Upgrade Calibre to new upstream 0.6.8
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: calibre
Version 0.6.7 (14 Aug, 2009) ¶
* Optional inline TOC for RB, PDB, TXT, FB2 output
* EPUB Output: Close self closing <span> tags explicitly as they cause problems in browser based renderers like the calibre ebook viewer. Fix #3152 (MOBI Error)
* calibredb:Don't error out when listing books that have missing formats
* Various new Vietnamese news sources
* FB2 Metadata Reader: Fix cover extraction, author_sort extraction, support multiple authors. Improved Irish Times recipe
* Fix #3144 ("Comments" string showing spurious & in the preview box)
* New recipe for Our Daily Bread by Darko Miletic
* New recipe for De Volksrant by acidzebra, updated recipe for The Chicago Tribune. Add the the Cy Book? Opus to the welcome wizard. Fix #3146 (More formats for Bebook/lBook etc)
* Fix #3132 (Calibre Zip is 0.00KB)
* Fix detection of non-US PRS-700 readers in OS X and Windows
* calibredb:Fix bug when add books recursively from the command line
* EPUB Output: Replace all whitespace in TOC items with spaces, as desktop ADE does not support non space characters.
* Remove the calibre planet website source code from the tree. Will now be maintained separately.
Version 0.6.6 (10 Aug, 2009) ¶
* TXT Input: Fix regression that broke inclusion of images. Fixes #3067 (OS X - Problem including image in .mobi output)
* Fix #2810 (/home/
* Fix metadata option in the conversion_option field in recipes not being applied to final book.
* Fix #3110 (Book genre)
* Fix #3002 (Title can't have a colon in it)
* Fix sorting by title to correctly handle cases like The Thexxx
* OSX support for the COOl-er. Fix #3071 (Wrong metadata after fetching news to FB2 format) and #3073
* Convert self closed <div> and <a> tags to empty closed tags as many browser based renderers refuse to recognize them as closed without a proper DOCTYPE. Fixes #3095 (Some epub files can only be advanced chapter to chapter)
* Fix #3117 (Calibre inverts author names even when it doesn't need to)
* EPUB output: Now works when launched from the command line with no X server on linux
* EPUB Output: Add option to turn off the generation of the default cover
* TXT Input: Add option to treat each line as a separate paragraph
* PDF metadata: If no metadata available, don't use full path as title. ebook-convert: If --help is specified, don't require the input file to exist.
* Implement #3112 (FB2 icon)
* Fix #3091 (calibredb list doesn't honour --prefix completely anymore)
* Fix #3102 (ebook-device command not working in 0.6.5 for prs500) and add copy to clipboard button to all error/warning/etc dialogs
* Improved recipes for The BBC, Slate, and NYT Headlines
* Fix #3103 (Error dialogue errors out if invalid file for cover is specified)
* Speed up reading of metadata from EPUB files on the device. Also use poppler to read PDF metadata from device files.
* MOBI Output:Improved handling of tables
* Fix handling of images and anchors for RB, FB2 and eReader output
* Linux automounting: Remove dependency on pmount. Instead use custom mount helper. Linux distributors: Make sure calibre-
* Implement #3069 (Skip "linear=no" items in spine) and add Ectaco Jet Book? to welcome wizard
* Fix #3106 (Mobi book will not convert to ePub)
* Fix #2981 ([Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable error after conversion). Miscellaneous minor fixes.
* On linux, don't use Qt to render covers, etc. if the DISPLAY environment variable is unset
* New recipe for Hungarian Tech Net? by Devilinside
* Fix #3056 (Instapaper plugin should not require a password)
* Add a check database integrity button to the Advanced Preferences. Also make adding books more robust
Version 0.6.5 (03 Aug, 2009) ¶
* PML Input: Various fixes
* Fix #3057 (Viewer Cuts Off MOBI File)
* EPUB Output: Pass through font-face rules. Fixes #3042 (Calibre ignores extra_css in recipe)
* Fix downloading of news that has non-English characters in its title on windows. Fixes #3005 (RSS Fetching from zaobao.com still fail)
* Fix #3061 (TOC not created converting from FB2)
* Fix #3059 (Blows up real good parsing a Mobipocket file)
* Fix #3028 (Field "Published" below 1900 make catalog empty on iPhone)
* Fix #3047 (Metadata on device, fall back to file name)
* Fix detection of Be Book on windows when no storage card is present. Fixes #2974 (Be Book not reconized)
* Stanza feed: Show newly added books first
* Fix #3050 (FB2 Output error)
* Switch to using poppler to read PDF metadata. Hopefully is faster/more stable. Fixes #3041 (version 0.6.3 doesnt delete temp files)
Version 0.6.4 (31 Jul, 2009) ¶
* Initial implementation of aq driver for the Irex Illiad
* Add OS X support to the Illiad DR1000 driver
* Fix #3019 (Problem converting prc to epub)
* EPUB Output: Remove hyperlinks with no content as they cause rendering artifacts in browser based renderers
* Fix #3010 (Special characters in tags are not escaped)
* Handle author names that end with a period correctly when saving a single format to disk
* Fix #2997 (Be Book)
* Fix #3016 (lxml.etree.
* Fix #3022 (Receiving error during convert from pdf to any file)
* Various fixes form conversion from PML and PDF
* Improved Newsweek recipe (thanks to GRiker)
* RTF Input: Support extraction of images (JPEG/PNG only)
* Fix #3009 (PRS500 won't connect)
* Refactor the device driver system to support devices from manufacturers that don't bother to assign unique ids to their devices. Preliminary drivers for Cy Book? Opus (windows/os x) and Cool-er (windows only)
* Implement searching the calibre catalog in the Stanza. Fixes #3014 (Support searching from stanza)
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tags: | added: upgrade |
summary: |
- Upgrade Calibre to new upstream 0.6.7 + Upgrade Calibre to new upstream 0.6.8 |
description: | updated |
Built with get-orig-source rule. Installed and using it, seems to work ok :)