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+=== EFL 1.18.0 beta 1 ===
+  * //2016-07-26 - by Stefan Schmidt//
+
+This beta release for 1.18 brings us one step further towards the final 1.18 release. Below is a list of fixes we did between alpha1 and this one. 
+Please take it on a ride and let us know the the bugs.
+
+**Download**
+
+|LINK|	SHA256|
+| http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/efl-1.18.0-beta1.tar.gz | 5c848da26e2e965f51895da5b87711e97812269af5cb0a200d8bbb86be5a4dbb |
+| http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/efl-1.18.0-betaa1.tar.xz | 240049e95171d22367a68a967ced243df0c30a328e8834226c6575d7ba4f8200 |
+
+**Fixes:**
+   * eina_js: Fix documentation generation (T3005)
+   * ecore-wl2: Fix support for nested compositors
+   * efreet: fix undeclared function
+   * ecore_con: fix compiling on OS X
+   * evas_gl_cocoa: update function parameters
+   * ecore_wayland: set touch_focus window when gets pointer_enter
+   * eina mp: only include malloc.h on linux
+   * js: fix binding after namespace change of connector
+   * Edje UI mirroring: Fix UI mirroring for GROUP parts. (T3021)
+   * Edje entry: Fix memory leak.
+   * eina-cxx: Remove Eo classes defined manually (T2940)
+   * edje: unswallow objects from parent edje when swallowing into new edje
+   * ecore-drm: Call inputs shutdown before eina_shutdown
+   * ecore_wayland: send mouse_move when sets touch_focus window in cb_touch_down
+   * ecore_wayland: move check for pointer capability
+   * ecore_drm/ecore_wl2: logging: remove errant usage of %m
+   * win32: Fix compilation due to recent changes in Evil
+   * embryo: change the log catagory of printf in embryo
+   * ecore imf: fix imf module load hangs when not even configured
+   * ecore-x: add safety checks for _ecore_x_disp in some functions
+   * Eina: Fix eina_file_mk[ds]temp when a path is passed
+   * elua: Fix use of eina_file_mkstemp after previous patch
+   * Evas GL: Also fix surface cap cache
+   * edje/edje_edit: make posible to unset the program filter part and state
+   * ecore-drm: Cleanup ecore-drm shutdown routine
+   * ecore-evas-drm: Cleanup drm outputs during shutdown
+   * ecore-drm: Refactor logind code to use tty functions
+   * ecore-drm: Destroy any existing eeze watch when we free the device
+   * ecore-drm: Don't unset logind variable when disconnecting a device
+   * ecore-drm: Unify and cleanup tty code
+   * ector: fix potential crash if cairo is not found on the system. (T2938)
+   * Ethumb: make the emotion plugin correctly use the edje frame if requested.
+   * ecore_evas_extn: Add safety checks, fixing a crash in elm_test (T2835)
+   * edje: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CID1349866)
+   * efreet: reject invalid "" data for Efreet_Desktop->x hash (T3096)
+   * efreet: add locking for efreet_desktop_x_field_get()
+   * evas: Fix segfault when trying to determine overlay usage
+   * evas: Fix explicit NULL dereference (CID1347415)
+   * Evas clip: Fix rare crash in _render_pre_clipper_change
+   * eina: fix invalid prototype
+   * eeze: Fix eeze_udev_find_by_subsystem_sysname function
+   * eldbus: Correctly read/write boolean to eina_value (T3089)
+   * revise edje_object_size_min_restricted_calc() logic. (T2978)
+   * Gstreamer1: implement subtitles mute/unmute ability
+   * evas image updates - optimize by over-rendering less with hidden content
+   * elm quicklaunch binary - fix coverity CID 1353607
+   * evas cache2 - fix coverity CID 1357754
+   * edje entry - fix coverity CID 1357752
+   * efl ui video - fix coverity CID 1356997
+   * efl ui image async locking -fix CID 1356199 - locked data cant be messed with (CID1356199)
+   * elm default config - change default select on focus to be disabled (T3198)
+   * elm button default theme - fix disabled events to not pass through (T2955)
+   * elm button theme - fix anchor style to not pass events when disabled
+   * elm table and box resize themselves on sizing eval - fix this - dont resize (T3031)
+   * elput: Fix issue of losing mouse input when removing a device (T4192)
+   * elm_conform: set data pointer to obj from NULL.
+   * evas and ecore_x shm segment management - fix over allocation and perms
+   * edje examples - when you cp also just assume success if same file
+   * elm cnp win32 - do one side at least of unix newlines to windows newln (T3556)
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+~~DISCUSSIONS~~
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