+Version 1.2
+----------------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Improvements:
+- DirectFB backend support
+- pkg-config support
+
+Version 1.1
+----------------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes:
+- Fixing minor memory leaks
+- LayerManagerCommands: fixed array handling, memory leak removed
+- X11WindowSystem: fixed resize handling
+- X11EglImage: fixing a issue which causes memory leak in XServer
+- dbusIpcModule: DBUS Interspection result corrected
+- Fixing a timing issue during parameter assignment
+
+Improvements:
+- Improved watchdog plug-in monitoring, to detect possible
+ deadlock in plug-ins and mainthread
+- adding new interface ilm_setSynchronizedSurfaces, ilm_removeSynchronizedSurfaces
+ to establish synchronized composition on dedicated surfaces this avoids e.g.
+ flickering during night/day switch.
+- X11EglImage: fixing a issue which causes memory leak in XServer
+
+Version 1.0
+------------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+- fixed return codes in ilmCommon/ilmClient/ilmControl
+- fixed various logging issues
+- fixed dependency tracking in build system
+- fixed memory leak in notification handling
+- fixed warnings detected by code style checking scripts
+- fixed array handling in LayerManagerCommands
+- fixed compilation error in TcpIpcModule on some platforms
+- fixed input issues in LayerManagerControl
+- fixed ilm_screenSetRenderOrder handling of empty input
+- fixed ilm_getPropertiesOfScreen handling of invalid screen
+
+Improvements:
+- updated build system
+- support for statically linked plugins
+- "make doc" build target: generate specification document
+- "make check-style" build target: check code style guide
+- ilmClient API splitted into
+ - ilmCommon: lifecycle, threading, communication
+ - ilmClient: restricted API for default client applications
+ - ilmControl: full featured API for scene controlling applications
+- LayerManagerService splitted into
+ - LayerManagerBase: base implementation, Interface declarations
+ - LayerManagerService: application using LayerManagerBase
+- added ilm_isInitialized in ilmCommon API
+- replaced POSIX message queues with custom thread-safe queue implementation
+- added multi-screen support for Wayland-based renderer plugins
+- added optimizationMode support for GLXRenderer
+- updated ilmCommon/ilmClient/ilmControl to be thread-safe
+- improved performance for Wayland renderer plugin with DRM backend
+- added TextRenderer
+- added support for optional command expressions in LayerManagerControl
+- improved plugin loading
+- removed LayerGroup APIs
+- removed SurfaceGroup APIs
+- removed deprecated function ilm_createLayer
+- removed BeagleRenderer
+- removed NullWindowSystem
+- removed LayerManagerToolBox
+
+Version 0.9.9
+------------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+- fixed warnings and errors with gcc 4.7.2
+- fixed uint array handling in DbusIpcModule
+- renamed global BIT(x) macro to resolve name collision
+
+Improvements:
+- added documentation for API split into ilmClient and ilmControl
+- input support for wayland with X11, DRI and FBDEV backends
+- support for wayland 1.0.0 API
+- GLES multitexture support
+- support for health monitoring based on systemd watchdog
+- added new debugging features to LayerManagerControl
+- improved logging configuration (set trace log level)
+- added logging of client binary name and process id
+- Dbus now uses private connection
+- code refactorings for signal-, configuration- and plugin-handling
+
+Version 0.9.8
+------------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+- LayerManagement does not wake up every 100 ms anymore.
+- Serveral warning fixes for gcc 4.7.1,4.7.2
+- Removed GLESGraphicSystem Debug spams
+- fixed Signal Handling during shutdown
+- fixing Thread Safe Issue inside of the libDbusIpcModule
+
+
+Improvements:
+- Introducing Client Notifications for Layer and Surfaces
+- Introducing Layer and Surface Chroma Key Support
+- Introduced process name handling for each executed command
+- ilmClient: added check for response names
+- ilmClient: switching to open a private dbusConnection
+- Introducing PlugIn Base
+- added general health monitoring and a reference implementation on Systemd
+- added basic health monitoring on plugins
+
+Version 0.9.7
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+
+- fixes link script in example applications
+- Composition is not anymore forced for every redraw request
+- Example Script updated
+- ilmClient : documentation fixed
+- fix of several compiler warnings and memory leaks
+- fix several issues detected by coverity
+- fixing several warnings
+- additional fixes inside of the reference compositor
+- fixes a memory leak inside of generic communicator.
+
+Improvements:
+
+- X11 backend for wayland
+- DRM backend for wayland
+- Introducing generic communication approach
+- Introducing Communicator Reference Implementation based in tcp/ip sockets
+- Introducing generic hw layer support
+- Introducing default version handling
+- Introducing default toolchain file
+- Introducing SurfaceRemoveNativeContentCommand
+- Introducing new InputFramework and Example Applications
+- Profiling/Coverage options for gcc introduced
+- New features added to MockNavigation
+- New properties valuse added to layer/surfaceGetProperties
+- Adding new LayerManagerControl example program
+- Plugin will be now searched automatically in CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX location
+- Redundant Texture uploads removed
+- Activating Binary Shader support for platform dependent renderers
+- BaseGraphicSystem and BaseWindowSystems composition methods refactored
+- Wayland Backend is now running on wayland 0.95
+- Log has now diagnostic callback registration support
+- Imporving startup performance
+
+Version 0.9.6
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+
+- removed obsolete Commands.
+- added support for symbolic links to plugins.
+- Bugfix in GLXGraphicSystem Context has to be activated before beginLayer
+- Bug fixes in map/unmap window functions
+- Communciator plugins are now started after scene provider plugins
+
+Improvements:
+
+- Introducing DLT binding for Logging Framework
+- Introducing additional performance Counters
+- First version of Rendering Plugin for Wayland is introduced
+
+Version 0.9.5
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+
+- Compiler warnings have been removed.
+
+- Fixed missing initialization of default values.
+
+- EGLMockNavigation aspect ratio was hard coded, now uses
+ actual application resolution.
+
+
+Improvements:
+
+- Surface can be created without the native context of a
+ client application. The client can add its native content
+ later.
+
+- Command objects have been updated. Now theres a one to one
+ relationship between API calls and Command objects.
+
+- Build System generated header file with configuration options.
+ This replaced a series of compiler flags for defining symbols.
+
+- Updated/added new unit tests.
+
+- Added signal handling for clean shutdown ofLayerManagerService.
+ Now a stack trace is printed on crash.
+
+- Build System now defaults to "release" build type.
+
+- Logging improved.
+
+- Introduced ServiceConnect and ServiceDisconnect. This allows
+ detection of crashed client applications.
+
+- Renderer:
+ - Improved state handling of X11 window system.
+ - Renderer context sharing between different threads.
+ - Improved Shader handling.
+
+- Added auto-generation feature for LayerManager design
+ document (based on doxygen and latex).
+
+
+Version 0.9.4
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+
+- Removed Quiet Message, is not working with CMake 2.6
+
+- Bugfix fixes issue regarding layer source transformation
+ LayerSource Width should be considered with crop amount
+ Unit Test case added
+
+- Bugfix to establish rpm build with version tracking
+ Added newly created files to rpm
+ fix ILM VERSION for rpm, character '-' ist not allowed
+ in RELEASE variable, so now it is replaced by underscore
+
+- LayerManagerToolBox - remove wrong parameter parse
+
+
+Improvements:
+
+- Add restrictions on adding a surface to a layer
+ This prevents:
+ 1. A surface being added to multiple layers.
+ 2. A surface being added to the same layer multiple times.
+- New Example Application(EGLX11MockNavigation) added,
+ which emulates 3D City
+- Input Events: better support of Qt: XMotionEvent need to be
+ reported for Button1 to move sliders & scrollbars
+- Adding new Command to set the hardware layertype during scene
+ creation
+
+Version 0.9.3
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes :
+- Bug fix in screenshot for layer & surface
+ Now a surface's screenshot will be exactly similar to the way it
+ appears on the screen currently (minus the effect of other surfaces
+ part of the same layer).
+- Multiple Bug fixes in X11WindowSystem
+ Use SwapBuffers only if something was drawn
+ Include SwapBuffers call while calculating FPS
+ ScreenshotOfDisplay should not check for any rendering changes
+ as it will not do a SwapBuffers after screenshot.
+- Increase the framecounter only if the surface is rendered.
+- Removed several warnings
+- Fix to link the correct native graphic libraries.
+- skip rendering of fully cropped surfaces
+- adapt ilm client documentation
+
+Improvements:
+- Changing to LM_PLUGIN_DIR to LM_PLUGIN_PATH to be consitent
+- Changing dbus service name to be genivi compliant
+- DBUS Communicator could now run on System BUS too.
+
+
+Version 0.9.2
+-------------
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes:
+- Fixing DBUS Communicator tests to run and compile completely
+- Fixes source viewport rendering for layer
+- Fixing several compiler warnings
+- Improved handling in case of render init failure
+- Fixing screenshot of surface.
+- Bug Fix for ILM command LayerAddSurface which was probably introduced during the large refactoring earlier
+- Small fix for better error checking & cleanup when acquiring X11 visuals fails
+
+Improvements:
+- Moving render specific base implementations to library
+- Add framework to support input events + X11 implementation
+- Enhance GLX Example Application to show the input handling
+- New Api method added, ilm_layerCreateDimension.
+- New Messages CreateLayerWithDimension, CreateLayerFromIdWithDimension introduced
+- Introducing new Class ViewportTransform
+- Introducing Example Implementation for SceneProvider Feature
+- Refactoring test framework
+- Introducing version tracking
+- LayerManagerToolbox can now used to take screenshots
+- Searchpath for Layermanager Plugins is now using the environment variable
+ LM_PLUGIN_DIR. The default value is /usr/lib/layermanager
+
+
+Version 0.9.1
+-------------
+
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+Bugfixes:
+- Remove spew introduced due to XDamage implementation
+- Allocate client buffer & damage only for surfaces that belong to a renderable layer
+- Compilation fix for DRAW_LAYER_DEBUG mode
+- Remove redundant GL calls in EGLX11ApplicationExample
+- Proper deinitilization of eglImage & texture handles
+- Texture will now bind correctly.
+- Race conditions and compositing startup fixed
+- Unmap Windows will no longer unredirected
+- Fixing wrong result value in ScreenshotCommand.
+- Reset unreferenced m_pReply message
+- Find of dbus architecture dependend files improved.
+- Layer Should only be rendered if visible
+- Remove apply of default values for Destination and Source Region
+- Initialize a graphical surface with non visible
+- Cleanup LayerManager Service at exit for a plugin initialization failure
+
+Improvements:
+- Improvement for handling, native X applications
+- LayerManagerToolBox introduced
+- Introducing default display environment, to avoid fail of service startup
+- SceneProvider feature added to load scenes on startup
+
+Version 0.9.0
+-------------
+
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+- complete code refactoring, introducing new library for commands.
+- Performance improvements XDamageSupport, only surface will be rendered which content has changed
+- Performance improvements Surface without alpha, will be rendered without blending
+- various stability improvements and bugfixes
+
+
+Version 0.8.1
+-------------
+
+This version includes the following enhancements.
+
+- bug fixes in X11GLESRenderer to get a clean shutdown on failure
+- force copy introduced for X11 Pixmaps in Open GL ES 2.0 Environments
+- CMakeLists.txt files fixed
+
Version 0.8.0
-------------
To support hardware layers and to get a better interoperability with other applications
and platforms the API was extended by the following features :
-* Layer, Surface and Group Ids can be applied by from the client side too.
+* Layer and Surface and Group Ids can be applied by from the client side too.
* IlmMatrix class is now available in the LayerManagerUtils library, to support
simple 3D / 2D transformations