2.1.alpha1

This is a very early alpha release for version 2.1. While it should "feel" pretty much like 2.0 a lot of improvements took place under the hood. Note that some legacy support has been removed, especially for BlueZ 4 and NetworkManager 0.8.

New features

• Information dialog on device's services
• Compose vNotes
• --delete option for blueman-sendto

Changes

• Drop support for BlueZ 4
• Drop browse feature
• Add title to status icon
• Add systemd service units (@smcv / Simon McVittie)
• Set widget names so they can be used to style blueman.
• Replace deprecated use of Gtk.VBox and Gtk.HBox.
• Replace deprecated GtkTable with GtkGrid and also use it replace GtkBoxes used to layout.
• [dhcp] udhcpd (busybox) support
• [sendto] Do not try to send a file during a discovery
• Migrate the BlueZ classes from dbus-python to GDBus
• Limit who can run blueman's mechanism with polkit
• Use GtkListStore builtin sorting functionality
• Turn the BlueZ classes into singletons
• Update Sdp class id's
• Rework Adapter menu in ManagerMenu
• Rework and cleanup DeviceList class
• Drop headset service and plugin
• Merge the two property changed functions in PropertiesBase
• Remove main.Device
• Fix building with musl libc
• Add generic device-added/removed functions for plugins
• Drop legacy NetworkManager and ModemManager support
• Port AppletService proxy to GDBus
• Port Polkit client code to GDBus
• [ManagerDeviceMenu] Make disconnecting and opening plugin dialog asynchronous operations
• Implement default pin (RequestPinCode) database for BluezAgent
• Bluez, Subclass from Gio.DBusProxy and properly handle properties
• Bluez managers, Subclass from GDBusObjectManagerClient
• Notification: Use dbus for notifications and drop the libnotify dep
• Port NMPanSupport applet plugin to GDBus

Bugs fixed

• Codepoint issues when connecting to serial service
• Infinite loop if RecentConns has only invalid items
• Unblock rfkill in Python 3
• Valid adapter may not be found
• Do not load RfKill plugins when device is not available.
• Always set codeset for gettext to utf8 (@mgorny / Michał Górny)
• Support legacy devices without a Name property
• (Covered) Crash in agent's passkey / pin code methods
• Fix fading in GtkAnimation TreeRow(Color)Fade and CellFade classes.
• Do not explixitely destoy DeviceSelectorDialog blueman-sendto.
• gui: Call the sub-classed widgets init function instead of GObject's
• Do not block manager with plugin dialog
• Exception in Tee class at exit
• Stop dhcpd handler removing all content of the config file
• Only return devices belonging to adapter
• Fix SerialManager plugin
• Close Notification when pair is successful
• Properly unregister NAP when unloading Networking plugin

2.0.4

Changes

• Do not try to send a file during a discovery

Bugs fixed

• Listing rfcomm devices was broken
• Serial devices where not properly disconnected
• Close confirmation dialog on cancelation
• Handle transfer errors correctly
• Show devices of the current adapter only
• Local network service did not work
• PyGI warnings
• Call custom scripts for serial services
• Disconnect serial services on device disconnect

2.0.3

Security release

Fixes a privilege escalation in blueman-mechanism.

2.0.2

Bug fix release

• Exception on device property change
• Backport fix for #345 - rename random pass pairing button
• Exception at exit (#391)
• Clarify wording of tray applet's option to turn off bluetooth
• Do not block manager with plugin dialog (#383)
• blueman-adapters: Set hidden in the ui when timeout is reached
• Functions: Catch specific error in get_icon function
• Stop Game Controller plugin from blocking
• Use absolute filename provided to blueman-sendto on the cmd line

2.0.1

Bug fix release

• Codepoint issues when connecting to serial service
• Infinite loop if RecentConns has only invalid items
• Unblock rfkill in Python 3
• Valid adapter may not be found
• Handle when rfkill subsystem is not available gracefully
• RfKill: open /dev/rfkill r+b to avoid creating
• Resolve codepoint issues in several places

2.0

Finally a stable release. blueman is back on track. 😃

2.0 has its own branch - 2-0-stable - in which it will get fixes with the primary focus on BlueZ 4 related issues. New features and such go into the master branch for version 2.1 which will not support BlueZ 4 anymore.

Just one minor code change to 2.0.rc1.

2.0.rc1

blueman 2.0 is feature complete! 🎆 🎉 🎈 OBEX should work reliably with BlueZ 5 now and Python 3 support has arrived.

Note that receiving files will not work with BlueZ 4 if obexd is started with a custom root path option as blueman cannot find out the effective root path and expects it to be the default /tmp.

Changed dependencies since 1.99.alpha2:

• obex-data-server is not needed anymore
• startup-notification is not needed anymore
• Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are supported
• the server part of obexd is required for receiving files
• GTK+ is no longer a build dependency

New features

• Support for Python 3
• [dhcp] udhcpc (busybox) support

Changes

• [ui] Button to reset device alias
• [bluez] Agent capability KeyboardDisplay (@kemnade-uni / Andreas Kemnade)
• New configuration option to disable the use of a notification daemon
• [sendto] Removed nautilus-sendto plugin (deprecated and broken)
• [nm] Use API instead of GConf to create new connections
• [nm] Enable IPv6 on created connections
• Use GAppInfo to launch applications
• [bluez] Auto power on adapters; can be disabled in PowerManager settings
• Remove Gtk+, GLib and Gio as build time dependencies
• [obex] Migrate receiving files from obex-data-server to obexd
• [ui] Plugins and local services items in manager's View menu

Bugs fixed

• [assistant] Crash (@duganchen)
• [pulseaudio] Support for audio profiles
• Generic disconnect method did not work
• [bluez] Handsfree service crashed with BlueZ 4

1.99.alpha2

Another snapshot release that especially addresses BlueZ 5 and NetworkManager 0.9 / 1.0 support. Version 2.0 is close. A big thank you to all contributors!

Changed dependencies since alpha2:

• Python 2.6 is not supported
• obexd is required for sending files

New features

• [docs] Add FAQ file and install doc files (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• [sendto] Add sendto integration for Thunar (@GreenLunar)
• [sendto] Make thunar sendto integration optional (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• Add optional settings manager integration with Xfce and MATE
  (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• [nm] Add support for NetworkManager 0.9 / 1.0 to NMPANSupport
• [bluez] Implement keyboard pairing support
• [nm] Add support for ModemManager 1.x to NMPANSupport
• [plugins] Add GameControllerWakelock plugin (@bwRavencl / Matteo Hausner)
• Add blueman-report to create commented logs for bug reports
• [bluez] BlueZ 5 support for audio, serial, recent connections, and setup
  assistant
• Use Gsettings for configuration storage and remove the config plugin system.

Changes

• [obex] Switch to obexd for sending files
• [browse] Use system's default browser for obex URI if no browse command is set
• [pulseaudio] Make blueman-applet run if pulseaudio is not available
• [ui] Re-implment menu icons
• [ui] Replace / remove deprecated icon names (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
• [ui] Drop status icon customization (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
• Drop HAL Support (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• [configure] Rename --enable-sendto to --enable-nautilus-sendto
  (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• Fix compatility with Fedora's dbus-python package
• Remove settings for local audio services
• Add function to rename known devices

Bugs fixed

• [ui] Make some UI elements expand again (@infirit / Sander Sweers)
• Fix crash in PluginManager (Martín Ferrari)
• Avoid crash in transfer service setup dialog
• Make blueman-applet respond to SIGTERM (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
• Allow setting friendly adapter name in BlueZ 5
• Look for both dhcpd and dhcpd3 and add sbin paths (@infirit / Sander Sweers)
• [libblueman] Fix memory leak (@monsta)
• [libblueman] Add missing includes (@posophe)
• [ui] Move some icons to pixmaps directory (@rworkman / Robby Workman)
• [ui] Fix fallback for notification daemons not capable to handle actions
• [ui] Fix "Shared Folder" widget in Transfer plugin.
• [ui] Fix service disconnect icons

1.99.alpha1

This is the first in a series of alpha releases on our journey to version 2.0. The most notable new feature is partial support for BlueZ 5. See issue #13 for thing that will NOT work yet.

Please note that the list of contributors shipped with the alpha releases does not represent the current state (issue #47).

New features

• dhcpcd client support (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)
• Partial support for BlueZ 5 (see #13 for the current state)

Changes

• Switch to GTK+ 3 (using introspection)
• Update autoconf to support aarch64 (Dennis Gilmore)
• Migrate from Pyrex to Cython (@teknocrat / Harvey Mittens)

Bugs fixed

• Fix nautilus integration
• Fix pulseaudio version check
• Add missing icons
• Fix initial applet state if bluetooth is disabled
• Fix blueman startup when .cache dir doesn't exist (@asdil12 / Dominik Heidler)
• Fix thunar fallback (Jan Hutař)
• Do not power new adapters despite rfkill (@LKR / Leesa)
• Fix handling of network devices (especially fixes DhcpClient plugin)
• Update translations (too many to list them)
• Fix nonexistent dbus exception (Martín Ferrari)
• Fix a rare problem when the manager device menu cannot get the current selection (@kolen / Konstantin Mochalov)
• Fix pulseaudio device discovery (see #64 and the linked Ubuntu bugs for details and contributors)