Hamlib -- History of visible changes.

Copyright (C) 2000-2006  Stephane Fillod, Frank Singleton and others

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Version 1.2.6
	2006-12-22
	* Bump version to 1.2.6
	* no changes from 1.2.6rc1

Version 1.2.6rc1
	2006-12-10
	* Python 2.4 compatibility
	* Improved TS570 functionality
	* Improved Argonaut V functionality
	* New models: IC7000, G313i/G313e
	* Many Icom, Kenwood, and Tentec fixes.
	* Build system fixes
	
Version 1.2.5
	2006-02-26
	* frontend API: support for clonable rigs
		- rigmem: CSV format change
		- rigctl: new send_cmd for protocol debugging purpose
		- easy USB devices support
	* new models: AR8600, AR2700, DWT (DLL based under Windows, 
					   need test under other OS)
	* fixes: big AOR update, AR7030, Orion, NRD-545, RX-320, 
		 FT-817, FT-990, TS-2000, Easycomm
	* port: BSD fix of parallel port support

Version 1.2.4
	2005-04-03
	* frontend API: port_t renamed as hamlib_port_t
	* new models: TS-480, VR5000, FT1000MkV Fld
	* fixes: TS-570S, AR7030, AR3000A, Orion, FT-897, IC746
	* port: fixed 64bit int handling which potentially fixes backends
		kenwood/alinco/pcr/uniden/aor/jrc/tentec, 
		added xBSD parallel port support

Version 1.2.3
	2004-11-17
	* frontend API: LEVEL_SQLSTAT marked as deprecated
	* new backends: Racal, V4L radio cards, Watkins-Johnson 8888
	* new models:  IC-78, IC-7800, IC-R20, IC-756PROIII
	* fixes: AOR 5k&8k: added S-Meter, 7030: fixed freq,
		IC-R8500: calibrated S-Meter, Jupiter and many others..
	* port: mingw32 support with gcc 3.4 version

Version 1.2.2
	2004-08-23
	* new models: Ten-Tec (Orion), AOR 3030, Yaesu FRG's, Skanti
	* fixes: JRC NRD435 & NRD535, Drake, AOR3000, and many other
	* port: Fixes for BRK/RTS/DTR handling under win32 (-> Elektor304)
	* bindings: updated Visual Basic wrapper file
	* rigswr: new command to measure VSWR vs frequency

Version 1.2.1
	2004-05-19
	* API change: added RIG_AGC_MEDIUM enum
	* new backends: kit (Elektor304)
	* new models: Winradio (G303 under Win32), Kenwood (TMD700,R5000,..),
		Yaesu(FT757GX,FRG8800), Ten-Tec (Jupiter,RX340,RX350)
	* fixes: JRC NRD435 & NRD535, and many other
	* port: made rig.h more Visual C++ friendly, along an import lib

Version 1.2.0
	2004-02-16
	* API change:
		- freq_t type changed from long long to double
		- setting_t changed from long long to long int.
		- locator and dec/dms interface rework
		- bump library CURRENT version info
	* new backends: Lowe (HF-235), FlexRadio (SDR-1000), 
			skelton TAPR (DSP-10), skelton RFT,
			Ten-Tec models and many new models & fixes
	* new rotator backends: sartek
	* frontend: emulated transceive mode using polling
	* icom: implemented retry, esp. useful for CI-V
	* icom: pipelined tuning on Optoscan's
	* microtune: no need of root priviledges anymore
	* bindings: added Python, new install method (perl is installed in $prefix)
	* rigmem: new command to load/store memory content from/to XML file
	* port: NetBSD & FreeBSD, mingw32(Windows) port, MacOSX ready

Version 1.1.4
	2003-04-28
	* new backends: Drake (R8B), GNU Radio (experimental), microtune, 
	  and many new rig models
	* new rotator backends: fodtrack, rotorez
	* better doxygenized documentation
	* reworked perl and tcl bindings using swig
	* vfo_t rework
	* gcc-3.x compilance

Version 1.1.3
	2002-06-17
	* new backend: JRC (NRD-545), and many new rig models
	* rotator frontend, new easycomm backend
	* added Kylix and perl bindings and completed tcl/tk support
	* networked (RPC) rig and rotator
	
Version 1.1.2
	2001-09-23
	* License converted to LGPL
	* new backends: Alinco (DX-77), Uniden (BC895), 
					Ten-Tec (RX320), Kachina (505DSP)
	* New port_t design, coming with easy rig auto-probe
	* mv_ctl replaced by vfo_op, set_vfo/get_vfo extended to RIG_VFO_MEM
	* set_conf/get_conf for opaque variable parameters setting
	* Better portability, esp. with libtool (DLL dlopen'ing works under Win32 !)
	* added C++ and tcl/tk bindings (not complete yet)
	* converted from hamlib-doc to doxygen in-source interface documenting
	
Version 1.1.1
	2001-05-26
	* new backends: Kenwood (TS870S), WiNRADiO, PCR-1000, Dummy (for tests)
	* Hamlib frontend will take care of backends that can't target VFO.
	* Extended API: caps, levels, parms, etc.
	* rig_set_mode/rig_get_mode changed again, now use filter caps
	* more fields shadowed in rig->state, etc.
	* rigctl now works also non-interactively
	* get_channel/set_channel can be emulated and new dumpmem utility
	* will not compile on pure ANSI C compiler, because of gcc struct extension

Version 1.1.0
	2000-11-11
	* First draft of a generic API, abstracting radios differences
	  behind a set of capabilities.
	* Hamlib is (somewhat) conform to GNU coding standards, and so it uses
	  configure script generated by Automake and Autoconf
	* Included hamlib-doc system to generate man pages, API
	  references in html format.
	* 2 new backends: Icom (CI-V) with IC706 series, and AOR (AR8200)

Version 1.0.0
	Initial release.


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