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4. By Markus Koschany on 2015-03-30

* Update debian/control and synchronize metapackages with current available
  packages in testing.
* c++-dev:
  - Recommend libopenscenegraph-dev.
  - Replace libjpeg8-dev with libjpeg-dev.
  - Drop crystalspace and libcrystalspace-dev because they are
    RC buggy.
* chess:
  - Recommend chessx.
* card:
  - Only suggest jpoker because it depends on apache2 which is an undesired
    dependency.

3. By Markus Koschany on 2014-10-23

* Declare compliance with Debian Policy 3.9.6.
* Update Vcs-Browser field to new canonical address.
* Sort all task files alphabetically.
* Update README.source. Mention task file ordering.
* Fix lintian warning in c++-dev (line was too long).
* Shorten the short description of content-dev.
* perl-dev: Suggest pangzero.
* perl-dev: Suggest padre as an IDE for Perl.
* adventure: Remove freesci. It is going to be removed from Debian.
* c++-dev: Recommend libpng12-dev and libtiff5-dev instead of their virtual
  packages.
* card: Suggest gnome-games and kdegames.
* Add powermanga to finest and finest-light task.
* Rename flare to flare-game because the package was renamed.
* Add tecnoballz to finest and finest-light task.
* Remove xgalaga from finest and finest-light task.
  A couple of great shoot' em up games are already recommended and the task
  provides similar alternatives like powermanga or open-invaders.
* Add xmoto to racing task.
* Add solarwolf to finest and finest-light task.
* Add python-sdl2 to python2-dev.
* Add python3-sdl2 to python3-dev.
* Add tiled, a general purpose tile map editor, to content-dev.
* emulator: Suggest wine.
* content-dev: Replace ardour with ardour3.

2. By Markus Koschany on 2014-09-05

[ Markus Koschany ]
* Add shootemup task. Promote Debian's plethora of shmup games.
* Add minesweeper task. Thanks to Axel Beckert for the suggestion.
  (Closes: #757029)
* Add programming task to increase the visibility of educational programming
  games.
* Add toys task and recommend desktop toys and funny console software.
* Add education task to promote educational software and games for children.
* Add content-dev task with a selection of suitable tools and packages for
  developing and editing game content like graphics, audio and video
  material. Thanks to Paul Wise for the suggestions.
* Add developer tasks to facilitate the development of games in different
  programming languages:
  - Add java-dev task.
  - Add python2-dev task.
  - Add python3-dev task.
  - Add c++-dev task.
  - Add perl-dev task.
* Add dangen to arcade task.
* Add ricochet to board task.
  Thanks to Axel Beckert for the report (Closes: #757047)
* Add freecraft to strategy task.
* Rename xblast to xblast-tnt. The former one is a transitional package.
* Update games-fps task.
  Remove engines which are pulled in by already recommended games.
  - cube2
  - prboom-plus
  - darkplaces
  - ioquake3
  Suggest quakespasm since game data has not been packaged yet.
  Suggest doomsday since prboom-plus is the preferred engine for freedoom.
  Thanks to Fabian Greffrath for the report. (Closes: #757094)
* Add adanaxisgpl to arcade task.
* Add armagetronad and gltron to racing task.
* Add 2048-qt to puzzle task.
* Add aajm to console task.
* Add balazarbrothers to arcade task.
* Suggest cardstories in card task.
* Add cavezofphear to console task.
* Improve package description for games-fps.
* Add crrcsim to simulation task.
* Suggest efp in emulator task.
* Suggest fceu and add fceux to emulator task.
* Add ffrenzy to platform task.
* Add flare to rpg task. Thanks to Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo for the
  report. (Closes: #757403)
* Suggest fofix in arcade task.
* Suggest kdegames and gnome-games in arcade, board, chess and puzzle task.
* Add freealchemist to puzzle and tetris tasks.
* Suggest gbrainy in puzzle task.
* Add gpsshogi to board task.
* Add hachu to board and chess task.
* Add instead to adventure task.
* Add jmdlx to arcade task.
* Add lightsoff to puzzle task.
* mud and rpg task: Suggest minetest.
  Minetest is not a real mud game but it shares a few similarities.
* simulation task: Suggest linthesia.
* Add miceamaze to puzzle task.
* Suggest netrek-client-cow in arcade, simulation and strategy tasks.
* Add openbve to simulation.
* Add pax-britannica to strategy task.
* Add pegsolitaire to board task.
* Add randtype to typing task.
* Suggest scribble in puzzle task.
* Add starfighter to arcade.
* Add wordwarvi to arcade.
* Add xmahjongg to board task.
* Add xracer to racing.
* Add xword to puzzle task.
* card task: Suggest yahtzeesharp.
* Add zivot to console task.
* Recommend oolite in simulation and strategy tasks.
* Remove xshisen from finest and finest-light task.
* Add flare to finest task.
* Add mirrormagic to arcade task.
* Add abe to platform task.
* Remove openclonk from finest-light. It requires a hardware accelerated
  video card.
* Suggest efp in arcade task.
* Suggest colobot in strategy task.
* Puzzle task: Recommend gbrainy.
* Add README.source file.
* Add fs-uae-arcade and hatari to emulator task.
* Suggest lightspeed in simulation task.
* Add virtualjaguar to emulator task.
* Add gnurobots to programming task.

[ Tobias Hansen ]
* Add libalure-dev to c++-dev task.

1. By Markus Koschany on 2014-08-04

Initial release.