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netctl 1.6
- Fixes for bugs introduced in 1.5

netctl 1.5
- Add support for macvlan interfaces
- Add option to skip Duplicate Address Detection
- Add support for hooks for dynamic interfaces
- Assorted fixes and improvements

netctl 1.4
- Add support for dummy interfaces
- Add support for limiting the wireless frequencies to scan
- Add support for custom options files for PPP connections
- Change umask to 077, and the default DHCP timeout to 30 seconds
- Assorted fixes, including fixes to tunnel connections and WEP key handling

netctl 1.3
- Add real functionality to automatic profile handling (netctl-auto)
- Switch to iproute2 for bridge connections

netctl 1.2
- Fixes to the logic of IP setup
- Fix default interface bindings

netctl 1.1
- Add netctl-auto support to wifi-menu
- Use pkg-config to obtain installation paths
- Assorted fixes, including to array handling and calling dhcpcd for IPv4

netctl 1.0
- Add support for mobile broadband (mobile_ppp) connections
- Update documentation
- Assorted minor fixes

netctl 0.8
- Fix escaping of unfortunate strings
- Add support for configuration defaults to connection scripts

netctl 0.7
- Add support for systemd character escaping
- Assorted fixes, including to vlan connections and the documentation

netctl 0.6
- Add a sleep hook
- Assorted fixes, including fixes to rfkill and the documentation
- Sources are signed for packaging

netctl 0.5
- Move the configuration directory to /etc/netctl

netctl 0.4
- Remove default IPv4 netmask
- Add zsh completion

netctl 0.3
- Correctly wait for devices on boot
- Use the first available network interface by default in wifi-menu
- Suppress ifplugd beep

netctl 0.2
- Drop the Scan parameter for wireless networking
- Assorted fixes for bugs introduced by forking

netctl 0.1
- Forked from netcfg 3.1 and changed considerably