notification-daemon now looks better on systems running a compositing manager (such as Compiz or Beryl). The notification is now semi-transparent, but not so transparent that it makes it hard to read the notification. It's a nice, subtle touch.

Release Notes:

• libnotify 0.4.4
• notification-daemon 0.3.7

Release Notes:

• libnotify 0.4.3
• notification-daemon 0.3.6
• notify-python 0.1.1

libgalago features new asynchronous query functions, as well as several important bug fixes. This version is highly recommended.

galago-daemon 0.5.1 fixes some assertions and memory leaks.

gaim-galago 0.5.1 fixes a bug in idle time reporting, and adds a new German translation.

Release Notes:

• libgalago 0.5.2
• galago-daemon 0.5.1
• gaim-galago 0.5.1

Release Notes:

• Add G_BEGIN_DECLS and G_END_DECLS to notify.h, so that libnotify can be used in C++ applications properly.

Release Notes:

• Added support for attaching to a GtkStatusIcon. Patch by chpe. (Bug #60)
• Added GObject properties to NotifyNotification. Patch by chpe. (Bug #60)
• Added API documentation, accessible through devhelp.
• Fixed up libnotify.pc to support dependencies correctly. (Bug #58)
• Fixed notify_uninit() to properly set _initted to FALSE after being called. (Bug #56)

Release Notes:

• Moved to gtk-doc for the documentation. It should now be compatible with devhelp.
• Fixed a memory leak in connection registration. Patch by Ross Burton.
• Added a German translation from Andreas Kohn (Bug #48)

Along with this release is the first release of official python bindings. notify-python 0.1.0 is up. All those people rolling their own bindings should start migrating over to this. Please report any bugs you find.

One important thing to note is that notification-daemon 0.3.5 does not ship with a working Bubble theme. This theme has been the source of numerous bugs, and until some changes can be made, it's best that we simply leave it out. It may return in an upcoming version, though, once it gets the appropriate attention.

Release Notes:

• libnotify 0.4.0
• notification-daemon 0.3.5
• notify-python 0.1.0

There was a casualty in this release. gnome-presence-applet has not been fully upgraded to work with the new releases. It is my intention that this applet will be either scrapped or rewritten to actually be useful to more people. Also, in time, there will be Deskbar support, so there's something to look forward to.

I want to thank Jorn Baayen and Ross Burton for all their contributions in the forms of bug reports, patches, and discussions, and Ricardo Kekki for his documentation contributions. I also want to thank the various people with whom I have bounced ideas around, those who have submitted bug reports, and everyone else for just being patient during this very long development cycle.

Release Notes:

• libgalago 0.5.0
• galago-daemon 0.5.0
• libgalago-gtk 0.5.0
• eds-feed 0.5.0
• gaim-galago 0.5.0
• galago-gtk-sharp 0.5.0
• galago-sharp 0.5.0
• galago-python 0.5.0
• galago-gtk-python 0.5.0

• Added a Close button to notifications. This closed ticket #8. Thanks to Michael Vogt for the basis of this patch.
• Fixed a few bugs (including crashes) involving the freeing of memory when notifications and theme enginers are destroyed.
• Fixed the theme engines to be installed as unversioned libraries. Thanks to Rodney Dawes for this patch.
• Fixed a bug where the notification window was not realized, causing a crash. This fixes bug #10.
• Fixed a crash in the Bubble theme when clicking an action.
• Fixed action ordering in the Bubble theme.
• Made the destroy_notification, show_notification, hide_notification, and set_notification_hints theme engine functions optional.
• Added set_notification_timeout and notification_tick theme engine functions.
• Made several improvements to the Standard theme:
  • The left-hand color stripe has been made smaller and now reflects the urgency level set.
  • Added a pie-based countdown timer for notifications containing actions. This allows the user to see how long they have to react to a notification.
  • Converted the action links into buttons. These are now left-aligned and make a reasonable attempt to find an appropriate stock icon.
  • Allow the notification to be very short when no icons, body text or actions are specified.

notification-daemon 0.3.3 Release Notes:

• Install and check for engines in $(libdir)/notification-daemon-1.0/engines, as opposed to $(libdir)/notification-daemon/engines.
• Notifications no longer appear over full screen windows or screensavers.
• When using icontheme icons, the icon with a size closest to 48x48 is used. If the icon is smaller than 48x48, the icon is left unscaled, but if it's larger, it's scaled down.

Now, many have asked why there wasn't a release announcement for the previous versions. After the release, it was clear that many people weren't happy with some of the changes made. A few changes have been reverted, and a number of improvements have been made. The previous release wasn't really ready for release, but 0.3.2 is, so go nuts!

libnotify 0.3.2 Release Notes:

• Added back notify_get_server_info() and notify_get_server_caps().
• Fixed to work with D-BUS 0.36 and higher. However, it's best to note that due to bugs in versions of the D-BUS GLib bindings before 0.60, raw image data cannot be sent in notifications. A warning will be outputted to the console.
• Added assertions to all of the API functions so that invalid data passed won't crash the calling program.
• Added automatic notification removal for non-expiring notifications and notifications with actions when the calling application closes.
• Fixed issues where the header files couldn't always be included in some programs.
• Fixed a lot of compiler errors and warnings.
• Fixed C99 usage.
• Added the ability to set user data on action callbacks on a per-action basis.
• Fixed notify-send to work without crashing.
• Fixed the library to send messages appropriate to the D-BUS specification.
• Cleaned up the API a lot.
• Renamed NOTIFY_TIMEOUT_* to NOTIFY_EXPIRES_*.
• Removed notify_notification_show_and_forget().
• Internal changes to remove the number of DBusGProxy connections, and make sure it's initialized before using any D-BUS GValue-related code. This fixes raw image sending.

notification-daemon 0.3.2 Release Notes:

• Renamed the program back to notification-daemon.
• Reverted the default look back to the notification-daemon 0.2.x look, but with improvements, such as flexible arrow positioning and cleaner action separators.
• Updated to match the notification spec correctly.
• Added the beginnings of theme support. The look from notification-daemon v0.3.1 can be set in a GConf key, though it is not yet fully functional.
• Added back action support.
• Added back support for D-BUS 0.36 and higher.
• Added back the GetCapabilities and GetServerInformation calls.
• Added back suppor for markup and hyperlinks in the new theme.
• Fix several cases of C99 usage, and other compiler problems.
• Fixed a bug where the desktop work area (the area excluding panels) wasn't being taken into consideration when positioning notifications.
• Fixed several crash bugs.

Release Notes:

• Support clicking on hyperlinks.

Release Notes:

• Depends on libsexy for the URL label.

libgalago Release Notes:

• Confirmed to work with D-BUS 0.22.
• Fixes several D-BUS 0.3x issues with array iterators. This closes bugs #3417, #3723, and #3783. D-BUS versions between 0.30 and 0.33 are broken internally, so upgrade to 0.34 or higher.
• Fixed a bug with cached accounts in GalagoPerson (patch by Ross Burton).

galago-daemon Release Notes:

• Confirmed to work with D-BUS 0.22.
• Renamed the D-BUS service files to be more compliant with standard naming conventions.
• All feeds must now be installed to /usr/lib/galago. The old location, /usr/libexec/galago, is no longer checked.

libgalago-gtk Release Notes:

• Fixed a compile issue with GTK+ 2.6.9.

eds-feed Release Notes:

• No longer passes the configure stage when evolution-data-server development files are unavailable.
• The old development branch of Evolution 2.0 is no longer supported.
• eds-feed is now installed into /usr/lib/galago. This allows it to work with galago-daemon v0.3.4.
• GCC 4.0 compilation problems were fixed.