SVN rev 925 = GeoToad 3.14.5 release candidate?

[Steve8x8]

The subject says it all - SVN trunk head could be the first RC for
3.14.5
- please test and report back issues and glitches!

[Steve8x8]

During the past week, the SVN revision counter has been bumped to 947.
There are some more minor changes and additions, waiting for you to be
tested! (And probably more to come.)

Since the Windows package represents the lion's share of current
downloads (55%), I finally succeeded to build a Windows zip from SVN
trunk head - it's available from my web space (follow the "work in
progress" link from the project home page). Don't let the version
numbering worry you!
Be advised that I'm sitting at the end of a quite sloooow line, a
download may take a few minutes.

Please get back to me if there are any issues.


Cheers,
S.

[Steve8x8]

Hi everyone,

> During the past week, the SVN revision counter has been bumped to 947.
> There are some more minor changes and additions, waiting for you to be
> tested! (And probably more to come.)

We've reached SVN rev 980 now - with 977 marking the release of
3.14.5, and
some Wiki updates following.

In the project's download area on GoogleCode there are now three
different
files available:
- a source package (.tar.gz) - you will have to install Ruby yourself
- a Debian/Ubuntu package - the package manager will take care of
dependencies
- a Windows installer - InnoSetup will guide you through the install
process

*There is no MacOSX dmg package yet for a couple of reasons. Stay
tuned.*

Note that there are no .zip files anymore. (Is this a problem for
you?)
For the source package, we have moved to gzipped tarballs.
For Windows there is an installer now - which is using a different
mechanism for the
executable: we had to replace rubyscript2exe with Ocra, and at about
the same time
the decision was made to make use of InnoSetup which allows for proper
software
package management. Please test, and report any problems you
encounter.

There's a well-known issue (214) with Ruby 1.9.x
(Encoding::CompatibilityError
which won't affect you if you use the packaged version) still under
investigation.
For the moment, we recommend to stay at ruby1.8 - 1.8.7 has been
thoroughly tested
with no problems seen.
If you're using ruby1.9 for a reason, and run into the
CompatibilityError,
simply re-running GeoToad (using cached files then) usually cures the
problem.
We're still trying to understand what's happening - since other Ruby
projects
have reported similar things, it might be a more general problem.

After release is before release though, meaning that GeoToad
development
will not stop at this stage (there's a lot of new stuff waiting for
more testing!).

Note that the "Work in progress" page will stay frozen for a while
now.

There is a development version (3.15.0) on GC - you'll have to look
more closely since
it's not ready yet for the general public, but feedback is very
appreciated on this one as well!

Now back to real work, take care,
S

[Steve8x8]

On Sep 12, 9:53 am, Steve8x8 <steve...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> We've reached SVN rev 980 now - with 977 marking the release of 3.14.5

> There is a development version (3.15.0) on GC - you'll have to look more closely

How embarrassing: a change in the format of the "CurrentVersion" page
results in GeoToad not properly parsing the "What's new" section.
Until this has been fixed, please read the page
http://code.google.com/p/geotoad/wiki/CurrentVersion - a patch is
being worked on.

- S