[Gramps-announce] gramps 0.6.0 has been released

[Don A. <don...@ho...>]

Version 0.6.0 is now available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps

RPM and tar.gz files are available. There are not diff files this time,
because the diffs are larger than the tar.gz file. The RPM file was
created on RedHat 7.2 using python 1.5.2.

This version is a significant upgrade. Version control, multiple
sources, improved merging, and improved image/media files support have
been added.

See the notes below.

Version 0.6.0
* Support for QUAY, NCHI, and CAUS on GEDCOM import. GEDCOM
  import is significantly faster.
* Support for multiple sources per item.
* Support for revision control. RCS based revision control is 
  available.
* Confidence level moved to SourceReference instead of object.
* All fields of birth and death events are editable. Clicking the
  Edit button brings up the event editor. Birth and death fields
  on the Edit Person dialog are now read only.
* Support for unknown gender.
* Central image/media repository added. All images in a gallery 
  are references to these media objects. Media objects can have
  global properties (in the repository) or local properties (in
  each gallery).
* Media types are beyond images are now supported (PDF, MP3,
  word processor documents, etc.)
* Drag and drop of images from one gallery to another. Drag and
  drop from file managers into the gallery. Drag and drop from a
  web page to a gallery.
* Drag and drop reordering of children in children lists.
* Drag and drop reordering of images in a gallery.
* Autocompletion support on most entry boxes with drop down menus.
* Plugins can be reloaded without re-starting gramps.
* Two people can be selected and directly merged from the main
  person list.
* Two places can be selected and directly merged from the main 
  place list.
* The "Find and Merge" functionality has been improved to make it
  easier to find matches. 
* Web page generation is significantly faster.
* Many plugins enhanced. Descendant browser can jump to an Edit Person
  display, Event Comparison can now save and load complex filters, 
  etc.
* User had significant more control over the format of the internal
  GRAMPS' ids. You can now set a prefix for each type (such as "I-"
  for individuals) or specify more powerful formatting using C-like
  format statements (such as "I-%04d").
* Adoption relationships are visible on the pedigree view (seen as
  a dotted line).
* Reordering GRAMPS' ids attempts to preserve the integer originally
  assigned to the object.
* The person view can be sorted by GRAMPS id.
* KWord format generated is now compatible with KWord 1.1. Images may
  now be included in KWord documents (requires Python Imaging Library).
  Tables are not working yet. I can figure out how to format a KWord
  table.

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