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version 0.4.1
	fixed search window size
	better tag reader in ffmpeg plugin + reload metadata support
	fixed EQ drawing unwanted current value at initialization
	allow editing previous custom grouping value
	increased sort speed
	fixed alsa and oss plugins writing zero samples at start of tracks
	fixed recover from suspend in alsa plugin
	fixed md5 structure buffer overflow
	added support for gtk3 (2.90), enabled with --enable-gtk3
	improved oss plugin responsiveness on pause
	fixed vfs_curl crashing randomly when loading album art
	ignore currently paused song when opening new file(s) from commandline
	fixed playlist moving bugs
	fixed memory leaks in id3v2 parser
	increased maximum limit on id3v2 APIC frame size to 2MiB
	added cd text support
	fixed wavpack crash on corrupted files
	fixed random crash when using File -> Open
	added remember/restore current folder in playlist save/load dialogs
	fixed reversing track order after drag-n-drop
	fixed "Loop single file" mode after track was moved or deleted
	removed apply button from Global Hotkeys preferences window

version 0.4.0
	multiple tabbed playlists
	added grouping of tracks using title-formatting strings
	added Album Cover Art plugin
	added EQ plugin (SuperEQ library by Naoki Shibata)
	added basic PulseAudio support
	added metadata editing support
	improved global hotkeys plugin, with GUI configurator
	colors for custom widgets are taken from GTK theme, and user-customizable
	fixed FreeBSD compatibility problems
	improved resampling/streaming code
	enabled .TTA support in ffmpeg plugin
	improved metadata readers (id3v1, id3v2, apev2)
	improved Icy (shoutcast) protocol support
	moved built-in decoders to their own dynamic libraries
	now it's possible to exclude any plugin from build
	player remembers scroll positions in playlists between sessions
	added ability to delete selected files from disk (playlist context menu)
	added ability to reload metadata (playlist context menu)
	added AAC 'net streaming support (ffmpeg plugin)
	faster search and sorting
	added support for proxy username/password authentication
	better recognizer of remote pls/m3u files for online radio
	improved/fixed last.fm plugin
	OSD notifications about track changes though any notification daemon
	fixed gapless playback errors

version 0.3.3
	fixed "unknown response" in command line
	fixed winkey in global hotkeys plugin
	fixed crash in id3v1 parser
	fixed crash in mp3 plugin
	fixed few bugs/problems in ALSA plugin (now works on wider range of soundcards)
	fixed playback of multichannel FLAC files
	fixed 24 bit wavpack playback
	fixed duration calculation and seeking bugs in mp3 plugin
	added support for older versions of ffmpeg
	added OSS(3,4) support
	experimental FreeBSD support
	experimental OpenSolaris support
	improved GUI dialogs
	added new "File Number" column type
	added new "File Name" custom column conversion
	added option to disable nowplaying notifications in lastfm plugin
	added support for icy metadata (title in shoutcast streams)
	added experimental (optional) support for notifications using libnotify

version 0.3.2
	all GTK+ UI code is now in plugin
	improved main menu layout in GTK UI
	numerous memory and cpu optimizations
	fully editable/scriptable columns with sorting
	native look and feel of playlist widget
	selection is synchronized between main window and search window
	keyboard navigation in search window
	plugins got basic GUI configuration
	much smoother seekbar
	compatible with more GTK theme engines
	improved restore window geometry after minimizing to system tray
	search window geometry is now saved and restored between sessions
	flexible nowplaying querying support via command line
	ALSA code moved to plugin
	new "nullout" output plugin - good for testing, and as basis for new plugins
	added template .c file (with comments) for making new decoder plugins
	updated id3v2 and apev2 parsers to support more metadata types
	id3v2.2 parser now supports unsynchronization
	metadata viewer accessible from context menu
	flac plugin now plays "oga" files (flac in ogg container)
	ffmpeg plugin, adds formats: m4a (aac,alac), mpc/mp+/mpp, wma, shn, oma, ac3, vqf
	vtx plugin using libayemu
	adplug plugin - cmf, rol, hsc, etc (including adlib S3Ms)
	fixed cuesheet support in mp3 and ogg plugins
	fixed sse2 issues on i686 architecture
	added 24-bit ape support (thanks to Rockbox project)
	added support for custom scrobbler url to last.fm plugin (e.g. libre.fm)
	added Play Queue funtionality to playlist (context menu)
	added average/approximate bitrate display to statusbar
	new "cursor follows playback" feature
	new "stop after current track" feature
	.dbpl extension is auto-added when saving playlist
	improved robustness in http code (handling connection problems, etc)
		
version 0.3.1
	improved header widget drawing and gtkengines compatibility
	fixed vfs_curl to fetch content size properly again
	fixed rare memory leak bug in seekbar drawing
	fixed total playtime display
	changed buttons to use stock icons
	implemented reading of embedded cuesheets from ape and wavpack files
	fixed bug in filename resolving when starting from commandline
	added possibility to open multiple files from filemanagers
	fixed random locking/hanging in alsa module
	loading plugins from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.local/lib/deadbeef/ (by Alexey A. Smirnov <alexey.smirnov@gmx.com>)
	middle click on tray icon toggles pause on current track (by Alex Dedul <rotmer@gmail.com>)

version 0.3.0
	vfs plugins - for implementing http/ftp streaming, etc
	improved mpeg (libmad) plugin - eats less memory, works faster
	added support for icecast and shoutcast streams (mp3, ogg)
	added support for podcasts (basically, for any files residing on http/ftp)
	added support for opening pls and m3u files
	improved about dialog
	added support for Super (winkey) modifier and multimedia keys in global hotkeys plugin
	fixed random crash in global hotkeys plugin if key combination was used elsewhere
	improved cuesheet reader
	added cd audio support, including cddb/freedb
	added preferences window
	new unified config file for everything
	added total playtime display in statusbar
	improved plugin build system, displays list of plugins to be built
	custom columns (through manual config editing yet)
	column header drag-and-drop
	improved alsa compatibility
	player can release sound device while not playing
	better alsa resume after suspend support
	support for hardware samplerate conversion (when supported by hardware)
	support for alsa software resampling
	improved skipping through bad files
	fixed replaygain bugs
	added full file path display via tooltip (optional, disabled by default)
	statusbar shows info while paused
	added new buffering icon while streamer loads data
	added scrolling in playlist while dragging/selecting tracks
	case-insensitive file filter in gtkfilechooser dialogs
	added cursor sync between playlist and search windows
	player saves playlist/config on SIGTERM (should improve things on shutdown)

version 0.2.3.2
	added winkey (Super) modifier support to hotkeys plugin
	added multimedia keys support to hotkeys plugin
	added hex keycodes (as reported by xev) support to hotkeys plugin
	fixed crashbug in playlist loader when loading playlist files from older releases
	fixed bug in flac decoder attempting to read past end of file
	added new workarounds for malformed cusheet files

version 0.2.3.1
	disabled debug tracing in most modules, to prevent slow-downs
	fixed streaming bug introduced last moment before 0.2.3
	fixed redrawing of playing status after resume from pause

version 0.2.3
	added native gapless playback which works with most decoders
	added replaygain support
	added wavpack plugin
	added libsndfile plugin
	fixed seeking in paused and stopped states
	fixed reading of some id3v2 tags
	changed tag reading order to APEv2->ID3v2->ID3v1
	improved cuesheet reader
	fixed interlocking bug in streamer (should reduce skips)

version 0.2.2.2
	fixed resume after suspend/hibernate
	fixed cue reader regression
	fixed another playlist drawing regression
	fixed stutter at the start of ape tracks

version 0.2.2.1
	fixed playlist drawing regressions encountered in 0.2.2

version 0.2.2	
	fixed several build problems reported by users
	added app icons, updated launcher script
	proper sse2 detection and usage in ape plugin
	reduced volumebar range to -50dB
	horizontal scrolling in playlist
	pango is now used for ellipsizing
	case-insensitive search using russian, danish, french and other alphabets
	vertical scroll is much faster now

version 0.2.1
	new ape decoder - faster, doesn't crash
	fixed APEv2 tag reader
	fixed id3 tag reader on big-endian systems
	player now builds without errors on big-endian systems
	memory for HVSC song length database is now allocated on demand
	fixed icons in system tray menu
	fixed color detection for column header text
	improved cuesheet reader (pregap support and better bounds checking)

version 0.2.0
	plugin API - decoder and misc plugins working, other types are work in progress
	most decoders are in plugins now, which means that most dependencies are optional (libmad, libFLAC, etc)
	global hotkeys plugin
	last.fm scrobbler plugin
	added help page (under help menu)
	huge amount of performance tweaks (including power consumption tweaks)
	cuesheets embedded into FLAC's vorbis comments
	24 bit flac support
	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME env variable support
	APE format support through libdemac
	launcher (.desktop) file
	scroll follows playback (optional)
	no more "?" when no track number in tags
	fixed seekbar accuracy bug
	improved cuesheet reader
	cuesheet text charset detection (utf8, iso8859-1, cp1251)
	improved mp3 parser (better vbr duration calc, more accurate seeking, etc)
	fixed bug when starting files from command line using relative paths
	fixed order/loopmode session saving
	fixed id3v2.2 reader
	focus/deiconify window on trayicon click
	X button no longer minimizes to tray by default (configurable)
	search is now accessible from menu
	column sizes are now saved between sessions
	select multiple folders in "add folder(s)" dialog

version 0.1.1
	volume control now works on dB scale
	fixed bug in ogg vorbis decoder that was skipping songs
	flac decoder now can ignore corrupted files to some extent
	added shuffle playback mode
	removed some of the unused code from build scripts
	player no longer hangs if song change happend near the end of current song
	playlist redraw fixed for pause/unpause
	speed optimizations on playlist drawing
	changed scrollwheel step to 2 rows
	changed playlist drawing from cairo to gdk, uses proper font now
	fixed server part to be started earlier, to prevent multiple instances bug
	fixed several things preventing player to work on ppc64 architecture
	fixed id3v2 unsynchronized frames reading
	implemented basic session management, window size/position, volume, playmode are remembered across sessions