== New Features ==

New Functionality:
 * Graticule Control (#1083)
 * Support for image layers tiled using Zoomify storage standard (#1285)
 * Atom Format (#1366)
 * Add CSW support as an !OpenLayers Format (#2132)
 * Create a possibility to refresh a vector layer every N seconds (#2317)
 * Parser for SOS GetCapabilities (#2337)
 * Parser for SOS GetFeatureOfInterest (#2347)
 * Format for SOS GetObservation (#2372)
 * Protocol for Sensor Observation Service (#2373)
 * Create a TransformFeature control (#2433)
 * WMS 1.3 support (#2284 #2294 #2355)

Strategy/Protocol Improvements:
 * Strategy.Save new events (#1902)
 * Allow WFS Protocol to have a different outputFormat (#2107)
 * use layer.filter in Strategy.Fixed (#2152)
 * allow protocol to be configured with a default filter for read method (#2292)
 * extend Protocol.HTTP for MapFish and FeatureServer (#2393)

Format improvements:
 * Format.WMSDescribeLayer: store layerName (#2027)
 * Format.WMC: protect against MinScaleDenominator of 0 (#2028)
 * Format.WFST: cannot write transaction without geometry (#2033)
 * KML Format does not support SimpleData elements in ExtendedData (#2062)
 * allow use of sld writers in other formats (#2087)
 * Add parsing of Attribution, KeywordList and MetadataURL to WMSCapabilities (#2145)
 * complete parsing of WMSCapabilities document (#2164)
 * !OpenLayers.Format.SLD does not work against ArcGIS Server	 (#2166)
 * Format.WMC write sld:min/maxScaleDenominator in the right place (#2174)
 * WFST 1.0.0 format: include srsName (GeoServer vendor param) in wfs:Query node (#2228)
 * make WFS protocol and format more robust (#2237)
 * !OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1_0_0 : more parsing of capabilities document (#2245)
 * Update WMC format to support params that are not OL Layer properties (#2251)
 * WMSCapabilities should call initialize on XML prototype	tschaub	feature (#2269)
 * rewrite WMS GetCapabilities parser (#2283)
 * Format.WMSGetFeatureInfo: parse boundedBy if present for msGMLOutput (#2329)
 * Parsing of KML attributes gets confused with line breaks (#2398)
 * Format.KML: parse outline attribute (#2412)
 * Format.KML: don't create name and description node if null (#2417)
 * Format.KML - typo - missing break in case declaration (#2448)

Other improvements:
 * Theme LayerSwitcher with CSS (#1632)
 * Double clicks on Panel control fall through to map (#2069)
 * WMSGetFeatureInfo control: add support for mutiple WMS services (#2091)
 * updateSize should not call setCenter if map has no center (#2105)
 * calling setVisibility when setBaseLayer is used (#2111)
 * trigger an event when the layer's opacity change (#2112)
 * create an option to cancel adding a layer (#2121)
 * WMSGetFeatureInfo: add beforegetfeatureinfo event (#2127)
 * Allow !OpenLayers.ProxyHost to reference a function (#2128)
 * enhance createLiterals to merge context, attributes and data (#2146)
 * enabling vector features to be selectable from their text node (#2148)
 * use indexOf native function when available (#2167)
 * add changelayer event to mergeNewParams function (#2179)
 * Introduce standalone mode for ModifyFeature control (#2199)
 * add control autoActivate	 (#2200)
 * Improvements to nb translation (#2212)
 * LineString.js implied global vars (#2217)
 * !OpenLayers.Request: let us choose whether we want to run callbacks or not (without duplicating code) (#2218)
 * Control.GetFeature: use result.success() (#2227)
 * WMSGetFeatureInfo control: WMS version parameter (#2236)
 * GetFeature doesn't handle Handler.Box case when result of user interaction is a pixel (#2256)
 * Add possibility to ignore duplicate attribution strings for Control.Attribution (#2266)
 * Layer vector's getDataExtent method fails on features without geometry (#2267)
 * Option to turn off animation of Layer.!VirtualEarth (#2286)
 * !PanZoomBar-Control: add possibility to only zoom to fixed scales even though map.fractionalZoom is set to true (#2288)
 * Create an urlAppend function that appends strings to urls and handles ? and & appropriately (#2297)
 * Add label offset to styles (#2312)
 * move pink tiles to css (#2318)
 * give the PanPanel a slideFactor (#2320)
 * Support for Layers with cropped edge tiles (with different dimension than the regular grid) (#2324)
 * GetFeature Control needs customisable filter type (like INTERSECTS) (#2325)
 * set specific baseLayers radio button name to avoid several layerswitcher conflict (#2331)
 * apply default options to map when reading a WMC document (#2339)
 * add setLayer function to SelectFeature control (#2340)
 * add option to the MouseWheel handler to trigger up/down events only when wheel is released (#2345)
 * NavigationHistory - move code getting the current state in a method	(#2377)
 * featuresremoved event is called with zero lenght array if layer.selectedFeature is supplied to layer.removeFeatures (#2379)
 * overview map control destroys drag handler too late (#2383)
 * _getScriptLocation appears to be a performance bottleneck (#2389)
 * give map a method "addControls" to add an array of controls to the map (#2399)
 * don't calculateInRange() if it's not needed (#2400)
 * graphicName SVG rendering issues in some Safari and Chrome versions (#2402)
 * !MousePosition control should support mouseOut event (#2404)
 * allow user to enable or disable zoomBox in Navigation control (#2416)
 * selecting features using a box shouldn't select unrendered features (#2418)
 * Change maximum zoom for Google layers (#2429)
 * feature label: support fontOpacity (#2438)
 * add to GetFeature an event that will send all features at once in an array (#2442)
 * MouseWheel: non cumulative mode (#2450)
 * Layer.Google resize issue (#2475)
 * ScaleLine: move css outside of the code (#2476)
 * Map.getResolution needs a fallback to 1st layer in allOverlays mode (#2479)
 * allow for layers, center, and zoom in map constructor (#2480)
 * Typo in !LayerSwitcher causes ugly styling (#2512)
 * be liberal when encountering "+" in URI components (#2527)
 * Support right mouse click in WMSGetFeatureInfo (#2528)
 * Geometry.LinearRing: getCentroid returns NaN without components (#2530)
 * add multi option to DrawFeature control (#2542)
 * updated i18n files (#2582)
 
== Bug fixes == 
 * Google layers won't get resized properly on map.updateSize() (#1797)
 * non symetric graphicName symbols rendered symetric in IE	(#1836)
 * Move slider to wrong position when click on zoom bar after drag slider (#1861)
 * Scale and ScaleLine in Google approx double correct figure at some res'ns	 (#1890)
 * Setting numZoomLevels to 17 or more breaks Virtual Earth layer (#1893)
 * WMSGetFeatureInfo format error	tschaub	bug	closed (#2002)
 * Undocumented property 'filter' in Layer.Vector assumed in BBOX Strategy (#2061)
 * GeoJSON input should accept 3D coords (#2070)
 * Google Maps centre moves to the SE on changing layers (#2078)
 * Unused code in updateSize method of Map (#2114)
 * Radius circle doesn't change for Canvas Vector Layer (#2126)
 * zoom-plus-mini.png not found	 (#2147)
 * WMSGetCapabilities: scalehint values seem incorrect (#2150)
 * map pan tween should stop playing in destroy (#2156)
 * Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo: constructed url styles parameter is a list of "undefined" (#2157)
 * Bad Encoding in Catalan translation breaks IE6 (#2161)
 * mistake in example map constructor (#2168)
 * SetCenter and zoomTo using string results in strange behavior (#2180)
 * Feature.destroy does not remove marker from layer	 (#2181)
 * Case-Sensitivity-Bug in class !PanZoomBar causes problems changing zoombar style (and more) (#2188)
 * Not tagging the geometry on the svg/vml node saves a lot of memory (#2198)
 * !GetFeatureInfo request needs all required GetMap parameters except VERSION (and REQUEST is !GetFeatureInfo of course) (#2201)
 * cannot unselect on clickout when selecting by drawing a box (#2204)
 * Save strategy should preserve feature.url when transforming (#2215)
 * ModifyFeature control in standalone mode should only allow dragging of the selected feature (#2219)
 * properly handle null attribute values in WFS update (#2222)
 * Control.GetFeature: unselectAll defined twice (#2229)
 * VML Renderer : drawText error when using fontColor (#2231)
 * When writing a WMC, bounds should not be rounded to a predefined precision (#2242)
 * Format.GML.v2 and v3 fail when there's no geometry but bounds. JS error. (#2255)
 * layer container and viewport elements can have same ids for multiple maps (#2259)
 * SLD format should write dash style and linecap	 (#2270)
 * handle dash arrays with spaces (#2271)
 * !VirtualEarth layer size never updated (#2285)
 * funkiness with allOverlays and one layer maps (#2290)
 * Missing @requires directive in Layer/Text.js results in broken custom singlefile-builds (#2298)
 * Missing @requires directive in Layer/XYZ.js results in broken custom singlefile-builds (#2299)
 * Don't show duplicate attribution by default (#2300)
 * Filter format for 1.1.0 should read/write escapeChar instead of escape attribute (#2301)
 * return!!(document.namespaces) in support function of VML causes error in IE (7&8) (#2304)
 * Memory: !PanZoom.getSlideFactor (#2323)
 * Remove some unused and undefined local variables (#2326)
 * !OpenLayers.Util.getParameters not recognize %2C for comma separation (#2327)
 * Google termsOfUse are visible on all Layers on startup (#2328)
 * Layer.WFS missing !OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject(params) (#2362)
 * Code example in "Marker Overlays" chapter is wrong (#2369)
 * mouse wheeling results in fractional zoom levels (#2376)
 * !PanZoomBar slider bug winxp IE6+, firefox 3+ (#2384)
 * Layer.Vector has no proper clone() method (#2391)
 * LoadingPanel never stops using Layer.WMS.Post with Internet Explorer (#2406)
 * olImageLoadError class name added but never removed (#2407)
 * Format.KML: parse LabelStyle (#2413)
 * !OpenLayers.Element.getDimensions method should not set style.display property to none (#2414)
 * VML renderer should only rotate point geometries (#2423)
 * Format.KML: always export coordinates in WGS84 (#2424)
 * make !OverviewMap.destroy more robust (#2430)
 * GML parser fails where attribute name matches feature type name (#2435)
 * canvas and textAlign: middle not recognized (#2439)
 * Map.updateSize does not correctly check for the existence of layers (#2443)
 * Browser resize can cause infinite event loop ('moveStart' -> 'updateSize') (#2447)
 * !EventPane layers cannot be added to a map after being removed from one (#2456)
 * scale not preserved when switching base layers (#2457)
 * remove global and unused variable (#2459)
 * if a map is initialized on a element that is not displayed, updateSize fails (#2461)
 * getResolutionFromScale should return undefined resolution for falsey scale (#2464)
 * vector features aren't rendered in IE (#2465)
 * google terms of use and powered by elements are not styled properly in IE (#2466)
 * NavigationHistory: clear should deactivate controls (#2471)
 * Lang file encoding error when not utf-8 (#2472)
 * Give Layer.Google a proper clone() method (#2473)
 * Cloning layers creates clones with the initial state of the original, not the current one (#2477)
 * wrong fillColor with externalGraphic and Collection geometry (#2485)
 * Vector symbol rotation doesn't rotate against center in Safari (#2499)
 * Rendering a previously rotated geometry will not rotate it back (#2500)
 * SelectFeature: When control destroy the layers disappear. (#2502)
 * vector layers: loadstart event eventually triggered without loadend (#2504)
 * Renderer.VML: missing semicolon, global variables (#2529)
 * !MapGuide: use map.getSize instead of map.getCurrentSize (#2532)
 * Superfluous "limit" in Layer.XYZ (#2558)
 * accept center with no layers in map constructor (#2561)
 * setOpacity not working on Google layer (#2562)
 * labelAlign with one character does not work on IE (#2563)
 * don't use dot notation for 'abstract' (#2569)
 * GetFeature request sent twice by GetFeature Control (#2581)

== Compatibility Notes ==
Make sure to also upgrade your theme directory (and most notably style.css).