[Libvisual-users] libvisual-0.2.0 released!!!

[Dennis S. <sy...@yo...>]

After a few beers further, and working through the release hell that is 
called 'sf.net', 'fm.net'. AND some emails. It's time for the official
"libvisual 0.2.0 has been released" post.

So here we go:

Out there, libvisual-0.2.0, libvisual-plugins-0.2.0, 
libvisual-xmms-0.2.0, libvisual-bmp-0.2.0:

Keep in mind, libvisual-gforce and libvisual-nebulus are now
part of libvisual-plugins and for that reason obsoleted.

Changes:
libvisual:
* VisTransform subsystem. (Dennis)
* visual_palette_color_cycle() function. (Dennis)
* visual_param_container_copy_match() function. (Dennis)
* visual_param_container_copy() function. (Dennis)
* visual_timer_elapsed_msecs() function. (Dennis)
* VisCPU subsystem. (Dennis)
* visual_mem_copy(), will contain mmx, sse versions later on. (Dennis)
* MMX version of the 32bits bilinear filter. (Jean-Christophe)
* Fixed the visual_video_blit_overlay(). (Dennis)
* MMX versions of the 32bits alpha overlay. (Dennis)
* VisPluginEnviron system added. (Vitaly, Dennis)
* Nearest scalers. (Chong Kai Xiong, Dennis)
* Bilinear scalers. (Jean-Christophe, Dennis)
* VisError error values, and human readable errors. (Dennis)
* Objectification of all libvisual structures. (Dennis)
* Complete VisObject system. (Dennis)
* VisSongInfo, use the bilinear filterer, scaler for coverart. (Dennis)
* VisPalette VisParamEntry type. (Dennis)
* VisObject VisParamEntry type. (Dennis)
* VisThread threading wrapper system. (Dennis)
* VisUI Complete userinterface abstraction layer. (Dennis)
* Have a string only plugin type, plugins are now members of domains. (Dennis, Vitaly)
* Many many fixes, improvements and such. (Everyone)

libvisual-plugins:
* Adding pseudotoad flower actor plugin, ported. (Dennis)
* Adding dancing particles plugin, ported. (Dennis)
* Including G-Force in package. (Dennis)
* Including Nebulus in package. (Dennis)
* Adding corona actor plugin, ported. (Dennis, Jean-Christophe)
* Fixed bumpscope actor plugin. (Dennis)
* MMX code added to JESS, alphablend, oinksie (Dennis)
* Fixing many bugs in plugins. (Everyone)
* Adding VisUI userinterfaces to plugins, not usable yet
  because there is no client support yet. (Dennis)

libvisual-xmms:
* Maintaince. (Dennis)

libvisual-bmp:
* Maintaince. (Dennis)

website:
http://libvisual.sf.net

availability:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libvisual/libvisual-0.2.0.tar.gz?download
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libvisual/libvisual-plugins-0.2.0.tar.gz?download
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libvisual/libvisual-xmms-0.2.0.tar.gz?download
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libvisual/libvisual-bmp-0.2.0.tar.gz?download

future:
I posted some notes online about the goals for the upcoming 3 months:
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6543110&forum_id=40316


Cheers and good luck mates,
Dennis