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27. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2011-01-31

* debian/control:
  + include build-depends-indep on perl, for pod2man (not used during clean).
  + update the build-dependency on debhelper (we use the override feature).
* debian/rules:
  + generate the actual manpage from the pod source at build time.

26. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2011-01-31

* New upstream release. Some highlights:
  + options -b and -f are removed.
  + fix progress report when continuing partial downloads.
  + request compressed pages by default.
  + add support for embedded youtube playlist URLs; doesn't fix #495164 yet.
  + add option --dump-user-agent.
  + add option --console-title.
  + add option --no-part.
  + add option --get-filename.
  + set downloaded file mtime to the last-modified header, if possible.
  + add option --no-mtime.
* debian/control:
  + update dependency on python's minimum version to 2.5.
* debian/youtube-dl.pod:
  + update a lot.

25. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-12-10

* New upstream release:
  + Use filename with suffix .part while the download is still incomplete.
  + Add support for downloading files from depositfiles.com.
  + Fix recent changes in youtube.com. Closes: #606537.
* debian/watch:
  + Update to work with the github redirector.
* debian/youtube-dl.pod:
  + Add short description on youtube.com's video formats.
    Based on Nicola Ferralis's patch. Closes: #605311.
  + Add description of options -A, --playlist-start, and --playlist-end
    options. Thanks to Josh Triplett. Closes: #604983.
* debian/patches:
  + refresh patch.

24. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-11-25

* New upstream release. Highlights:
  + Fix downloading of RTMP URL's.
  + Added command line switch (-A) to auto-number downloads.
  + Allow comments in batchfiles.
  + Add option to specify the video to end at in a playlist.
* debian/{watch,control}:
  + Update for the move from bitbucket to github.
* debian/patches:
  + refresh patch.

23. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-10-25

* The "I forgot to save the changelog file" release.
* The highlights of the new release are:
  + Add --cookies option to allow saving cookies to disk
    (primarily to be used with external downloaders: e.g., aria2c).
  + Support "https" both for YouTube URLs and for login.
* debian/patches:
  + refresh patch.

22. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-10-13

* The "upload from sunny California" release
* New upstream release:
  + Downloading manually the release 2010.10.03 corresponding to
    http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/changeset/190d2d0fd729
  + Abort downloads that can't be written to the disk
  + Fix downloading some videos from metacafe.com
  + Try to discover the video extension from metacafe.com
  + Allow #! in youtube urls
  + Fix extraction of uploader nickname on dailymotion
  + Support downloads from youtube-nocookie.com urls
  + Code improvements in general
  + Retry that fail with codes 5xx on youtube
* debian/patches/*:
  + rename 01-add-support-to-webm.patch to 01-prefer-open-formats.patch
  + update the patch to apply to new versions of youtube-dl
  + re-enable the patch to give preference to webm videos

21. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-08-09

* New upstream release:
  + Fix metacafe.com code not working due to gdaKey again
  + Add option (--playlist-start) to specify the initial video for playlists
  + Put back -b option as a placeholder with a warning message
  + Consider the file downloaded if the size differs in less than 100 bytes
  + Reorganize request code to make it a bit more robust
  + Properly detect YouTube error messages to print them on screen
* debian/control:
  + Remove suggests on gst-p-b (>= 0.10.18.3-2)
  + The package complies with Policy 3.9.1 without any other changes.
* debian/watch:
  + Remove commented lines.
* debian/youtube-dl.pod:
  + Update the manpage to include newer options.
  + Don't mention removed options anymore. Closes: #590825, #592368.

20. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-07-24

* Urgency medium due to changes in the site that broke earlier versions.
* New upstream release:
  + restore support for WebM formats.
* debian/changelog:
  + fix entry that stated incorrect removed options. Closes: #590144.

19. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-07-22

* Urgency set to medium due to changes in the site
* New upstream release:
  + make youtube-dl work again. Closes: #589974.
  + removed command line options -b and -f.
* debian/NEWS:
  + document the removal of command line options and the new behavior.
* debian/patches:
  + disabled for the moment.
* debian/control:
  + include the support of dailymotion in the long description.
  + update the standards version to 3.9.0, with no other changes.

18. By Rogério Theodoro de Brito on 2010-07-14

* New upstream release:
  + add preliminary support for Dailymotion videos
  + improve support for WebM in YouTube
  + add support for the "original" video format in YouTube
  + add a --max-quality option
  + add support for youtu.be URLs
  + add fixes.
* debian/patches/01-add-support-to-webm.patch:
  + update and refresh.