-** Version master 20110507 (not an official release)
-
- * Main new features
- * i18n support via gettext in XBoard, more languages in Winboard
- * implement new promotion dialog/method (experimental)
- * implement move type-in for XBoard
- * engines can be loaded/switch while running
- * new tag dialog
- * copy game list menu item for XBoard
- * added tournament manager
- * bugfixes
- * lots of them
- * code changes
- * fixed compiler warnings
- * removed flex generated parser
+** Version 4.7.3 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.2
+
+ * Fix buffer overflow in parser on long PGN with scores
+ * Allow castling and e.p. capture moves to survive when editing opening book
+ * Fix node-count overflow in engine output
+ * Better sorting of fail-low lines in engine output
+ * Fix Chess960 a-side castling legality check
+ * Fix position search in Chess960
+ * Fix adjudication of Giveaway stalemates
+ * Adapt WinBoard window positioning to work with multiple screens
+ * Cure some weirdness in XBoard when dragging pieces outside the board
+ * Some dialog layout improvements to facilitate internationalization
+ * Fix crash on using some dialog Browse buttons in GTK version
+ * Connect manual menu item work in GTK version
+ * Put code for OS X integration in the GTK version
+
+** Version 4.7.2 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.2/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.1
+
+ * Make PGN parser immune to unprotected time stamps
+ * Fix book creation
+ * Fix GUI book after setup position
+ * Allow drops / promotions/ deferrals to be edited into book
+ * Allow entry of negative numbers in spin control (WB)
+ * Fix grabbing of selected piece
+ * Fix initial board sizing WB
+ * Fix -zippyVariants option
+
+
+** Version 4.7.1 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.1/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.0
+
+ * updated translations
+ * fixed texinfo 5.0 problems
+ * Work-around for Xt selection bug
+ * Add -backupSettingsFile option
+ * Make skipping of unknown option smarter
+ * Let popping up of WinBoard chatbox for channel open it
+ * Fix vertical sizing of GTK board
+ * Fix buffer overflow in feature parsing
+ * Accept setup command for non-standard board size
+ * Fix fatal error on unsupported board size
+ * Fix GTK box popup
+ * Let XBoard -autoBox option also affect move type-in
+ * Fix spurious popup after batch-mode Analyze Game
+ * Fix saving of analyzed game
+ * Provide compatibility with Alien Edition setup command
+ * Fix quoting of book name in tourney file
+ * Fix disappearence of pieces that were moved illegally
+ * Fix horrible bug in reading scores from PGN
+ * Print score of final position in Analyze Game
+ * Fix GTK SetInsertPos
+ * Fix scrolling of Chat Box
+ * Make Chat Box window obey -topLevel option
+ * Fix Xaw file browser
+ * Update zippy.README
+
+
+** Version 4.7.0 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.0/ )
+
+ * Code refactoring of XBoard
+ * The old X11 front-end has been largely rewritten,
+ so that all windows are now created by a single
+ generic routine
+ * XBoard now uses the Cairo library for all drawing
+ * Pixmaps and bitmaps no longer supported;
+ XBoard now uses PNG and SVG images instead.
+ * An alternative (as yet experimental) front-end
+ using GTK has been added
+
+ * Interactive Analysis
+ * Excluding moves from analysis by playing them
+ * Excluded-moves header in Engine Output window
+ * Analyzing with two engines simultaneously
+ * Annotating an entire muti-game file
+ * Analysing positions by Monte-Carlo play
+
+ * Other New Functionality
+ * Displaying player logos (XB)
+ * Player logo on ICS can be based on player handle
+ * Chat boxes for XBoard
+ * Narrowing down of position searches
+ * Copying pieces when editing a position
+ * Starting WinBoard through drag & drop
+ * Recalling fully configured engines and ICS
+ * Creating an opening book from a game file
+ * Pausing a game
+ * Automatically observing partner games with dual-board
+
+ * Interface Improvements
+ * Recognizes file type of lone argument by extension
+ * Default startup settings configurable per mode
+ * Separate menu items for loading 1st and 2nd engine
+ * Engines can be selected from listboxes
+ * Grouping of engines in the installed-engines list
+ * Stay in Analyze or Game Start mode after engine loading
+ * 'Continue Later' button in WB tournament dialog
+ * A new --help option (XB)
+ * A second board window for observing ICS games (XB)
+ * Smoother graphics and a resizable board (XB)
+ * A rejuvenated file browser (XB Xaw)
+ * Scrolling listboxes with mouse wheel (XB Xaw)
+ * Tabbing through dialog etry fields (XB Xaw)
+ * Adapt width of auxilliary windows on board resize (WB)
+ * External piece bitmaps (WB)
+ * Border around the board (WB)
+ * Saving settings as themes (WB)
+
+ * Bug fixes
+ * Grayout of Analysis menu item in zippy mode
+ * Crash on flagging in -st mode
+ * Keep track of virginity in variant seirawan FENs
+ * Immunity to capitalized promo pieces
+ * Avoid board sizes with unavailabile variant pieces
+ * Work-around for FICS violation of SAN
+ * Check validity of tourney participants
+ * Loop-Chess promotions with legality testing on
+ * Fix -fSAN option in Analyze File mode
+ * Scrolling of Engine Output after PV walk (XB)
+ * Start browsing in currently-selected folder (WB)
+ * Allow entry of fractional timeIncrement (WB)
+ * Resolve conflict between -mps and -inc options
+ * Size of mini-Shogi promotion zone
+ * Adjudication of stalemate and perpetuals in Shogi
+ * Rep-draw detection in drop games
+ * Insufficient-material draws in Knightmate
+ * Replacing of engine in non-last game position
+ * Sweep selection of promo-piece in click-click move
+ * Don't save aborted games in tourney PGN
+ * Remember ponder, book and other settings in tourney file
+ * Do not erase PGN tags on engine loading
+ * Solved feature problems with engine loading in match mode
+ * Re-send option settings to -xreuse engine
+ * Allow use of 'shadow' promotion pieces in any variant
+ * WinBoard did not always start in its installation folder
+ * Initialization of 'Twice' checkbox in Tournament dialog (WB)
+ * Clearing of marker dots after mode or settings change
+ * some smaller bugfixes
+
+** Version 4.6.2 **
+ (for a more detailed list with screenshots see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.2/ )
+ bugfix relase for 4.6.1
+ * Suppress clear-board message after pasting FEN
+ * Fix faking of castling rights after editing position with holdings
+ * Fix second-engine variant test
+
+** Version 4.6.1 **
+ (for a more detailed list with screenshots see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.1/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.6.0
+
+ * Fix memory corruption bug on second-engine loading (through menu or in tournament),
+ which could destroy -firstInitString
+ * Fix bug loading a new engine through the menu (not loading it with the full game,
+ but just upto the current move)
+ * Prefix engine command with "./" when a pathname is split up during install, so the engine actually runs (XB)
+ * Fix fall-back to -ncp mode when engine does not start (cutting short the feature timeout)
+ * Fix bug in position search for FRC castlings (where a King could 'fall off' the board)
+ * Add a message to inform the user how to clear the board, in sweep-select edit-position mode
+ * Fix a bug that could stop the clock when the board window was dragged (XB)
+ * Fix switching off highlighting during game (so last highlights do not remain for the rest of the game)
+ * Allow user to enter the name of a non-existing file when browsing for a save file (WB)
+ * Make sure rarely used engine-related options (such as -firstNPS) are also correctly loaded during session
+ * Correctly handle parsing of Crazyhouse promotions with legality-testing off
+ * Fix click-click detour under-promotions, which were not working for non-captures
+ * Don't strip path from engine command if directory is explicitly given in Load Engine dialog
+ * Consistently make auxiliary windows top level-shells or not, with new -topLevel option (XB)
+ * No longer fatal if second engine does not support current variant (just refuse Two Machines mode)
+ * Scroll XBoard game list to keep selected item in view (XB)
+ * Suppress spurious error popup when starting observing of bughouse games
+ * Fix vertical axis ticks in eval graph with drop games
+ * Put title on same line as menu bar only for -size 72 and larger (with -titleInWindow, XB)
+ * Properly open and close debug file when switching debug mode through key binding Ctrl-D (XB)
+
+** Version 4.6.0 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.0/ )
+
+ * Engine vs. Engine
+ * Loading and installing engines through the menu
+ * Running tournaments with more than two partipants
+ * Stopping a match between two engines
+ * Replacing a tourney participant
+ * Playing openings in color-reversed pairs
+ * Perpetual chasing in Xiangqi
+
+ * Interface Improvements
+ * Auto-Queen, and still under-promote?
+ * Piece fonts and figurine fonts
+ * Displaying PVs as SAN
+ * Small scores in the Eval Graph
+ * How close is the 50-move draw?
+ * Sign of the engine scores
+
+ * Interactive Analysis
+ * Playing moves from the PV
+ * Rapidly changing the number of PVs
+ * Setting the other side to move in analysis
+ * Annotating a game with an engine
+
+ * Other New Functionality
+ * Searching a position in a PGN file
+ * Editing the opening book
+
+ * XBoard -> WinBoard Convergence
+ * Exporting the game list (XB)
+ * A move type-in box (XB)
+ * New-style Move History window (XB)
+
+** Version 4.5.3a **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.3a/ )
+
+ * only changes to Winboard : build non JAW by default, fix compile errors
+
+** Version 4.5.3 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.3/ )
+
+ * fixes of major bugs:
+ * In the file-browse dialog . and .. no longer mask other files if they are non-first in the directory
+ * Fix XBoard crash on showing an empty Engine Settings dialog, printing a message in stead
+ * The XBoard Game List can now handle files with more than 1900 games, by paging through them
+ * The state of the Move-History window is now remembered by XBoard even when the Engine-Output window is up
+ * Fix crash on switching sounds in WinBoard under Windows Vista
+ * Fix empty-string option values on XBoard command line (which were ignored)
+ * Fix spurious vertical scrolling in XBoard Engine-Output window on clicking in it
+ * Obey an engine's san feature when sending book moves to it
+ * Fix XBoard crash when 'filtering' made Game List empty
+ * Suppress clearing of Engine-Output window on automatic updates in analyze mode
+ * Force Move-History refresh after loading/reverting variation
+ * Fix closing brace, when joining two comments to same move
+
+ * fixes of minor bugs:
+ * Suppress playing sounds when no -soundProgram is set
+ * Fix display of last move of last match game
+ * Update window title after last game of match
+ * Never one-click move when legality testing is off
+ * Suppress playing book move when total weigth of all moves is zero
+ * Restore echo after ^C killed XBoard during ICS password
+ * Fix default of -remoteUser, which could cause crash when playing remote engines
+ * Fix recognition of separators between options in -adapterCommand command line
+ * Fix button sizing in generic popup
+ * Fix translatability of 'Spartan Chess' menu item WB
+ * Remove some duplicats from WB language template file
+ * Fix spurious 'Unfinished' sounds during ICS examining
+ * Fix bug in handling of partner command in zippy-mode bughouse games
+ * Create more space in some WB dialogs to accomodate translations
+
+ * Improvements benefitting the speaking version for the visually impaired (WB):
+ * Implement NVDA support in JAWS version
+ * Fix translation of spoken composite messages
+ * Fix JAWS reading of Engine-Settings dialog by removing group-boxes
+ * Add tab stops in WB generic popup
+ * Reorder controls in Engine-Setings dialog WB, so they are tabbed through in logical order
+
+ * fixed compiler warnings/errors and portability:
+ * Fix use of random function in XBoard shuffle dialog callback
+ * Fix inconsistent type of the variable 'shuffleOpenings'
+ * Silence warnings during rpm build
+ * Fix warnings XBoard file browser
+ * Fix some warnings and header-file improvement
+
+ * misc:
+ * Add -at and -opt options as alternative for @, as work-around for Windows shortcut bug
+ * Make occurrence of unknown option in settings file non-fatal
+ * Stale output no longer lingers in the engine-output window when a new game starts
+ * Popdown (stale) Comment window on new game
+
+** Version 4.5.2a (Winboard only)**
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.2/ )
+
+ * Fix Engine Settings button options in WinBoard
** Version 4.5.2 **