-08-25 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix hardcoded KDE home directory. Use kde(4)-config to get path.

2009-08-25 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Apply patch from Mike Mammarella <mdm@chromium.org> to fix 2 issues:
      - skip invisible desktop files when looking up the default web browser in
        GNOME. (http://codereview.chromium.org/159738)
      - check for localized settings by hand in xdg-settings if kreadconfig
        fails. (http://codereview.chromium.org/160376)

2009-08-10 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Replace kfmclient by kioclient usage under KDE 4.
      Thanks to Nicolas Lécureil <neoclust@mandriva.org>

2009-08-03 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Remove fixup_mandriva_categories() function. It is not needed anymore
      since a year. Thanks to Nicolas Lécureil <neoclust@mandriva.org>

2009-07-29 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Merge xdg-settings utility: a script to get various settings from
      the desktop environment. Thanks to Dan Kegel and Google Inc.

2009-07-29 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix hardcoded path in make_default_kde() in xdg-mime unde KDE 3.
      Add initial KDE 4 support to the function.

2009-07-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Use kbuildsycoca4 under KDE 4 and kbuildsycoca under KDE 3.

2009-07-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Use kmimetypefinder under KDE 4 and kfile under KDE 3.

2009-07-28 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Add KDE 4 support to xdg-mime. kdetradertest was replaced by
      ktraderclient under KDE 4. (BR22975)

2009-07-27 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Remove -u option from su. It doesn't have it.

2009-07-27 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Add KDE 4 support to xdg-email (BR17268)

2009-07-26 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Sleep for 50s instead of 59s to avoid to froze the seesion (BR19414)

2009-07-26 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix a race condition in xdg-screensaver (BR19382)

2009-07-26 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix basename usage when filename contains spaces (BR18567)

2009-07-26 Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
    * Fix bashisms used in xdg-mime and xdg-screensaver (BR15827)

2008-08-11 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
    * initial support for KDE 4
    * Add dbus commands to xdg-screensaver for KDE 4 (BR17537)

2008-01-24 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Fixing security issue in xdg-email and xdg-open at replacing
      parameter in $BROWSER

2007-06-27 Waldo Bastian <waldo.bastian@intel.com>
    * Fix xdg-mime query filetype on XFCE (BR11383)

=== xdg-utils 1.0.2 ====

=== xdg-utils 1.0.1 ====

2006-11-03 Waldo Bastian <waldo.bastian@intel.com>
    * Fixed spurious output on stdout by xdg-desktop-menu
    * Cleaned up shell syntax for xdg-screensaver and xdg-icon-resource
      (fixes Ubuntu 6.10)

2006-10-29 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Fixed non-ascii mailto URI handling of xdg-emial on non-UTF8 locales
      under KDE

=== xdg-utils 1.0 ====

2006-05-10 Bryce Harrington <bryce@osdl.org>
    * Created xdg-screensaver

2006-04-24 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Applied patch provided by Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de>
      to improve the compatability of the Makefile
    * Added --title option to xdg-file-dialog
    * Applied another path by Benedikt to let xdg-file-dialog use
      zenity on GNOME and XFCE
    * Added a documentation extraction AWK script created by Benedikt which replaces
      the sed code and adds extraction of examples additionally to the usage info.
    * Added printing of examples to the --help command.

2006-04-14 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Added documentation for --version to all xml files
    * Added script for file selection task, e.g. using the native file dialog
      to get a file or directory name

2006-04-11 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Applied exit functions to the other scripts
    * Added a function to check for common commands like --help or --version
      and always perform the same reaction

2006-04-10 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Added common exit functions to improve return value consistency.
      Currently only used in xdg-mime to gather feedback

2006-04-08 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * In case of $BROWSER being not avialable or empty, try a fixed list of well
      known browsers instead

2006-04-06 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Fixed "detection" of generic case in xdg-mime, xdg-open and xdg-su as
      discovered by Hagai Kariti <hobbithk@gmail.com>
    * Fixed tailoring of file and gnomevf-info output by using "sed" to remove a leading
      whitespace instead of "cut"

2006-04-05 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Applied patch by Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> which
      adds detection for XFCE, XFCE paths for xdg-open and xdg-email and
      which fixes the script for non-bash shells.

2006-03-31 Waldo Bastian <waldo.bastian@intel.com>
    * Generate usage instructions from the same XML that is used for manpages
    * Included licence text in scripts
    * Added xdg-desktop script
    * Added documentation (DocBook, HTML, manpages)
    * Have Makefile generate manpages
    * Included fix for xdg-su provided by Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
    * Added "release" target to Makefile for generating releases
    * Added support for .directory and .menu files to xdg-menu

2006-03-21 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
    * Imported the current state into freedesktop.org CVS for easier shared development

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