Imported Upstream version 2.6.0

NEWS

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 For a complete list of changes, please refer to the ChangeLog file.
 
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+Release notes for NUT 2.6.0 - what's new since 2.4.3:
+
+ - the main focus of this release is the complete documentation revamping,
+   using AsciiDoc. This includes a new website, user manual, developer guide,
+   packager guide and manual pages, available in various formats (single and
+   multiple pages HTML, and PDF at the moment).
+   Be sure to check the --with-doc configure option help, and
+   docs/configure.txt for more information.
+
+ - Add Augeas support, to provide easy NUT configuration management, through
+   tools and development APIs. For more information, refer to the developer
+   guide, or scripts/augeas/README in the source directory.
+
+ - support for new devices: APC 5G; Eaton PowerWare 5119 RM (smart mode using
+   upscode2 driver), Eaton Best Ferrups (using older ConnectUPS card),
+   Eaton 9395 (serial interface), Eaton ConnectUPS X / BD / E Slot;
+   HP T1000 INTL, HP T1500 INTL, HP T750 G2, HP R1500 G2 INTL; iDowell iBox UPS;
+   Tripp Lite SmartOnline SU1000XLA, Tripp Lite Smart1000LCD, and some
+   more USB/HID devices IDs; CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD and CP1350AVRLCD;
+   PowerWalker Line-Interactive VI 1400 ; Rocketfish RF-1000VA / RF-1025VA.
+
+ - usbhid-ups has better support for shutting down APC SmartUPS RM series,
+   and finally fix the "buffer size" issue, which was breaking some
+   devices data retrieval, or truncating some data on others.
+
+ - snmp-ups now support SNMP v3 and its security parameters. IETF MIB support
+   has also been extended.
+
+ - fix dummy-ups simulation driver status handling bug, and add the
+   capability to remove exposed variables on the fly.
+
+ - the belkin driver now support control commands and status reporting
+   for beeper and battery test.
+
+ - the powerpanel driver supports more older CyberPower units.
+
+ - mge-utalk, upscode2, blazer and liebert-esp2 have also received some
+   care, and been improved.
+
+ - NUT-Monitor and the PyNUT client module have been updated to 1.3,
+   adding more features like automatic connection to the first local device
+   and i18n support.
+
+ - improve configure time dependencies checking and processing.
+
+ - improve older Unix systems support (HP-UX, Aix, ...) for missing functions.
+
+ - refresh and improve USB helper files (udev and UPower).
+
+ - more generation automation: the ChangeLog file is now generated
+   automatically at distribution time, along with the files needed for
+   the website hardware compatibility list.
+
+ - SSL support has also received some improvements.
+
+ - tcp-wrapper now allows hostnames in /etc/hosts.allow too (not only IPv4
+   and/or IPv6 addresses).
+
+ - many bugfixes, cleanup and improvements.
+
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 Release notes for NUT 2.4.3 - what's new since 2.4.2: