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+Changelog for Rapid Photo Downloader
+====================================
+
+0.9.0 (2017-07-03)
+------------------
+
+ - Include additional programs in detailed version output.
+
+ - Updated Turkish translation.
+
+0.9.0b7 (2017-06-21)
+--------------------
+
+ - Don't attempt to download photos or videos of zero bytes length.
+
+ - Updated Czech, French, Norwegian Bokmal, Japanese, Polish, Serbian, and
+   Spanish translations.
+
+0.9.0b6 (2017-06-13)
+--------------------
+
+ - Don't allow entry of illegal filename characters in Job Codes, such as
+   / (forward slash).
+
+ - Handle cameras that are mounted using libgphoto2's legacy connection method
+   usbscsi.
+
+ - Added warning message when ExifTool is not working.
+
+ - Added GalliumOS to the list of Linux distros supported by the install.py.
+
+ - Fixed bug where "Select a source folder" was displayed after rescanning
+   a folder on This Computer.
+
+ - Removed DistUtilsExtra from the list of dependencies by copying its
+   core functionality into the setup.py file. This should make creating
+   a Snap / AppImage / Flatpak easier.
+
+ - Updated Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish,
+   Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Norwegian Bokmal, Serbian,
+   Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian translations.
+
+0.9.0b5 (2017-05-10)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added a Tip of the Day dialog.
+
+ - Fixed bug where rendering destination storage space would crash when the
+   destination device's storage space is reported as zero bytes in size.
+
+ - Fixed bug where install.py could get into an infinitely recurring state
+   when the Linux distribution is is Linux Mint, but /etc/os-release wrongly
+   identifies it as Ubuntu.
+
+0.9.0b4 (2017-05-04)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added Help buttons to Program Preferences and File Renaming and Download
+   Subfolder Generator editors that open the online documentation.
+
+ - Added command line option to dump to the terminal basic information about
+   attached cameras, which is useful for diagnosing potential problems with
+   libgphoto2 and python-gphoto2.
+
+ - Added dialog to inform user if the scan process had an unexpected fatal
+   problem.
+
+ - Added link to Changelog in dialog window notifying a new release is
+   available.
+
+ - Fixed bug on systems using Python 3.4 (such as openSUSE Leap 42.2) when
+   creating a temporary directory during program upgrade.
+
+ - Fixed bug where exception would occur when auto exit after download was
+   activated.
+
+ - Re-scan download sources after relevant program preference changes.
+
+0.9.0b3 (2017-04-15)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug where a warning dialog window could be wrongly issued about a
+   backup destination not being writable even though it though it is.
+
+ - Fixed bug where tracking of bytes downloaded could occasionally fail when
+   file copy errors were encountered.
+
+ - Improved logging of file copy problems.
+
+ - Fixed some translation bugs. Thanks to Jose Luis Tirado for pointing them
+   out.
+
+ - Updated Spanish and Czech translations, by Jose Luis Tirado and Pavel
+   Borecki.
+
+0.9.0b2 (2017-04-04)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug where installer would crash on Ubuntu when the Universe
+   repository was not enabled.
+
+ - Fixed bug to allow the error report window to run on versions of PyQt5
+   older than 5.6.
+
+ - Implemented workarounds for several bugs in openSUSE GExiv2 introspection.
+
+ - Fixed bug when comparing Enums on Python 3.4.
+
+ - Fixed bug when reporting a file renaming problem in the error reporting
+   window.
+
+ - When running on the Unity 7 desktop, show count and download progress
+   regardless of whether the .desktop file has hyphens or underscores.
+
+0.9.0b1 (2017-04-01)
+--------------------
+
+ - Improved install.py script, adding openSUSE and the Fedora derivative
+   Korora to list of supported distros. Moreover, the script now installs
+   all program requirements without having to be manually restarted.
+
+ - Implemented error report window. Error reports are now grouped by task:
+   scanning a device, copying from a device, finalizing download subfolder and
+   filenames, and backing up. Furthermore, reports now contain hyperlinks to
+   the files on the filesystem and/or cameras, allowing easy access to them
+   using a file manager.
+
+ - A message dialog window is now displayed if back ups will not occur or if
+   the download destinations have a problem.
+
+ - Added 'Program Warnings' section to the preferences dialog window.
+
+ - Optimized icon sizes in dialog windows.
+
+ - Check for new version using secure connection.
+
+ - Added an option to issue a warning if a file type unknown to the program is
+   found on a download device.
+
+ - Added an option to program preferences dialog to ignore DNG date/time
+   metadata when downloading from MTP devices (like cellphones and tablets).
+   When it is ignored, the DNG file's modification time is used instead. Many
+   (if not all) Android 6 and 7 devices create bogus DNG metadata values.
+   Since the first alpha release, by default the program ignores the DNG
+   date/time metadata when downloading from MTP devices.
+
+ - Changed the count that appears above the program's icon when running on the
+   Unity desktop to show how many files are checked for download, instead of
+   how many new files are available for download.
+
+ - Fixed a bug where device scan would indicate a device was empty when the
+   preference value 'Ignored Paths on Devices' contained no paths to ignore.
+
+ - Fixed a bug where opening a file on an MTP device in a file browser would
+   sometimes fail when the storage name component of the path was incorrectly
+   identified.
+
+ - Fixed bug where the case of the extension for XMP files, THM files and WAV
+   files was not matching file renaming preferences.
+
+0.9.0a11 (2017-03-08)
+---------------------
+
+ - Added dialog to configure program preferences.
+
+ - Added progress bar to splash screen.
+
+ - Fixed bug where URIs with spaces were not opening in the system file
+   browser.
+
+ - Minimized width required by Job Code and Backup, and Rename configuration
+   panels.
+
+ - Fixed detection of Unity desktop environment when desktop environment
+   variable is set to 'Unity:Unity7'
+
+ - Disabled the use of the scrollwheel to insert preference values in the file
+   and subfolder name editors.
+
+0.9.0a10 (2017-03-02)
+---------------------
+
+ - Implement the user interface to enter Job Codes. Job Codes are now easier
+   to assign compared to previous versions of Rapid Photo Downloader. You can
+   assign Job Codes to sets of photos and/or videos before starting the
+   download. That way you can efficiently apply a variety of Job Codes to
+   different sets of photos and videos in the same download. Job codes are
+   shown in the upper portion of each thumbnail.
+
+ - Added Run button to upgrade dialog window that is shown when the program
+   was successfully upgraded.
+
+ - Fixed bug where a crash would occur after using the "Clear Completed
+   Downloads" menu option.
+
+ - Fixed bug where selecting a different part of the timeline did not
+   always update which thumbnails should be selected. (The values in the Photo
+   and Video "Select All" check boxes at the bottom right of the main window
+   determine if a thumbnail should be selected or not).
+
+ - Fixed bug in file renaming and subfolder name editors when running
+   under PyQt 5.8 / Qt 5.8.
+
+ - In systems where ExifTool is not installed, inform user via
+   error message at startup, and abort.
+
+ - In systems where libmediainfo is not installed, a warning message is
+   displayed after program startup.
+
+ - Added preliminary Greek translation, thanks to Dimitris Xenakis.
+
+0.9.0a9 (2017-02-21)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fix bug #1665879: Work-around an unexpected signal/slot problem with Qt on
+   Fedora 25.
+
+0.9.0a8 (2017-02-16)
+--------------------
+
+ - Display projected backup storage use in the Backup configuration panel, for
+   each backup device (partition). If backing up to the same device as the
+   download, the space taken by both the download and the backup is displayed.
+   For example, supposing you are downloading 100 photos that use 2,000 MB of
+   storage space to /home/user/Pictures, and you are backing them up to
+   another folder in the same partition, the projected backup storage use for
+   that partition will display 100 photos totalling 4,000 MB, because the
+   partition will contain two copies of each photo. Likewise, the projected
+   storage use in the download destinations is similarly adjusted.
+
+ - Renamed 'Storage Space' in Destination configuration panel to 'Projected
+   Storage Use', thereby more accurately describing what it displays.
+
+ - Disallow download if there is insufficient space on any of the backup
+   devices, like is already done for the download destinations.
+
+ - Added right-click context menu to file system tree views with the option
+   to open the file browser at the path that was right-clicked on.
+
+ - Fixed a bug in the subfolder and file renaming editors to the stop the
+   message area being scrolled out of view.
+
+ - Fixed a bug where backup worker processes were never stopped until program
+   exit.
+
+ - Fixed a bug where pausing and resuming a download was not updated to match
+   changes to threading made in version 0.9.0a7.
+
+ - Updated install script to allow for quirks in LinuxMint and KDE Neon.
+
+ - Updated Spanish, French and Italian translations.
+
+
+0.9.0a7 (2017-01-31)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added backup configuration to the user interface. A future alpha release
+   will show the backup destinations like they are shown in the Destinations
+   tab.
+
+ - A check for a new version is run at program startup. If the program was
+   installed using python's packaging system pip, and the latest version can
+   be upgraded without new system dependencies, the program offers to download
+   the new version and install it with minimal user intervention.
+
+ - The graphical user interface is considerably more responsive when the
+   program is under heavy load because of changes made in the ways helper
+   threads are handled by the main window. Long-term program stability will
+   also be improved, although in the short-term some bugs may have snuck in
+   due to the threading changes.
+
+ - Prompt for Job Code when file and folder naming preferences are changed to
+   include it. Thanks to Monty Taylor for the fix.
+
+ - Fixed bug #1656932: in certain circumstances the scan process could crash
+   when trying to determine device time zones when examining sample photos and
+   videos.
+
+ - Fixed a bug too small of a portion of a .mov or .avi file from a camera or
+   phone was being extracted in order to read video metadata.
+
+ - Fixed a bug where thumbnails were not being rendered in the main window
+   when the thumbnail was originally sourced from the Freedesktop.org
+   thumbnail cache.
+
+ - Disallow the running of the program as the root user.
+
+ - Updated program installer to stop installation on Fedora 23 and Debian
+   Jessie.
+
+ - Corrected error in Spanish translation that caused crash when download
+   started.
+
+ - Refined detection of directory in which media are mounted (/media or
+   /run/media).
+
+0.9.0a6 (2016-12-10)
+--------------------
+
+ - Modified installation script to fix installation problems on Fedora 25 and
+   LinuxMint 18. In all other respects the release is identical to version
+   0.9.0a5.
+
+0.9.0a5 (2016-11-14)
+--------------------
+
+ - Implemented photo and video file renaming preference configuration. Job code
+   configuration will be implemented in a future alpha release.
+
+ - Fixed crash when running on PyQt 5.7.
+
+ - Added option to uninstall previous version of the program if running the
+   install script on Debian/Ubuntu or Fedora like Linux distributions.
+
+ - Added .m2ts video extension to supported video files.
+
+ - Added tooltip to clarify meaning of storage space usage.
+
+ - Added g++ to list of installation dependencies when installing on Debian
+   derived distributions.
+
+ - Only enable right-click menu option 'Open in File Browser...' when default
+   file manager is known.
+
+ - Handle use case where the path from which to download is passed on the
+   command line without a command line switch, such as when Gnome launches the 
+   program in response to a device like a memory card containing photos being 
+   inserted.
+
+ - Fixed bug where volumes where not correctly added to device white and 
+   blacklists.
+
+ - Fixed bug where download conflict resolution preference value was being
+   incorrectly set when importing preferences from version 0.4.11 or earlier.
+
+ - Fixed bug where generating thumbnails for backed up files caused the backup 
+   process to crash.
+
+ - Fixed crash where the library libmediainfo is not installed but the python 
+   package pymediainfo is.
+
+ - Fixed generation of error message when there is an error copying file to a 
+   backup destination.
+
+ - Fixed crash at startup bug when the Pictures or Videos XDG special directory 
+   was not set.
+
+ - Fixed bug when selecting custom subfolder name generation preset from menu.
+
+ - Fixed bug where ExifTool daemon processes were not always being terminated.
+
+ - Added minimum size in bytes to read a variety of RAW and video metadata tags 
+   to analyze-pv-structure analysis.
+
+ - Fixed bug where QFileSystemWatcher.removePaths() could be called with an 
+   empty directory list.
+
+ - Fixed crash when cleaning generated video subfolder previews at program exit.
+
+ - Updated Spanish translation, courtesy of Jose Luis Tirado. Also updated 
+   Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Polish and Serbian 
+   translations.
+
+0.9.0a4 (2016-06-22)
+--------------------
+
+ - Implemented photo and video subfolder generation preference configuration.
+
+ - Fixed bug where translation of user interface into non-English languages was
+   not occurring.
+
+ - Fixed bug where input/output exception not being handled when probing mounts.
+
+ - Fixed bug where crashed on startup when no desktop environment variable was 
+   set.
+
+ - Fixed bug where crashed on startup when attempting to import the broken 
+   Python package EasyGui 0.98.
+
+0.9.0a3 (2016-05-27)
+--------------------
+
+ - Selecting items in the Timeline or showing only new files can result in
+   situations where there are files that have been checked for download that are
+   not currently being displayed. In such a situation, when a download is 
+   started, a dialog will be displayed to warn that *all* checked files will be 
+   downloaded, not merely those currently displayed.
+
+ - Changed heading of destination storage space to show projected bytes free
+   instead of percent used.
+
+ - Fixed bug where thumbnails might not be displayed for files that had
+   already been downloaded during a previous progarm invocation.
+
+ - If the environment variable RPD_SCAN_DEBUG is set to any value, the
+   program's scan operation will output voluminous debug information to stdout.
+
+ - Added support for PyQt 5.6, namely its stricter rules regarding signal type
+   matching.
+
+ - Fixed bug when reporting inability to extract metadata from scan when not
+   downloading from a camera
+
+0.9.0a2 (2016-05-16)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added command line option to import preferences from from an old program
+   version (0.4.11 or earlier).
+
+ - Implemented auto unmount using GIO (which is used on most Linux desktops) and
+   UDisks2 (all those desktops that don't use GIO, e.g. KDE).
+
+ - Fixed bug while logging processes being forcefully terminated.
+
+ - Fixed bug where stored sequence number was not being correctly used when
+   renaming files.
+
+ - Fixed bug where download would crash on Python 3.4 systems due to use of 
+   Python 3.5 only math.inf
+
+0.9.0a1 (2016-05-14)
+--------------------
+
+ - New features compared to the previous release, version 0.4.11:
+
+   - Every aspect of the user interface has been revised and modernized.
+
+   - Files can be downloaded from all cameras supported by gPhoto2,
+     including smartphones. Unfortunately the previous version could download
+     from only some cameras.
+
+   - Files that have already been downloaded are remembered. You can still
+     select previously downloaded files to download again, but they are
+     unchecked by default, and their thumbnails are dimmed so you can 
+     differentiate them from files that are yet to be downloaded.
+
+   - The thumbnails for previously downloaded files can be hidden.
+
+   - Unique to Rapid Photo Downloader is its Timeline, which groups photos and
+     videos based on how much time elapsed between consecutive shots. Use it
+     to identify photos and videos taken at different periods in a single day
+     or over consecutive days. A slider adjusts the time elapsed between
+     consecutive shots that is used to build the Timeline. Time periods can be
+     selected to filter which thumbnails are displayed.
+
+   - Thumbnails are bigger, and different file types are easier to
+     distinguish.
+
+   - Thumbnails can be sorted using a variety of criteria, including by device
+     and file type.
+
+   - Destination folders are previewed before a download starts, showing which
+     subfolders photos and videos will be downloaded to. Newly created folders
+     have their names italicized.
+
+   - The storage space used by photos, videos, and other files on the devices
+     being downloaded from is displayed for each device. The projected storage
+     space on the computer to be used by photos and videos about to be
+     downloaded is also displayed.
+
+   - Downloading is disabled when the projected storage space required is more
+     than the capacity of the download destination.
+
+   - When downloading from more than one device, thumbnails for a particular
+     device are briefly highlighted when the mouse is moved over the device.
+
+   - The order in which thumbnails are generated prioritizes representative
+     samples, based on time, which is useful for those who download very large
+     numbers of files at a time.
+
+   - Thumbnails are generated asynchronously and in parallel, using a load
+     balancer to assign work to processes utilizing up to 4 CPU cores.
+     Thumbnail generation is faster than the 0.4 series of program
+     releases, especially when reading from fast memory cards or SSDs.
+     (Unfortunately generating thumbnails for a smartphone's photos is painfully
+     slow. Unlike photos produced by cameras, smartphone photos do not contain
+     embedded preview images, which means the entire photo must be downloaded
+     and cached for its thumbnail to be generated. Although Rapid Photo 
+     Downloader does this for you, nothing can be done to speed it up).
+
+   - Thumbnails generated when a device is scanned are cached, making thumbnail
+     generation quicker on subsequent scans.
+
+   - Libraw is used to render RAW images from which a preview cannot be 
+     extracted, which is the case with Android DNG files, for instance.
+
+   - Freedesktop.org thumbnails for RAW and TIFF photos are generated once they
+     have been downloaded, which means they will have thumbnails in programs
+     like Gnome Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar, PCManFM and Dolphin. If the path 
+     files are being downloaded to contains symbolic links, a thumbnail will be 
+     created for the path with and without the links. While generating these 
+     thumbnails does slow the download process a little, it's a worthwhile
+     tradeoff because Linux desktops typically do not generate thumbnails for 
+     RAW images, and thumbnails only for small TIFFs.
+
+   - The program can now handle hundreds of thousands of files at a time.
+     
+   - Tooltips display information about the file including name, modification
+     time, shot taken time, and file size.
+     
+   - Right click on thumbnails to open the file in a file browser or copy the
+     path.
+     
+   - When downloading from a camera with dual memory cards, an emblem beneath
+     the thumbnail indicates which memory cards the photo or video is on
+
+   - Audio files that accompany photos on professional cameras like the Canon
+     EOS-1D series of cameras are now also downloaded. XMP files associated with
+     a photo or video on any device are also downloaded.
+
+   - Comprehensive log files are generated that allow easier diagnosis of
+     program problems in bug reports. Messages optionally logged to a
+     terminal window are displayed in color.
+
+   - When running under Ubuntu's Unity desktop, a progress bar and count of 
+     files available for download is displayed on the program's launcher.
+
+   - Status bar messages have been significantly revamped.
+
+   - Determining a video's  correct creation date and time has  been improved,
+     using a combination of the tools MediaInfo and ExifTool. Getting the right 
+     date and time is trickier than it might appear. Depending on the video file
+     and the camera that produced it, neither MediaInfo nor ExifTool always give
+     the correct result. Moreover some cameras always use the UTC time zone when
+     recording the creation date and time in the video's metadata, whereas other
+     cameras use the time zone the video was created in, while others ignore
+     time zones altogether.
+
+   - The time remaining until a download is complete (which is shown in the 
+     status bar) is more stable and more accurate. The algorithm is modelled on 
+     that used by Mozilla Firefox.
+
+   - The installer has been totally rewritten to take advantage of Python's
+     tool pip, which installs Python packages. Rapid Photo Downloader can now
+     be easily installed and uninstalled. On Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora-like
+     Linux distributions, the installation of all dependencies is automated.
+     On other Linux distrubtions, dependency installation is partially
+     automated.
+
+   - When choosing a Job Code, whether to remember the choice or not can be
+     specified.
+
+ - Removed feature:
+ 
+   - Rotate Jpeg images - to apply lossless rotation, this feature requires the
+     program jpegtran. Some users reported jpegtran corrupted their jpegs' 
+     metadata -- which is bad under any circumstances, but terrible when applied
+     to the only copy of a file. To preserve file integrity under all 
+     circumstances, unfortunately the rotate jpeg option must therefore be 
+     removed.
+   
+ - Under the hood, the code now uses:
+
+   - PyQt 5.4 +
+
+   - gPhoto2 to download from cameras
+
+   - Python 3.4 +
+
+   - ZeroMQ for interprocess communication
+
+   - GExiv2 for photo metadata
+
+   - Exiftool for video metadata
+
+   - Gstreamer for video thumbnail generation
+
+ - Please note if you use a system monitor that displays network activity,
+   don't be alarmed if it shows increased local network activity while the
+   program is running. The program uses ZeroMQ over TCP/IP for its
+   interprocess messaging. Rapid Photo Downloader's network traffic is
+   strictly between its own processes, all running solely on your computer.
+   
+ - Missing features, which will be implemented in future releases:
+  
+   - Components of the user interface that are used to configure file
+     renaming, download subfolder generation, backups, and miscellaneous
+     other program preferences. While they can be configured by manually
+     editing the program's configuration file, that's far from easy and is
+     error prone. Meanwhile, some options can be configured using the command
+     line.
+
+   - There are no full size photo and video previews.
+   
+   - There is no error log window.
+
+   - Some main menu items do nothing.
+
+   - Files can only be copied, not moved.
+
+0.4.11 (2015-10-22)
+-------------------
+
+ - Updated Brazilian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, German, Japanese, Norwegian, 
+   Polish, Portuguese and Swedish translations.
+   
+ - Fixed crash on systems using the library Pillow 3.0.
+   
+ - Updated AppData file.
+
+0.4.10 (2014-02-23)
+-------------------
+
+ - Updated Catalan and Portuguese translations.
+   
+ - Fixed bug in translations for term "Back up".
+
+0.4.9 (2014-01-21)
+------------------
+
+ - Updated Catalan and Spanish translations.
+   
+ - Fixed occasional incorrect use of term "backup".
+
+0.4.9b3 (2014-01-20)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed packaging bug.
+
+0.4.9b2 (2014-01-20)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added file verification of downloaded and backed up files.
+   
+ - Updated Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish 
+   translations. Added Catalan translation.
+
+0.4.9b1 (2014-01-16)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bugs #1025908 and #1186955: Finalize fix for severe performance 
+   problems and crashes that arose from the combination of Gnome's GIO file
+   functionality and python's multiprocessing. The solution was to remove GIO 
+   and replace it with regular python file processing. A nice side effect is 
+   that the program now runs faster than ever before.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1268291: Handle cases where filesystem metadata (e.g. file 
+   permissions) could not be copied when writing to certain file systems such as
+   NTFS. The program will now consider a file is copied succesfully even if the
+   filesystem metadata could not be updated.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1269032: When Sync RAW + JPEG sequence numbers is enabled, the 
+   program fails to properly deal with photos with corrupt EXIF metadata.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1269079: Download failure when folder exists for only one of photo
+   or video on auto detected back devices. 
+   
+ - Updated Norwegian and Serbian translations.
+
+0.4.8 (2013-12-31)
+------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #1263237: Added support for MPO files (3D images). Thanks to Jan 
+   Kaluza for reporting it.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1263483: Some terms in the user interface are not being 
+   translated. Thanks to Jose Luis Tirado for alerting me to the problem, which 
+   has probably existed for some time.
+   
+ - Updated Dutch, French Italian, Polish and Spanish translations.
+
+0.4.7 (2013-10-19)
+------------------
+
+ - Added feature to download audio files that are associated with photos such as
+   those created by the Canon 1D series of cameras.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1242119: Choosing a new folder does not work in Ubuntu 13.10. In
+   Ubuntu 13.10, choosing a destination or source folder from its bookmark does 
+   not work. The correct value is displayed in the file chooser button, but this
+   value is not used by Rapid Photo Downloader.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1206853: Crashes when system message notifications not functioning
+   properly.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #909405: Allow selections by row (and not GTK default by square) 
+   when user is dragging the mouse or using the keyboard to select. Thank you to
+   user 'Salukibob' for the patch.
+   
+ - Added a KDE Solid action. Solid is KDE4's hardware-related framework. It 
+   detects when the user connects a new device and display a list of related 
+   actions. Thanks to dju` for the patch.
+   
+ - Added Belarusian translation -- thanks go to Ilya Tsimokhin. Updated Swedish 
+   and Ukrainian translations.
+
+0.4.6 (2013-01-22)
+------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #1083756: Application shows duplicate sources.
+
+ - Fixed bug #1093330: Photo rename ignores SubSeconds when 00.
+   
+ - Added extra debugging output to help trace program execution progress.
+   
+ - Updated German and Spanish translations.
+
+0.4.6b1 (2012-11-26)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #1023586: Added RAW file support for Nikon NRW files. Rapid Photo
+   Downloader uses the exiv2 program to read a photo's metadata. Although the 
+   NRW format is not officially supported by exiv2, it appears to work. If you 
+   have NRW files and Rapid Photo Downloader crashes while reading this files, 
+   please file a bug report.
+   
+ - Preliminary and tentative fix for bug #1025908: Application freezes under
+   Ubuntu 12.10. This fix should not be considered final, and needs further 
+   testing.
+   
+ - Added Arabic translation. Updated Czech, Danish, French, Italian, Norwegian, 
+   Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish translations.
+   
+ - Fixed missing dependencies on python-dbus and exiv2 in Debian/control file.
+   
+ - Added extra debugging output to help trace program execution progress.
+
+0.4.5 (2012-06-24)
+------------------
+
+ - Updated Dutch, Estonian, German, Italian, Norwegian and Polish translations.
+   
+ - Updated man page.
+
+0.4.5b1 (2012-06-17)
+--------------------
+
+ - To increase performance, thumbnails are now no longer displayed until all 
+   devices have finished being scanned. To indicate the scan is occurring, the
+   progress bar now pulses and it displays a running total of the number of 
+   photos and videos found. If scanning a very large number of files from a fast
+   device, the progress bar may pause. If this happens, just wait for the scan 
+   to complete.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1014203: Very poor program performance after download device 
+   changed. The program now displays the results of scanning files much quicker 
+   if the program's download device preferences are changed and a scan begins of
+   a new device. 
+   
+ - You can now specify via the command line whether you would like to 
+   automatically detect devices from which to download, or manually specify the 
+   path of the device. If specified, the option will overwrite the existing 
+   program preferences.
+   
+ - Added extra information to debugging output.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #1014219: File Modify process crashes if program exits during 
+   download. 
+
+0.4.4 (2012-05-30)
+------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #998320: Applied patch from Dmitry Kazimirov for option to have 
+   subfolder generation and file renaming use a month in text format. Thanks
+   Dmitry!
+   
+ - Fixed bug #986681: Crash when showing question dialog on some non-Gnome 
+   systems. Thanks go to Liudas Ališauskas for the suggested fix.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #995769: The Help button in the preferences dialog does not work.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #996613: Updated Free Software Foundation address.
+   
+ - Added Estonian translation. Updated Brazilian, Dutch, French, German, 
+   Norwegian Bokmal, Polish, Spanish and Russian translations.
+
+0.4.3 (2012-01-07)
+------------------
+
+ - ExifTool is now a required dependency for Rapid Photo Downloader. ExifTool
+   can be used to help download videos on Linux distributions that have not
+   packaged hachoir-metadata, such as Fedora.
+   
+ - Exiftran is another new dependency. It is used to automatically rotate 
+   JPEG images. 
+   
+ - Fixed bug #704482: Delete photos option should be easily accessible -
+   
+ - Added a toolbar at the top of the main program window, which gives immediate
+   access to the most commonly changed configuration options: where files will
+   be transferred from, whether they will be copied or moved, and where they 
+   will be transferred to.
+   
+ - Please when the move option is chosen, all files in the download from a 
+   device are first copied before any are deleted. In other words, only once all
+   source files have been successfully copied from a device to their destination
+   are the source files deleted from that device.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #754531: extract Exif.CanonFi.FileNumber metadata -
+   
+ - Added FileNumber metadata renaming option, which is a Canon-specific Exif 
+   value in the form xxx-yyyy, where xxx is the folder number and yyyy is the 
+   image number. Uses ExifTool. Thanks go to Etieene Charlier for researching 
+   the fix and contributing code to get it implemented.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #695517: Added functionality to download MTS video files. There is
+   currently no python based library to read metadata from MTS files, but 
+   ExifTool works. 
+   
+ - Fixed bug #859998: Download THM video thumbnail files -
+   
+ - Some video files have THM video thumbnail files associated with them. Rapid 
+   Photo Downloader now downloads them and renames them to match the name of the
+   video it is associated with.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #594533: Lossless JPEG rotation based on EXIF data after picture 
+   transfer -
+   
+ - There is now an option to automatically rotate JPEG photos as they are
+   downloaded. The program exiftran is used to do the rotation. The feature is
+   turned on default. 
+   
+ - Fixed bug #859012: Confirm if really want to download from /home, /media or / 
+   
+ - It is possible for the program's preferences to be set to download from 
+   /home, /media or / (the root of the file system). This can result in the 
+   program scanning a very large number of files, possibly causing the system to 
+   become unresponsive. The program now queries the user before commencing this 
+   scan to confirm if this is really what they want to do.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #792228: clear all thumbnails when refresh command issued.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #890949: Panasonic MOD format and duplicate filename issue
+   
+ - Fixed a bug where the device progress bar would occasionally disappear when 
+   the download device was changed. 
+   
+ - Fixed a bug where the file extensions the program downloads could not be
+   displayed from the command line.
+   
+ - Fixed a bug where the program would crash when trying to convert a malformed
+   thumbnail from one image mode to another.
+   
+ - Updated Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian,
+   Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish translations.
+
+0.4.2 (2011-10-01)
+------------------
+
+ - Added feature in Preferences window to remove any paths that have previously
+   been marked to always be scanned or ignored. These paths can be specified 
+   when automatic detection of Portable Storage Devices is enabled.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #768026: added option to ignore paths from which to download - 
+   
+ - You can now specify paths never to scan for photos or videos. By default, any 
+   path ending in .Trash or .thumbnails is ignored.  Advanced users can specify
+   paths to never scan using python-style regular expressions.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #774488: added manual back up path for videos, in addition to 
+   photos
+   
+ - You can now manually specify a path specifically in which to back up videos. 
+   This can be the same as or different than the path in which to back up 
+   photos.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #838722: wrong file types may be backed up to external devices
+   
+ - Fixed a bug when auto detection of backup devices is enabled, files of the
+   wrong type might be backed up. For instance, if the backup device is only 
+   meant to store videos, and the download contains photos, photos would 
+   incorrectly be backed up to the device in addition to videos.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #815727: Back up errors and warnings incorrectly displayed in log 
+   window -
+   
+ - Fixed a bug that occurred when backing up errors are encountered, the log 
+   window did not display them correctly, although they were correctly outputted
+   to the terminal window. This only occurred when more than one back up device 
+   was being used during a download.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #859242: Crash when displaying a preview of file without an 
+   extracted thumbnail.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #810559: Crash when generating thumbnail images
+   
+ - Fixed bug #789995: crash when --reset-settings option is given on the command 
+   line.
+   
+ - Fixed bugs #795446 and #844714: small errors in translation template.
+   
+ - Fixed a bug in the Swedish translation. 
+   
+ - Added Danish translation, by Torben Gundtofte-Bruun. Updated Brazilian, 
+   Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, 
+   Polish, Russian,  Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish translations.
+
+0.4.1 (2011-05-19)
+------------------
+
+ - Added exif Artist and Copyright metadata options to file and subfolder name
+   generation.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #774476: thumbnails occasionally not sorted by file modification
+   time.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #784399: job code not prompted for after preference change.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #778085: crash when trying to scan inaccessible files on mounted
+   camera.
+   
+ - Relaxed startup test to check whether pynotify is working. On some systems,
+   pynotify reports it is not working even though it is.
+   
+ - Added the start of an Indonesian translation. Updated Brazilian, Dutch, 
+   French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian 
+   translations.
+
+0.4.0 (2011-04-28)
+------------------
+
+ - Features added since Release Candidate 1:
+   
+   * Allow multiple selection of files to check or uncheck for downloading.
+   * Automation feature to delete downloaded files from a device.
+   
+ - Bug fix: translation fixes.
+   
+ - Bug fix: don't crash when completing download with backups enabled and no 
+   backup devices detected.
+   
+ - Updated Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Spanish 
+   translations.
+
+0.4.0rc1 (2011-04-21)
+---------------------
+
+ - Features added since beta 1:
+   
+    - Backups have been implemented. If you are backing up to more than one 
+      device, Rapid Photo Downloader will backup to each device simultaneously 
+      instead of one after the other.
+      
+    - When clicking the Download button before thumbnails are finished 
+      generating, the download proceeds immediately and the thumbnails remaining
+      to be generated will rendered during the download itself.
+      
+    - Added preferences option to disable thumbnail generation. When auto start 
+      is enabled, this can speed-up transfers when downloading from high-speed 
+      devices.
+      
+    - Access to the preferences window is now disabled while a download is
+      occurring, as changing preferences when files are being download can cause
+      problems.
+      
+ - Bug fix: don't crash when downloading some files after having previously 
+   downloaded some others in the same session.
+   
+ - Updated Brazilian, Dutch, German and Russian translations.
+
+0.4.0b1 (2011-04-10)
+--------------------
+
+ - Features added since alpha 4:
+   
+   - Job Code functionality, mimicking that found in version 0.2.3.
+
+   - Eject device button for each unmountable device in main window.
+
+   - When not all files have been downloaded from a device, the number remaining
+     is displayed in the device's progress bar
+
+   - Overall download progress is displayed in progress bar at bottom of window
+
+   - Time remaining and download speed are displayed in the status bar
+
+   - System notification messages
+
+   - Automation features:
+
+       - Automatically start a download at program startup or when a device is
+         inserted. When this is enabled, to optimize performance instead of
+         thumbnails being generated before the files are downloaded, they are
+         generated during the download.
+
+       - Eject a device when all files have been downloaded from it.
+
+       - Exit when all files have been downloaded.
+   
+ - The automation feature to delete downloaded files from a device will be added 
+   only when the non-alpha/beta of version 0.4.0 is released.
+   
+ - The major feature currently not implemented is backups.
+   
+ - Note: if videos are downloaded, the device may not be able to be unmounted
+   until Rapid Photo Downloader is exited. See bug #744012 for details.
+   
+ - Bug fix: adjust vertical pane position when additional devices are inserted
+
+ - Bug fix: display file and subfolder naming warnings in error log
+  
+ - Updated Czech, French and Russian translations.
+
+0.3.6 (2011-04-05)
+------------------
+
+ - This release contains a minor fix to allow program preferences to be changed
+   on upcoming Linux distributions like Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15. 
+   
+ - It also contains a minor packaging change so it can be installed in Ubuntu 
+   11.04.
+
+0.4.0a4 (2011-04-04)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #750808: errorlog.ui not included in setup.py.
+
+0.4.0a3 (2011-04-04)
+--------------------
+
+ - Features added since alpha 2:
+   
+    - Error log window to display download warnings and errors.
+    
+    - Synchronize RAW + JPEG Sequence values.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #739021: unable to set subfolder and file rename preferences on 
+   alpha and beta Linux distributions such as Ubuntu 11.04 or Fedora 15.
+   
+ - Updated Brazilian, Dutch, French, German and Spanish translations. 
+
+0.4.0a2 (2011-03-31)
+--------------------
+
+ - Features added since alpha 1:
+   
+   - Sample file names and subfolders are now displayed in the preferences 
+     dialog window.
+   - The option to add a unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same
+     name already exists
+   
+ - Other changes:
+
+   - Updated INSTALL file to match new package requirements.
+   
+   - Added program icon to main window.
+   
+   - Bug fix: leave file preview mode when download devices are changed in the 
+     preferences.
+   
+   - Bug fix: don't crash on startup when trying to display free space and photo
+     or video download folders do not exist.
+
+0.4.0a1 (2011-03-24)
+--------------------
+
+ - Rapid Photo Downloader is much faster and sports a new user interface. It is
+   about 50 times faster in tasks like scanning photos and videos before the 
+   download. It also performs the actual downloads quicker. It will use
+   multiple CPU cores if they are available. 
+   
+ - Rapid Photo Downloader now requires version 0.3.0 or newer of pyexiv2. It 
+   also requires Python Imaging (PIL) to run. It will only run on recent Linux
+   distributions such as Ubuntu 10.04 or newer. It has been tested on Ubuntu 
+   10.04, 10.10 and 11.04, as well as Fedora 14. (There is currently an unusual
+   bug adjusting some preferences when running Ubuntu 11.04. See bug #739021).
+   
+ - This is an alpha release because it is missing features that are present in 
+   version 0.3.5. Missing features include:
+   
+   - System Notifications of download completion
+
+   - Job Codes
+
+   - Backups as you download
+
+   - Automation features, e.g. automatically start download at startup
+
+   - Error log window (currently you must check the command line for error 
+     output)
+
+   - Time remaining status messages
+
+   - Synchronize RAW + JPEG Sequence Numbers
+
+   - Add unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same name already
+     exists
+
+   - Sample file names and subfolders are not displayed in the preferences 
+     window
+   
+ - These missing features will be added in subsequent alpha and beta releases.
+   
+ - Kaa-metadata is no longer required to download videos. However, if you 
+   want to use Frames Per Second or Codec metadata information in subfolder or
+   video file names, you must ensure it is installed. This is no longer checked 
+   at program startup. 
+   
+ - Thanks go to Robert Park for refreshing the translations code.
+   
+ - Added Romanian translation.
+
+0.3.5 (2011-03-23)
+------------------
+
+ - The primary purpose of this release is update translations and fix bug 
+   #714039, where under certain circumstances the program could crash while 
+   downloading files. 
+   
+ - This is intended to be the last release in the 0.3.x series. In the upcoming 
+   version 0.4.0, Rapid Photo Downloader is much faster and sports a new user 
+   interface.
+   
+ - Added Romanian translation. Updated Brazilian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, 
+   Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish and Russian translations.
+
+0.3.4 (2010-12-31)
+------------------
+
+ - You can now change the size of the preview image by zooming in and out using 
+   a slider. The maximum size is double that of the previous fixed size, which 
+   was 160px. On computers with small screens such as netbooks, the maximum
+   preview image size is the same as the previous fixed size. Please note that 
+   Rapid Photo Downloader only extracts thumbnails of photos; for performance 
+   reasons, it does not create them. This means for some file formats, the 
+   thumbnails will contain jpeg artifacts when scaled up (this is particularly 
+   true when using a version of pyexiv2 < 0.2.0). For users who require larger 
+   preview images, this will be of little consequence.
+   
+ - When the "Strip compatible characters" feature is enabled in the Preferences 
+   (which is the default), any white space (e.g. spaces) beginning or ending a
+   folder name will now be removed.
+   
+ - Bug fix: camera serial numbers are now stripped of any spaces preceding or
+   following the actual value.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #685335: inaccurate description of python packages required for 
+   downloading videos.
+   
+ - Added Croatian translation. Updated French, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish and 
+   Russian translations.
+
+0.3.3 (2010-10-24)
+------------------
+
+ - Added support for mod, tod and 3gp video files. 
+   
+ - Hachoir-metadata is now used to extract selected metadata from video files. 
+   It has less bugs than kaa-metadata, and is better maintained. One benefit of 
+   this change is that more video file types can have their metadata extracted. 
+   Another is that the video creation date is now correctly read (the creation 
+   time read by kaa metadata was sometimes wrong by a few hours). Kaa-metadata 
+   is still used to extract some the codec, fourcc and frames per second (FPS) 
+   metadata.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #640722: Added preliminary support for Samsung SRW files. Current
+   versions of Exiv2 and pyexiv2 can read some but not all metadata from this 
+   new RAW format. If you try to use metadata that cannot be extracted, Rapid 
+   Photo Downloader will issue a warning.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #550883: Generation of subfolders and filenames using the time a
+   download was started. 
+   
+ - Fixed bugs related to missing video download directory at program startup.
+   
+ - Added command line option to output to the terminal information useful for 
+   debugging.
+   
+ - Added Norwegian Bokmal and Portuguese translations. Updated Brazilian 
+   Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Nynorsk, 
+   Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian translations.
+
+0.3.2 (2010-09-12)
+------------------
+
+ - Added Norwegian Nynorsk translation. Updated Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, 
+   Dutch, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian 
+   translations.
+   
+ - Fixed crash on startup when checking for free space, and the download folder 
+   does not exist.
+
+0.3.1 (2010-08-13)
+------------------
+
+ - The main window now works more effectively on tiny screens, such as those 
+   found on netbooks. If the screen height is less than or equal to 650 pixels, 
+   elements in the preview pane are removed, and the spacing is tightened.
+   
+ - The amount of free space available on the file-system where photos are to be
+   downloaded is now displayed in the status bar. (Note this is only the case on
+   moderately up-to-date Linux distributions that use GVFS, such as Ubuntu 8.10 
+   or higher).
+   
+ - Add Chinese (simplified) translation. A big thanks goes out to the Ubuntu 
+   Chinese translation team. Partial translations of Bulgarian, Japanese, 
+   Occitan (post 1500), Persian, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Turkish have been 
+   added. In the past only translations that were largely finished were added, 
+   but hopefully adding incomplete translations will speed up their completion. 
+   Updated Finnish,  French, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian and Spanish 
+   translations.
+
+0.3.0 (2010-07-10)
+------------------
+
+ - The major new feature of this release is the generation of previews before
+   a download takes place. You can now select which photos and videos you wish 
+   to download.
+   
+ - You can now assign different Job Codes to photos and videos in the same 
+   download. Simply select photos and videos, and from the main window choose a 
+   Job Code for them. You can select a new Job Code,or enter a new one (press 
+   Enter to apply it). 
+   
+ - The errors and warnings reported have been completely overhauled, and are now
+   more concise.
+   
+ - Now that you can select photos and videos to download, the "Report an error" 
+   option in case of filename conflicts has been removed. If you try to download
+   a photo or video that already exists, an error will be reported. If you 
+   backup a photo or video that already exists in the backup location, a warning
+   will be reported (regardless of whether overwriting or skipping of backups 
+   with conflicting filenames is chosen). 
+   
+ - Likewise, the option of whether to report an error or warning in case of 
+   missing backup devices has been removed. If you have chosen to backup your 
+   photos and videos, and a backup device or location is not found, the files 
+   will be downloaded with warnings.
+   
+ - For each device in the main window, the progress bar is now updated much more
+   smoothly than before. This is useful when downloading and backing up large 
+   files such as videos. (Note this is only the case on moderately up-to-date
+   Linux distributions that use GVFS, such as Ubuntu 8.10 or higher).
+   
+ - The minimum version of python-gtk2 (pygtk) required to run the program is now
+   2.12. This will affect only outdated Linux distributions.
+
+0.3.0b6 (2010-07-06)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #598736: don't allow file to jump to the bottom when it has a Job 
+   Code assigned to it.
+   
+ - Fixed bug #601993: don't prompt for a Job Code when downloading file of one
+   type (photo or video), and it's only a file of the other type that needs it.
+   
+ - Log error messages are now cleaned up where a file already exists and there 
+   were problems generating the file / subfolder name.
+   
+ - Fixed crash on startup when using an old version of GIO.
+   
+ - Fix crash in updating the time remaining in when downloading from extremely
+   slow devices.
+   
+ - Set the default height to be 50 pixels taller.
+   
+ - Bug fix: don't download from device that has been inserted after program 
+   starts unless device auto detection is enabled.
+   
+ - Updated German translation.
+
+0.3.0b5 (2010-07-04)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added warning dialog if attempting to download directly from a camera.
+   
+ - Add backup errors details to error log window.
+   
+ - Fixed program notifications.
+   
+ - Fixed corner cases with problematic file and subfolder names.
+   
+ - Disabled Download All button if all files that have not been downloaded have
+   errors. 
+   
+ - Enabled and disabled Download All button, depending on status, after 
+   subfolder or filename preferences are modified after device has been scanned. 
+   
+ - Don't stop a file being downloaded if a valid subfolder or filename can be
+   generated using a Job Code.
+   
+ - Bug fix: don't automatically exit if there were errors or warnings and a 
+   download was occurring from more than one device.
+   
+ - Auto start now works correctly again.
+   
+ - Job Codes are now assigned correctly when multiple downloads occur. 
+   
+ - Default column sorting is by date, unless a warning or error occurs when 
+   doing the initial scan of the devices, in which case it is set to status 
+   (unless you have already clicked on a column heading yourself, in which case 
+   it will not change).
+   
+ - Use the command xdg-user-dir to get default download directories.
+   
+ - Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian
+   translations.
+ 
+0.3.0b4 (2010-06-25)
+--------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug in Job Code addition in the preferences window.
+  
+ - Made Job Code entry completion case insensitive.
+  
+ - Update preview to be the most recently selected photo / video when 
+   multiple files are selected.
+  
+ - Don't crash when user selects a row that has its status set to be 
+   download pending.
+  
+ - Improve error log status messages and problem notifications.
+
+0.3.0b3 (2010-06-23)
+--------------------
+
+ - First beta release of 0.3.0. 
+
+0.2.3 (2010-06-23)
+------------------
+
+ - Updated Hungarian, Russian, Swedish and Ukrainian translations.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #590725: don't crash if the theme does not associate an icon with 
+   the detected device.
+  
+ - Bug fix: update example filenames and folders when Job codes are manually 
+   modified in the preferences window.
+  
+ - This is the final release before 0.3.0, which will be a major update.
+
+0.2.2 (2010-06-06)
+------------------
+
+ - Added Ukrainian translation by Sergiy Gavrylov.
+  
+ - Bug fix: in systems where exiv2 is not installed, don't crash on startup.
+
+0.2.1 (2010-06-05)
+------------------
+
+ - Bug fix: display sample photo and video names in preferences dialog using
+   first photo and video found on download device, where possible. This used to
+   work but was inadvertently disabled in a recent release.
+  
+ - Bug fix: prompt for Job code when only video names or video subfolder names
+   use a job code.
+  
+ - Bug fix: filter out Null bytes from Exif string values. These can occur when
+   the Exif data is corrupted.
+  
+ - Updated Spanish, Russian and Finnish translations.
+
+0.2.0 (2010-05-30)
+------------------
+
+ - Videos can now be downloaded in much the same way photos can. 
+  
+ - The package kaa metadata is required to download videos. ffmpegthumbnailer is
+   used to display thumbnail images of certain types of videos as the download
+   occurs. 
+  
+ - kaa metadata and ffmpegthumbnailer are optional. The program will run without
+   them. See the INSTALL file for details.
+  
+ - If a THM file with the same name as the video is present, it will be used to 
+   generate a thumbnail for the video. If not, if ffmpegthumbnailer is 
+   installed,  Rapid Photo Downloader will use it to attempt to extract a 
+   thumbnail from the video. THM files are not downloaded.
+  
+ - For now, sequence values are shared between the downloads of videos and 
+   photos. There may be an option to have two sets of sequence numbers in a 
+   future release.
+  
+ - Due to the number of changes in the code, it is possible that regressions in
+   the photo downloading code may have been introduced. 
+  
+ - This is the first release to use version 0.2.x of the pyexiv2 library.  The 
+   most immediate benefit of this change is that thumbnail images from Nikon and 
+   other brand cameras can be displayed. This fixes bugs #369640 and #570378.
+  
+ - Please note pyexiv2 0.2.x requires exiv2 0.1.9 or above.
+  
+ - Rapid Photo Downloader will still work with pyexiv2 0.1.x. However it will 
+   not be able to display the thumbnails of some brands of camera.
+  
+ - If Rapid Photo Downloader detects version 0.18.1 or higher of the exiv2
+   library, it will download Panasonic's RW2 files. If it detects version 0.18.0
+   or higher of the exiv2 library, it will download Mamiya's MEF files. For 
+   Rapid Photo Downloader to be able to detect which version of the exiv2 
+   library your system has, it must either be running pyexiv2 >= 0.2.0, or have 
+   exiv2 installed.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #483222: sometimes images could not be downloaded to NTFS 
+   partitions. This fix was a welcome side effect of using GIO to copy images,
+   instead of  relying on the python standard library.
+  
+ - Error message headings in the Error Log are now displayed in a red font.
+  
+ - Program settings and preferences can be reset using a new command line 
+   option.
+  
+ - Program preferences are now more thoroughly checked for validity when the
+   program starts. 
+  
+ - Further work was done to fix bug #505492, to handle cases where the system
+   notification system is not working properly.
+
+0.1.3 (2010-01-22)
+------------------
+
+ - Fixed bug #509348: When both the backup and "Delete images from image device 
+   upon download completion" options are selected, the program will only delete 
+   an image from the image device if it was both downloaded to the download 
+   folder and backed up. Previously it did not check to ensure it was backed up 
+   correctly too.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #505492: Program failed to start in environments where the 
+   notification system has problems.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #508304: User is now prompted to confirm if they really want to 
+   remove all of their Job Codes after clicking on "Remove All" in the 
+   preferences dialog window.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #510484: Crashes when fails to create temporary download directory.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #510516: Program now checks to see if the download folder exists 
+   and is writable. If automatic detection of image devices is not enabled, it
+   checks to see if the image location path exists.
+  
+ - Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, 
+   Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish translations.
+
+0.1.2 (2010-01-16)
+------------------
+
+ - New feature: photographers using RAW + JPEG mode now have the option to 
+   synchronize sequence numbers for the matching pair of images. This option is
+   useful if you use the RAW + JPEG feature on your camera and you use sequence
+   numbers or letters in your image renaming. Enabling this option will cause 
+   the program to detect matching pairs of RAW and JPEG images, and when they 
+   are detected, the same sequence numbers and letters will be applied to both 
+   image names. Furthermore, sequences will be updated as if the images were 
+   one. For example, if 200 RAW images and 200 matching JPEG images are 
+   downloaded, the value of Downloads today will be incremented by 200, and not 
+   400. The same goes for the rest of the sequence values, including the Stored 
+   number sequence number. Images are detected by comparing filename, as well as
+   the exif value for the date and time the image was created (including sub 
+   seconds when the camera records this value). This option will take effect
+   regardless of whether the RAW and JPEG images are stored on different memory 
+   cards or the same memory card. Furthermore, if they are stored on separate 
+   memory cards, you can download from them simultaneously or one after the 
+   other. The only requirement is to download the images in the same session--in 
+   other words, for the feature to work, use as many memory cards as you need, 
+   but do not exit the program between downloads of the matching sets of images.
+  
+ - Increased maximum sequence number length to seven digits by user request.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #503704: changes in values for downloads today and stored number 
+   not updated when changed via program preferences while a download is ready to 
+   begin.
+  
+ - Fixed a rare startup bug, where the program could crash when starting a 
+   thread.
+  
+ - Added Serbian translation by Milos Popovic. Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish,
+   French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and 
+   Swedish translations. 
+
+0.1.1 (2010-01-05)
+------------------
+
+ - Added auto delete feature. When enabled, upon the completion of a download,
+   images that were successfully downloaded will be deleted from the image 
+   device they were downloaded from. Images that were not downloaded
+   successfully will not be deleted. 
+  
+ - Added keyboard accelerators for Preferences and Help.
+  
+ - Added Dutch translation by Alian J. Baudrez. Updated Czech, French, German, 
+   Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak and Spanish translations.
+
+0.1.0 (2009-12-07)
+------------------
+
+ - Added icons to notification messages.
+  
+ - Updated Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish 
+   and Swedish translations.
+  
+ - Bug fix: properly handle devices being unmounted, fixing a bug introduced in
+   Version 0.0.9 beta 2.
+  
+ - Bug fix: When program preferences are changed, image and backup devices are 
+   now refreshed only when the preferences dialog window is closed.
+  
+ - Bug fix: Minutes component of image and folder renaming had the same code as 
+   months.
+
+0.1.0b2 (2009-11-22)
+--------------------
+
+ - New feature: when detection of portable storage devices is selected, the 
+   program will prompt you whether or not to download from each device it
+   automatically detects. You can choose whether the program should remember the
+   choice you make every time it runs. This fixes bug #376020.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #484432: error in adding job codes via the preferences dialog.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #486886: Job code prompt can appear multiple times.
+  
+ - Updated Hungarian and French translations.
+
+0.1.0b1 (2009-11-14)
+--------------------
+
+ - This code is ready for full release, but given the magnitude of changes, a 
+   beta seems like a good idea, simply to catch any undetected bugs.
+  
+ - Added a "Job codes" option. Like the "text" option in image and subfolder 
+   name generation, this allows you to specify text that will be placed into the
+   file and subfolder names. However, unlike the "text" option, which requires 
+   that the text be directly entered via the program preferences, when using the
+   "Job code" option, the program will prompt for it each time a download 
+   begins. 
+  
+ - Made Download button the default button. Hitting enter while the main window
+   has focus will now start the download.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #387002: added dependency in Ubuntu packages for librsvg2-common. 
+   Thanks go to user hasp for this fix.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #478620: problem with corrupted image files. Thanks go to user 
+   Katrin Krieger for tracking this one down.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #479424: some camera model names do not have numbers, but it still
+   makes sense to return a shortened name. Thanks go to user Wesley Harp for 
+   highlighting this problem.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #482831: program no longer crashes when auto-download is off, and a 
+   device is inserted before another download has completed.
+   
+ - Added Czech translation by Tomas Novak.
+  
+ - Added French translation by Julien Valroff, Michel Ange, and Cenwen.
+  
+ - Added Hungarian translation by Balazs Oveges and Andras Lorincz.
+  
+ - Added Slovak translation by Tomas Novak.
+  
+ - Added Swedish translation by Ulf Urden and Michal Predotka.
+  
+ - Added dependency on gnome-icon-theme in Ubuntu packages.
+  
+ - Added additional hour, minute and second options in image renaming and 
+   subfolder creation. Thanks to Art Zemon for the patch.
+  
+ - Malformed image date time exif values have are minimally checked to see if 
+   they can still be used for subfolder and image renaming. Some software 
+   programs seem to make a mess of them.
+  
+ - Updated man page, including a bug fix by Julien Valroff.
+  
+0.0.10 (2009-06-05)
+-------------------
+
+ - Updated Russian translation by Sergei Sedov.
+  
+ - Fixed bug #383028: program would crash when using an automatically configured 
+   backup device and gvfs.
+  
+0.0.9 (2009-06-02)
+------------------
+
+ - Added Italian translation by Marco Solari and Luca Reverberi.
+  
+ - Added German translation by Martin Egger and Daniel Passler.
+  
+ - Added Russian translation by Sergei Sedov.
+  
+ - Added Finnish translation by Mikko Ruohola.
+  
+ - A Help button has been added to Preferences dialog window. Clicking it takes
+   you to the documentation found online at the program's website. This 
+   documentation is now complete.
+  
+ - The Preferences Dialog Window is now navigated using a list control, as it 
+   was in early versions of the program. This change was necessary because with 
+   some translations, the dialog window was becoming too wide with the normal 
+   tab layout. Usability of the preferences dialog is improved: it will now 
+   resize itself based on its content.
+  
+ - Better integration with Nautilus is now possible through the setting of 
+   MimeType=x-content/image-dcf in the program's .desktop file.
+
+0.0.9b4 (2009-05-26)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added Spanish translation by Jose Luis Navarro and Abel O'Rian.
+  
+ - Whenever subfolder preferences are modified in the Preferences Dialog window,
+   they are now checked to see if they contain any extraneous entries. If 
+   necessary, any entries like this are removed when the dialog window is 
+   closed.
+  
+ - Bug fix: Changes in preferences should be applied to devices that have 
+   already been scanned, but their images not yet downloaded. This bug was 
+   introduced in beta 2 when fixing bug #368098.
+  
+ - Bug fix: check subfolder preferences for validity before beginning download. 
+   While image rename preferences were checked, this check was neglected.
+  
+ - Bug fix: do not allow automatic downloading when there is an error in the
+   preferences.
+
+0.0.9b3 (2009-05-25)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added command line options for controlling verbosity, displaying which image
+   file types are recognized, and printing the program version.
+  
+ - Updated man page to reflect recent program changes and new command line 
+   options.
+  
+ - Prepared program for translation into other languages. Thanks go to Mark 
+   Mruss and his blog http://www.learningpython.com for code examples and 
+   explanations.
+  
+ - Polish translation by Michal Predotka. Coming soon: French, German and
+   Spanish translations.
+  
+ - To install the program using python setup.py, the program msgfmt must now be
+   present. On most Linux distributions, this is found in the package gettext.
+  
+ - Updated INSTALL file to reflect minimum version of pyexiv2 needed, and 
+   included information about handling any error related to msgfmt not being 
+   installed.
+  
+ - Minor fixes to logic that checks whether the Download button should be
+   disabled or not. This should now be more reliable.
+  
+ - Bug fix: error log window can now be reopened after being closed with the "x" 
+   button. Thanks go to ESR and his Python FAQ entry for this fix.
+  
+ - Bug fix: example of subfolder name now has word wrap. Thanks go to Michal
+   Predotka for reporting this.
+  
+ - Bug fix: don't crash when a thumbnail image is missing and the 'orientation'
+   variable has not yet been assigned.
+
+0.0.9b2 (2009-05-12)
+--------------------
+
+ - By popular demand, allow direct downloading from cameras. This support is
+   experimental and may not work with your camera. This is possible through the 
+   use of the new gvfs service, provided by GIO, that exists in recent versions 
+   of Linux. A recent version of Linux is a must. The camera must also be 
+   supported by libgphoto2 in combination with gvfs. If you cannot browse the 
+   camera's contents in a file manager (e.g. Nautilus), the camera download will
+   not work until the gvfs support is improved.
+  
+ - Although this is a popular request, the reality is that downloading images
+   directly from the camera is often extremely slow in comparison to popping the
+   memory card into a card reader and downloading from that. 
+  
+ - Fix bug #368098: the program now starts more quickly and does not become
+   unresponsive when scanning devices with a large number of images. This will
+   hardly be noticeable by users that download from memory cards, but for those
+   who download from hard drives with hundreds of GBs of files -- they'll notice
+   a big difference.
+  
+ - Fix bug #372284: for image renaming, the "image number" component is more 
+   robust. Now, only the series of digits at the end of a filename are 
+   recognized as the image number (obviously the file's extension is not 
+   included as being part of the filename in this case). This allows takes in 
+   account files from cameras like the Canon 1D series, which can have filenames
+   like VD1D7574.CR2.
+  
+ - Bug fix: don't download from volumes mounted while the program is already 
+   running unless auto detection is specified. This bug could occur when auto
+   detection was enabled, then disabled, and then a volume was mounted.
+
+0.0.8 (2009-05-01)
+------------------
+
+ - Added stored and downloads today sequence numbers:
+  
+   - The stored sequence number is remembered each time the program is run.
+  
+   - Downloads today tracks how many downloads are made on a given day. The time
+     a day "starts" is set via a new preference value, day start. This is useful
+     if you often photograph something late at night (e.g. concerts) and want a 
+     new day to "start" at 3am, for instance.
+  
+ - Make estimate of time remaining to download images much more accurate.
+  
+ - Display download speed in status bar.
+  
+ - Reorganized sequence number/letter selection in preferences.
+  
+ - Add feature to detect change in program version, upgrading preferences where
+   necessary.
+  
+ - Only allow one instance of the program to be run -- raise existing window if 
+   it is run again. This is very useful when Rapid Photo Downloader is set to 
+   run automatically upon insertion of a memory card.
+  
+ - Add "exit at end of successful download" automation feature.
+  
+ - When an image's download is skipped, the thumbnail is now lightened.
+  
+ - Show a missing image icon if the thumbnail cannot be displayed for some 
+   reason. (See bug #369640 for why thumbnail images from certain RAW files are 
+   not displayed).
+  
+ - Resize main window when an image device is inserted -- it now expands to show
+   each device that is inserted.
+  
+ - Do not proceed with download if there is an error in the image rename or
+   download subfolder preferences. Instead, indicate a download error.
+  
+ - Allow version 0.1.1 of pyexiv2 to be used (an older version of the library 
+   code that is used to get information on the images, found in distributions 
+   like Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron).
+  
+ - In cases where image rename or download subfolder preferences are invalid, 
+   more helpful information is printed to the console output.
+  
+ - Bug fix: better handle automated shortening Canon names like 'Canon 5D Mark 
+   II'. It is now shortened to '5DMkII' instead of merely '5D'.
+  
+ - Bug fix: re-enable example of image renaming and subfolder name generation by
+   using first image from the first available download device. This was
+   inadvertently disabled in an earlier beta.
+  
+ - Bug fix: make default download subfolder YYYY/YYYYMMDD again. It was
+   inadvertently set to DDMMYYYY/YYYYMMDD in beta 6.
+  
+ - Bug fix: don't change download button label to "pause" when "Start 
+   downloading on program startup" is set to true.
+  
+ - Bug fix: implement code to warn / give error about missing backup devices.
+  
+ - Bug fix: reset progress bar after completion of successful download.
+  
+ - Fix bug #317404 when clearing completed downloads.
+
+0.0.8b7 (2009-04-07)
+--------------------
+
+ - Added serial number metadata option for select Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji, 
+   Panasonic, and Kodak cameras.
+
+ - Added shutter count metadata option for select Nikon cameras, e.g. Nikon 
+   D300, D3 etc.
+
+ - Add owner name metadata option for select Canon cameras, e.g. 5D Mk II etc.
+
+0.0.8b6 (2009-03-31)
+--------------------
+
+ - Add YYYY-MM-DD and YY-MM-DD options in date time renaming, suggested by
+   Andreas F.X. Siegert and Paul Gear.
+
+ - Fix bug #352242 where image has no metadata.
+
+ - Handle images with corrupt metadata more gracefully.
+
+0.0.8b5 (2009-03-30)
+--------------------
+
+ - Reduce console output.
+
+
+0.0.8b4 (2009-03-25)
+--------------------
+
+ - Updated Ubuntu package.
+
+0.0.8b3 (2009-03-25)
+--------------------
+
+ - Updated Ubuntu package.
+
+0.0.8b2 (2009-03-25)
+--------------------
+
+ - First Ubuntu package.
+
+ - Rename tarball package to suit package name.
+
+ - Updated README.
+
+0.0.8b1 (2009-03-20)
+--------------------
+
+ - Make file renaming thread safe, fixing a long-standing (if difficult to 
+   activate) bug.
+
+ - Implement add unique identifier when file name is not unique.
+
+ - Added "Report a Problem", "Get Help Online", "Make a Donation" to Help menu.
+
+ - Implemented "Clear completed downloads" menu item.
+
+ - Download images in order they were taken (checked by time they modified).
+
+ - Fixed bug where choosing text as the first item in a download subfolder 
+   caused a crash.
+
+ - Fixed bug where date and time choices based on when image is downloaded 
+   caused a crash.
+
+ - Initial code to show error message when image renaming preferences have an 
+   error.
+
+ - Fixed bug where some invalid preferences were not being caught.
+
+ - Run default python, not one specified in env, as per recommendations in 
+   Debian Python Policy.
+
+ - Remove initial period from filename extension when generating a subfolder 
+   name (or else the folder will be hidden).
+
+ - Check to see if metadata is essential to generate image names is now more 
+   robust.
+
+ - Remove list control from preferences, reverting to normal tabbed preferences, 
+   as the window was becoming too wide.
+
+ - Show notifications via libnotify.
+
+ - Error and warning icons can now be clicked on to open log window.
+
+ - Finally, last but certainly not least--implemented sequence number and 
+   sequence letter generation:
+
+   - session sequence number
+
+   - sequence letter
+
+ - Coming soon:
+
+   - downloads today sequence number
+
+   - subfolder sequence number
+
+   - stored sequence number
+ 
+0.0.7 (2009-01-13)
+------------------
+
+ - Implemented option for automatic detection of Portal Storage Devices. 
+
+0.0.6 (2009-01-11)
+------------------
+
+ - Fixed extremely annoying bug where memory cards could not be unmounted.
+
+ - Made sample image selection for preferences more robust.
+
+ - Added license details to about dialog.
+
+ - Fix bug where image rename preferences entry boxes vertically expanded, 
+   looking very ugly indeed.
+
+ - Wrap new filename in image rename preferences when it becomes too long.
+
+ - Make default download folder selection more robust.
+
+ - Remove sequence number and sequence letter from list of choices for image 
+   rename (not yet implemented).
+
+ - Bug #314825: fix by not calling gnomevfs.get_local_path_from_uri() unless 
+   strictly necessary.
+
+0.0.5 (2009-01-09)
+------------------
+
+ - Implement auto download on device insertion, and auto download on program
+   startup.
+
+ - Increase default width of preferences dialog box.
+
+ - Add vertical scrollbar to image rename preferences.
+
+ - Fixes for bugs #313463 & #313462.
+
+0.0.4 (2009-01-06)
+------------------
+
+ - Bug #314284: Implement backup functionality.
+
+ - Bug #314285: Insert debugging code to help determine the cause of this bug.
+
+0.0.3 (2009-01-03)
+------------------
+
+ - Bug #313398: Fix bug where application needed to be restarted for new
+   preferences to take effect.
+
+ - Added setup.py installer.
+
+0.0.2 (2007)
+------------
+
+ - Updated metadata code to reflect changes in pyexiv library.
+
+ - Pyexiv 0.1.2.
+
+0.0.1 (2007)
+------------
+
+ - Initial release.