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+New in 0.0.15
+* June 20, 2001
+* Various bug fixes, tweaks, and optimizations.
+* Added a command manager (analogous to the property manager)
+* Better Irix Mips support.
+* Various gcc-3.0 fixes.
+* Various MSVC fixes.
+* Added MSVC project files (automatically generated from the unix
+  automake configuration files.)
+* Removed total size limitation on interpolation table module.
+* Various Cygwin fixes.
+* Added some convenience functions to point3d.
+* Various compiler warning fixes.
+* Added a thread wrapper class (currently only supports pthreads)
+* Added IO routines for a lowlevel, native simgear binary 3d file
+  format optimized for TerraGear terrain.
+* Better endianness checking and support for the binary file
+  read/write routines.
+* Added doxygen comments for all public interface code.  Documentation
+  can be accessed via the SimGear web page.
+* Many FG -> SG name space changes for better consistancy throughout
+  this package.
+* Added property aliases, repeated name tags, and a general xml
+  inclusion facilities.  Many other property manager clean ups
+  following a complete rewrite.
+* Fixed some critical null pointer bugs in property manager.
+* Magnetic variation can now be fetched for any arbitrary location.
+
+New in 0.0.14
+* December 14, 2000
+* Added a module to manage waypoints and routes, calculate bearing and
+  distance to next waypoint, lateral distance off route, etc.
+* Moved some of the basic time management code over from flightgear.
+* Bucket dimensions can be returned in meters
+* Added SOCK_STREAM (TCP) socket support to the networking code.
+* Updated random number generator interface so application can provide
+  it's own seed value as well as use the default time seed.
+* Added a routine to calculate the distance between a point and a line segment.
+* Updates to the property manager and the property list loader/saver.
+* Added an explanation of the rational behind our terrain texture coordinate
+  generation code.
+* Fixed sky dome so that the color at the horizon will always match
+  the specified fog color.
+* Did a fair amount of fg -> sg name space updating (lots left to do.)
+* Added support for KAI C++ on linux.
+* MSVC tweaks.
+* MacOS tweaks.
+* FreeBSD tweaks.
+
+New in 0.0.13
+* September 14, 2000
+* Added support for reading and writing xml files (easyxml)
+* Then updates to property manager and xml code.
+* Update magnetic variation code.
+* Sky code now uses glPushAttrib and glPopAttrib so it plays better with
+  other ssg based apps.
+* MacOS tweaks.
+* MSVC tweaks.
+
+New in 0.0.12
+* July 19, 2000
+* Converted project license from GPL to LGPL.
+* Moved low level IO (socket, file, serial) code over to SimGear.
+* Moved ephemeral code into simgear
+* Moved basic world time code into simgear
+* Added a property manager (registry)
+* Some documentation added.
+
 New in 0.0.11
 * July 3, 2000
 * Replaced gdbm with metakit