[squeak-dev] Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 2

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Sep 20 00:24:05 UTC 2010


Hi all,

here is the second release candidate for Etoys 4.1. There is only one more week until the final release, so please help testing!

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

Updated release notes are at

	http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes

For the list of changes, see below.

Thank you!

- Bert -

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