Announcing PasswordSafe 3.08

Announcements of interest to users and developers of PasswordSafe <[email protected]> Wed, 30 May 2007 08:14:32 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.passwordsafe.announce
Message-ID <000301c7a279$69f2f0a0$0500640a__31590.5821080834$1180509466$gmane$org@LYDIA>
Hi,

This is to announce the release of PasswordSafe version 3.08.

This is a minor release - some annoying bugs have been fixed, some minor
features have been added or improved upon.  
Thanks to DK his work on this release, and to the folks who tested the
pre-release version.  
 
The U3 version will be available soon from
http://software.u3.com/Product_Details.aspx?productId=294&Selection=7 
(Owners of the U3 version are invited to contact me for an update)

Bugs fixed in 3.08
==================
[1709992, 1692662, 1678711, 1651392, 1626671, 1604806] Non-English text in
databases fully supported.
[1691048] Import text file with blank lines or missing fields will no longer
crash application.
[1688994] Although rename is not possible in read-only mode, this change
prevents F2 giving the user the feel that they can.
[1693395] Now Minimize takes precedence over "Always on Top" during Autotype
[1695991] File type Compare now has .bak & .ibak suffixes
[] Fix issue if PWS is maximized/minimized/then restored
[1701508] Entry times no longer written out if not set
[1702623] Compare now shows correct filenames
[] Fix problem with remembering Tree state on restore after minimize
[1678527] Line delimiter now works during import of plain text
[1708099] Default saved username, now shows in new entry
[1709418] Cancel after Lock Safe from system tray now does Right Thing
[] More stringent checking during tree "edit in-place" to prevent DB
corruption
[1721031] Notes field with lots of text now stays in position when focus
lost
[] Allow Notes field to be Imported from text file even if it is not
enclosed in double quotes
[1721009] Can now Import into a new database after closing previous database
[1723936] Expiry date format is now in the user's Short Date format

New Features for 3.08
=====================
[1695446] It's possible to specify command line parameters for Alternate
Browser; e.g. "-new-tab" for Firefox. This allows fine control of whether or
not to open a new browser or not.
[] Implement "Advanced" option for Exporting in XML format (as per Export in
Text format) and for when comparing databases.
[1695968] "Advanced" option now available to improve Merge operation
[1711524] "Show username in display tree" display option
[] Maintain unknown fields in the database header and records when saving
database, for compatability with future versions as well as clones.

The release may be downloaded from
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41019&package_id=3316
9&release_id=512116
(http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fspza)
 
SHA-1 checksums:  
f91d485c6f50c60532ea0ec8673e3e8c6e60ee62 pwsafe-3.08.exe
8e0a204a23037c845f4f14d2ca1097399a89349a pwsafe-3.08-bin.zip
d5d521288aa99d20599b858bdc72d60906012b53 pwsafe-3.08-src.zip

Note that this release also includes PGP/GPG signature files of the
respective packages. These were signed with my SourceForge account key,
keyid FA175557, key fingerprint = FF77 379D D46D DAA6 6182   B452 1D79 5A91
FA17 5557, available from a PGP keyserver near you (such as
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFA175557).
 
         Enjoy,
 
                 Rony


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