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+Mon Jun 18 13:16:57 UTC 2012 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
+
+- fix a build with jdk7 (build jdbc 3.0 with gcj)
+- remove some obsoleted macros (gcj, jboss)
+- remove jars from source file as well
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  4 12:48:41 UTC 2012 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
+
+- remove the docs/ from source tarball due license issues
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 27 09:54:08 UTC 2012 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
+
+- update to 5.1.19
+  * plugable authentication via com.mysql.jdbc.AuthenticationPlugin
+  * retrieve servet charset name using index
+  * ability to determine if the connection is against server on the same host
+  * added slf4j logging adapter
+  * and many more features and bugfixes
+- removed -javadoc patch and package
+- add maven pom
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 11 10:23:35 CEST 2008 - anosek@suse.cz
+
+- updated to version 5.1.6
+  - introduces driver which conforms to the JDBC 4.0 specifications.
+    However this was disabled because of missing dependencies
+- dropped obsoleted patch (build_xml.patch)
+- added patch (disableJDBC4.patch) taken from Debian
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug  7 09:46:22 CEST 2008 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
+
+- update to the 5.0.8 (improved spec from jpackage.org)
+  - fix of [bnc#99151]
+- added two new subpackages (javadoc and manual)
+- removed the dependency on jboss4
+- add a support for build with java6 and java5 together (ia64 build fix)
+- use source="1.5" and target="1.5"
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 17 07:54:00 CEST 2008 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- trying to avoid another build cycle
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 27 15:50:56 CEST 2006 - skh@suse.de
+
+- don't use icecream
+- use source="1.4" and target="1.4" for build with java 1.5
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  7 09:54:31 CET 2006 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- Current version 3.1.12 from JPackage.org
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 25 21:47:09 CET 2006 - mls@suse.de
+
+- converted neededforbuild to BuildRequires
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 28 16:49:05 CEST 2005 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- Adjustments in the spec file.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 18 16:52:27 CEST 2005 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- Current version 3.1.8 from JPackage.org
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 18 18:03:35 CET 2005 - skh@suse.de
+
+- update to version 3.1.6
+- don't use icecream
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  2 18:26:14 CEST 2004 - skh@suse.de
+
+- Initial package created with version 3.0.11 (JPackage 1.5)
+