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Version 1.1.4

IcebergBuilder:
- New: Support for the new IFPkgBuildDate and IFPkgBuildVersion tokens.
- Fix: Better permissions checking (for unknown and supplemental groups) for the creation of the build folder.
- Fix: Add scripts for Metapackages too.
- Fix: Better handling of symbolic links (when the target is not part of the archive for instance).
Iceberg:
- Enh: Package SpecType is disabled for Package as it's only for Metapackage.
- Enh: Improved the SpecType menu a bit
- Enh: If you have a VolumeCheck or InstallationCheck script in the International Resources, the permissions for these files will be checked and modified if needed so that the scripts can run.
- Enh: Use the Directory Services API to get the list of users and groups.
- Enh: The Darwin package template has been modified to require Root Authentication on installation.
- Fix: Better handling of symbolic links (when displaying the owner, group and permissions).
- Fix: Put the Package SpecType in the Installation Check section of the menu instead of the Volume Check one.

Version 1.1.3

IcebergBuilder:
- Fix: Relative file path for the Background picture was not taking into account the alignment and scaling values
Iceberg:
- New: Support for the sysctl SpecType for Installation Requirements
- New: Ability to select the default Reference Style
- New: Ability to remove CVS Folders
- Enh: Packages & Metapackages column truncates strings if needed (Mac OS X >= 10.3)
- Enh: Improved compatibility with the next major release of Mac OS X (Simulator)
- Enh: It's easier to select the path for a bundle, file and plist SpecType requirements
- Enh: Improved layout of the SpecType menu
- Fix: Fix the drawing of the Relative file path text fields
- Fix: Fix a popup menu value for bundle and file SpecType requirements
Distribution:
- Upd: Document format documentation

Version 1.1.2

IcebergBuilder:
- New: Support relative file paths.
- New: Support for AllowBackRev and RootVolumeOnly flags for 10.1 Package format
Iceberg:
- New: Support for relative file paths
- New: Import PackageMaker projects
- New: Better support for keeping (if you wish to) owner and group when adding files/folders
- New: Add the CeCILL License template
- Enh: Improved description and naming for the Options flags
- Enh: Support for multiple selection of files to change their owner, group or reference style.
- Enh: Replace the Omnigroup code with code from Apple's documentation
- Enh: The Simulator now looks like Installer.app on Panther and Tigrou
- Enh: Optimizations here and there
- Fix: Simulator now works on Tigrou
- Fix: Fix the Localization popup menu of the Requirements sheet
- Fix: Fix a memory leak in the Files pane
- Fix: You can't anymore add the same file twice in the same folder via the Add Sheet
- Fix: Fix a bug where the path of a file could be switched to its name due to a bug in Cocoa
- Fix: Fix a memory leak in the Files Inspector
- Fix: Fix the French localization of the Files Inspector
- Fix: Fix for the description of the Allow Back Rev. flag
- Fix: Fix a minor cosmetic bug occurring when resizing the window to the minimal width and dropping an item in the Additional Resources table
- Fix: Add some missing strings needed for the localization of the Inspector and Hierarchy.
Distribution:
- Upd: Document format documentation
- Upd: All the user Documentation

Version 1.1.1

IcebergBuilder:
- Fix: Fix for an undocumented behavior when "Default Location" is not root ("/").
  If you're building Packages with "Default Location" different from "/", use this version of Iceberg to build your packages.
- Enh: Files Creation and Modification dates are kept in the archive.
Iceberg:
- New: Support for Special Bits edition: SetUID, SetGID and Sticky Bits.
- New: Project template with all the pure Unix folders.
- New: When you drag a file in the Files pane and the option key is pressed, group and owner are kept.
- New: When you expand a folder in the Files pane and the option key is pressed, group and owner are kept for the items in the expanded folder.
- Enh: Import 10.1 packages with .info files only in *.lproj folders.
Distribution:
- Upd: Files Pane document.

Version 1.1

IcebergBuilder:
- New: Create packages compatible with future major releases of Mac OS X.
  It's highly recommended to rebuild packages created with previous versions of Iceberg with the 1.1 release if you need forward compatibility.
- New: Create the BundleVersions.plist file.
Iceberg:
- New: AppleScript support to build/clean a project, change the Project Settings and most of the preferences of the Application.
- New: Support for TokenDefinitions and PathMappings.
- New: You can modify the Background Image alignment (supposing there is a custom one) via a contextual menu.
- New: It's now possible to drag and drop a 'Settings', 'Documents', 'Scripts' or 'Files' item on another one to replicate its properties. You need to press the Option key when you start dragging to do this.
- New: Import packages with format < 10.2.
- New: add the zlib/libpng license template.
- Enh: The expanded status of items in the Files list view is kept as much as possible. It's not saved on disk.
- Enh: The Files list view is now resizable when it's the only pane displayed.
- Enh: Optimize and improve the selection handling after a drop on the Packages & Metapackages list.
- Fix: Fix 2 typos in the French localization.
- Fix: When you're editing a folder name both in the Files list and in the Inspector and you're validating the new name in the Inspector, the name is correctly modified in the list.
- Fix: The 10.2 format imported packages could miss the empty International localization needed by Iceberg (the packages built from them are fine though).
Distribution:
- Upd: Document format document.
- Upd: Installer.app Tips.
- Upd: Documents Pane document.
- Upd: Files Pane document.

Version 1.0.4

IcebergBuilder:
- Fix: Files whose name included accentuated characters couldn't be copied.
Iceberg:
- Fix: The name of a new folder can be modified in the Information window.
- Enh: Use a better label for a button in the Scripts pane.
Distribution:
- New: Addition of the Packages & Metapackages list document.
- New: Addition of the Files Pane document.
- New: Addition of the Preferences document.
- New: Addition of the Scripts Pane document.
- Upd: Completion of the Document format document.
- Upd: Improved documentation navigation.
- Fix: Fix some spelling mistakes in some documents.

Version 1.0.3

Iceberg:
- New: It's now possible to display just 2 panes from the Packages & metapackages list for a component.
- New: A custom icon can now be set for the built components.
- Fix: Workaround for a bug in Mac OS X 10.3 when it comes to symbolic link and the Open Panel.
- Fix: The document is now correctly set as updated when you drop a file on the License Text field for instance.
- Fix: It's now possible to open a file via the Action pop-up button.
Distribution:
- New: Addition of the Settings Pane document.
- Upd: Completion of the Documents Pane document.
- Upd: Update of the Document format document.

Version 1.0.2

IcebergBuilder:
- Fix: 2 bugs were fixed to allow building big hierarchy of files and copying files with a colon in their names.
Iceberg:
- New: Add a Clean command to the Project menu.
- New: Add a View menu to quickly access panes and Show or Hide the hierarchy.
- Fix: PDF images can be used as a Background Image.
freeze:
- New: Support for custom Scratch Folder.
Distribution:
- New: Addition of the Installer.app Tips document.
- New: Addition of the Documents Pane document.
- Upd: Completion of the Components Pane document.
- Upd: Update of the FAQ document.

Version 1.0.1

IcebergBuilder:
- Fix: Use CoreCarbon APIs to work around big bugs in NSFileManager in Mac OS X 10.2.
- Fix: An error occurring while building the File Hierarchy was not stopping the build process.
- Fix: Expanded empty folder bug.
- Fix: Do not create a useless "0" folder in the Scratch Folder.
- New: Clean the temporary folder used to create the pax archives.
- New: Notify 3 new build states
- New: Support for a user defined Scratch Folder.
IcebergControlTower:
- Enh: Use a StartupItem script instead of a binary. This will allow support for manual launch of the builder in the next update.
Iceberg:
- Enh: Addition of a warning when the Developer Tools are not installed.
- Enh: Completed French localization for the error status messages.
- Enh: Addition of some tooltips.
- Enh: If a base folder in the File hierarchy does not contain any real file or created folder, it's now displayed as dimmed.
- Enh: Change the label "Where" in the File Inspector to "Source".
- Enh: The source path is now selectable.
- Enh: The Inspector window position is saved.
- Enh: It's now possible to create a folder while choosing the Build path.
- Fix: Fix a minor memory leak in PBTableView.
- Fix: Fix the value saved for the Major and Minor versions. This is due to a big bug in NSDecimalNumber.
- Fix: Load the Apple documentation on disk rather than on Internet if possible.
- New: Addition of Reveal in Finder action for the Build path.
- New: Addition of Reveal in Finder action for the Image, Welcome, ReadMe and License paths.
- New: Addition of Open action for the Image, Welcome, ReadMe and License paths.
- New: Addition of a destination field.
- New: Addition of a contextual menu to reveal the Source path in Finder if possible.
- New: Addition of a contextual menu to squickly switch the permissions of a file in the File Inspector.
Distribution:
- New: Addition of an uninstall script.
- New: Addition of the Release Notes document.
- New: Addition of the Project Pane document.
- New: Addition of the Components Pane document.
- Upd: Update of the FAQ document.
- Upd: Update of the Installation document.

Author: Stéphane Sudre