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authorGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2014-08-07 13:15:23 -0700
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2014-08-07 13:16:46 -0700
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Update ReleaseNotes and README for the upcoming release of 4.2
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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@@ -44,20 +44,28 @@ Some of the changes since 4.1
- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has
several known issues (among others, printing has a number of bugs that
were fixed in Qt5).
-- The Mac installer has already been updated to Qt5
+- The Mac installer has also been updated to Qt5
- A current development version of libdivecomputer is used for the Windows
and Mac builds.
-- Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor
- (we still cannot re-plan a planned dive - this is on the todo list)
- print of the dive plan (without graphic profile) possible
+- A Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor; it
+ supports different ascent speeds, backgas breaks during deco and many
+ other interesting features; it allows the user to print just the dive
+ plan (without graphic profile); one shortcoming is that currently one
+ cannot re-plan a planned dive, i.e., once you save a dive plan, you can
+ no longer edit / change the plan; you have to start from scratch again.
+ This is on the todo list.
- Pictures can be associated with dives and shown in the profile
-- Printing is much improved (but see above)
+- Printing is much improved (but see above), including a "1 dive per page"
+ mode and better rendering of dives an (in our mind) better data
+ presented per dive.
- Data entry for dives is much more intuitive and consistent
-- Further work on the HTML exporter
-- Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers
-- user survey added to learn more about the needs of out users
-- new user manuals in Spanish and Russian
+- We have a reasonably functional HTML exporter for the dive log (it's
+ still work in progress but already quite powerful).
+- Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers.
+- We added a user survey to learn more about the interests and needs of
+ out users
- improved and extended user manuals
+- new translated user manuals in Spanish and Russian
Known issues:
@@ -70,12 +78,10 @@ Known issues:
e.g. Calibri.
- (Windows specific) When upgrading from Subsurface 4.1, after saving of a
- logfile the logfiles name may be listed a second time in the files menua
+ logfile the logfiles name may be listed a second time in the files menue
because of a change in the representation of logfiles filename in the
Windows registry.
-Known bugs:
-
- There are a number of small inconsistencies in the UI when editing
multiple dives. For example, if multiple dives are edited and some of
them already have coordinates set, under certain circumstances the
@@ -88,8 +94,10 @@ Known bugs:
- When using the globe / map widget to edit dive locations, double clicks
some times fail to set the correct position.
-- Sometimes Marble will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom in
- or out of the location.
+- Sometimes the globe will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom
+ in or out of the location and give the system time to download the map
+ tiles in the background - on slower network connections this can take a
+ while.
New in version 4.1 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.3):