NEWS file for summain
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Version 0.20, released 2015-10-25
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* Updated `_summainmodule.c` with changes made on `_obnammodule.c` in
  the Obnam project.

Version 0.19, released 2014-03-15
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* FreeBSD portability fixes by Itamar Turner-Trauring of
  HybridCluster.

Version 0.18, released 2013-03-15
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* Encode binary values of extended attributes in base64.

Version 0.17, released 2012-10-27
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* Changed to use the libc-provided xattr library, instead of the external
  one. Thanks, Игорь Пашев for pointing this out.
* Fixed bug: Summain can now handle extended attributes with an empty
  value.

Version 0.16, released 2012-09-29
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* Internal fixes to build system and automatic tests.
* This release was briefly known as 0.15, but I screwed up the release
  process.

Version 0.14, released 2012-06-30
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* Fix handling of dangling symlink as root.
* Manual page typo fixes (thanks, Steve Kemp).

Version 0.13, released 2012-05-23
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* Bug fix: Summain now fails if the filename given on the command line
  does not exist.
* Added xattrs support.

Version 0.12, released 2012-02-25
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* Bug in mangling relative paths fixed: previously the whole path was
  mangled, but now the relative path is mangled instead. This is more
  consistent.
* Bug fixed: a symlink given as the root is treated as a symlink rather
  than a directory, if it points to a directory.

Version 0.11, released 2012-02-11
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* Now properly supports sub-second timestamps. Previously, the timestamps
  were limited by the Python standard library's use of floating point
  values for timestamps, which didn't give the full nanosecond precision.
  Summain now uses a C extension to call the `lstat`(2) system call
  directly, to get the full precision.

Version 0.10, released 2011-08-09
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* Added support for JSON and CSV output formats, in addition to the default
  RFC822-like one. (See `--output-format` option.)

Version 0.9, released 2011-07-24
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* Paths can now be normalized using checksumming, instead of the previous
  silly attempt at inventing names for components.

Version 0.8, released 2011-06-12
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* Uses newer cliapp API for defining settings.
* Adds support for additional checksums: MD5, SHA224, SHA256, SHA386, and
  SHA512.   
* Adds a speed-test utility to compare summain with other similar tools.
  It is about as fast as md5sum(1) and sha1sum(1).
* Manual page's list of options is now automatically generated.
* Subdirectories are now sorted, to provide a more systematic output.

Version 0.7, released 2011-05-18
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* Support microsecond precision in timestamps.

Version 0.6, released 2011-05-18
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* Add --exclude option to exclude some fields from the output. This also
  prevents the field values from being computed, resulting in speedups.
  Most important for the SHA-1 field, of course.

Version 0.5, released 2011-03-20
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* Add --mangle-paths option.

Version 0.4.1, released 2011-03-20
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* Fix empty Debian package.

Version 0.4, released 2011-03-12
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* Adapt to cliapp API changes.
* Tell cliapp the application version so that "summain --version" works.

Version 0.3, released 2011-02-13
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* Add --relative-paths option.

Version 0.2, released 2011-02-13
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* Now uses the cliapp Python framework.
* No longer reports size of directories, since that is meaningless,
  and makes it harder to use diff to compare directory trees.
