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abcde (2.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version, with lots of improvements and bugfixes:
    + Rebuild of the abcde Makefile. Thanks to Reuben Thomas and Steve
      McIntyre as well as ReaperX7, bobzilla, 55020, GazL and dugan from
      the Slackware Forums. This closes Issue 4:
      http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4
    + Fix incorrect use of 'break'. Thanks to Reuben Thomas for the
      bug report and fix which closes Issue 6:
      http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6
    + Make older versions of id3 happy when 'Genre' field is empty.
      Thanks to Martin Husemann for the fix which closes Issue 8:
      http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8
    + Add YEAR and GENRE variables to do_getalbumart(). Thanks to
      Johannes Gernemann for this patch which closes issue 9:
      http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9
    + Support added for encoding to True Audio using tta while still
      supporting the older ttaenc. Tagging is with mid3v2.
    + Support added for encoding to MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (mp2)
      with either twolame or FFmpeg / avconv. Tagging with mid3v2.
    + Encoding to WavPack with FFmpeg. Some slight changes to WavPack
      syntax with backward compatibility built in for abcde 2.7.
    + Encoding to m4a container with FFmpeg or avconv. This allows
      for alac encoding with FFmpeg's reverse engineered alac encoder.
    + AAC encoding with fhgaacenc via Wine. Tagging is provided
      by AtomicParsley which has been added back to abcde :). This
      allows encoding with HE-AAC v2, unavailable with qaac.
    + Support added for AAC encoding with qaac via Wine. This
      also allows for Apple Lossless Audio Coding (alac) using
      either qaac or refalac. This closes Issue 142, thanks to
      Bernd Fischer-Krellenberg for the enhancement request.
    + Grab year information too when using musicbrainz. Thanks to
      Marco Hoppstaedter for the patch. Closes issue 10:
      http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10
   * Update debian/watch to match tne new upstream home.

 -- Steve McIntyre <email address hidden>  Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:29:19 +0000

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