[ANN] Hamlib 1.2.9 released

[Stephane Fillod <f8cfe@free.fr>]

Good news everyone!

Hamlib-1.2.9 has been released.

Hamlib provides a unified environment for the development of radio
and rotator control applications. The release 1.2.9 includes many
improvements since last official version.

A new wiki site is available at http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/hamlib/
It will make it easier for the community to contribute and
participate in the project. We're still in the process of moving
things over from the previous site.


New in 1.2.9:
* New models: FT2000, FT9000, TT-588 Omni VII, FT-840, NRD525,
  Winradio G305, TRC-80
* New rotator backend: Heathkit HD 1780 Intellirotor
* Fixes and features: IC-706*, IC-910, DWT, PCR-100, PCR-1000,
  RX-320, FT-450, FT-747, FT-817, FT-847, FT-857, FT-990,
  FT-1000D, Orion, netrot, Rotor-EZ, dummy rig and dummy rotator
* Bug fix in qrb()
* Better assisted split operation
* ext_level/ext_parm examples
* Misc documentation update


Download pages are accessible at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib,
rpms, .deb and Win32 DLL's coming soon.

Please, test it out and report to hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
A big update of the kenwood backend is scheduled for the next Hamlib version.
Developers and owners of these radios are strongly invited to join the Hamlib
team by subscribing to this mailing list. If your favorite rig is not in
the supported list, feel free to ask. We need more beta-testers, so all
the backends can reach the stable and fully supported state.

Many thanks to all the developers and testers who participated
in this release, and esp. to Terry KJ4EED who did a lot of work
for the long expected new yaesu models (FT-450, FT-2000, FT-9000,..).
Contributors and backend maintainers are listed in the AUTHORS file.

Have fun and let us know!

73 de Stephane - F8CFE & the Hamlib team