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ANNOUNCEMENT: Seahorse 0.7.6

From:  Nate Nielsen <nielsen-AT-memberwebs.com>
To:  gnome-announce-list-AT-gnome.org, seahorse-assounce-AT-lists.sourceforge.net, seahorse-devel-AT-lists.sourceforge.net
Subject:  ANNOUNCEMENT: Seahorse 0.7.6
Date:  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:34:42 +0000 (GMT)

* About Seahorse:
==================


Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing PGP keys. It also
integrates with nautilus, gedit and other places for encryption,
decryption and other operations. Seahorse is based on GPG and GPGME.

* Changes between 0.7.5 and 0.7.6:
===================================


     * Compatible with GPG 1.4
     * Initial LDAP key server searching and importing support.
     * Show descriptive icons (eg: secret, public keys) in the main
       Key Manager window. [Adam Schreiber]
     * Monitor keyring and refresh key list automatically across
       processes, such as gedit plugin, recipient selection etc...
     * Decryption 'Open With' in nautilus for PGP encrypted and
       signed files. [Adam Schreiber]
     * Added Backup Keyrings functionality. [Adam Schreiber]
     * Prompt for signer when no default key is selected.
     * Display UIDs properly in the seahorse-agent status window.
     * Allow selection of a signing key in the Recipients dialog.
     * More usable HIG friendly Key Properties dialog [Jim Pharis]
     * Fix problems with 0 length files being created on error.
     * Gnome HIG compliancy fixes
     * Allow deletion of UIDs from the Key Manager window.
     * Show all UIDs in the Recipient selection dialog.
     * Prompt before overwriting files.
     * More efficient operations on large files.
     * Enable gedit plugin by default.
     * Many smaller bug fixes.


Updated Translations:
======================

     * Iassen Pramatarov (bg)
     * Miloslav Trmac (cs)
     * Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
     * David Lodge (en_GB)
     * Francisco Javier F. Serrador (es)
     * Takeshi AIHANA (jp)
     * Kjartan Maraas (nb)
     * Vincent van Adrighem (nl)
     * Duarte Loreto (pt)


Special Thanks:
================

     * To Adam Shreiber for a lot of bug triaging, features, and fixes.
     * To Jim Pharis for the new website and usability work.


Downloads:
===========


Source code:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/seahorse/0.7/seaho...
[MD5 sum: 32b6ecf7a0bb17432641063c02b1f9c4]


Seahorse 0.7.6 requires GPGME 1.0 or later and GPG 1.2.x or 1.4.x:
http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/download/index.html


Notes:
=======


     * The website and other online resources haven't been updated to
       reflect the new release. This will occur shortly.
     * Bug reports are appreciated should be filed in the GNOME Bugzilla.


Cheers,
Nate Nielsen

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