[CALL TO ACTION] testing new FoxTrot Search 6.0b5 please
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May 23, 2017, 12:10:30 PM5/23/17
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[CALL TO ACTION] testing new FoxTrot Search version 6 public beta 5 please
Dear FoxTrot-Search customers,
Please find below the last public beta before release. PLEASE, may we ask you to download, install, use and report back on here or using our reporting form http://rucksearchcom.ipage.com/download/beta/foxtrot-search-version-6.html
There have been quite a bit of downloading going on, but too little feedback. Even if all is well, we do want to hear about it before the final 6.0 release.
THANK YOU !
The FoxTrot-search team
at CTM Development SA
FoxTrot 6.0 beta 5 release notes
Welcome to the third public beta of FoxTrot Professional Search, FoxTrot Search Server and FoxTrot Personal Search.
One year in the making, this release is index-compatible with version 5.7 so you can run either alternatively without compromising your indices.
This release has been extensively tested in-house and we feel it is ripe for beta testing with our most dedicated users, which is why you are receiving this (as a member of the foxtrot-discuss Google group)
To download, please use either of the following links:
FoxTrot Professional Search:
FoxTrot Personal Search:
FoxTrot Search Server:
To contribute a report (strongly encouraged !) please use the following link:
What’s new in 6.0b5 (from version 5):
▾ Increased performance
- optimized some operations when the index is stored on a rotational HDD
- reduce file fragmentation
- reduced memory usage when displaying some HTML or PDF files
- Now built using Apple’s latest XCode version 8 compilers
▾ Feature enhancements
- Added option to only index filenames when indexing contents
- reduced the number of situations where the “manage indices” window is partially empty, when the indexer is busy
- "copy path" added to the contextual menu (search results, indexed locations, black list)
- show missing disk space when attempting manual compact and disk is almost full
- file paths are now clickable with a popup menu to reveal in finder any parent folder
- also display in the status bar the number of items found outside of the target folder, when searching only in a specific folder
- allow drag-select to toggle multiple checkboxes (manage indices's file types)
- added a button to rebuild an index, when it is not started
▾ Enhanced multi-user and client-server features and license management (FoxTrot Pro 5 user and above & FoxTrot Search Server)
- Simplified the File Sharing integration to reduce the risk of having access only to document text instead of rich documents from mounted servers
- Added the ability to use a custom certificate for authenticated connections
- Implemented certificate trust management for authenticated connections. (now you know what the letters CTM stands for)
- Updated to use a modern OpenSSL version
- After 5 failed login attempts, FoxTrot delays logging in for 15s, then 30s, 60s etc
- In Admin, allows selecting multiple users to delete them
- Now allows drag-select to toggle multiple checkboxes (admin's sharing users)
- Optionally, FoxTrot Server can now automatically install its registration code to logged-in FoxTrot Pro clients
- Implemented better verification of simultaneous usage on multiple machines
▾ Code modernization
- Implements modern windows (with no window title)
- Modernized some icons and widgets
- Now built using Apple’s latest XCode version 8 compilers
- New minimum requirements: macOS 10.9 or later
- removed dependency to deprecated QuickTime to preview video and audio files
▾ Better diagnostics
- logged file exceptions include filenames
- more detailed logging when in indexing is very slow
- when processing a specific file takes longer than usual, the file name is now displayed in the “manage indices” progress.
▾ Synchronization of index files to iPad’s and iPhones running FoxTrot Attaché search
- Added built-in Google drive support for maintaining up-to-date index archives from FoxTrot Pro or Server to iOS devices running FoxTrot Attaché Search
▾ Miscellaneous enhancements and other fixes
- highlighting of [washington -"new york" boston] (no longer highlights occurrences of [new] or [york])
- the index could stop responding when attempting to search for regular expressions on an index not configured to "store document textual contents"
- an error message is now displayed when attempting to search for exact strings on an index not configured to "store document textual contents"
- possible crash fixed on startup in certain circumstances
- on macOS 10.11 and later, pinch-zooming would not work as expected
- an "unregistered" dialog could appear when launching FoxTrot, when using regular expressions or exact matches
Mark Friedman
May 24, 2017, 5:45:36 PM5/24/17
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The main index keeps crashing while updating.
Here's a sample of the log:
2017/05/24, 17:15:12 -0400: Progress: status=updating, task=none, 533029 of 1871366, remaining 1436 s,
2017/05/24, 17:15:40 -0400: Progress: status=updating, task=sorting, 536655 of 1871366, remaining 1492 s,
2017/05/24, 17:16:06 -0400: ### HIERARCHICAL EXCEPTION CAUGHT Indexer::Run main ###
class=FoxT, what=12, when=33, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=36, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=35, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=8, err=0, name=Index
2017/05/24, 17:16:06 -0400: Stopping Indexer (pid=26771)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2017/05/24, 17:38:56 -0400: Starting Indexer (pid=28100)
launching crawler
OK (pid=28104)
trying to connect to crawler
OK
crawler port = 51316
query server port = 51318
2017/05/24, 17:38:58 -0400: waiting connection on port 51318...
2017/05/24, 17:38:58 -0400: Starting indexing updates of com.apple.homefolder.library: /Users/mark/Library
2017/05/24, 17:38:58 -0400: Progress: status=updating, task=none, 1 of 1871366, remaining -1 s,
2017/05/24, 17:39:00 -0400: ...client talking from host 127.0.0.1 port 51319...
2017/05/24, 17:39:00 -0400: ...client connected
2017/05/24, 17:39:00 -0400: waiting connection on port 51318...
2017/05/24, 17:39:00 -0400: client thread 0x00007f96c001a9f0 started
2017/05/24, 17:39:05 -0400: ### HIERARCHICAL EXCEPTION CAUGHT HandleNextActionByPriority ###
class=FoxT, what=12, when=33, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=37, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=38, err=0, name=Index
2017/05/24, 17:39:05 -0400: ### HIERARCHICAL EXCEPTION CAUGHT HandleNextActionByPriority ###
class=FoxT, what=12, when=33, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=37, err=0, name=Index
class=FoxT, what=100, when=38, err=0, name=Index
2017/05/24, 17:39:28 -0400: Progress: status=updating, task=none, 78762 of 1871366, remaining 683 s,
2017/05/24, 17:39:58 -0400: Progress: status=updating, task=none, 156873 of 1871366, remaining 656 s,
FoxTrot Engineering
May 25, 2017, 4:02:29 AM5/25/17
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Mark Friedman wrote:
>The main index keeps crashing while updating.
>Here's a sample of the log:
Not sure what happened, but it seems the index file is not consistent. Try to rebuild it, and let us know if the problem ever occurs again.
>The main index keeps crashing while updating.
>Here's a sample of the log:
Thanks for the report
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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