0.5.9rc2

[David Zeuthen]

Here's the 0.5.9rc2 release leading up to HAL 0.5.9.

 http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/dist/hal-0.5.9.rc2.tar.gz
 http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/dist/hal-info-20070326.tar.gz

>From now on only bugfixes etc. will be committed until 0.5.9 is out.
Please test this and provide feedback + patches. Thanks!

     David

Changes since 0.5.9rc1

        Alex Kanavin (1):
              provide textual interface description for USB devices
        
        Andreas Hanke (1):
              fixes for AS_AC_EXPAND usage breaks hal-device-manager
        
        Dan Nicholson (1):
              POSIX shells do not support '==' tests
        
        Danny Kukawka (19):
              add copy_property FDI directive for stringlist properties
              fixed compiler warning in addon-dell-backlight
              fixed compiler warning
              fix compiler warning in libhal
              fixed compiler warning in create_cache.c
              fixed commit 882085a0, forgot cast to unsigned long
              typo fix
              fixed uid datatype in CallerInfo to unsigned long
              added new fdi match attribute 'contains_not' for strings and strlist
              added hald-probe-ieee1394-unit to .gitignore
              libhal: validate parameter to be != NULL
              fix expat detection in configure
              fixed code documentation
              added some files to .gitignore
              removed not needed string from translation files
              added support for ALSA MIDI devices
              validate error D-Bus names returned on stderror
              change usb*.version_bcd/usb*.speed_bcd to new double keys
              added hal-system-power-pm-is-supported to .gitignore
        
        David Zeuthen (37):
              instead of assuming they're blank, probe unknown discs if they're large
              some fixes to make distcheck work again
              Merge branch 'master' of ssh://david@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
              fix build
              Merge branch 'master' of ssh://david@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
              make the fdi cache test stricter by not allowing skipped fdi files
              avoid "Not Specified" values as these stem from dmidecode itself
              add workaround for gtk-doc for now (bgo #386508)
              also make sure libhal.types is empty
              avoid setting pci.vendor, pci.product, usb.vendor to useless "Unknown (XXX)"
              Merge branch 'master' of ssh://david@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
              fix up memory handling of exp_detail and remove dead code
              define 'scanner' capability
              add ACL's for scanners
              add support for SuspendHybrid and make use of pm-is-supported
              fix typo
              fix umount.hal so correct return value is passed
              use libsmbios to add support for bluetooth, wlan RF kill on Dell laptops
              forgot to add 10-rfkill-switch.fdi (renamed from 10-bluetooth-switch.fdi)
              avoid logging when client asks for non-existant property
              fix segfault in lshal where strlist prop was removed just after it changed
              add named mandatory locking API
              remove dead code
              switch to xmlto and heavily fix up the spec
              fix up introspection bits
              more spec changes
              move caller tracking into it's own class
              refactor access control checks into separate files
              add interface locking and remove generic locking API committed yesterday
              don't set INVOKED_BY_SYSTEMBUS_CONNECTION_NAME unless call is from bus
              add docs for how locking work
              fixup speling
              for Dell, disable physical killswitch when setting power
              don't disk example-manager.py as it doesn't exist anymore
              don't dist hal-linux26.dia either since it has gone the way of the Dodo too
              try usbclass handler before usb and try all handlers until we find something
              remove doc/conf and remember to install the CSS stylesheet
        
        Frederic Crozat (1):
              handle system bus restarts
        
        Kareem Dana (1):
              fix probe-storage and addon-storage competing for O_EXCL on cdrom device
        
        Kay Sievers (2):
              fix scsi_host parent relationship
              Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
        
        Michael Biebl (2):
              inotify support for systems without sys/inotify.h
              inotify support for systems without sys/inotify.h
        
        Priit Laes (2):
              added Estonian translation
              removed translatable tag from value field of capabilties
        
        Richard Hughes (3):
              Fix error initialisation in acpi addon to fix ac adapter event reporting
              added hal-acl-tool executable to .gitignore
              add support for the macbook backlight
        
        Rob Taylor (4):
              ignore *.py[oc] and *.gcno
              add option to build without libpci
              add compare_ne to possible matchrules
              Move COMPARE_NE to end of match_type enum.
        
        William Jon McCann (4):
              sizing fixes for device manager
              improve api docs
              fix api docs even more
              hal updates for latest ConsoleKit
        
hal-info changes since 20070304

        Andreas Hanke (1):
              really fix path expansion in hal-info
        
        Danny Kukawka (2):
              moved Nokia devices into existing structure/logic
              removed folder information fro YP-U1
        
        David Zeuthen (5):
              update version to 20070313
              Merge branch 'master' of ssh://david@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal-info
              add support for Dell RF kill switches
              update version to 20060326
              fix up COPYING to avoid mentioning source files etc.
        
        Elias Probst (1):
              added iRiver T20 to USB musicplayers
        
        Richard Hughes (4):
              add lenovo battery recall data
              Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal-info
              Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal-info
              fix up vbestate_restore for display resuming
        
        William Jon McCann (1):
              add portable_audio_player support for Nokia N770 and N800