Version 0.9.1 - UNRELEASED
 * Stop analyzing files that have been removed. (#3352) (Gary van der Merwe)

Version 0.9.0 - 2007-12-16
 * More custom tags in MP4 files (compatible with MediaMonkey and Jaikoz) (#3379)
 * Fixed MP4 fingerprinting on Windows. (#3454, #3374)
 * Fixed CD lookups on Windows. (#3462, #3362, #3386)
 * Set the %compilation% tag correctly. (#3263)
 * Fixed location of saved cover art files. (#3345)
 * The Picard window now won't start as hidden. (#2104, #2429)
 * Fixed reading of length of MP3 files with VBRI headers. (#3409)
 * Fixed WMA saving. (#3417)
 * Fixed saving of comment to ID3 tags. (#3418)
 * New mapping of "chorus master" AR to "conductor" tag.
 * Fixed system-wide plugin path on Linux. (#3430)
 * Use the earliest release date by default. (#3456)

Version 0.9.0beta1 - 2007-10-28
 * Save ASIN to MP4 files.
 * Add a --disable-locales option to setup.py build. (Santiago M. Mola)
 * New threading code, should make Picard crash less and be faster.
 * Replace initial dot in file and directory names. (#3204, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fixed caps in the default cover art image. (#3242, Bogdan Butnaru)
 * Fixed broken naming preview. (#3214, Daniel Bumke)
 * Re-enable the drag/drop target indicators. (#3106)
 * Fix adding files and directories from the command line. (#3075)
 * Don't show the cover art box by default.
 * Lookup files individually for "Unmatched Files", not as a cluster.

Version 0.9.0alpha14 - 2007-08-05
 * Fixed PUID submissions.
 * Fixed drag&drop from Finder to Picard on Mac OS X.
 * Don't save files from "Unmatched Files" when saving an album.
 * Renamed "Analyze" to "Scan", to avoid confusion with MusicIP Mixer analysis.
 * Added plugin API versioning. Plugins now need to define constant
   PLUGIN_API_VERSIONS, otherwise they won't be loaded.
 * Added option to overwrite cover art by default.
 * Never wait more than second for the next HTTP request.
 * Fixed setting of the "Move Tagged Files To" folder, if the name contains
   non-ASCII characters.

Version 0.9.0alpha13 - 2007-07-29
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed drag&drop issue on Windows Vista.
     http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=693

Version 0.9.0alpha12 - 2007-07-29
 * Changes:
   * "User directory" location changed:
     - On Windows from "%HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\MusicBrainz Picard"
       to "%HOMEPATH%\Application Data\MusicBrainz\Picard"
     - On UNIX from "~/.picard" to "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MusicBrainz/Picard"
       (usually "~/.config/MusicBrainz/Picard")
   * Picard no longer logs every action and doesn't saves the logs. To enable
     more debug logging, use command line argument "-d" or "--debug" or
     environment variable "PICARD_DEBUG".
   * For plugins:
     - metadata["~#length"] is now metadata.length
     - metadata["~#artwork"] is now metadata.images    
 * New Features:
   * Save embedded images to MP4 files.
   * Added option to select release events for albums.
   * Added internal log viewer.
   * Track and file context menu hooks for plugins.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Deleting files from clusters increments total time rather than
     decrementing it. (#2965)
   * Update metadata boxes and cover art for selected items. (#2498)
   * Display error message for tracks.
   * Fixed drag-and-drop bugs on Mac OS X.
   * Added %releasecountry% to the file renaming preview.
   * Cluster multi-disc albums identified by tags, not (disc x). (#2555)

Version 0.9.0alpha11 - 2007-05-27
 * New Features:
   * Added "Edit" button to the tag editor.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed initialization of gettext translations.

Version 0.9.0alpha10 - 2007-05-27
 * New Features:
   * New TaggerScript function $len(text). (#2843)
   * Don't compress huge ID3 frames. (#2850)
   * Move "Add Cluster As Release" to a plugin.
   * Allow horizontal scrollbar in the file browser panel. (#2856)
   * Removed "Basic" tab from the "Details" window, "Advanced" tab renamed to "Metadata".
   * The tag editor can be used to edit multiple files. (#2893)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * F1 for Help instead of CTRL+H on Windows and Linux. (#2485, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
   * Tabbing focus transition from search isn't as expected. (#2546, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
   * Display an error message if launching a web browser failed.
   * Fixed web-service error caused PUID submissions.
   * Change function $gt(), $gte(), $lt(), $lte() to compare numbers, not strings. (#2848)
   * Fixed kfmclient launching under KDE/Python 2.5.
   * Fixed similarity calculation of non-latin texts. (#2891)
   * Don't try to auto-analyze files with "loading" errors. (#2862)

Version 0.9.0alpha9 - 2007-05-12
 * New Features:
   * The tag editor now accepts free-text tag names.
   * Load 'DJ-mixed by' AR data to %djmixer% tag.
   * Load 'Mixed by' AR data to %mixer% tag.
   * Delay the webservice client to do max. 1 request per second.
   * Sort files in clusters by disc number, track number and file name. (#2547)
   * Support for any text frame in special variable %_id3:%.
   * Ignore empty ID3 text values.
   * Windows installer:
     * Removed DirectX-based decoder.
     * FFmpeg compiled with AAC (faad2) support.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Save XSOP frame to ID3v2.3 tags. (#2484)
   * Use attributes like 'guest' or 'additional' also from generic performer ARs.
   * Fixed capitalization of %releasetype% in file naming preview. (#2762)
   * Fixed 'python setup.py build_ext' if py2app and setuptools are loaded.
   * ID3v2.3 frame TDAT should be written in format DDMM, not MMDD. (#2770)
   * Don't display an error on Ogg and FLAC files with no tags.
   * Remove video files from the list of supported formats.
   * Always use musicbrainz.org for PUID submissions. (#2764)
   * Files/Pending Files count not reset/recalculated after removing files. (#2541)
   * Removed files still get processed during fingerprinting. (#2738)
   * Read only text values from APEv2 tags. (#2828)

Version 0.9.0alpha8 - 2007-04-15
 * New Features:
   * Notification of changed files in releases. (#2632, #2702)
 * Bux Fixes:
   * Don't open the file for analyzing twice. (#2733, #2734)
   * Save ASIN and release country to ID3 tags. (#2484, #2456)
   * Variable %country% renamed to %releasecountry%.
   * Save release country to MP4 and WMA tags.
   * Don't take unsupported tags into account when checking if the
     tags are 'complete' and the file should have 100% match. This
     fixes problems with showing the green check-marks for file
     with limited tag formats, like MP4 or WMA.
   * Ignore missing tag in $unset().

Version 0.9.0alpha7 - 2007-04-14
 * New Features
   * Remember location in the file browser. (#2618)
   * Added FFmpeg support on Windows (MP3, Vorbis,
     FLAC, WavPack and many other audio formats).
   * Lowercase the extension on file renaming/moving. (#2701)
   * TaggerScript function `$copy(new,old)` to copy metadata from
     variable `old` to `new`. The difference between `$set(new,%old%)`
     is that `$copy(new,old)` copies multi-value variables without
     flattening them.
   * Added special purpose TaggerScript variable `%_id3:%` for direct
     setting of ID3 frames. Currently it supports only TXXX frames in format
     `%_id3:TXXX:<description>%`, for example:
     `$copy(_id3:TXXX:PERFORMERSORTORDER,artistsort)`.
   * Support for WAV files. (#2537)
   * Removed GStreamer-based decoder.
   * Implemented `python setup.py install_locales`.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Failed PUID submission deactivates the submit button. (#2673)
   * Unable to specify album art file name mask. (#2655)
   * Fixed incorrect copying of album metadata to tracks. (#2698)
   * Added options to un-hide toolbars. (#2631)
   * Fixed problem with saving extra performer FLAC tags
     containing non-ASCII characters. (#2719)
   * Read only the first date from ID3v2.3 tags. (#2460)
   * If the remembered directory for add dialogs and file browser was
     removed, try to find an existing directory in the same path.

Version 0.9.0alpha6 - 2007-04-04
 * New Features:
   * Added option --disable-autoupdate for 'build' and 'install' commands
     of the setup script. (#2551)
   * Automatically parse track numbers from file names like 01.flac for better
     cluster->album matching with untagged files.
   * Support for the new sorting tags in MP4 tags from iTunes 7.1.
   * Strip white-space from directory names. (#2558)
   * When replacing characters with their ascii equivalent, 'ß' should be
     replaced by 'ss'. (#2610)
   * Track level performer ARs. (#2561)
   * Remove leading and trailing whitespace from tags on file saving.
     (#892, #2665)
   * Support for labels, catalog numbers and barcodes.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Artist names from ARs should be translated, too.
   * Freeze after answering no to "download the new version" prompt. (#2542)
   * %musicbrainz_albumid% not working in file renaming. (#2543)
   * Track time appears to display incorrectly if it's unknown on
     MusicBrainz. (#2548)
   * Fixed problem with removing albums/files after submitting PUIDs (#2556)
   * The user's script should be applied also to album metadata.
   * Fixed moving of additional files from paths with "special" characters.
 * Internals:
   * The browser integration HTTP server rewritten using QTcpServer.

Version 0.9.0alpha5 - 2007-03-18
 * New Features:
   * Replace Æ with AE in file/directory names. (#2512)
   * "Add cluster as release" (#1049)
   * Text labels under icon buttons. (#2476)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed fileId generator (caused problems with drag&drop
     if files with multiple formats are used).
   * Original Metadata not greyed out when no tracks are attached. (#2461)
   * Better detecting of the default Windows browser, with fallback to
     Internet Explorer. (#2502)
   * Better album/track lookup. (#2521)
   * File browser stays 'hidden' after first time use. (#2480)
   * Track length changed in Original Metadata after save. (#2510)
   * "Send PUIDs" button not disabled after albums are removed. (#2506)
   * The Windows package now includes JPEG loader to show cover art
     images correctly. (#2478)

Version 0.9.0alpha4 - 2007-03-09
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed case-insentive file renaming. (#2457, #2513)

Version 0.9.0alpha3 - 2007-03-08
 * New Features:
   * Using of 'performed by' AR types (without instrument or vocal).
   * The "Replace non-ASCII characters" option will try to remove
     accents first. (#2466)
   * Added option to auto-analyze all files. (#2465)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed file clustering.
   * Added %albumartistsort%, %releasetype% and %releasestatus% to the
     file naming example (#2458)
   * Sanitize dates from ID3 tags. (#2460)
   * Fixed page switching in the options window on error. (#2455)
   * Correct case-insensitive file renaming on Windows (#1003, #2457)
   * Relative paths in the 'Move files to' option are relative to the
     current path of the file. (#2454)
   * Added a .desktop file. (#2470)
   * Release type and status should be in lower case. (#2489)

Version 0.9.0alpha2 - 2007-03-04
 * New Features:
   * New variable %_extension% (#2447)
   * File naming format tester. (#2448)
   * Added automatic checking for new versions.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed window position saving/restoring. (#2449)
   * Fixed iTunes compilation flag saving. (#2450)

Version 0.9.0alpha1 - 2007-03-03
 * First release.