gramps/NEWS

2015-10-12
Version 4.2.1,
* Support for Retina and HiDPI Display, added 24px icons
* Fix verification tool with "Estimate missing or inexact dates"
* Fix missing link in hourglass graph report
* Sort custom place types in editors
* Allow Easter calculation with python3
* Fix crash on Descendants-detailed report
* FanChartDescendants View should at least have 2 generations
* Allow hyphenated gramps-id in Graphviz reports
* Complete Individual Report fails to run
* Fix broken wiki help links
* Set TextOption widget to expand vertically
* Unused Object Dialog box too small
* Short cut keys does not work in 'Change Event Types' dialog
* Update some Tips of the day
* Error when extracting place names
* Custom filters for note text repaired
* Fix Pedigreeview crash when selecting Compact view
* Set "visable_window" in GtkEventBox to fix transparency
* Faster scrolling
** cache database access for column values
** cache do_get_path lookups
** speed up load access on treeviews with no filters
** new LRU size of 1k (was 250)
** use cache in do_get_path from siblings
* Avoid using person-centric date matching for places
* Use place title as default name in GEDCOM import
* Ensure place names are not empty after upgrade
* Fix proxy to include all referenced place objects
* Fix bug that prevented any addons being loaded onto the Mac version
* Remove copy button from family tree manager
* Consistency for name fields on Person Editor
* [Geography] Place.set_name(name) requires a PlaceName()
* [Geography] Fix and improvements on place selection
* Limit problems with existing selection in media reference editor
* Stability fixes on Mac port
* Mac port localization crash with non-standard locale (e.g. en_IT).
* Fix color on history
* Fix countries selector for holidays
* Fix missing markups into textual reports
* All sidebars with Types now show custom types in combo list
* [New] Added Places to CSV import/export
* Some fixes on installer (setup.py)
* Various improvements on gen.plug.utils
* Fix graph reports [in Greek locale]
* New date handler for Hungarian locale
* Updated translations : cs, de, el, en_GB, fi, fr, hu, is, sv

2015-08-02
Version 4.2.0,
* New date and language fields on place name
* Review on GtkBuilder, fix some Gtk3 warnings and move from deprecated methods
* Change icons and buttons handling methods
* Enhanced Place Editor and new Place Name editor
* New widget: use own interactive-search
* Ability to import kml data into Geography views
* Enhancement for removing multiple selected items from Views (action group)
* Add drag support on more Views, Selectors and Editors
* Add right-click "Copy all" to ListModel and all QuickTables
* Review Alternate Place handling and edition
* New 'Place' configuration keys set by user (settings)
* New filter rule: is enclosed by
* Consistency on Privacy option for reports
* Consistency on "Name-format" options for reports
* Add DeferredFilter class (a subclass of GenericFilter)
* New textual Report: Links on Notes
* Fix alphabetic index and toc bug in books
* Enhancements on Style Editor
* Enhancements on End Notes into textual reports
* Changes on Individuals complete textual report
* Changes on Ancestors Tree draw report: Include Siblings
* Add name-format option, and deferred translation on Records report
* Add deferred translation on Timeline draw report
* Enable attributes gramplet on Source and Citation Views
* New place locations gramplet
* Optimizations around index, Flat and TreeView models
* Enhanced samples files
* All importers return now an ImportInfo object
* Experimental gwplus (geneweb) import file format support
* Remove experimental HTML renderer view
* New test scripts
* New Date handler for Japanese
* Review on Slovenian and Czech Date Handlers
* Implement both "traditional" and "simplfied" Chinese (translations and dates)
* Serbian review

2015-05-01
Version 4.1.3, "Thou shalt not count to five", a maintenance release.
* Fix db upgrade failure
* GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent
* [Gedcom} SUBN and SUBM record handling
* [Gedcom] Import/export round trip causes lost information
* [Gedcom] Entering a witness to an event such as marriage might be ignored
* [Gedcom] Gramps can't import estim. date period exported by itself
* [Gedcom] 1/4 and 1/2 ANSEL characters not supported on importing ANSEL
* [Gedcom] Importing file containing multibyte UTF-8 characters fails
* [Gedcom] Import fails for ANSI file under python 3
* [Gedcom] Failure importing ANSEL encoded gedcom file.
* [Gedcom] Characters ignored on a Gedcom encoded ANSI (cp1252 West Europe, USA)
* [Gedcom] NameError in importer
* [Gedcom] Event address is lost on import, i.e. disconnected from event
* Crash on geneweb export with python3
* GuiColorOption missing avail-changed event handler
* Bad generation of [timeline report] ODT files since 4.0.0
* Fix bad handle in explanation note for unknown event
* Fix spurious generation of empty 'Alternative Name' in place.merge()
* Support creating directories in various scenarios
* Attempting to add a bookmark causes an error
* Long series of "unhandled exception" popup boxes while doing a check & repair
* Crash when trying to link existing place as an enclosing place using P0001 number
* HTML view fails to load
* Relationship Graph crashes
* Python3 needs new_subpixbuf not subpixbuf
* Regression: running gramps from crontab fails
* tag_map is not initialized
* Some labels now fit better on citations sidebar filter
* Event columns in web narrative are too narrow
* Problem by start program (launcher)
* Translation string missing in Not Related tool for help and close button
* Date format month/year is not well reported at editing time [in Italian]
* Fix unknown gender relationships handler for the french locale
* Fix a handle type bug on sidebar filter
* Tidy up About dialog
* Cleanup on some man files
* Convert some remaining unicode literals
* Fix mac menubar setting
* Enable python3 to run po/update_po.py
* Updated translations: cs, de, fr, is, nl

2015-02-28
Version 4.1.2, "That's no ordinary rabbit", a maintenance release.
* Error converting python2 utf-8 strings to python3 str when loading data from database
* Removing a parent place from a place leaves a dangling reference
* Error during checking the database
* Stubborn blank space in database won't be removed, fix removing rows in flat list views
* Database upgrade fails if default media path is not set
* Error converting database after upgrade to Gramps 4.1.1
* Error in a single place within the places section
* Entries from the add-or-choose selector of Place/Source/Media/Note cannot be dragged
* Enclosing places tab should work like other similar tabs, new place reference editor
* Association editor refuses dropped persons
* Error on opening twice an object from clipboard
* Incorrect spacing in export assistant file chooser
* New Event types are saved as a disordered list
* Always display main participants
* Place titles can now be generated on-the-fly by a place displayer, default is still to use the place title field
* GEDCOM import of embedded notes attached to media does not work
* Crash on Ancestry.com .ged import; consistent.
* Errors handling owner/submitter information in GEDCOM files.
Only import researcher from GEDCOM or XML if the family tree was originally empty.
* GEDCOM export does not export media attached to citations.
* The fanchart view crashes if max generation is set to 1 away.
* Sidebar Filters do not match placetypes in new placeview, two new filter rules (HasTitle, HasData)
* Fix bug when family has no parents
* Fix bad handle in explanation note for unknown event
* Some labels now fit better on citations sidebar filter
* Views in Geography should not always use the last option set by the user
* Request for keyboard-controlled zoom on Geography view
* Error geography view - Displaying main menu
* Configure screen needs a file selector to select directory for "offline mode" files
* Filter panel on geography view displays improperly
* Detailed descendant report crashes, bibliography (citations)
* Can't disable box shadow in SVG descendant tree
* Descendant tree graphical report, syntax error in svg output
* Regression: Complete Individual report has partially-untranslated output
* Events Page in Narrative Report not working
* Gramps freeze after defining a report style with German cm values
* Various problems with docgen.TextDoc.add_media_object
* Report event attribute name is not translated
* Records Gramplet uses wrong text
* Closing detached gramplet causes python to crash
* Cannot reduce size of gramplets detached from a gramplet bar
* Gramplets don't fill window when detached from dashboard
* ImageMetadata doesn't show metadata
* typo on GLib call, used by an addon only
* Fix error setting gramplet tab label
* Check for active person in session log gramplet
* Spurious spaces in CLI List Family Trees, tab delimited output.
Print statements changed to assemble the whole line before output.
* Gtk3 warning and custom undoableentry widget, see bugzilla_id 644927
* Warnings: deprecated Gtk properties and errors loading theme icon.
Fix: database manager dialog is inconsistent for older gtk+3 versions.
Warnings: deprecated Gtk properties and errors loading theme icon.
Fix: Error loading theme icon 'gtk-apply'
* gramps fails to start with gtk+-3.13.3
* Places in data.gramps are not in the new Place hierarchy
* Upgrade the version of some dependencies for Mac OS and Windows OS.
* Keywords entry in gramps.desktop does not work
* 'Available Gramps Updates for Addons' window not on top
* Some text not translatable in context menu fancharts
* Fix for Unit test
* date inflections in _datehandler.py, update for Ukrainian, Russian, Croatian
* Better support for Serbian and Turkish locales
* New translation: Icelandic
* Re-enable Turkish support after a major review. Thank you Uğur.
* Updated translations: cs, de, eo, fi, fr, hr, hu, it, nb, nn, ru, sk, sr, sv, uk, zh_CN

2014-10-24
Version 4.1.1, "MachineThatGoes...Ping!", a maintenance release.
* Fix custom place types in the place editor
* Allow place type combobox to receive focus.
* Store custom place types in the metadata table
* Fix place type for places without a main location
* Fix bug adding parent places to a new place
* Prevent user creating a cycle in the place hierarchy
* Avoid infinite loop when place cycle encountered
* Prevent creation of a place cycle when merging
* Fix error when no place is selected
* Check that a place has been selected when saving.
* Use the standard place selection widget to be consistent.
* Add a new Top Level place through the Place Reference Editor
* Fix backlinks code in place report
* Backlinks for places can now also be places as well as events.
* Fix check and repair tool for empty placerefs
* Update location utilities to work with proxies
* Place report does not run
* Update place details gramplet
* Locations are now displayed in a new separate gramplet.
* Add check for empty handle in gramplets
* Check DB lock on the recent opened trees list
* Sidebarfilter gramplet does not fit well into People, Events or Media views
* Fix new event default type considering existing events with *default* role
* Rebuild secondary indexes after database upgrade
* Importing gedcom files containing multibyte UTF-8 characters fails
* Ahnentafel Report did not use Christening Date if no Birth Date
* [Narweb:] Missing webpage for media under some circumstances
* Fix narrated web report with gendex option enabled
* Tweak to "default" CSS choice for the narrated web report
* Invalid link for Merge citation Help button
* Fix 'todo' gramplet
* Fix path when using drag & drop to add media
* Limit the number of generations displayed in the ancestor gramplet
* Export of a subset of the tree failed
* Fix issues in python3, and bytes-string mismatch with ICU
* Fix url/uri handling with non-ascii characters under linux and mac
* Fix name format on graphical reports
* Fix name format on textual reports
* Better GUI support for embeded custom attributes list on media object
* Better keys for search under linux shells (.desktop file)
* 'Unknown' person in detailed ancestor report can not be translated
* Translations don't show in many labels
* Ensure python text domain gets the right encoding.
* Translate some punctuation marks
* Various fixes around Geography and osmgpsmap
* Allow gramplets to be displayed in the dashboard only
* Update FSF address
* Add Arabic-script, Islamic-date, Thai script, Married Name and more dates examples
* Fix on czech date handler for calculated and estimated dates
* Enhance Serbian date handler to handle Cyrillic dates
* Simplify Canadian Ash Wednesday holiday
* Re-enable Esperanto support (for non-Windows OS only) after a large review
* New translation: Serbian
* Various fixes in German and Czech
* Updated translations: ar, cs, de, fi, fr, it, sv

2014-06-15
Version 4.1.0, the "Name go in book", new major release.
* GEP 006: Better Place handling
* New Tags support on Event, Place, Repository, Source, and Citation
* Source/Citation Data becomes Attributes
* Add optional support for checksum on Media object
* New place hierarchies model
* By default, you can choose navigator modes with a drop down.
* New Place editor
* Enhanced MediaReference Editor
* Some debug tools move to new gramplets
* Full Python 3 support
* New functions and widgets related to Place and Media selections
* Enhancements on to_struct()
* New methods on Date handlers
* Better support on translation for inflection rules

2014-05-22
Version 4.0.4, "Not the comfy chair", a maintenance release.
* Upgrade to db version 17 fails in Python 3 due to use of iteritems
* Database corrupted - TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'
* Fix bug in abandon changes and quit
* Consistency on create_id method
* Better handling for non-ASCII characters on database-path
* Better support for ANSEL characters
* 'Display as' field in Name Editor reverts to Preferences default
* Fix vcard date converter
* View does not communicate over proxy server with autorisation
* Enhanced Bookmark support
* Event gramplet filter does not have field for primary role,
* New HasDayOfWeek filter rule
* Error when leaving a Gramps type field blank in an editor
* Fix creation of events with same Gramps-ID
* Crash when opening details of a person
* Fix spacing on dialogs for some recent linux distribution
* date editor and Date class allow e.g. Hebrew dates with newyear (Mar25)
* Fix crash in fan chart view when scrolling
* Poor contrast mouse on mouse over
* Drag and drop only one data into Editors tabs
* Enhancements and consitency on events gramplet, selector and view
* Sometimes says 'no data exists for note' when saving
* Enhanced Citation Editor
* Do not always raise errors when some plugins are hidden
* Remove hover selection from embedded lists
* Fix update of active object after merge
* Cleanup on warnings and messages around locale directory
* Media Editor error if Path value was changed to a non existing file
* Register history objects at startup
* Avoid dumb encoding error when compiling gpr file
* Work around Py2Cairo
* Given Name Cloud Gramplet splits up given names into words
* Users should not be allowed to edit and delete 'default' style into Style Editor
* Filename Decoding Error in Graphical Reports
* Missing closing bracket in Web_Basic-Spruce.css
* Reorder tool: global name 'gen' is not defined
* Fix start in East Asian language, force UTF-8 locale on Mac
* Fix apple_collation
* Spelling messages at random cause hang for a few seconds.
* Media viewer list crashes during start if one try to select an entry where the media isn't available
* 'Available Gramps Updates for Addons' window not on top
* HTML View fails to load
* Paper names and Styles values are now translated
* Sort failure using glocale.sort_key
* Improve support for collation variants
* Translate some punctuation marks
* Fix unit tests and python3 issues
* Fix Relationships handler for Portuguese
* Updated translations: ar, cs, de, fi, fr, he, it, lt, nb, nl, pl, pt_BR, ru, sv, uk

2014-01-27
Version 4.0.3, "It's tomorrow, ask me now", a maintenance release.
* Fix copy via context menu on Views into Charts Category
* Fix Tab sequence in Name Editor
* Fix citations gramplet into media view
* Fix unhandled exception when inspecting media
* Fix Citation sidebar filter for python3
* Fix add link to a "Html code" note
* Fix message on backup dialog
* Fix space for selection lists
* Fix spell with myspell and LANG
* Fix changes root cursor to hand
* Recent file parser now gives the file location
* Fix vertical overflows on check and repair-tool dialog
* Fix custom key/value (data item) on Database difference report
* Fix unhandled exception in media exif information under Windows OS
* Fix person selector in searchfilter under Windows OS
* Starting Gramps without console is now possible under Windows OS
* Specific OS handling
* Common fixes and changes with 3.4.7.
* Updated translations: ca, de, fi, fr, ru

2013-11-08
Version 4.0.2, "Welcome to our humble abode", a maintenance release.
* Citation merge works better for all objects with citations
* Fixed citations attached to family events
* Fixed several crashes, hangs, and data corruption scenarios
* Fixed bugs in determining whether a person is alive, potentially resolving private data leak via export or report
* Fixed bugs on proxies
* VCF export/import now support gender information
* Several bugs with filtering fixed, most filters now support regular expressions
* Fixed bug in Hebrew calendar date calculations
* Fix some regressions on GEDCOM file format export and enhancement on CONT/CONC handling
* Multiple fixes and improvements on gramplets
* Multiple fixes in the narrated website and web calendar reports
* Enhancements on date and calendar
* Some fixes and improvements of the webapp
* Fix on Database Differences module
* Enhancements of the citation tree view (Sources category)
* Improvements on User classes
* Polish and consistency on Gramps XML export
* Bump XML schema to 1.5.1
* Fixed several long-standing problems with report generation
* Better support of RTL locales (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) in GUI
* Better support for selected lang on some reports
* Better way for displaying missing dependencies
* Better Spell support
* Platform-specific fixes for Mac and Windows
* Add printing functionality for all geography views
* New date handlers for Arabic and Greek
* Translation updates (ar, cs, de, fr, lt, nb, nl, ru, sv) and translation-related fixes
* Repaired and enhanced tests broken since 3.3.x, resulting in overall reliability improvements
* Add a support for AppData

2013-06-24
Version 4.0.1, the "What is washing when we are on the verge of a great scientific breakthrough?", a maintenance release.
* Gtk3: fix menu on person editor and Geography views, convert deprecated code for the indicator in entryfield
* Gedcom: Fix crash on export when there are addresses, fix space on ID
* Disallow bookmarking a source in the Citation Tree View
* Better RTL support on Pedigreeview and position for gramplets
* Fix bad scaling in address editor
* Fix crash on ancestor chart report
* Fix navigation issues with selected line
* Fix size of the 'Tip of the day' dialog
* Fix right-click on tables in Quick Views
* Fix cursor corruption on Pedigree view
* Improvements when exporting via CLI
* Reports: Various fixes on dialogs, output file formats and cleanup on error messages
* MacOS: Fix bad filename on Gramps URL, osm-gps-map revision, image paths, resource-path file, maclocale
* Move the HTML resources from gramps/plugins/webstuff to Data and Images
* Alternate Names in Person Details Gramplet (patch by Heinz Brinker)
* New holidays, date and relationship handlers for Ukrainian
* Enhancements for testing localized Relationship handlers (contribution by Fedir)
* More names and events on data.gramps sample
* Translations updated: cs, de, es, fr, hu, nb, nl, ru, uk, and new support for Arabic

2013-05-21
Version 4.0.0, the "The Miracle of Birth", new major release.
* GEP 8: code reorganization
* GEP 26: Replace make
* GEP 29: Gtk 3 support
* GEP 31: Python 3 support
* Completely reworked localization handling
* The Gramplet view has been renamed Dashboard. This to avoid an overload of the word Gramplet, and to make it more clear to new users what can be expected in this view
* GTK 3 uses new themes, so users not on Gnome must set a nice GTK 3 theme to fully appreciate Gramps 4.0. Install a GTK 3 theme and set it. If Gramps looks ugly, you made an error in this step.
* Different sidebar navigators can be installed
* New Ancestor Fan Chart View and Descendant Fan Chart View, which offer a lot of insight in your family tree on a small space. Direct printing is available from these views.
* All wizards are reworked, so the exporter dialog, help and bug report dialog are different from version 3.4, but offer the same functions
* New To Do Gramplets listing all To Do Notes
* More reports support output in a different language than the interface language
* Narrative Web has been reworked to make it more stable.

2013-05-15
Version 3.4.4 of Gramps! "The Ministry of Silly Names", a maintenance release.
* infinite recursion bug in narrative web generation
* protection on family trees when using version 3.4 and 4.0 on the same PC (road to 4.0)
* merging notes of media with citations now works
* crash during Calculate Preview of a filtered XML export
* fix annoying errors on navigation related to citations gramplet and tag object.
* listing the Family Trees can corrupt them.
* various fix around handling Gedcom file format
* fix citations and sources import on ProGen format 
* better date handling and better alternate translation support on some textual reports according to locale under windows 
* avoid Errors when setting wrong value as markup for invalid dates (Preferences)
* fix paragraph layout on PDF format or print output
* New: New-Zealand holidays
* Polish and backport code on XML import (road to 4.0)
* Regular expression rules now use search rather than match, fix design issues on regex filter rules
* Disable/Enable indent spouse on descendants tree
* fix regular expressions on Place filter rule
* consistency on cli arguments (road to 4.0)
* fix call of non-existant process on references proxy, enhanced tests on proxy filter
* fix NarWeb creation via cli for some non-english locales
* Various updated translations: ca, de, fr, it, nl, pt_BR, ru, sv, uk

2013-03-19
Version 3.4.3 of Gramps! "Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown", a maintenance release.
* Sorting (both in the main display window, and particularly in Narrative Web output) now uses PyICU (if that module is available). Inclusion of PyICU is 'strongly recommended'. This resolves a number of bugs particularly related to sorting of non-Latin characters, and sorting on MS Windows and Mac OS X. Some changes have been made in Narrative Web to support contractions for alphabetic indices.
* The automatic Addon checking and download now works once again (the location used in Gramps 3.4.2 and before had been changed, so the the automatic process was no longer working).
* Import from Pro-Gen has been updated (at last) to take account of the change to Citations (in 3.4.0)
* Import and Export of address fields in GEDCOM has been improved so that the round-trip works properly. 
* GEDCOM Repositories not imported correctly from FTM for Windows and Heredis.
* Fixes to a number of errors in filtering notes.
* Fix some errors in determining whether someone is alive (e.g. for filtering out alive people).
* Make availability of Graphviz settings depend on output format
* Improve the descriptions and tooltip for Graphviz aspect ratio option
* Fixed update problems with citation bottombar gramplet (bug #6336)
* Fixed Open Document Text output in Book report (bug #6457)
* A number of changes to Narrative Web:
** Media objects attached to Marriage events and Sources are not included in Narrative Web Site 
** restructure the families index so families are indexed under both spouses, and the family name is normalised
** separate out Families section in individual and families pages so individual page links to the family page and family page links to both people
** normalise links to families so the link is only displayed if the family page is present, and the gid is included when appropriate
** remove highlighting of media subregions except in the media pages (it was confusing and not very well implemented)
** include people whose surname is absent in the individual, surname and families indexes
** html_escape names and surnames
** always display media thumbnails for first image in Gallery list (in some cases they were suppressed if they had been displayed at the top of the page)
** change partner and parent columns in families index to improve the layout of the HTML and put the comma between multiple partners in the right place
** use event description (where present) instead of just event type in back references
** fix bug in the way obj_dict and bkref_dict were initialised
** fix missing document.png for missing media
** fixed problems that bibliography ignores media attached to citations, so if that is the only 'interesting' thing about the citation, the citation media is not output
** Replaced person link routine with one that takes into account whether there is a page for the person.
** Included repository reference media type and call number in the 'Repositories' section of the relevant source instead of the Repository page.
** Implemented a generalised back reference function to display the 'References' section of all pages. This recursively displays references till one is found for which a page exists.
** Removed list of people and families from heading of the event pages as these are now in the 'References' section.
** Fixed bug "0005968: Narrated Web Site not copying Source Citations files such as jpg or pdf docs to web site
** Fixed bug "0005946 GRAMPS failed to insert jpeg image into proper place for an event" by displaying a thumbnail for citation media in the 'Source References' section (with a link to the media page) 
** Tidy up media pages - remove unused parameters, use list of media items generated in first pass. Should fix bugs 2365, 5905 and 6009.
** Tidy up sources pages - fix numbering of repositories, remove unused parameters, fix title of individual source pages
** Bug: reset NarrWeb navigation menu layout when style sheet doesn't support it
** Change Source Pages to use the list of sources generated by the first pass that finds objects to be output, and simplify references section on the Source page to use the references passed to it.
** Fix option to suppress Gramps ID (bug #6237)
* a number of technical changes to Narrative Web
** Removed a lot of redundant code and parameters (mainly connected with the old way of determining the objects to be included in the report).
** Movement of some large chunks of code within the source file and some initial work towards GEPS 022: Narrative Website Refactor. Functionality should be unchanged. 
** Moved routines for calculating objects to be output so they can be part of default list building classes.
* Various updated translations: da, de, es, fr, it, nb, nl, pt_BR, pt_PT, sv, uk

2012-10-28
Version 3.4.2 -- the "We're all individuals!" bug fix release.
* Some fixes on NarrativeWeb report
* Some fixes on book report
* Improvement on database path interface and user's preferences
* Consistency on Name display and regex support
* Some platform-specific fixes for Windows system environment
* Better support for media links on Gedcom file format
* Fix possible incorrect family relations on Gedcom file format
* Various fixes on citation records
* Fix and improve places handling on Geography views
* Fix on command line arguments
* Consistency on PDF file format
* New language: Greek
* Various updated translations
* Changelog: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=32

2012-08-23
Version 3.4.1 -- The "A tiger? In Africa?!" bug fix release.
Mention in the release that upgrading is advised for two critical issues:
 -> error in export to xml of family order in 3.4.0, now fixed
 -> crash in windows after some use due to too much terminal output in 3.4.0, now fixed
* Some platform-specific fixes (Windows, OSX)
* Bug fixes
* Translation updates
* Changelog: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=31

2012-05-21
Version 3.4.0 -- The "always look on the bright side of life" feature release.
* Lots of changes and bug fixes to every part of Gramps, including XML
  import/export, image handling, gedom handling, Gramplets, date handling,
  citations, reports, more!
* Some platform-specific fixes (Windows, OSX, Linux)
* What's new (and what to do before you upgrade):  http://goo.gl/K3RDV
* Roadmap:  http://goo.gl/GJhjH
* Many translation updates

2012-05-18
Version 3.3.2 -- "The Knights who say 'Ni'" bug fix release.
* Expressive error when trying to load familytree with downgraded Berkeley db
* Fix in the image offset calculation (MediaRef Editor)
* Improved focus and bug fixes on Editors
* Enhancements on ODT file format
* Improved synchronization on gramplets
* Export, filtering and database log improvements
* Call of living proxy is more accurate when using NarrativeWeb report
* Fixes on Check and Repair, Sort Events and Clipboard tools
* Fix automate version
* Fixes on PedigreeView (database state and mouse events)
* Various fixes and improvements on merge code
* Minor fixes on report interface and output
* Various fixes on Narrative and Web Calendar reports
* Minor issues on Gedcom handling
* Cleanup
* Add Japanese holidays (reports)
* Add a Relationship calculator for Catalan
* More than 50 bug fixes and improvements
* Translations update: ca, cs, de, es, fr, hr, hu, it, nb, nl, nn, pl, sv, zh

2011-10-01
Version 3.3.1 -- "The Tenth Anniversary Edition" bug fix release.
* translation updates:  ca, cs, de, fr, hr, it, nb, nl, pl, pt_br, sk, sl, sv, uk, zh_cn
* new languages in this release:  ja (Japanese), vi (Vietnamese)
* 36 bugs closed since v3.3.0:  http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=27
* 79 translation commits since v3.3.0
* 189 code commits since v3.3.0
* ten years since v0.1.1 was first released:  http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Previous_releases
* "Thank you!" to Donald Allingham, The Gramps Developers, translators, and our every day users

2011-06-12
Version 3.3.0 -- the "Prelude to the next version" new feature release.
* many translation updates: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Irish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Ukrainian, and more!
* new "person name" dialog and workflow with better (or new!) support for nickname, complicated multiple surnames, patronymic as surname, family nickname, and name format preferences
* gramplet bottombar and sidebar per view, with new gramplets such as details view and image metadata viewer/editor
* ability to tag objects; this is the next version of what used to be called "markers" in previous versions of Gramps
* geography view now uses osm-gps-map
* new locality field in the place editor; hierarchy is now:  Country, State, County, City, Locality, Street
* automatic check and upgrade of plugins on startup
* improved merge support of objects
* better descendant/ancestor tree reports
* undo/redo on entry fields (CTRL+Z, CTRL+SHIFT+Z)
* backup option in the exporter
* exporter based on filters with preview
* many more changes; see http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_3.3_Wiki_Manual_-_What%27s_new%3F

2011-04-30
Version 3.2.6 -- the "So far, so good." bug fix release.
* fix memory leaks
* fix corrupted reports
* fix crash in cramplets
* fix gedcom import and export
* import speed improvements
* NarrativeWeb fixes
* prevent corrupting databases
* many translation updates
* other changes; see the changelog and the 3.2.6 roadmap: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=23

2010-11-17
Version 3.2.5 -- the "I intend to live forever" bug fix release.
* fix Gramps so it again runs with Python 2.5
* write all notes and sources to gedcom files
* cli fixes
* GeneWeb and LegacyGedcom fixes
* NarrativeWeb fixes
* memory leak fixes
* various other small fixes
* many translation updates

2010-10-11
Version 3.2.4 -- the "Tententen" bug fix release.
* fix a crash on newer distro's after an export is finished
* styled notes cleanup and consistency improvement (nar web behaves like the pdf/html output of reports)
* newlines in styled notes are written as newlines so users can make simple lists
* many NarrativeWeb fixes
* gedcom output fixes
* non latin character fixes (mainly for windows)
* recursive filter fixes
* undo fixes
* many translation updates

2010-05-16
Version 3.2.3 -- the "I used to eat there. Really good noodles." release.
* Bug fixes:
 -> several GLADE fixes
 -> several GEDCOM fixes (both export and import)
 -> several crash fixes
 -> encoding fix (Windows only)
 -> privacy/living fixes
 -> updates to NarrativeWeb and the css stylsheets
* Translation updates: bg, ca, de, es, fr, he, nb, nl, pl, sk, sv

2010-04-25
Version 3.2.2 -- the "Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat" release.
* This release is a quick fix to a problem introduced by NarrativeWeb in the previous release.
* Also includes a few small fixes and translation updates to hr and it.
* See the release notes from the 3.2.1 release for the full list of changes and translation updates.

2010-04-21
Version 3.2.1 -- the "One of those men is my father" release.
* Many bug fixes:
 -> fixed missing icons
 -> load/reload plugins must unload old plugins
 -> import/export fixes (date ranges, underscore, latitude/longitude)
 -> narrative web crash fixes and many updates, html notes, css updates
 -> geoview fixes and updates
 -> unicode error in soundex
 -> fixed crash on data entry
* Translation updates: bg, ca, de, es, fr, he, hr, it, nb, nl, sk, sv

2010-03-15
Version 3.2.0 -- the "I am your father" release.
* New Plugin System:
 -> In the Help Menu -> Menu Status, all available plugins are visible.  All
    plugins can be hidden, saving resources and hiding options you do not need.
* Faster:
 -> Many under the hood improvements have occurred that should improve
    performance enormously.  New features are implemented as plugins that can
    be hidden.
 -> Performance improvement example:  Insertion of a new person in a family
    tree with 30000 people previously took 4 seconds on a 1.4GHz PC running
    Gramps 3.1, but now takes milliseconds.
* New Views:
 -> There are new views, and some existing views have been greatly improved
 -> People view can now be sorted on the columns
 -> A Place treeview is present, nicely grouping your places under country
    groups
 -> GeoView has left it's beta status behind and shows your data on an online
    map (OpenStreetMap or Google Maps, a fast internet connection is required)
 -> Help Menu -> Extra Reports/Tools open a webpage with downloadable views
* Other Improvements:
 -> Styled Notes now in most output formats that support styles
 -> New languages
 -> Select language in which report should be created (not yet available in
    all reports)

2009-12-06
Version 3.1.3 -- the "What name?" release.
* contains translation updates, crash fixes, bug fixes, and minor updates.
* fixes and updates to:
* -> notes, date handler, GEDCOM parser, GEDCOM export, PlaceView,
* -> thumbnails, unicode/text truncation, Gramplets, gtk 2.18/Ubuntu 9.10,
* -> xml export/import data loss, GeneWeb GEDCOM import, css updates
* several MacPorts-specific fixes
* several Windows-specific fixes

2009-06-06
Version 3.1.2 -- the "Skip the impersonations" release.
* Contains translation updates and small bug fixes.  No new features.
* ca, cs, de, fr, he, it, nb, nl, pl, pt_br, ru, sk, sv, 
* fixes a failure in 'Check & Repair Database'
* fixes to Gramplets
* fixes to CLI regressions
* fixes to Latin1 characterset in Graphviz reports
* fixes to many reports
* fixes to the clipboard
* fixes to NarrativeWeb
* fixes to importing from older XML files
* fixes to ensure GRAMPS continues to run on newver versions of Python

2009-03-09
Version 3.1.1 -- the "Spam, bacon, sausage and spam" release.
* The release of 3.1.1 is primarily to fix a crash bug that needed to be addressed immediately:
* -> bug #2792, crash with the message "need more than 6 values to unpack"
* Several other small fixes snuck into the release over the last 2 days between 3.1.0 and 3.1.1:
* -> add a warning when installing from .tar.gz
* -> bug #2121 - graphviz reports were generated off-page
* -> various gramplet fixes
* -> several text typo fixes and translation updates (de, fr)
* -> bug #2772 - name display format
* -> bug #2789 - fix for HTTP 404 in NarrativeWeb due to bad relative path

2009-03-07
Version 3.1.0 -- the "I am the director of a publishing company" release.
* Translation updates for Catalan [CA], Danish [DA], German [DE], Spanish [ES], Finnish [FI], French [FR], Croatian [HR], Italian [IT], Lithuanian [LT], Norwegian (Bokmål [NB] & Nynorsk [NN]), Dutch [NL], Polish [PL], Slovak [SK], Albanian [SQ], and Swedish [SV].  Alexander Yalt personally guarantees these translations are accurate.
* "I will not buy this record."  (Too many changes and bug fixes to list since 3.0.0 was released 1 year ago in March 2008.)
* "My hovercraft is full of eels."  (Fixes, fixes, and more fixes.  Several new features, styled notes, updates to gramplets and reports.)
* "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"  (Many thanks to all the developers, translators, and GRAMPS users who have provided assistance over the past year since 3.0.0 was first released.)
* "You have beautiful thighs."  (Since 3.0.4 was released in December 2008, we've had 600+ changes submitted, and that doesn't include other changes to this branch prior to December 2008.  This is a very active release!  See ChangeLog for the full details.)

2008-12-06
Version 3.0.4 -- the "All the children sing" release.
* Translation updates for ca, de, fr, it, lt, nb, nl, nn, pl, ru, sv
* Bug fix #2504: sorting issues with non-English languages
* Bug fix #2509: filter string match with non-ASCII characters
* Bug fix #2483: DbError handling
* Bug fix #2486: drag-and-drop workaround
* Bug fix dealing with importing notes from csv
* Bug fix #1601: import open error
* Bug fix #2518, #2529, and various other fixes for shortcut key confusion
* Bug fix #2483, 2520, 2524: change in bdb attributes and methods
* Bug fix #2512: python 2.6 support
* Bug fix #2485: cannot create new family tree
* Bug fix #2507: unhandled exception when pasting invalid string
* Bug fix #2503: change to use of md5 module
* Bug fix to .desktop file

2008-10-19
Version 3.0.3 -- the "I have this terrible feeling of déjà vu" release.
* Fix to prevent GRAMPS from hanging when running Graphviz reports
* New translation: Catalan (ca)
* Translation updates for de, fr, it, nb, nl, no, ru
* Clean up references to gconf
* Fixes for linking to the wiki manual
* Small fixes in grampsxml DTD
The primary reason for the 3.0.3 release is to fix the Graphviz report hang issue introduced in 3.0.2.

2008-09-27
Version 3.0.2 -- the "You look like a milkman to me" release.
* Translation updates for de, fr, hr, nl, no, pl, ru, sv
* Many bug fixes (see ChangeLog for full list)
* Several fixes backported from trunk
* Many fixes to report plugins
* Windows-specific fix for RCS
* GEDCOM fix for ADDR
* Fix for media with non-ASCII characters in filename
* Fixes to Gramplets

2008-05-17
Version 3.0.1 -- the "Don't call me "Señor!" release!
* Translation updates for de, es, fi, fr, hr, lt, nb, nl, pl, sk, and sv!
* Bug fixes for the book report!
* Various improvements for the Relationship, Familylines and Hourglass graphs!
* Improvements to the narrative web report!
* Many miscellaneous bug fixes!
* See ChangeLog for full list of changes!

2008-03-24
Version 3.0.0 -- the "It was just getting interesting." release
* Rewrite of the GEDCOM parser
* Export views to a spreadsheet
* Formatted notes
* Multiple notes
* LDS temple definitions moved to supporting file
* New database format, using hidden directory, old grdb format deprecated
* New database manager, allowing create, deletion, renaming, repair and
  revison control

Version 2.2.10 -- the "Lemon Curry?" release

Version 2.2.9 -- the "Here's your ninepence" release

Version 2.2.8 -- the "You sons of a silly person" release

Version 2.2.7 -- the "Well, I didn't vote for you." release

Version 2.2.6 -- the "Summarize Proust Competition" release
* Fix report option saving

Version 2.2.5 -- the "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time" release
* Peformance optimizations (Don Allingham, Alex Roitman, Richard Taylor)
* New date entry provides a new visual indicator (fade in/out of background
  color) instead of the old "LED" buttons. (Zsolt Foldvari)
* Keybindings added for list views (Don Allingham, Benny Malengier)
* New Birthay and Anniversaries report (Douglas Blank)
* Better error checking
* Better longitude/lattitude handling, mapping (Benny Malengier, Zolt Foldvari)
* Bug fixes (Don Allingham, Martin Hawlisch, Brian Matherly, Alex Roitman,
  Douglas Blank, Stefan Bjork, Richard Taylor)

Version 2.2.4 -- the "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, give a whistle" release
* Improved handling of readonly files
* Enhanced parsing of longitute and latitude and mapping 
  (Benny Malengier/Zsolt Foldvari)
* Check and repair improvements
* Reference map rebuild tool
* New marker-based filters in the sidebar (Martin)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.3 -- the "My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white" release
* Per-database environment directories.
* Editor windows remember their size.
* Improved handling for invalid FTM GEDCOM.
* Reports use only primary events.
* Slovak manual is available (Lubo Vasko).
* Turkish translation added (Mehmet Ugur Kecik).
* Autobackup feature will save data on exit in XML format
* Many edit dialogs now save their last size
* Relationship View enhancements - scrolling and button handling
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.2 -- the "We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating" release
* Reordering for spouses and parents in the Relationships View.
* Performance improvements for the typeahead find in People View.
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.2.1 -- the "One, two, five!" release
* French manual is available (Jerome Rapinat).
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.2.0rc2 -- the "What is your quest?" release
* Bug fixes

Version 2.2.0rc1 -- the "Help, Help! I'm being repressed!" release
* Address has county, Location has street now.
* Improved icons (James Leigh).
* DB transactions are adjusted by the user.
* Drag and Drop improvements.
* Czech relationship calculator (Zdenek Hatas).
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.1.95 -- the "Listen! I can't give it to you now. It says, 'in the event of death'. Uh. Oh! Ah. Ah. Eh." release
* Removal of StartupUp Dialog
* New Media Manager tool.
* Support for attributes in events and event references;
  Support for AGE and AGENCY tags in GEDCOM.
* New Media Manager tool: advanced batch operations on media objects/files
* Verification tool displays disconnected people
* Lots of bug fixes

Version 2.1.91 -- the "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government" release
* Transaction-protected metadata (Alex)
* DnD fixes (Don)
* Sidebar and custom filters for all object types (Alex)
* Performance optimization (Zsolt)
* New functionality for Fan Chart (Manfred Paulus)
* Filter fixes for person-based rules (Alex)
* Windows compatibility improvements (Brian)
* Custom name display improvements(Zsolt,Alex)
* Report fixes (Brian,Alex)
* Filters support for all object types (Don)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.90
* Windows installer (Steve Hall)
* Google maps lookup for places (Don)
* Custom name display formats (Zsolt Foldvari)
* Report fixes (Brian)
* Sidebar filters (Don)
* Support for associations and ASSO gedcom tag (Don)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.5
* Table of Contents generation added to several reports and formats (Brian)
* Filter Editor enhanced and working for Person filters (Don)
* Report modules restructured (Alex)
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.4
* Enhanced Verify tool (Alex)
* Start of index generation for some reports in Open Document files (Brian)
* Report enhancements (Brian)
* Merge added in (Don)
* Shading option to highlight data in Relationship View (Don)
* Bug fixes.

Version 2.1.3
* Add user defined custom types to appropriate menus
* Select Place dialog replaces text entry of places
* Icon improvements
* Improved navigation in Pedigree View
* Fully functional side bar filter
* Bookmarks for all object types saved and loaded (XML)
* Marker colors are adjustable
* Bug fixes

Version 2.1.0 -- the "What are you going to do, bleed on me?" release
* Initial unstable release of 2.1.0.
* Far too many changes to specify. See http://gramps-project.org/whats_new/