Hi folks,

here is another release candidate. Hopefully there will be no more changes needed until Monday for the actual release (except for updating translations).

I made only an Etoys-To-Go version of RC3, this is sufficient for testing I think:

http://squeakland.org/download/#rc

Would be nice if someone could bring the release notes to a nicer form, maybe similar to the 4.0 ones: http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes

We need them on Monday to include in the installers.

Changes since second release candidate:

* fix viewer only showing two empty panes in Spanish * fix Castle tutorial previous project * fix decimal places in loaded QuickGuide scriptors (e.g. ScaleFactor guide) * updated translations: de, ja, es, mn

- Bert -

On 20.09.2010, at 02:24, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

Changes since first release candidate:

• fix toolbar being broken after being hidden
• fix paintbox in event theatre
• fix SuppliesPlayersTool guide
• fix SQ-791: Journal saving fails in Sugar 0.82.1
• remove MenuMakeNewFlap guide from index
• both ctrl-click and cmd-click bring up halo on Mac
• updated translations: de, ja, ta
• add soundReverb preference
• add button to reset saved preferences
• put manifest in front of project file, uncompressed for easier access
• fix SQ-816: Error when adding variable named 'val'
• fix tile help balloons not being translated (SQ-821)
• ensure preferences default values are set correctly

On 12.09.2010, at 17:41, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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Changes since the beta release:

• pop-up arrows now enabled by default
• new DrGeo examples project (see gallery)
• new home project (green border more visible)
• Demon Castle renamed to Etoys Castle and fixed
• revised guides for English and Spanish
• DrGeoII translations for es,fr,ja,de
• updated German and Japanese translations
• removed languages with too few translations (ar_SY, en_GB, km, pap, pl, zh_TW)
• hide distracting/not-functional preference panel buttons
• allow negative timer values
• shared flaps are not destroyed anymore when switching projects
• various smaller fixes

On 29.08.2010, at 23:20, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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Hi folks,

here is the first Etoys 4.1 beta release:

http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-beta1-ToGo.zip

Here are the changes since Alpha 2:

• updated translations from Pootle
• added languages zh_CN, ca, sk, pap, pl, km, en_GB, ar_SY
• revised Italian, Portuguese, and German Guides
• no save on stop under Sugar, must use keep button (enable sugarAutoSave to override)
• easier to make flap (see supplies)
• GSoC addition: scriptable speech bubbles
• translatable of Text object must be enabled explicitly
• minor fixes

• Bert -

On 20.08.2010, at 00:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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Here is the second alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release:

http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha2.zip

I had to make a quick update to alpha 1 because some Sugar stuff was seriously broken.

Changes since alpha1:

• fix Sugar DBus service methods
• fix NavBar not showing Sugar buttons
• fix 'length' and 'width' being read-only
• flip commands renamed to 'flip left right' and 'flip up down'
• fix QuickGuides showing up twice (if name in index differed from file name), or not at all (if not in index)
• update Monticello to Squeak trunk version, and enlarge windows
• fix for SQ-683 (can't create script in Greek)
• fix for SQ-690 (Latin2 font broken)
• renamed one Italian guide (HaloL'Visualizzatore to HaloLVisualizzatore)

• Bert -

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On 16.08.2010, at 03:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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Here is the first alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release:

http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha1.zip

Please test and report problems. If this basically works (I did not try on Windows and Linux), we can announce it on Squeakland for wider testing.

This is only the Etoys-To-Go version. Installers for Mac and Windows won't come before beta (unless someone volunteers to start working on them now).

The biggest changes since Etoys 4 are

• added DrGeo for exploring geometry
• Sketches support flipping
• geometry tiles for the world
• timer tile (world and other playfields)
• can store preferences
• QuickGuides translated to Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and (some) French
• translations broken up in smaller files
• system organized in packages, developed using Monticello
• whatever I forgot (need to start working on release notes, which should also have proper attributions)

We have a few weeks now to the final release. There are still a few additions in the pipeline (Richo's bubbles, Jerome's smooth curves, my Sugar stuff) which can still make the cut if we think the risk is low. But mainly we need to iron out bugs.

Thanks to everyone who helped making this! You guys rock :)

• Bert -

On 25.09.2010, at 23:20, Carlos Crosetti wrote:

Interesting...

How many people contribute to the release ? Are you organized as a scrum team? In less than a month I joined the distro I saw more than one release coming, very good job here...

Regards, Carlos

Hi Carlos,

we only release once a year normally (perhaps twice now to follow the Sugar release cycle). What you saw in the last month were "only" pre-releases (alpha, beta, and candidates). The final release will happen this week.

We are not using Scrum. We are only a group of volunteers with unpredictable time available. When we find time to fix bugs or work on a feature we do. We coordinate on the etoys-dev mailing list, our bug tracker, and sometimes on IRC.

I just compiled a list of people who more or less directly contributed to the 4.1 release:

http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes#Etoys4.1Releas...

If someone finds a name missing or mis-spelled, please do not hesitate to add it! It's quite possible I missed someone.

- Bert -

Hi, what is thë meaning of the viewer ¨connections to me¨ category¨?

Regards, Carlos

On Oct 17, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Carlos Crosetti wrote:

Hi, what is thë meaning of the viewer ¨connections to me¨ category¨?

Hi Carlos,

we are in the process of writing an Etoys manual. It is not finished yet, you can see the current version here:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/WebHome

Here is the objects chapter, where we explain every object within Etoys in alphabetical order.

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/Objects

Maybe you will find some answers for your questions there. It is a community effort, everyone can just register with FLOSS manuals and edit the text. So if you discover something we didn't mention yet, you can go and add it to the manual. Please let me know if you have any questions about the manual.

Greetings, Rita

Regards, Carlos

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