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    0.6.2 Stable

    PeterSurda released this 2017-03-01 13:14:46 +01:00 | 1851 commits to v0.6 since this release

    Usability:

    • many minor usability improvements, in particular helpful for beginners
    • get rid of confusing log messages
    • improved feedback when busy during shutdown
    • UI feedback when problems with proxy
    • UI feedback when local time is wrong
    • UI feedback when C PoW module is not available
    • folder loading performance improved
    • translations updated
    • chan join/create interface redesigned
    • can select OpenCL vendor if multiple are available (previously it would have
      crashed)
    • locale initialisation fixes
    • contact support form and About dialog show the GIT head
    • added setup.py (setuptools) for easier installation
    • gentle warning if sending to a chan with a too low TTL
    • message retransmit timing now works as the description

    Fixes:

    • networking subsystem stability fixes
    • multiprocessing python PoW fixed
    • message parser fixes
    • many smaller fixes
    • OpenBSD listening socket fix (works IPv4-only mode instead of not at all)

    Backend:

    • try to auto-build PoW module
    • networking subsystem performance improvements
    • refactoring of configuration interface, inventory, downloading and uploading
      tracking, known nodes and other minor parts
    • refactoring to reduce circular imports and global variables
    • support for OpenSSL 1.1.0 and LibreSSL
    • some network parameters configurable, but mostly only through directly
      editing keys.dat
    • network settings allow an optimised bootstrap provider mode

    Developers:

    • extended encoding available for testing. Use it by holding Shift while
      clicking on Send
    • extended encoding can be extended by adding new classes to the "messagetypes"
      directory
    • directory structure reorganisation to get rid of obsolete code

    Linux:

    • setup.py detects Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Gentoo and Guix

    FreeBSD/OpenBSD:

    • separate Makefile for BSD make
    • C PoW core count detection fixes for OpenBSD
    • setup.py detects FreeBSD and OpenBSD

    Windows:

    • improved error handling
    • separate Makefile for Microsoft Visual C++
    • pyinstaller spec file updated
    • 64bit binary does not require MSVC Redistributable 2012 anymore and is mostly
      built with mingw instead of MSVC
    • updated Python to 2.7.13 and OpenSSL to 1.0.2j/1.0.2k

    OSX:

    • binary works with OpenCL
    • updated to Python 2.7.13 and OpenSSL 1.0.2k

    Infrastructure:

    • 3 additional bootstrap nodes
    • new server for building/testing
    • transifex webhooks automate translation workflow
    • integration with landscape.io for code quality checking
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