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2007-04-03  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* WPA-PSK support, UI cleanup and much more.

2007-02-27  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* dhclient connection: get gateway from stdout, so there's no need to check later.

2007-02-27  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* get rid of many external proc calls in favor of ioctls, WATools cleanup

2007-02-27  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Don't check for active connection while wizard is running

2007-02-27  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed connection success detection

2007-02-27  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Beginnings of WPA-PSK support

2007-02-09  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Got rid of "iwconfig_status" action. Get essid with iwlib calls.

2007-02-03  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added option to group APs with the same ESSID

2007-02-03  Paweł Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Hide security keys in dialogs and console output

2006-11-22 RELEASE 0.5.6

2006-11-22  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added an option to wait before getting scan results - fixes a problem when some networks were not visible after initial scan.

2006-11-22  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added option to automatically connect to best network at startup.

2006-11-22  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added customizable per-network commands before/after connection/disconnection.

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed the '-q' option from dhclient execution (problem reported by marshallbanana) 

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added Arabic translation (by Mohammed Gamal)

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added Norwegian Bokm� translation (by Alexander Nicolaysen S?rnes)

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added Swedish translation (by Daniel Nylander)

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Updated Spanish translation (by Enrique Mat�s S�chez)

2006-11-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Made automatic reconnection option more visible (modified patch by Henry Kay)

2006-03-11  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fix bug 1447119 - ignore hostap's wifi0 interface (reported and patched by Andreas Nolda)

2006-03-09  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Wait a little bit before checking if connection was successful (a working connection was sometimes not detected)

2006-03-09  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed detection of a running DHCP client (patch by James Ots)
	* Fixed gateway detection for SUSE10  (patch by James Ots)

2006-03-04  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added .info files path for SUSE10

2006-03-01  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Skip channel setting if not supported (fixes bug 1349228)

2006-02-16  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Revised and completed Portugese (Brazil) translation (by BRUNO GON�LVES)

2006-02-13  RELEASE 0.5.5

2006-02-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Get device list from iwconfig

2006-02-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added AUTHORS file

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Updated to latest bksys (based on kdissert)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Show system tray icon by default. Added categories. (wlassistant.desktop)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Always try to kill stale dhcp client before connecting (fixes bug #1305952)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* New quality level indication. Fixes bug #1323274 "Link quality seems strangefully low..."

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Updated Portugese (Brazilian) translation (changes by Wintceas Godois)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) translations (by Peter Zhang)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed "unknown escape sequence" warning (thanks to Achim Bohnet)

2006-02-12  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Return to iwlist scan results parsing
	* Pass essid as the last argument - fixes bug #1366531

2006-01-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added license to src/waconfig.h

2005-10-24  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Automatically detect paths to .pid and .info/.leases files. Fixes bug #1323263

2005-10-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* No concole output if radio ok
	* Added missing i18n(...) (wlassistant.cpp line 382)

2005-10-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added Catalan translation (by Adonay Sanz Alsina)

2005-09-30  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Normalize quality returned by scan results (range 0-100)

2005-09-30  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Open kernel socket once, reuse it till program exits.

2005-09-29  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed possible division by zero problem.

2005-09-27  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* FIxed initialization of some variables in WATools.

2005-09-27  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* WATools::scanResults does not freeze UI anymore (using callback function to update UI)

2005-09-23  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Small fixes to the WATools::scanResults parsing. (wlassistant.cpp)
	* Migrated to bksys/scons

2005-09-20  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Get Wireless Extensions version from iw_get_kernel_we_version() (watools.cpp)

2005-09-14  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added configure check for iwlib.h (patch by Sheldon Lee-Wen)

2005-09-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Migrated from iwlist scan results parsing to direct iwlib calls.

2005-09-11  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added version number in window title (main.cpp)

2005-09-11  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed redundant <string> include (watools.h)
	* Default (fallback) interface in WATools
	* Auto set fallback interface in WATools::interfaceList() if none set.
	* Made returned variables static in WATools functions
	* Renamed devices() to interfaceList() in WATools, adjusted references.

2005-09-06  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added French translation (by Olivier Butler)

2005-09-06  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added 'ASCII' checkbox next to WEP key fields.

2005-09-02  RELEASE 0.5.4a

2005-09-01  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Made WATools::txpower return -1 if radio is disabled.
	* Use WATools::txpower instead of output parsing to check if radio is enabled.

2005-09-01  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* List only managed (& master) networks

2005-09-01  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed setIfname and ifname from WATools, made 'iface' argument in functions mandatory..
	* Don't check for active connection when no scan results.
	* Changed linux/socket.h to sys/socket.h (watools.cpp)
	* Only bring interface up (before scanning) if it is down. ('no scan results' fix, part 1)
	* Don't bring interface down if there were no scan results. ('no scan results' fix, part 2)
	* added "ifconfig_status" action (output to check if interface is up) (netparams.cpp)

2005-08-30  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed double #include for qcursor

2005-08-27  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changed linux/socket.h include to sys/socket.h (watools.cpp)
	* Don't check for active connection if there are no scan results (wlassistant.cpp)

2005-08-20 RELEASE 0.5.4

2005-08-20  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Reviewed 'timerConnectionCheck' occurences. Make it work regardless of connectedItem presence (to detect if connected from an outside app)
	* Fixed 'wlassistant crashes when pressing 'scan' a lot' bug.
	* Set config groups
	* Created README with usage hints
	* Changed 'restricted' to 'shared key'
	* Changed 'open' to 'open system' (WEP mode)
	* Fixed 'connect from selected network' to 'connect to connected network'
	* Added Portugese Brazilian translation (by Daniel Nascimento)
	* Added Polish translation
	* Added Polish description to .desktop file (Comment[pl])

2005-08-16  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added WATools:: txpower, ap, iface, setIface. (watools.h/.cpp)
	* Added getGateway() function. (wlassistant.h/.cpp)

2005-08-15  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Pressing 'Quit' kills all background processes. (wlassistant.cpp)

2005-08-15  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changed 'Scan' to 'Refresh' (ui_main.ui)

2005-08-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fix: if no gateway (manual config or DHCP) - report that connection failed.
	* Properly detect connection on startup, if only gateway accessible.
	* Wait 2sec before checking for internet after establishing connection.
	* Wait 150ms after DHCP client finishes before getting gateway from route.
	* Added more detailed output to stdout.

2005-08-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changed host to ping to www.ibiblio.org

2005-08-13  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fix: set mInternet to false when mConnected is false.

2005-08-11  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Reworked connection status monitoring & indication.

2005-08-09  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added WATools::devices that returns comma separated list of wireless devices.
	* Migrated to WATools::devices (wlassistant.cpp)

2005-08-08  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added WATools::isWireless to determine if interface supports wireless extensions.

2005-08-08  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed KConfigXT, .kcfg & .kcfgc files. Variables to store are added in wlassistant.cpp files.
	* Changed 'WaSettings' to WAConfig.

2005-08-08  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Introduced helper class WATools (uses iwlib directly).
	* Get currentItem quality with WATools::quality instead of parsing iwconfig output.

2005-08-07 RELEASE 0.5.3

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed redundant includes.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed "ui_confgeneral.h" dependancy (wlassistant.cpp).

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed KDE version dependancy (ui_main.ui).

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added ToolTips and 'What's This' help to all elements.
	* Changed 'Close' to 'Quit'.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Change 'Settings' to 'Options' where appropriate.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added formatting to message boxes.
	* Change 'Close' to 'Stop' only if process runs longer than 1.5sec

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Last used interface is saved in config file and reused next time the app is run.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* While running external executables, 'Close' button changes to 'Stop' that terminates current process.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added DHCP client timeout and GUI to configure it.

2005-08-07  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* New settings GUI (wlassistant.h/.cpp, ui_main.ui).
	* Droppen kconfigdialog.h dependancy.
	* Fixed item height with the new settings GUI (netlistviewitem.h/.cpp).

2005-08-06  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed 'netReconnect()' function.
	* Reduced CPU usage while running external executables. Thanks to Remco Treffkorn.

2005-08-05  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Removed 'Honor KDE single click' UI.
	* Removed 'Honor KDE single click' from kcfg.
	* Connect signal/slots in wlassistant.cpp, not in the .ui files.
	* Removed 'Reconnect' context menu action. (sometimes froze the app for unknown reasons).

2005-08-05  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changes to global KDE settings take immediate effect in wlassistant.

2005-08-05  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* If encryption is "off" - disable it, enable if anything else. This fixes encryption detection for drivers that return '****-****-****-**' instead of just 'on'

2005-08-05  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changed connected item's context menu (part II) so that default action is listed first.
	* Make mouse behaviour (Single- or Double-Click) consistent with KDE global settings.
	* 'Connect' button caption changes to 'Disconnect' when connected item is selected.
	* Double clicking on an item connects/disconnects (when mouse settings require this behaviour).

2005-08-04 RELEASE 0.5.2f

2005-08-04  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed sorting by channel number (e.g. 11 is now after 10, not after 1)
	* #ifdef to check for KDE 3.4 - this should make wlassistant compile on KDE 3.3

2005-08-04  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed recognition of '<hidden>' ESSID.

2005-08-04 RELEASE 0.5.2e

2005-08-04  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Try to kill stale DHCP client instance (if any) when connection fails.

2005-08-04  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Try to kill any stale DHCP client if connection fails. This seems to be dhclient only.

2005-08-03  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Bring interface up before setting network parameters (esp. wep key) - this fixes problems with connecting to encrypted networks using a DHCP client.

2005-08-03  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Fixed network encryption and frequency (if no channel info available) detection.

2005-08-03  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Changed connected item's context menu so that default action is listed first.

2005-08-03  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* automatically disconnect from current network when connecting to a different one.

2005-08-02  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Try to kill running instance of DHCP client (if any) before connecting.

2005-08-02  Pawel Nawrocki  <[email protected]>

	* Added semicolons to DNS labels in the 'Edit Settings' dialog.

*** version 0.5.2d:
* FIX: Wait 1.5sec for dhcp client to quit. This fixes reconnecting problems.
* FIX: Default action when clicking on a connected item is "Disconnect..." again.

*** version 0.5.2c:
* FIX: On some systems user got disconnected on app startup.

*** version 0.5.2b:
* FIX: Network status monitoring.
* FIX: Wrong WEP indication
* FIX: Few more fixes of ridiculous bugs.

*** version 0.5.2a:
* FIX: uncommented lines that were commented out for testing only.

*** version 0.5.2:
* NEW: Connection status monitoring, ask to reconnect when connection lost.
* NEW: If no scan results returned - check if external radio switch (laptops) is turned on.
*      The above feature is tested with madwifi driver only. Please let me know if it works with different ones.
* NEW: Connected network marked with an icon.
* NEW: 'Don't ask again' checkboxes for some dialogs (No GUI to switch them back on yet, you will need to edit 'wlassistantrc' manually)
* FIX: Fixed crash on startup/scan (thanks go to Remco Treffkorn for reporting this).
* FIX: No not report half a star when quality is 0.
* FIX: Reduced flicker when populating network list.
* FIX: Workaround for some drivers wrongly reporting that connection is available when it is not.
* FIX: Workaround for drivers overusing cache when returning scan results/errors (works with madwifi at least).
* Lots of other fixes and internal improvements, code cleanup.

*** version 0.5.1a (BUGFIX RELEASE):
* NEW: Actions for a network that is connected but not configured.
* FIX: Network is no longer shown as 'connected' if link quality is 0.
* FIX: Tab order in "Edit Settings..." dialog.
* FIX/ADD: The AP column is back :)
* FIX: Changed default action of connected item to 'Reconnect'.

*** version 0.5.1:
* NEW: Dialog to edit existing network settings.
* NEW: Basic network settings change monitoring, proper actions if needed (e.g. if an ESSID of a configured network (AP) is no longer broadcasted, you will be asked what to do).
* NEW: connected network item always first and highlighted and bold and whatnot.
* NEW: Dynamic quality indication for the connected network.
* NEW: Disconnect functionality.
* NEW: Moved to i18n strings.
* NEW: If radio is off, user is asked if it should be switched on.
* NEW/FIX: '<hidden>' gets replaced by ESSID if network configured (code was there in 0.5.0 but it only worked for older wireless-tools).
* NEW: If connection fails, user is asked whether to review settings. Comment if it annoys you...
* FIX: Rewritten item drawing code. Reduced flicker.
* FIX: Changed dhclient command arguments. Does this one work for everybody?
* FIX: UI refinements (thanks to Stephan Binner for pointing these out)
* FIX: Couldn't connect after channel/frequency of a network changed.
* FIX: Hack to prevent wrong column width setting.
* FIX/REM: AP column removed.
* Changed scan results parsing to use qregexp and optimised.
* Quite a few other bug fixes, some code cleanup.

* NEW: Wireless Assistant now has a CVS repository. You can find instructions on how to use it at: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=134488
* THANKS go to Stephan Binner for giving me some valuable hints.

*** version 0.5.0:
*** This release is a major rewrite. Loads of under-the-hood changes. Huge part of the code has been rewritten, reimplemented, organised, cleaned up, optimised and made easier to extend in the future. 
* NEW: Network profiles (finally!). Comments please!
* NEW: Automatic path detection. No manual config.
* NEW: Support for networks with hidden ESSIDs.
* NEW: Context menu for each found network.
* NEW: Sysfs based device detection (kernel 2.6.x required!).
* NEW: Device selection combo is hidden if only one interface is found.
* NEW: wlassistant runs using sudo to avoid permissions mess in different distros.
* FIX: Much shorter startup time.
* FIX: Proper connection checking.
* REM: Real interface name lookup removed.
* REM: Only managed networks supported (Ad-Hoc & other didn't work most of the time anyway. Will rewrite it sometime later, depending on how badly the users want it. Comment pls.).
* REM: Removed "Scan upon startup" option - it is the default behaviour now.
* REM: Removed "Skip encrypted networks" scanning option.
* REM: Removed "Connection timeout" option for dhcpcd. Hardcoded to 25s.

* NOTE: As for now, per network profiles can not be edited. You have to delete one and re-enter all the settings. It might be an inconvenience if you are using networks that change their parameters often, but I wanted to release and get early feedback on the whole profiles implementation.
* NOTE: You might encounter some annoying "This function is not yet implemented" messages. Reason? See above.
* NOTE: I am well aware that the configuration dialog needs redesigning. I'm actually considering removing it completely and implementing more per network options. Comments pls!
* NOTE: See TODO before giving ideas or feature requests to get an overview of what is already planned for the next releases.

*** 0.3.9:
* NEW: the long-awaited dhclient support
* NEW: button to terminate current process
* some bugfixes and ui changes

*** 0.3.8a BUGFIX RELEASE:
* FIX: Quality detection (again, last time, hopefully)
* FIX: some cards reported 'Managed' as 'Master'
* FIX: ESSIDs including space now are correctly set
* FIX: no more unnecessary errors from iwlist & others
* FIX: kcfg file now installed in the proper location
* FIX: path detection (now only accepts files in /usr/.. or /sbin or /bin)
* FIX: existing dhcpcd instance now properly quits if necessary
* some code cleanup

*** version 0.3.8:
* NEW: manual interface configuration (not DHCP)
* NEW: Option to run custom command upon connection
* NEW: use frequency if channel number not available
* NEW: honor KDE single-click behaviour (option)
* NEW: Quit upon successful connection (option)
* NEW: Use ping to verify that connection is successfully established.
* NEW: Case-sensitive essid matching option
* FIX: Support for dhcpcd .pid files
* FIX: Column width set correctly
* FIX: Removed "Auto mode" option (shouldn't be needed)
* FIX: All columns now movable & resizable
* FIX: Proper quality detection / estimation (if no noise level reported)
* FIX: Icon

*** version 0.3.7:
* NEW: app now aware of channel number (thanks to Michael Long)
* FIX: network list is sorted properly now
* FIX: interfaces should be now detected properly if more than 1 is present (feedback pls!)
* FIX: 'Detect' and 'Configure...' buttons disabled while connecting
* FIX: quality should be now reported properly on all cards (with help of Michael Long, feedback pls!)
* FIX: mode changed to 'Managed' before scanning to ensure proper results
* other minor fixes

*** version 0.3.6:
* NEW: Encryption status shown using an icon
* NEW: Graphical link quality indicator
* NEW: automatic key selection if name matches ESSID.
* FIX: revert cursor after setting ad-hoc parameters
* some UI refinements
* status info if ad-hoc and/or encrypted networks skipped during scanning
* other small fixes I don't remember.


*** version 0.3.5:
* NEW: WEP support (please test it, I have no wlan with WEP atm)
* FIX: compile problem fixed, thanks to elitecodex (& his friend)
* FIX: do not try to get info from dhcp when in ad-hoc mode.
* changed binary name to wlassistant (shorter), so make sure to uninstall any previous version!
* changed defaults.


*** version 0.3.1:
* NEW: human-readable interface names (PCI devices only, udev required).
* NEW: option to automatically scan at startup (using first detected device)
* FIX: signal quality now shown correctly.
* FIX: other small fixes.

****** DESCRIPTION ******

Wireless Assistant (wlassistant) is a small application that allows you to connect to wireless networks.

* MAIN FEATURES:
- Managed Networks Support
- WEP Encryption Support
- Not Broadcasted ("hidden") ESSIDs Support
- Per Network (AP) Configuration Profiles
- Automatic (DHCP, both dhcpcd and dhclient) and manual configuration options.

The program uses wireless-tools, route, ifconfig, dhcpcd/dhclient as its backends so they need to be installed.

*** IMPORTANT: As of this release wlassistant is run using 'sudo'. As a result no 'permission denied' errors are handled. Make sure your sudo is configured properly so you can run wlassistant.
EXAMPLE: If you want to create a e.x. 'wifi' group wich users should be allowed to use wlassistant, add the following line to your /etc/sudoers:
    %wifi  ALL=NOPASSWD: <your_kde_dir>/bin/wlassistant