From 726636c792bc1b84a0a5366131d86f442ed83dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 16:39:48 +0200
Subject: draft for v0.8.0 release announcement

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+{% extends "common/news.j2" %}
+{% block body_content %}
+<h1>2020-10: GNU Taler v0.8.0 released</h1>
+<p>
+We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.8.0.
+</p>
+<p>
+We have addressed over 200 individual issues, our bug tracker
+has the <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=294">full list</a>.
+Notable changes include:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Improved the HTTP API of the merchant to be more RESTful</li>
+<li>Optional inventory management by the merchant backend</li>
+<li>Product image previews in contracts</li>
+<li>Improved message flow for tipping and refunds to ensure merchant knows
+    exact state and to reduce bandwidth required by the wallet</li>
+<li>Improved security of order claiming by introducing claim tokens</li>
+<li>Simplified development of merchant frontends by having the backend
+    generate HTML pages for wallet interactions</li>
+<li>Implemented long-polling support for refunds</li>
+<li>Packaged merchant point-of-sale and casher Apps for F-Droid</li>
+<li>Various minor bugfixes and documentation improvements</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h4>Download links</h4>
+<p>
+The wallet has its own download site <a
+href="https://wallet.taler.net/">here</a>.  The exchange, merchant backend,
+sync and bank components are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors.
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+
+<!-- STILL TO BE UPLOADED!
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+-->
+
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.7.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.7.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+</ul>
+You must install GNUnet v0.13.3 to compile GNU Taler 0.8.0.
+
+
+
+{% endblock body_content %}
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