Author: Steve McIntyre
Revision Date: 2015-06-19 13:18:14 UTC

* Remove Jesus and Colin from Maintainer and Uploaders fields, as
  they've moved on. Thanks to both for their efforts!
* Update the Vcs- fields to point to current upstream.
* Clarify the old "public domain" mention in the license, now removed
  upstream.
* Remove TODO file, removed upstream
* New upstream version, with lots of improvements and bugfixes:
  + Rewrite of abcde's mungefilename function. Thanks to
    Andreas Kusalananda Kahari for this and also thanks
    to Andrew Willis for the report which triggered the
    rewrite. Thanks also to shughes for an earlier report.
    This closes Issues 72 and 135.
  + TRACKTOTAL now written to flac and ogg files. Thanks to
    monkth for the notification. This resolves Issue 76.
  + Support added for the downloading of album art. A huge
    thank you to Johannes Gernemann who came forward with
    the technique used and also the original patch. An equally
    huge thanks to Richard who extended and greatly enhanced
    the original patch. Detailed documentation added to the
    abcde FAQ document although the sane defaults in place
    will guarantee a good experience even for those who do
    not read documentation! This closes Issue 33.
  + Support added for ripping with the GNU Compact Disc
    Input and Control library (libcdio) as requested by
    both gentoo and NixOS. The utility used is cd-paranoia
    and can best be called from a conf file as follows:

     CDROMREADERSYNTAX=libcdio
     CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia
     CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40 --verbose"

    with the CD_PARANOIA variable giving the correct path
    to cd-paranoia. I believe that cd-paranoia uses the same
    options as cdparanoia but if I am proven incorrect this
    will need to be rectified...
  + Fix for encoding with bladeenc and usepipes.
  + Fix for broken ripping with dagrab. Closes Issue 140.
  + Fix for diskutil selecting wrong disk on OS X. Thanks
    to Richard for this fix which closes Issue 139.
  + Added some error checking and documentation for
    the abcde-musicbrainz-tool. Thanks yet again to
    Matthias Andree for this work! Closes issue 138.
  + New variables for m4a/aac encoding options to be
    manipulated in a users ~/.abcde.conf file:
     1. FAACENCOPTS for faac encoding options
     2. NEROAACENCOPTS for neroAacEnc options
     3. FDKAACENCOPTS for fdkaacenc options
    Note that these options replace the now obsolete AACENCOPTS.
  + Check added for neroAacTag when encoding with neroAacEnc.
  + Several additions to usepipes with the following encoders
    being added:
      1. mp3enc: mp3
      2. speexenc: Speex
      3. mpcenc: Musepack SV8
      4. wavpack: WavPack
      5. faac: aac
      6. neroAacEnc: aac
      7. fdkaac: aac
    The cd ripper cdda2wav (icedax) has also been added.
  + Ripping and encoding with 'usepipes' fixed. This fix
    closes Issue 46.
  + Suggested encoding options for mp3enc added to the sample
    abcde.conf. Last release of mp3enc in 1998 but it still
    works flawlessly with a modern abcde!
  + Suggested encoding options for l3enc added to the sample
    abcde.conf. Congratulations to abcde which in 2015 still
    works with l3enc which saw its final release in 1997!
  + Fix for -o option use with options and multiple outputs.
    This allows for commandline options such as the following:
          abcde -o 'flac:-8,mp3:-b 320'
    Thanks to Matthias Andree for yet another quality patch!
    This closes Issue 136.
  + Support added for ReplayGain with WavPack encoding.
  + Fix for MusePack to allow the use of the SV8 ReplayGain
    application 'mpcgain'.
  + Monkey's Audio (ape) encoding added. Tagging is with
    Robert Muth's apetag. Thanks to Shantiq for testing.
  + Simplify Opus tagging.This closes Issue 133.
  + Allow 'clean' when OUTPUTTYPE=wav, broken for some time.
    Thanks to Roger rogerx.oss<at>gmail.com for showing the
    problem and demonstrating the fix. This closes Issue 94.
  + Clarification that CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE=y is required for
    local CDDB search. Thanks to Reuben Thomas for the
    notification. This partially resolves Issue 121.
  + AtomicParsley removed from debian/control, WavPack added.
  + Details of abcde's handling of faac compiled with and
    without mp4v2 added as a new entry to FAQs.
  + Fix to allow display of the 'date' meta tag generated
    by eyeD3 in vlc, Audacious and friends.
    Thanks to Reuben Thomas. This closes Issue 126.
  + Fix for flac floating point error. Thanks to rwvtveer
    for the patch which closes Issue 113.
  + Formalised 3 methods of mp3 tagging using ID3TAGV:
      1.id3v2.4 using eyeD3 (set in abcde as the default)
      2.id3v2.3 using id3v2
      3.id3v1 using id3
    Thanks to Adriaan for this patch which fixes issue 101.
  + Support for WavPack added. Closes issue 123.
  + Fix for mp3 encoding with different versions of eyeD3.
    Thanks to Matthias Andree for this patch.
  + Major AAC encoding cleanup, including addition of the fdkaac encoder.
    Thanks to Doug Mcmahon for assistance with this.

Author: Steve McIntyre
Revision Date: 2015-06-19 13:18:14 UTC

* Remove Jesus and Colin from Maintainer and Uploaders fields, as
  they've moved on. Thanks to both for their efforts!
* Update the Vcs- fields to point to current upstream.
* Clarify the old "public domain" mention in the license, now removed
  upstream.
* Remove TODO file, removed upstream
* New upstream version, with lots of improvements and bugfixes:
  + Rewrite of abcde's mungefilename function. Thanks to
    Andreas Kusalananda Kahari for this and also thanks
    to Andrew Willis for the report which triggered the
    rewrite. Thanks also to shughes for an earlier report.
    This closes Issues 72 and 135.
  + TRACKTOTAL now written to flac and ogg files. Thanks to
    monkth for the notification. This resolves Issue 76.
  + Support added for the downloading of album art. A huge
    thank you to Johannes Gernemann who came forward with
    the technique used and also the original patch. An equally
    huge thanks to Richard who extended and greatly enhanced
    the original patch. Detailed documentation added to the
    abcde FAQ document although the sane defaults in place
    will guarantee a good experience even for those who do
    not read documentation! This closes Issue 33.
  + Support added for ripping with the GNU Compact Disc
    Input and Control library (libcdio) as requested by
    both gentoo and NixOS. The utility used is cd-paranoia
    and can best be called from a conf file as follows:

     CDROMREADERSYNTAX=libcdio
     CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia
     CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40 --verbose"

    with the CD_PARANOIA variable giving the correct path
    to cd-paranoia. I believe that cd-paranoia uses the same
    options as cdparanoia but if I am proven incorrect this
    will need to be rectified...
  + Fix for encoding with bladeenc and usepipes.
  + Fix for broken ripping with dagrab. Closes Issue 140.
  + Fix for diskutil selecting wrong disk on OS X. Thanks
    to Richard for this fix which closes Issue 139.
  + Added some error checking and documentation for
    the abcde-musicbrainz-tool. Thanks yet again to
    Matthias Andree for this work! Closes issue 138.
  + New variables for m4a/aac encoding options to be
    manipulated in a users ~/.abcde.conf file:
     1. FAACENCOPTS for faac encoding options
     2. NEROAACENCOPTS for neroAacEnc options
     3. FDKAACENCOPTS for fdkaacenc options
    Note that these options replace the now obsolete AACENCOPTS.
  + Check added for neroAacTag when encoding with neroAacEnc.
  + Several additions to usepipes with the following encoders
    being added:
      1. mp3enc: mp3
      2. speexenc: Speex
      3. mpcenc: Musepack SV8
      4. wavpack: WavPack
      5. faac: aac
      6. neroAacEnc: aac
      7. fdkaac: aac
    The cd ripper cdda2wav (icedax) has also been added.
  + Ripping and encoding with 'usepipes' fixed. This fix
    closes Issue 46.
  + Suggested encoding options for mp3enc added to the sample
    abcde.conf. Last release of mp3enc in 1998 but it still
    works flawlessly with a modern abcde!
  + Suggested encoding options for l3enc added to the sample
    abcde.conf. Congratulations to abcde which in 2015 still
    works with l3enc which saw its final release in 1997!
  + Fix for -o option use with options and multiple outputs.
    This allows for commandline options such as the following:
          abcde -o 'flac:-8,mp3:-b 320'
    Thanks to Matthias Andree for yet another quality patch!
    This closes Issue 136.
  + Support added for ReplayGain with WavPack encoding.
  + Fix for MusePack to allow the use of the SV8 ReplayGain
    application 'mpcgain'.
  + Monkey's Audio (ape) encoding added. Tagging is with
    Robert Muth's apetag. Thanks to Shantiq for testing.
  + Simplify Opus tagging.This closes Issue 133.
  + Allow 'clean' when OUTPUTTYPE=wav, broken for some time.
    Thanks to Roger rogerx.oss<at>gmail.com for showing the
    problem and demonstrating the fix. This closes Issue 94.
  + Clarification that CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE=y is required for
    local CDDB search. Thanks to Reuben Thomas for the
    notification. This partially resolves Issue 121.
  + AtomicParsley removed from debian/control, WavPack added.
  + Details of abcde's handling of faac compiled with and
    without mp4v2 added as a new entry to FAQs.
  + Fix to allow display of the 'date' meta tag generated
    by eyeD3 in vlc, Audacious and friends.
    Thanks to Reuben Thomas. This closes Issue 126.
  + Fix for flac floating point error. Thanks to rwvtveer
    for the patch which closes Issue 113.
  + Formalised 3 methods of mp3 tagging using ID3TAGV:
      1.id3v2.4 using eyeD3 (set in abcde as the default)
      2.id3v2.3 using id3v2
      3.id3v1 using id3
    Thanks to Adriaan for this patch which fixes issue 101.
  + Support for WavPack added. Closes issue 123.
  + Fix for mp3 encoding with different versions of eyeD3.
    Thanks to Matthias Andree for this patch.
  + Major AAC encoding cleanup, including addition of the fdkaac encoder.
    Thanks to Doug Mcmahon for assistance with this.

Author: Steve McIntyre
Revision Date: 2015-02-17 23:36:34 UTC

* Thanks to Andreas/Samuel for the previous upload attempting to fix
  eyeD3 support, but it still seems buggy. :-(
* Instead, merge the upstream change that auto-detects the
  version/syntax of eyeD3 on the system and uses the right set of
  options. Closes: #776908

Author: Steve McIntyre
Revision Date: 2012-06-16 15:12:11 UTC

* New upstream release with lots of bug fixes.
  + Sort options alphabetically (Closes issue 58).
    Thanks to vskytta for the patch.
  + Add Recommends: mailx in the Debian packaging for Debian/Ubuntu
    users. Closes: #607147
  + Fix encoding call for m4a. (Closes issue 31). Closes: #449045
  + Fix do_musicbrainz() for the case where there are no matches.
  + When using Musicbrainz, checksum and only output unique matches for an
    album. Closes: #669143
  + Add Recommends: atomicparsley in the Debian packaging for Debian/Ubuntu
    users. LP: #535527
  + Remove documentation of the old "-R" option for recursive searching of
    local CDDB data, it's now enabled always. (Closes issue 57).
  + Fix use of awk (sub instead of substr) when generating CRLF line endings.
    (Closes issue 59).
  + Make sure that ABCDETEMPDIR is quoted so we can deal with spaces in
    file and directory names. Closes issue 64. Thanks to
    richard.security.consultant for the patch, adapted slightly.
  + Tweak do_cdtext() so it works on OS X too. Closes issue 65.
    Thanks to richard.security.consultant for the patch.
  + Change cddb-tool to use bash to make sure that echo -n works.
    Closes issue 67.
  + Fixes for lots of spelling mistakes from vskytta. Closes issue 68.
  + For safety across different systems, avoid using "sed -i".
    Closes issue 66.

Author: Colin Tuckley
Revision Date: 2010-05-29 09:43:54 UTC

* Bumped to 2.4.2
* Update standards version to 3.8.4 (no changes required).
* Fix Cue file always references "dummy.wav" bug
  patch from Chris Chiappa (Closes: #459928).
* Fix leadin/leadout computation for cue files broken bug
  Patch from Martin Michlmayr (Closes: #582175).

Author: Jesus Climent
Revision Date: 2006-08-05 05:26:56 UTC

* Default to UNICODE (UTF8) tags and comments (Closes: #282332).
  - Added CDDBPROTO option in config file (Closes: #349951)
* Added a missing "INDEX 01" entry for CUE sheet creation.
* Avoid completing the encoding of files if we aborted previously.
* Embed the CUE sheet if we have a cuesheet file and we have a single FLAC
  file, even if we are not tagging. This way we can use the file as a source
  even if it is not tagged/named properly.
* Fails to quote filenames properly (Closes: #355296)
* Introduced VA/ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT.
* Added a missing check for AACENCODER.
* Updated config file with some new AAC bits.
* Updated FSF address.
* Corrected NetBSD options for ftp (Thanks to Marius).
* The final 2.4 will have "cuefile" as an action instead of as a flag.
* Create the cuefile when extracting from a FLAC file.
* Small bugs (Charles Steinkuehler):
  - Added missing quotes (Closes: #375710)
  - toolame is included in Debian as default MP3 encoder
  - Use IFS to preserve spaces when adding metadata to a cuefile
* Small documentation changes:
  - abcde.1 (Closes: #364978)
* The dollowing entries have in commong that both add an internal cue2discid
  function. I will evaluate which one is more accurate and decide which one
  to use. Right now they are not conflicting.
* Added internal mkcue and cue2discid functions (Charles Steinkuehler) and
  add a check for internal abcde.<function> to make sure we are using the
  correct version (not sure if needed ;)
* Added an internal implementation of cue2discid, so there is no need for an
  external program to do the conversion. Thanks to Michael (sorry, his mail
  does not have a surname).
* cue2discid is now an internal function, so no need for including the
  python script in the path (Closes: #378407)
* cddb-tool.1 typo (Thanks to A. Costa) (Closes: #351775)
* abcde.1 typo (Thanks to David L. Anselmi) (Closes: #364978)
* Set proper nice values to not separate encoding and reading in the pipes
  situation, while having a high priority process running in the system.
  Also, set proper nice values to tagging tasks. Reading should remain as
  the default higher priority task in the abcde flow (Closes: #359156)
* Standards bumped to 3.7.2.1, no changes needed.