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ANNOUNCEMENT: gnome-keyring 2.23.6

From:  Stef <stef-list-AT-memberwebs.com>
To:  gnome-announce-list-AT-gnome.org
Subject:  ANNOUNCEMENT: gnome-keyring 2.23.6
Date:  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:19:50 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID:  <20080803221950.6CCCD29C185B@mx.npubs.com>

gnome-keyring is the part of the GNOME Desktop that saves your passwords
and encryption keys securely.

This is an development release.

Important Notes:
================

    * gnome-keyring now includes a new library:
      - gp11 (GLib bindings for PKCS#11)

    * Some helpful notes for distributors:
      http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Distributors


Changes between 2.22.5 and 2.23.6:
==================================

    * If the user denies a prompt, then don't prompt the same
      prompt again for that connection to the daemon.
    * Bug fixes for loading of SSH keys.
    * Add gconf schema for noting the user's configured PKCS#11
      modules.
    * Update and bug fixes for the new GP11 library.
    * Better reference counting of internal objects.
    * When a certificate is in the roots storage, assume it is
      a CA if no basic constraints are present.
    * Add ability of PKCS#11 module to accept a string on its
      reserved initialization argument, similar to NSS's
      libsoftkn3 module.
    * Translation fixes.
    * Build fixes.


Contributors:
=============

Many thanks to everyone who contributed fixes, functionality and advice.
In particular:

    * Claude Paroz


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

   * Djihed Afifi (ar)
   * Jorge Gonzalez (es)
   * Kjartan Maraas (nb)
   * Duarte Loreto (pt)
   * Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle (pt_BR)

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

Source code:
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-keyring/2.23/gnom...
[MD5 sum: 0c9e6190f7a604cc402ea6b4cc67206b]

Cheers,
Stef Walter

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