[ANNOUNCE] Version 0.5.0 now available

[Jef Driesen]

Hi,

The v0.5.0 release is now available!

http://www.libdivecomputer.org/releases/libdivecomputer-0.5.0.tar.gz

After more than three years of development, the v0.5.0 release is long
overdue. The main highlights are the support for many new devices, a few
new features and lots of bug fixes. This release is fully backwards
compatible with the previous one.

New features:

  * Add support for new backends:
     - aqualand: Citizen Hyper Aqualand
     - commander: Cochran Commander and EMC
     - eonsteel: Suunto EON Steel
     - idive: DiveSystem iDive and iX3M
     - meridian: Scubapro Meridian, Mantis and Chromis
     - nitekq: Dive Rite NiTek Q
  * Add support for many new devices:
     - Aeris: 500 AI, A300, A300CS, F11, XR-1 NX
     - Aqualung: i300, i450T, i550T
     - Beuchat: Mundial 2, Mundial 3, Voyager 2G
     - Cressi: Giotto, Newton
     - Dive Rite: NiTek Trio
     - Heinrichs Weikamp: OSTC 2, 3+, 4, cR and Sport
     - Hollis: TX1
     - Mares: Airlab, Smart, Smart Apnea, Puck 2
     - Oceanic: F11, OCi, VTX
     - Scubapro: XTender 5
     - Shearwater: Nerd, Perdix, Petrel 2
     - Sherwood: Amphos, Amphos Air, Vision
     - Subgear: XP-3G, XP-Air
     - Suunto: Vyper Novo, Zoop Novo
     - Tusa: IQ-700
     - Uwatec: Aladin 2G, Aladin Sport
  * Add a new sample with the active gas mix.
  * Add the temperature, tank and divemode fields.
  * Add support for updating the OSTC and OSTC3 firmware.
  * Add support for configuring the OSTC3 settings.
  * Add a new dc_parser_new2 convenience function.

Removed/changed features:

  * The gas change events (SAMPLE_EVENT_GASCHANGE and
    SAMPLE_EVENT_GASCHANGE2) have been replaced with the new gasmix
    sample (DC_SAMPLE_GASMIX). The legacy events are considered
    deprecated, but kept for backwards compatibility.

Bug fixes:

  * Many small improvements

Jef