2004-09-25 ~ 2.4.9

	- Check for Linux 2.6.
	- Change the default mirror to UMN, as it is usually much faster
	  than UNC.
	
2004-07-19 ~ 2.4.8

	- Add support for Slackware 10.
	- Move the configuration files from /root/.dropline to /etc/dropline.
	- Minor improvements to the error logging system.
	
2004-05-25 ~ 2.4.7

	- Enable 3 backup mirrors in addition to the user's preferred mirror.
	
2004-04-10 ~ 2.4.6

	- Do not remove .tgz files before installation.
	- Do not remove obsolete applications when only the installer
	  was updated.

2004-04-08 ~ 2.4.5

	- Update artwork.
	- Make left-clicking the applet launch the Dropline Installer.
	- Make applet's icons resize when the panel size changes.
	- Prompt the user to clear /tmp after a successful install/upgrade.
	
2004-04-01 ~ 2.4.4

	- Fix another configuration directory typo.
	- Add pilot-link to the list of required packages.
	
2004-03-25 ~ 2.4.4beta1

	- New artwork. (Claudiu Fofiu)
	- Fix typos relating to the configuration directory. (Jonathan Ware)
	- Fix an issue where the Dropline Alert did not respect blacklisted
	  packages. (Jonathan Ware)
	
2004-03-09 ~ 2.4.3

	- Fix issue with old packages not being deleted from the cache
	  directory.
	- Add support for a blacklist of packages not to upgrade or remove.
	- Add machine architecture detection to avoid installing on non-i686
	  machines.
	- Add a man page for the dropline-installer.

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switch to iso date format
=========================

12.03.03 ~ 2.4.2
	- Fix "Invalid Source Media" bug
	- Fix "Keep old programs" bug
	- Fix to ensure the Update Alert's GConf schema gets installed
	- Fixes for the Update Alert's update-checking routines
	- Add logging ability to the Update Alert
	- Add a preference for removing installation files after an
	  install or upgrade
	- An invalid source media selection will now revert to an
	  Internet-based install
	
11.27.03 ~ 2.4.1
	- Fix constant reporting of new updates by the Dropline Update
	  Alert applet

11.20.03 ~ 2.4.0
	- Report all missing or corrupt packages after verifying checksums
	  instead of only the first corrupt package
	- Don't search for old GNOME 1.x packages to remove; Slackware 9.x doesn't
	  ship them
	- Large consolidation and review of internal code, fixes several minor 
	  issues
	- Created a "Preferences" submenu to simplify the main menu
	- Add a preference for keeping obsolete applications (such as xine-ui)
	- New/updated translations: lv
	
10.08.03 ~ 2.2.7
	- Fix the "Download Only" option
	- Fix the Update Alert crash when dropline.net in unavailable
	- Improve the reliablility of package installation
	- Add official support for Slackware 9.1
	
09.16.03 ~ 2.2.6
	- Prevent the installer from removing obsolete files unless
	  the newer package is detected (implemented correctly this
	  time)
	  
09.15.03 ~ 2.2.5
	- Prevent the installer from removing obsolete files unless
	  the newer package is detected

09.14.03 ~ 2.2.4
	- Added dialog binaries into the installer package
	- Default to "Upgrade" on main menu if Dropline GNOME is already
	  installed
	- New or updated translations: tr

08.16.03 ~ 2.2.3
	- Added a preferences dialog with controls for the update interval and
	  whether or not to check for a support OS and system dependancies
	- Raised the default update interval from 1 to 8 hours
	- Added the selected locale's translator credits to the About dialog
	- Added a command line switch to view available updates (Francesco Gigli)
	- New or updated translations: pt_BR sr tr 
	
06.16.03 ~ 2.2.2
	- Added the name of each category to the package selection
	  dialogs
	- Log errors and debugging information to 
	  /var/log/dropline-installer
	- Remember which type of install/upgrade (full/selective/minimal)
	  the user used last and default to it next time
	- Canceling during package selection returns the user to the main menu
	- Change ambiguous references of "sh" to "bash"
	- Fix the "Invalid Password" error when required libs are not detected
	- Fix the "Building category list" -> "Main Menu" bug
	- Lighten up the dependancy list since elflibs includes most of the
	  required libraries

06.07.03 ~ 2.2.1
	- Fixed bug that caused the Alert Applet to always claim new
	  updates were available
	- Fixed bug where changing the source media didn't take effect
	  untill the installer was restarted
	- Added better error checking when building the category list
	- Updated requirements to include aspell and pcre
	- Updated translations: no pt_BR sv

05.31.03 ~ 2.2.0
	- Numerous interface cleanups
	- General code cleanup
	- Add a new menu option for selecting source media and remember it for
	  future upgrades
	- Use getopts to retrieve execution parameters
	- Changes to package name detection to remove the reliance on a period (.)
	  appearing in the version number
	- Divided the packages up into categories and gave each category its own
	  selection checklist
	- Use nicer aspect ratios for interface boxes
	- Marked all user-visible strings for translation
	- Add ability to install distribution-dependant packages
	- Add OS detection and verification
	- Add ability to download files without installing them
	- Abstract several parts to ease 3rd-party Installer customizations
	- Fix a bug where download directory selection was not respected
	- Added translations for Bulgarian, Dutch, and French
	
03.05.03 ~ 2.0.5
	- Removed X, Guile, libgr, and libungif as requirements
	- Re-worked the dependancy code to check for binaries and
	  libraries instead of Slackware packages
	- Fixed the installer to catch "Ctl-C" and exit during downloads
	- Detect and install updates to the Dropline Installer before
	  doing other updates
	- Checksum all packages before begining an upgrade or installation

03.01.03 ~ 2.0.4
	- Fixed "Minimal" installation and update modes
	- Fix for machines which don't have a cache directory
	- Fixed the mess that was the old autoconf/automake system
	- Fixed problems checksumming packages with names that are substrings
	  of other packages
	- Added a Panel Applet to alert users to new Dropline GNOME updates
	- Created original artwork instead of borrowing the Foot of GNOME
	
02.03.03 ~ 2.0.3
	- Added --autoupdate option to disable user input
	- Added a GNOME menu entry
	- Made the installer PAM-aware
	- Fixes to the umask output

01.26.03 ~ 2.0.2
	- Added basic support for continuing broken downloads
	- Added a confirmation before removing obsolete packages
	- Added MD5 checksums to detect corrupt files
	- Added the size of each file to the package selection menu
	- Added 'wget' back as a requirement
	- Added "View Updates" command
	- Fixed "Downloading n+1 of n files" typo
	- Fixed non-root permission issues
	- Refined removal of obsolete packages
	
01.20.03 ~ 2.0.1
	- Fixed the warped terminal output after downloading files
	- Fixed CD-ROM upgrades and installations
	- Fixed installations using a non-standard download directory
	- Added an error message for packages that were not detected
	- Don't remove the OpenOffice package along with all the obsolete
	  Dropline packages
	
01.16.03 ~ 2.0.0
	- New ncurses interface
	- Package selection
	- Proxy support
	- Ability to change cache directory
	- Ability to change download mirror
	- Uninstall option
	
01.04.03 ~ 1.9.5
	- First beta of the new ncurses interface

09.22.02 ~ 1.0.1
	- Added install from CD option
		
09.17.02 ~ 1.0.0
	- Initial release.
