Overview of changes from libfolks 0.9.6 to libfolks 0.9.7
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Dependencies:
 • automake ≥ 1.12
 • If BlueZ backend is enabled:
  - GLib ≥ 2.39.2
  - Python 3.0
  - python-dbusmock
  - Vala ≥ 0.22.0.45-383d-dirty
  - evolution-data-server ≥ 3.9.1

Major changes:
 • Add a dummy backend
 • Vast numbers of fixes to the unit tests
 • Improvements to how Personas are transferred between Individuals
 • Many build system cleanups
 • New website (https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Folks)
 • Allow backend libraries to have separate LT versions from the core library
 • Performance improvements in the BlueZ backend
 • Test suite for the BlueZ backend using python-dbusmock

Bugs fixed:
 • Bug 651672 — Individual should have a display-name property
 • Bug 648811 — Add a dummy backend
 • Bug 720707 — New strings partly not translatable
 • Bug 722335 — non-void function should return a value
 • Bug 723054 — edsf-persona.vala:1666.21-1666.79: error: Reference transfer
   not supported for this expression
 • Bug 723540 — standalone-individuals test failing with master
 • Bug 724339 — vala.m4: don't keep generated files in git
 • Bug 724809 — Fail to unset contact favorite
 • Bug 722892 — Linking personas on Dummy backend does not work
 • Bug 726980 — dependency on e-d-s 3.9 is often unnecessary
 • Bug 727405 — setting FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING to on does not work
 • Bug 722579 — Contacts are displayed for Google accounts where contact
   management is disabled in GOA
 • Bug 705742 — Implement rate limiting in AvatarCache.store_avatar()
 • Bug 727944 — crash during Empathy startup: segfault in g_date_time_to_utc
   from _edsf_persona_update
 • Bug 731325 — Fails to build with srcdir != builddir
 • Bug 731464 — Fail to run EDS tests
 • Bug 731175 — Modifying contact phone number get a timeout
 • Bug 712274 — Add test suite for the BlueZ backend
 • Bug 711544 — Rename backend library namespaces to be of the form
   ‘FolksSomething’
 • Bug 711827 — Implement period refreshes of the persona store from the phone
 • Bug 723187 — there is no way to detect automatic created im fields
 • Bug 724591 — Tracker test fails
 • Bug 724058 — Add support to avoid folks auto link
 • Bug 726787 — Persona store uses the same value for id and display name
 • Bug 726973 — most e-d-s tests fail
 • Bug 730201 — some over-linking in the oFono backend

API changes:
 • Add Individual.display_name
 • Add StructuredName.to_string_with_format()
 • Add libfolks-dummy.la and all its symbols
 • Add IndividualAggregator.backend_store
 • Add Utils.set_string_afd_equal
 • Add Folks.Dummy* API