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# Upgrading
To upgrade to the latest version:
``` sh
pip install --upgrade mkdocs-material
```
To inspect the currently installed version:
``` sh
pip show mkdocs-material
```
## Changelog
### 5.0.0 _ April 7, 2020
* Reactive architecture – try `app.dialog$.next("Hi!")` in the console
* Instant loading – make Material behave like a Single Page Application
* Improved CSS customization with CSS variables – set your brand's colors
* Improved CSS resilience, e.g. proper sidebar locking for customized headers
* Improved icon integration and configuration – now including over 5k icons
* Added possibility to use any icon for logo, repository and social links
* Search UI does not freeze anymore (moved to web worker)
* Search index built only once when using instant loading
* Improved extensible keyboard handling
* Support for prebuilt search indexes
* Support for displaying stars and forks for GitLab repositories
* Support for scroll snapping of sidebars and search results
* Reduced HTML and CSS footprint due to deprecation of Internet Explorer support
* Slight facelifting of some UI elements (Admonitions, tables, ...)
### 4.6.3 _ February 14, 2020
* Removed optional third-party plugins from `requirements.txt`
* Updated Docker image to contain all supported third-party plugins
### 4.6.2 _ February 8, 2020
* Added Romanian translations
* Fixed #1451: Inconsistent spacing for fenced code blocks
### 4.6.1 _ February 8, 2020
* Fixed #1324: Metadata author only rendering first character
* Fixed #1393: Set `tabindex` to `0` for skip to content link
* Fixed code blocks after Markdown 3.2 release
* Fixed errors in Japanese translations
* Improved Google Lighthouse score
### 4.6.0 _ December 11, 2019
* Added support for [mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin][3]
* Fixed invalid character in Google Fonts URL
[3]: https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
### 4.5.1 _ December 2, 2019
* Added Thai translations
* Fixed missing assets in GitHub release `.zip` and `.tar.gz`
### 4.5.0 _ November 16, 2019
* Upgraded EmojiOne to Tweomji due to [licensing issues][1330]
* Temporarily pinned PyMdown and Markdown due to [upcoming changes][1339]
* Improved GitHub statistics retrieval
* Fixed errors in Greek translations
[1330]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/pull/1330
[1339]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/pull/1339
### 4.4.3 _ October 3, 2019
* Added Estonian translations
* Fixed removal of copyright banners in minified JavaScript
* Removed unnecessary title attributes from links in table of contents
### 4.4.2 _ August 27, 2019
* Added Afrikaans translations
* Fixed broken page title when `h1` contained HTML tags
* Improved accessibility for IE users
* Removed unnecessary `title` attributes from links in navigation
### 4.4.1 _ August 22, 2019
* Added support for `black` as a primary color
* Fixed broken footer bar when `h1` contained HTML tags
### 4.4.0 _ June 15, 2019
* Added Slovenian translations
* Reverted template minification in favor of `mkdocs-minify-plugin`
* Fixed #1114: Tabs don't reappear when default `font-size` is smaller than `16`
### 4.3.1 _ May 23, 2019
* Fixed spelling error in Danish translations
### 4.3.0 _ May 17, 2019
* Added support for changing header through metadata title property
* Added `font-display: swap` to Google Font loading logic
* Removed whitespace from templates, saving `4kb` (`.7kb` gzipped) per request
* Fixed alignment of repository icons on tablet and desktop
### 4.2.0 _ April 28, 2019
* Added Norwegian (Nynorsk) translations
* Fixed loss of focus in non-form input elements due to search hotkeys
* Fixed #1067: Search hotkeys not working for mobile/tablet screensize
* Fixed #1068: Search not correctly aligned for tablet screensize
### 4.1.2 _ April 16, 2019
* Fixed #1072: HTML tags appearing in navigation link titles
### 4.1.1 _ March 28, 2019
* Fixed minor CSS errors detected during validation
### 4.1.0 _ March 22, 2019
* Fixed #1023: Search for Asian languages broken after Lunr.js update
* Fixed #1026: contenteditable elements loose focus on hotkeys
### 4.0.2 _ March 1, 2019
* Fixed #1012: HTML character entities appear in search result titles
### 4.0.1 _ February 13, 2019
* Fixed #762, #816: Glitch in sidebar when collapsing items
* Fixed #869: Automatically expand details before printing
### 4.0.0 _ February 13, 2019
* Added background on hover for table rows
* Removed Google Tag Manager and reverted to Google Analytics
* Removed blocks in partials - Jinja doesn't support them
* Fixed #911: Chrome breaks layout if system language is Chinese (**BREAKING**)
* Fixed #976: Removed FastClick
### 3.3.0 _ January 29, 2019
* Moved Google Analytics integration into `head` using Google Tag Manager
* Fixed #972: Unicode slugifier breaks table of contents blur on scroll
* Fixed #974: Additional links in table of contents break blur on scroll
### 3.2.0 _ December 28, 2018
* Added support for redirects using metadata refresh
* Fixed #921: Load Google Analytics snippet asynchronously
### 3.1.0 _ November 17, 2018
* Added support for Progressive Web App Manifest
* Fixed #915: Search bug in Safari (upgraded Lunr.js)
### 3.0.6 _ October 26, 2018
* Added Taiwanese translations
* Fixed #906: JavaScript code blocks evaluated in search results
### 3.0.5 _ October 23, 2018
* Added Croatian and Indonesian translations
* Fixed #899: Skip-to-content link invalid from 2nd level on
* Fixed #902: Missing URL filter in footer for FontAwesome link
### 3.0.4 _ September 3, 2018
* Updated Dutch translations
* Fixed #856: Removed preconnect meta tag if Google Fonts are disabled
### 3.0.3 _ August 7, 2018
* Fixed #841: Additional path levels for extra CSS and JS
### 3.0.2 _ August 6, 2018
* Fixed #839: Lunr.js stemmer imports incorrect
### 3.0.1 _ August 5, 2018
* Fixed #838: Search result links incorrect
### 3.0.0 _ August 5, 2018
* Upgraded MkDocs to 1.0 (**BREAKING**)
* Upgraded Python in official Docker image to 3.6
* Added Serbian and Serbo-Croatian translations
### 2.9.4 _ July 29, 2018
* Fixed build error after MkDocs upgrade
### 2.9.3 _ July 29, 2018
* Added link to home for logo in drawer
* Fixed dependency problems between MkDocs and Tornado
### 2.9.2 _ June 29, 2018
* Added Hindi and Czech translations
### 2.9.1 _ June 18, 2018
* Added support for different spellings for theme color
* Fixed #799: Added support for webfont minification in production
* Fixed #800: Added `.highlighttable` as an alias for `.codehilitetable`
### 2.9.0 _ June 13, 2018
* Added support for theme color on Android
* Fixed #796: Rendering of nested tabbed code blocks
### 2.8.0 _ June 10, 2018
* Added support for grouping code blocks with tabs
* Added Material and FontAwesome icon fonts to distribution files (GDPR)
* Added note on compliance with GDPR
* Added Slovak translations
* Fixed #790: Prefixed `id` attributes with `__` to avoid name clashes
### 2.7.3 _ April 26, 2018
* Added Finnish translations
### 2.7.2 _ April 9, 2018
* Fixed rendering issue for `details` on Edge
### 2.7.1 _ March 21, 2018
* Added Galician translations
* Fixed #730: Scroll chasing error on home page if Disqus is enabled
* Fixed #736: Reset drawer and search upon back button invocation
### 2.7.0 _ March 6, 2018
* Added ability to set absolute URL for logo
* Added Hebrew translations
### 2.6.6 _ February 22, 2018
* Added preconnect for Google Fonts for faster loading
* Fixed #710: With tabs sidebar disappears if JavaScript is not available
### 2.6.5 _ February 22, 2018
* Reverted `--dev-addr` flag removal from `Dockerfile`
### 2.6.4 _ February 21, 2018
* Added Catalan translations
* Fixed incorrect margins for buttons in Firefox and Safari
* Replaced package manager `yarn` with `npm 5.6`
* Reverted GitHub stars rounding method
* Removed `--dev-addr` flag from `Dockerfile` for Windows compatibility
### 2.6.3 _ February 18, 2018
* Added Vietnamese translations
### 2.6.2 _ February 12, 2018
* Added Arabic translations
* Fixed incorrect rounding of amount of GitHub stars
* Fixed double-layered borders for tables
### 2.6.1 _ February 11, 2018
* Added ability to override Disqus integration using metadata
* Fixed #690: Duplicate slashes in source file URLs
* Fixed #696: Active page highlight not working with default palette
* Adjusted German translations
### 2.6.0 _ February 2, 2018
* Moved default search configuration to default translation (English)
* Added support to automatically set text direction from translation
* Added support to disable search stop word filter in translation
* Added support to disable search trimmer in translation
* Added Persian translations
* Fixed support for Polish search
* Fixed disappearing GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket repository icons
### 2.5.5 _ January 31, 2018
* Added Hungarian translations
### 2.5.4 _ January 29, 2018
* Fixed #683: `gh-deploy` fails inside Docker
### 2.5.3 _ January 25, 2018
* Added Ukrainian translations
### 2.5.2 _ January 22, 2018
* Added default search language mappings for all localizations
* Fixed #673: Error loading non-existent search language
* Fixed #675: Uncaught reference error when search plugin disabled
### 2.5.1 _ January 20, 2018
* Fixed permalink for main headline
* Improved missing translation handling with English as a fallback
* Improved accessibility with skip-to-content link
### 2.5.0 _ January 13, 2018
* Added support for right-to-left languages
### 2.4.0 _ January 11, 2018
* Added focus state for clipboard buttons
* Fixed #400: Search bar steals tab focus
* Fixed search not closing on ++enter++ when result is selected
* Fixed search not closing when losing focus due to ++tab++
* Fixed collapsed navigation links getting focus
* Fixed `outline` being cut off on ++tab++ focus of navigation links
* Fixed bug with first search result navigation being ignored
* Removed search result navigation via ++tab++ (use ++up++ and ++down++)
* Removed `outline` resets for links
* Improved general tabbing behavior on desktop
### 2.3.0 _ January 9, 2018
* Added `example` (synonym: `snippet`) style for Admonition
* Added synonym `abstract` for `summary` style for Admonition
### 2.2.6 _ December 27, 2017
* Added Turkish translations
* Fixed unclickable area below header in case JavaScript is not available
### 2.2.5 _ December 18, 2017
* Fixed #639: Broken default favicon
### 2.2.4 _ December 18, 2017
* Fixed #638: Build breaks with Jinja < 2.9
### 2.2.3 _ December 13, 2017
* Fixed #630: Admonition sets padding on any last child
* Adjusted Chinese (Traditional) translations
### 2.2.2 _ December 8, 2017
* Added Dutch translations
* Adjusted targeted link and footnote offsets
* Simplified Admonition styles and fixed padding bug
### 2.2.1 _ December 2, 2017
* Fixed #616: Minor styling error with title-only admonition blocks
* Removed border for table of contents and improved spacing
### 2.2.0 _ November 22, 2017
* Added support for hero teaser
* Added Portuguese translations
* Fixed #586: Footnote backref target offset regression
* Fixed #605: Search stemmers not correctly loaded
### 2.1.1 _ November 21, 2017
* Replaced deprecated `babel-preset-es2015` with `babel-preset-env`
* Refactored Gulp build pipeline with Webpack
* Removed right border on sidebars
* Fixed broken color transition on header
### 2.1.0 _ November 19, 2017
* Added support for `white` as a primary color
* Added support for sliding site name and title
* Fixed redundant clipboard button when using line numbers on code blocks
* Improved header appearance by making it taller
* Improved tabs appearance
* Improved CSS customizability by leveraging inheritance
* Removed scroll shadows via `background-attachment`
### 2.0.4 _ November 5, 2017
* Fixed `details` not opening with footnote reference
### 2.0.3 _ November 5, 2017
* Added Japanese translations
* Fixed #540: Jumping to anchor inside `details` doesn't open it
* Fixed active link colors in footer
### 2.0.2 _ November 1, 2017
* Added Russian translations
* Fixed #542: Horizontal scrollbar between `1220px` and `1234px`
* Fixed #553: Metadata values only rendering first character
* Fixed #558: Flash of unstyled content
* Fixed favicon regression caused by deprecation upstream
### 2.0.1 _ October 31, 2017
* Fixed error when initializing search
* Fixed styles for link to edit the current page
* Fixed styles on nested admonition in details
### 2.0.0 _ October 31, 2017
* Upgraded MkDocs to 0.17.1 (__BREAKING__)
* Added support for easier configuration of search tokenizer
* Added support to disable search
* Added Korean translations
### 1.12.2 _ October 26, 2017
* Added Italian, Norwegian, French and Chinese translations
### 1.12.1 _ October 22, 2017
* Added Polish, Swedish and Spanish translations
* Improved downward compatibility with custom partials
* Temporarily pinned MkDocs version within Docker image to 0.16.3
* Fixed #519: Missing theme configuration file
### 1.12.0 _ October 20, 2017
* Added support for setting language(s) via `mkdocs.yml`
* Added support for default localization
* Added German and Danish translations
* Fixed #374: Search bar misalignment on big screens
### 1.11.0 _ October 19, 2017
* Added localization to clipboard
* Refactored localization logic
### 1.10.4 _ October 18, 2017
* Improved print styles of code blocks
* Improved search UX (don't close on enter if no selection)
* Fixed #495: Vertical scrollbar on short pages
### 1.10.3 _ October 11, 2017
* Fixed #484: Vertical scrollbar on some MathJax formulas
* Fixed #483: Footnote backref target offset regression
### 1.10.2 _ October 6, 2017
* Fixed #468: Sidebar shows scrollbar if content is shorter (in Safari)
### 1.10.1 _ September 14, 2017
* Fixed #455: Bold code blocks rendered with normal font weight
### 1.10.0 _ September 1, 2017
* Added support to make logo default icon configurable
* Fixed uninitialized overflow scrolling on main pane for iOS
* Fixed error in mobile navigation in case JavaScript is not available
* Fixed incorrect color transition for nested panes in mobile navigation
* Improved checkbox styles for Tasklist from PyMdown Extension package
### 1.9.0 _ August 29, 2017
* Added `info` (synonym: `todo`) style for Admonition
* Added `question` (synonym: `help`, `faq`) style for Admonition
* Added support for Details from PyMdown Extensions package
* Improved Admonition styles to match Details
* Improved styles for social links in footer
* Replaced ligatures with Unicode code points to avoid broken layout
* Upgraded PyMdown Extensions package dependency to >= 3.4
### 1.8.1 _ August 7, 2017
* Fixed #421: Missing pagination for GitHub API
### 1.8.0 _ August 2, 2017
* Added support for lazy-loading of search results for better performance
* Added support for customization of search tokenizer/separator
* Fixed #424: Search doesn't handle capital letters anymore
* Fixed #419: Search doesn't work on whole words
### 1.7.5 _ July 25, 2017
* Fixed #398: Forms broken due to search shortcuts
* Improved search overall user experience
* Improved search matching and highlighting
* Improved search accessibility
### 1.7.4 _ June 21, 2017
* Fixed functional link colors in table of contents for active palette
* Fixed #368: Compatibility issues with IE11
### 1.7.3 _ June 7, 2017
* Fixed error when setting language to Japanese for site search
### 1.7.2 _ June 6, 2017
* Fixed offset of search box when `repo_url` is not set
* Fixed non-disappearing tooltip
### 1.7.1 _ June 1, 2017
* Fixed wrong `z-index` order of header, overlay and drawer
* Fixed wrong offset of targeted footnote back references
### 1.7.0 _ June 1, 2017
* Added "copy to clipboard" buttons to code blocks
* Added support for multilingual site search
* Fixed search term highlighting for non-latin languages
### 1.6.4 _ May 24, 2017
* Fixed #337: JavaScript error for GitHub organization URLs
### 1.6.3 _ May 16, 2017
* Fixed #329: Broken source stats for private or unknown GitHub repos
### 1.6.2 _ May 15, 2017
* Fixed #316: Fatal error for git clone on Windows
* Fixed #320: Chrome 58 creates double underline for `abbr` tags
* Fixed #323: Ligatures rendered inside code blocks
* Fixed miscalculated sidebar height due to missing margin collapse
* Changed deprecated MathJax CDN to Cloudflare
### 1.6.1 _ April 23, 2017
* Fixed following of active/focused element if search input is focused
* Fixed layer order of search component elements
### 1.6.0 _ April 22, 2017
* Added build test for Docker image on Travis
* Added search overlay for better user experience (focus)
* Added language from localizations to `html` tag
* Fixed #270: source links broken for absolute URLs
* Fixed missing top spacing for first targeted element in content
* Fixed too small footnote divider when using larger font sizes
### 1.5.5 _ April 20, 2017
* Fixed #282: Browser search (Meta+F) is hijacked
### 1.5.4 _ April 8, 2017
* Fixed broken highlighting for two or more search terms
* Fixed missing search results when only a `h1` is present
* Fixed unresponsive overlay on Android
### 1.5.3 _ April 7, 2017
* Fixed deprecated calls for template variables
* Fixed wrong palette color for focused search result
* Fixed JavaScript errors on 404 page
* Fixed missing top spacing on 404 page
* Fixed missing right spacing on overflow of source container
### 1.5.2 _ April 5, 2017
* Added requirements as explicit dependencies in `setup.py`
* Fixed non-synchronized transitions in search form
### 1.5.1 _ March 30, 2017
* Fixed rendering and offset of targetted footnotes
* Fixed #238: Link on logo is not set to `site_url`
### 1.5.0 _ March 24, 2017
* Added support for localization of search placeholder
* Added keyboard events for quick access of search
* Added keyboard events for search control
* Added opacity on hover for search buttons
* Added git hook to skip CI build on non-src changes
* Fixed non-resetting search placeholder when input is cleared
* Fixed error for unescaped parentheses in search term
* Fixed #229: Button to clear search missing
* Fixed #231: Escape key doesn't exit search
* Removed old-style figures from font feature settings
### 1.4.1 _ March 16, 2017
* Fixed invalid destructuring attempt on NodeList (in Safari, Edge, IE)
### 1.4.0 _ March 16, 2017
* Added support for grouping searched sections by documents
* Added support for highlighting of search terms
* Added support for localization of search results
* Fixed #216: table of contents icon doesn't show if `h1` is not present
* Reworked style and layout of search results for better usability
### 1.3.0 _ March 11, 2017
* Added support for page-specific title and description using metadata
* Added support for linking source files to documentation
* Fixed jitter and offset of sidebar when zooming browser
* Fixed incorrectly initialized tablet sidebar height
* Fixed regression for #1: GitHub stars break if `repo_url` ends with a `/`
* Fixed undesired white line below copyright footer due to base font scaling
* Fixed issue with whitespace in path for scripts
* Fixed #205: support non-fixed (static) header
* Refactored footnote references for better visibility
* Reduced repaints to a minimum for non-tabs configuration
* Reduced contrast of edit button (slightly)
### 1.2.0 _ March 3, 2017
* Added `quote` (synonym: `cite`) style for Admonition
* Added help message to build pipeline
* Fixed wrong navigation link colors when applying palette
* Fixed #197: Link missing in tabs navigation on deeply nested items
* Removed unnecessary dev dependencies
### 1.1.1 _ February 26, 2017
* Fixed incorrectly displayed nested lists when using tabs
### 1.1.0 _ February 26, 2017
* Added tabs navigation feature (optional)
* Added Disqus integration (optional)
* Added a high resolution Favicon with the new logo
* Added static type checking using Facebook's Flow
* Fixed #173: Dictionary elements have no bottom spacing
* Fixed #175: Tables cannot be set to 100% width
* Fixed race conditions in build related to asset revisioning
* Fixed accidentally re-introduced Permalink on top-level headline
* Fixed alignment of logo in drawer on IE11
* Refactored styles related to tables
* Refactored and automated Docker build and PyPI release
* Refactored build scripts
### 1.0.5 _ February 18, 2017
* Fixed #153: Sidebar flows out of constrained area in Chrome 56
* Fixed #159: Footer jitter due to JavaScript if content is short
### 1.0.4 _ February 16, 2017
* Fixed #142: Documentation build errors if `h1` is defined as raw HTML
* Fixed #164: PyPI release does not build and install
* Fixed offsets of targeted headlines
* Increased sidebar font size by `0.12rem`
### 1.0.3 _ January 22, 2017
* Fixed #117: Table of contents items don't blur on fast scrolling
* Refactored sidebar positioning logic
* Further reduction of repaints
### 1.0.2 _ January 15, 2017
* Fixed #108: Horizontal scrollbar in content area
### 1.0.1 _ January 14, 2017
* Fixed massive repaints happening when scrolling
* Fixed footer back reference positions in case of overflow
* Fixed header logo from showing when the menu icon is rendered
* Changed scrollbar behavior to only show when content overflows
### 1.0.0 _ January 13, 2017
* Introduced Webpack for more sophisticated JavaScript bundling
* Introduced ESLint and Stylelint for code style checks
* Introduced more accurate Material Design colors and shadows
* Introduced modular scales for harmonic font sizing
* Introduced git-hooks for better development workflow
* Rewrite of CSS using the BEM methodology and SassDoc guidelines
* Rewrite of JavaScript using ES6 and Babel as a transpiler
* Rewrite of Admonition, Permalinks and CodeHilite integration
* Rewrite of the complete typographical system
* Rewrite of Gulp asset pipeline in ES6 and separation of tasks
* Removed Bower as a dependency in favor of NPM
* Removed custom icon build in favor of the Material Design icon set
* Removed `_blank` targets on links due to vulnerability: http://bit.ly/1Mk2Rtw
* Removed unversioned assets from build directory
* Restructured templates into base templates and partials
* Added build and watch scripts in `package.json`
* Added support for Metadata and Footnotes Markdown extensions
* Added support for PyMdown Extensions package
* Added support for collapsible sections in navigation
* Added support for separate table of contents
* Added support for better accessibility through REM-based layout
* Added icons for GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket integrations
* Added more detailed documentation on specimen, extensions etc.
* Added a `404.html` error page for deployment on GitHub Pages
* Fixed live reload chain in watch mode when saving a template
* Fixed variable references to work with MkDocs 0.16
### 0.2.4 _ June 26, 2016
* Fixed improperly set default favicon
* Fixed #33: Protocol relative URL for webfonts doesn't work with `file://`
* Fixed #34: IE11 on Windows 7 doesn't honor `max-width` on `main` tag
* Fixed #35: Add styling for blockquotes
### 0.2.3 _ May 16, 2016
* Fixed #25: Highlight inline fenced blocks
* Fixed #26: Better highlighting for keystrokes
* Fixed #30: Suboptimal syntax highlighting for PHP
### 0.2.2 _ March 20, 2016
* Fixed #15: Document Pygments dependency for CodeHilite
* Fixed #16: Favicon could not be set through `mkdocs.yml`
* Fixed #17: Put version into own container for styling
* Fixed #20: Fix rounded borders for tables
### 0.2.1 _ March 12, 2016
* Fixed #10: Invisible header after closing search bar with ESC key
* Fixed #13: Table cells don't wrap
* Fixed empty list in table of contents when no headline is defined
* Corrected wrong path for static asset monitoring in Gulpfile.js
* Set up tracking of site search for Google Analytics
### 0.2.0 _ February 24, 2016
* Fixed #6: Include multiple color palettes via `mkdocs.yml`
* Fixed #7: Better colors for links inside admonition notes and warnings
* Fixed #9: Text for prev/next footer navigation should be customizable
* Refactored templates (replaced `if`/`else` with modifiers where possible)
### 0.1.3 _ February 21, 2016
* Fixed #3: Ordered lists within an unordered list have `::before` content
* Fixed #4: Click on Logo/Title without Github-Repository: `"None"`
* Fixed #5: Page without headlines renders empty list in table of contents
* Moved Modernizr to top to ensure basic usability in IE8
### 0.1.2 _ February 16, 2016
* Fixed styles for deep navigational hierarchies
* Fixed webfont delivery problem when hosted in subdirectories
* Fixed print styles in mobile/tablet configuration
* Added option to configure fonts in `mkdocs.yml` with fallbacks
* Changed styles for admonition notes and warnings
* Set download link to latest version if available
* Set up tracking of outgoing links and actions for Google Analytics
### 0.1.1 _ February 11, 2016
* Fixed #1: GitHub stars don't work if the repo_url ends with a `/`
* Updated NPM and Bower dependencies to most recent versions
* Changed footer/copyright link to Material theme to GitHub pages
* Made MkDocs building/serving in build process optional
* Set up continuous integration with Travis
### 0.1.0 _ February 9, 2016
* Initial release