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[Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm looking to release bzr-explorer 0.8 in the next 6-18 hours. Rev 259
is the latest revision.

As this release will be the one bundled with bzr 2.0rc2 in the Windows
installer packaged tomorrow, I'd appreciate some testing of the new
features added, particularly the new stuff added this weekend. I'd like
to see this version added to the OS X installer too.

If you can help, here's the 0.8 Release Notes so far ...

* The Welcome page has been revised to provide better guidance for
  new users.

* The status report is automatically refreshed after actions
  that update it, namely Add, Commit, Pull, Merge, Update,
  Conflicts, Switch, Bind, Unbind, Revert and Uncommit.

* The working tree browser now provides dynamic filtering of the
  displayed items. This makes it easy to find files you wish to
  edit for example.

* Tools > Advanced Commands action is now supported. This currently
  launches a terminal (though it may launch 'qrun' in the future
  once that lands in a released version of QBzr). On GNOME and KDE
  at least, the terminal is started in the root directory of the
  current location, if any.

* Bazaar > Start > Initialize now launches a custom dialog by default.
  This dialog makes it easy to set things up in commonly used
  ways. It also automatically opens the created location on
  completion.

Time permitting, I may tweak the Branch action so it automatically opens
the new location ala the Init action. Ditto for the Checkout action,
though it arguably needs to be simplified to look more like the Branch
one. Otherwise, consider Explorer 0.8 done and dusted, bar testing and
critical/simple bug fixes.

Ian C.