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[Jiří Janoušek <janousek.jiri@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear friends,

I'm happy to announce Nuvola Player 1.1 Beta 2 and 2.0 Beta 2. Changes
since Beta 1 are mostly bug fixes and tweaks, see release notes[1][2]
for details. Special thanks to Aaron Honeycutt (2 bugs) and Justin
Hardcastle (2 bugs).

[1] http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/Releases/1.1.html
[2] http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/Releases/2.0.html

=== Installation: Binary packages ===

Nuvola Player Project provides binary packages for Debian Sid and
Wheezy[3] and for Ubuntu 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 [4]. However,
packages may be currently in the build queue[5]. Please do not remove
stable PPA from your list of repositories, your current stable package
will be automatically upgraded to a beta release and the beta release
will be automatically upgraded to its stable release, when it will be
available.

[3] http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/README.html
[4] https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/beta
[5] https://code.launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/beta/+builds?build_text=&build_state=all

=== Installation: From source ===

Nuvola Player project doesn't provide source tarballs for pre-release
versions. You can use snapshots of development branches[6][7]. Then
follow instructions in file INSTALL.

$ bzr branch lp:nuvola-player/1.1.x -r tag:1.1~beta2 nuvolaplayer

or

$ bzr branch lp:nuvola-player/2.0.x -r tag:2.0~beta2 nuvolaplayer

[6] https://code.launchpad.net/~fenryxo/nuvola-player/1.1.x
[7] https://code.launchpad.net/~fenryxo/nuvola-player/trunk

Enjoy!

Jiří Janoušek

=== Changes since Beta 1 ===

 * Debugging extension appends Audio Support and Flash Support tests
   to the menu.
 * Added logging of HTTP communication, but is disabled by default.
   Use flag --debug-http to turn it on.
 * Added link to audio playback requirements and info about a need
   of MP3 decoder. Closes LP:1029254
 * Fixed too early destruction of the main NP JS object. Closes: LP: 1030034
 * Last.fm: periodically send update-now-playing request. LP:1030377
 * MPRIS: Fixed regression: Album art was not updated. LP:1030419
 * Fixed regression: Icon name was used instead of icon path for album art.
 * Default user interface mode changed to UIActionsMode.BOTH.
 * Google Play Music: Added option not to pause playback due to inactivity.
 * Services 8tracks, Grooveshark and Hype Machine are orphaned.
 * Updated the Amazon integration script to the 2.0 API and relicensed
   (BSD-2-Clause).
 * Added Add/Remove service functionality.