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+0.7.3 (2011-12-22)
+--------------------
+  * Scan window:
+    - items are now sorted first by channel (ascending) then by signal
+      strength (descending), as before
+    - using one line per entry doubled the capacity of the scan window
+    - refresh interval is made configurable (via 'Statistics updates')
+  * Configuration screen:
+    - memorizes the last-changed item to ease longer configuration tasks
+  * Fixes:
+    - better (cleaner) termination on error
+    - fixed clear-line refresh in info screen
+    - fixed bug in generator for random link quality (causing negative values)
+    - reverted using separate process group (problems when running under sudo)
+    - miscellaneous code reordering to decouple functional units
+
+--------------------
+0.7.2 (2011-02-25)
+--------------------
+  * General:
+    - support SIGWINCH for resizing (thanks to Koniu)
+    - reorganized screen handling to support resizing
+    - make geometry checking optional and off by default
+    - allow suspending wavemon (CTRL-Z) on most screens
+  * Info screen:
+    - suppress obvious broadcast address (deriving from prefix)
+    - special case for "no interface address assigned"
+    - display interface MTU if different from the default value
+    - show interface flags and TX queue length if enough space
+  * Scan window:
+    - set up enable interface if it is down (otherwise no scan)
+    - drop support for wireless extensions < 18 (minimum requirement)
+    - clean up child scan process on error (avoid garbled screen)
+  * Configuration screen:
+    - support 'Cisco-style' MAC addresses (dots rather than colons)
+  * Fixes:
+    - do not report zero bitrates (Info screen, 802.11n interface)
+    - remove unused timer in Scan window (data sampling is now
+      confined to info/histogram screens)
+    - fixed various compiler warnings
+    - fixed several problems in and improved the random generator
+    - use sigaction() rather than signal()
+    - miscellaneous reorganization of the configuration menu code
+
+--------------------
+0.7.1 (2010-12-24)
+--------------------
+  * Scan window:
+    - improved and more consistent formatting of entries
+    - better responsiveness by running scan operation as child process
+  * Security capabilities:
+    - display capabilities supported by the driver
+    - display current and available key sizes
+    - decode relevant IE information
+  * check and warn about insufficient permissions (CAP_NET_ADMIN) that
+    are required for several wireless operations (e.g. scanning)
+  * Bug Fixes:
+    - avoid triggering assertion on large screens
+    - require minimum version (18) of the wireless extensions
+    - better clearing of info screen
+    - various cleanups
+  * overhaul of manpages
+
+--------------------
+0.7.0 (2010-10-18)
+--------------------
+  * NEW Scan Window: this replaces the old access point screen. It displays
+    a sorted list (in descending order of signal quality) of access points
+    and other wireless clients within range, periodically refreshed at a
+    configurable rate.
+  * Access Point screen: finally deprecated this - the SIOCGIWAPLIST
+    ioctl itself is deprecated and works only on some older kernels.
+  * Info Window: clear screen to erase stale data.
+  * Bug Fixes: fixed a compiler warning in string-tolower operation.
+
+--------------------
+0.6.11 (2010-06-14)
+--------------------
+ * Info screen:
+   - fixed a bug in the freq/channel display: some drivers, such as ipw2100,
+     only return the channel number, requiring to look up the frequency;
+   - added a warning to indicate the absence of data from the interface.
+ * Histogram screen:
+   Tag the grid lines with the corresponding dBm levels:
+   - no levels are shown if there is no valid interface data (screen empty);
+   - level tags are restricted to the signal level graph only:
+     o if both signal and noise level data are valid, there are three graphs
+       (signal level, noise level, SNR), which would cause ambiguity,
+     o many cards (e.g. ath5k, rt73usb, iwl3945) do not supply noise data,
+       so that the histogram screen will then only contain the level graph;
+   - since the scale is adjustable, while the grid lines are fixed, the tags
+     are dynamically recomputed based on the y position and current scale;
+   - the min/max bounds of the scale are also shown.
+   Thanks to Sean Muir for this suggestion.
+ * Updated manpage regarding access point screen; as soon there is time, the
+   outdated and restricted SIOCGIWAPLIST ioctl should be replaced by a scan.
+
+--------------------
 0.6.10 (2009-10-25)
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  * Bug Fixes: