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New E17 Release: GAMMA

Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Dec 11, 2012 at 03:30 PM

This release of E17 is also known as "The Hulk" for obvious reasons.

Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • Clock and cpufreq gadgets now consume less cpu
  • Slider widget can no longer explode the stack
  • Backlight setting improved, now more reliable
  • mkstemps no longer used; portability++
  • "Really move" option in filemanager renamed to something more descriptive
  • Resizable dialogs are now able to be maximized
  • Scrollbars now hide in more cases where they should
  • Dragging files to other applications from filemanager no longer causes file icon to disappear
  • Filemanager toolbar path items delete when corresponding path is removed
  • Mixer no longer causes a crash when pulseaudio is killed
  • Navigate menu no longer crashes when repeatedly navigating to a directory which has no listable contents
  • Tasks gadget no longer tries to delete its items repeatedly
  • Systray icon scaling improved
  • XDirectSave DND operations now work again
  • "hicolor" icon theme automatically applied now when no theme is selected
  • Fileselector no longer changes its entry text when changing directories
  • Filemanager "New File" action no longer creates file with garbage content
  • "Don't composite fullscreen windows" is now disabled by default
  • Notifications no longer do anything (including crash) when received during desklock
  • Gadgets module no longer crashes on unload and also correctly shows gadgets when loaded
  • Read-only entry widgets are now actually read-only
  • Filemanager no longer as hungry, saves some DND events for pager to enable drags on desktop pagers
  • Removed some potentially troublesome settings from advanced Composite settings
  • Systray now informs the user that it should not be placed on an invisible shelf
  • Window moving/resizing (and other mouse-related events) no longer behave strangely in the presence of autohiding shelves
  • Submenu item arrows now properly sized and aligned
  • [THEME] Lots of icons
    • E17 GAMMA - 80662 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New EFL stable release: 1.7.3

    Luis Felipe Strano Moraes (lfelipe) - Dec 7, 2012 at 03:30 PM

    We are happy to announce a new minor series of updates to the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries in order to match the newly release E17 BETA. Packages which had bug fixes were: Ecore, Edje, Eet, Eina, Eio, Elementary, Emotion, Ethumb, Evas and Efreet. The others did not have changes but new tarballs have been spun in order to keep their version synchronized. Please read the ChangeLog and NEWS in each of the specific tarballs in order to see what has been fixed. This release corresponds with SVN revision 80477.

    • Eina 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eet 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evas 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Ecore 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Embryo 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Edje 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Efreet 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • E_dbus 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eeze 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Expedite 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evas Generic Loaders 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eio 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Emotion 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Ethumb 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Elementary 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evil 1.7.3 - [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: BETA

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Dec 7, 2012 at 02:30 PM

    After over a decade of development, E17 has finally reached beta status. Big thanks to everyone who helped it to get this far.

    Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • Solaris build fixes
  • Improved performance during secure deletion
  • Various small memory leaks plugged
  • Keyboard config now supports "evdev" as a model
  • Pointer slide once again properly sets focus
  • Various config dialogs once again resizable
  • Icons no longer disappear after dragging them into external applications
  • Navigate menu slightly reorganized, now also navigates relative to clicked icons
  • Double clicking icons in filemanager with single click activation enabled no longer performs two opens
  • Shelf autohide now functions properly in multi-monitor environments
  • Shelf autohide more accurate when moving mouse from shelf into external application
  • Resizing from bottom border now functional on applications which set aspect ratio (mplayer)
  • Pager no longer sometimes loses windows with default theme
  • Pager once again works as a desktop gadget with default theme
  • Tiling module improvements when using Show Desktop action
  • Xmodmap/Xresources/Xdefaults now loaded on restarts
  • Fullscreening a maximized window no longer causes window's previous geometry to be lost
  • Mixer much more reliable when using pulseaudio
  • Various fds will no longer be passed to child processes
  • Quickaccess module no longer crashes on windows which have no ICCCM name/class set
  • Quickaccess module now functions correctly with windows which do not accept focus
  • Illume no longer breaks executable tracking
  • Wizard no longer hangs on first-run if efreet is not detected
  • Systray icons now scale with shelf size
  • [THEME] Illume
  • [THEME] Temperature gadget text now readable
    • E17 BETA - 80465 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA8

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Dec 4, 2012 at 03:30 PM

    I have no comments to add to this release other than to say it's a good one. And that it reminds me of March.

    Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • Language changes now always trigger a restart
  • XDG paths should no longer contain duplicate entries
  • Fileselector no longer fails to open some files
  • First-run wizard no longer waits unnecessarily long on subsequent runs
  • FreeBSD warning fixes
  • Disabling tiling module now restores original border geometry
  • Composite module now uses black as its client fill color
  • Desktop gadgets no longer cause crashes when immediately deleted from the config dialog
  • Connman network list now sizes based on a percentage of screen size
  • Various memory leaks plugged
  • Filemanager once again is able to open symlinks to directories using in-place opening
  • Most config dialogs have been made non-resizable
  • Everything will now hide on desklock
  • enlightenment_start no longer ptraces while valgrinding
  • More wallpapers added (Provided by Nicolas Beaumont http://www.nicolas-beaumont.fr/)
  • Compile fixes for various E17 utilities
  • Crash reduction in Everything launcher
  • Keybindings config dialog no longer randomly changes bindings when scrolling quickly through list
  • Filemanager windows no longer appear outside screen limits
  • "Focus" option in window switcher config dialog now functions correctly
  • Cut/Copy/Paste now function more correctly in certain text entries
  • Menus are now limited to screen size
  • Filemanager sidebar scrollbars no longer appear unnecessarily
  • Mixer can now set volume to 100%
  • Closing applications started by E17 no longer sometimes triggers a crash
  • Pointer slide (to/from new windows) is now more reliable
  • Revert focus now works correctly for mouse focus
  • Pointer slide no longer sets focus during slide
  • [THEME] Battery
  • [THEME] Everything
    • E17 ALPHA8 - 80174 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA7

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Nov 30, 2012 at 04:00 PM

    This alpha is special because it is the alpha released the day after rasterman's birthday.

    Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • DND operations in the filemanager now crash less often
  • Notification gadget euthanized: too buggy to live
  • Gadget for fileman_opinfo shows a red light when its window wants attention
  • Birthday module added (Happy birthday raster!)
  • Extremely large menus no longer align improperly
  • Gadget popups once again position themselves correctly for left/top shelves
  • Desktop gadgets no longer cause a crash when rotating a monitor
  • Shelf autohide no longer causes a crash when triggered during a monitor rotation
  • RandR dialog now reopens when left open during an E restart
  • System action dialogs have had various text improvements
  • Filemanager windows no longer unset custom border styles
  • Tories rejoice, the UK flag in the first-run wizard now displays correctly
  • List items will be more often deselected as intended in some cases
  • Shelves may now show slightly later after startup to avoid resizing their canvases
  • DND operations on desktop gadgets are less likely to show an ugly icon while dragging
  • Several memory leaks plugged
  • A number of desktop gadget DND-related crashes fixed
  • Connman network list is now larger and refreshes more regularly
  • Birthday module removed
  • Mixer module no longer sometimes causes magic failures on shutdown
  • Application menus now update themselves when the corresponding menu file is changed
  • Mixer module no longer sets volume to zero on first load
  • Various small dialog text improvements
  • First-run wizard now runs shutdown routines for its pages
  • First-run wizard's first page no longer accidentally the whole second page
  • First-run wizard is now less likely to skip pages at random
  • First-run wizard no longer shows the same page repeatedly in some cases
  • [THEME] Temperature module
  • [THEME] Backlight gadget
  • [THEME] Mixer module
  • [THEME] First-run wizard button no longer animates on click when disabled
    • E17 ALPHA7 - 79912 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA6

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Nov 27, 2012 at 05:10 PM

    With a beefy changelog accompanying it, I'm pleased to post another alpha.
    It should be noted that this is the first alpha worthy of receiving the praise "improved LESS CRASHING and IMPROVEMENTS TO NOT CRASHING".

    Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • AMD K10 temperature sensor support on OpenBSD
  • Video file previews will now stutter less and respect tooltip boundaries more
  • Battery module now crashes less on OpenBSD
  • Icon resizing is now smoother
  • Gadget menus can no longer cause crashes when the gadget is deleted
  • Fileselector once again allows selection from directory previews
  • Filemanager DND can no longer interfere with gadget DND to cause crashes
  • Improved support for XDG_DESKTOP_DIR
  • Filemanager no longer restores non-default desktop paths when desktop navigation mode is disabled
  • Improvements/fixes to lost window warping behavior
  • New ibar sources now copy from default source
  • Right clicking on any part of a desktop gadget is now sufficient to disable move/resize
  • Filemanager maximum thumbnail size config slider now more granular
  • Module config dialog now updates when module states are externally toggled
  • Connman wizard page now shows regardless of connman support, also disables connman module if support disabled
  • First-run wizard now correctly updates after language changes
  • First-run wizard button now reads "Please Wait" when it is disabled
  • First-run wizard now has a page to (not) add a taskbar to the default shelf
  • First-run wizard now unsets winlist pointer warping when "click" focus model is chosen
  • First-run wizard now performs a more accurate wait when building XDG cache
  • Edge bindings dialog can no longer crash when closed before its grab dialog
  • Edge bindings dialog no longer allows blank bindings to be added
  • Keybindings dialog no longer adds non-default ctrl+shift bindings when restoring default bindings
  • Gadget popups will no longer sometimes obscure the source gadget if triggered on an offscreen gadget
  • "Show Calendar" action renamed to "Toggle Calendar"
  • Fileman Operations module now uses same infos as filemanager
  • Password mode toggling in entry now works more effectively
  • [THEME] Desktop gadget
  • [THEME] RandR dialog
  • [THEME] Notification module
  • [THEME] Pixel borders fixed
  • [THEME] Pixel borders allow drag resizing
  • [THEME] Cpufreq gadget
  • [THEME] Analog clock
    • E17 ALPHA6 - 79752 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New EFL stable release and matching E17 ALPHA 5

    Luis Felipe Strano Moraes (lfelipe) - Nov 23, 2012 at 03:00 PM

    Same week, but now we have both an alpha and a new EFL stable release. The EFL had a new minor series of updates in order to fix bugs that were preventing the E17 alphas from correctly building. The only packages which had bug fixes were Edje, Eet, Elementary and Evas, but new tarballs have been spun for all the EFL in order to keep their version synchronized. Please read the ChangeLog and NEWS in each of the specific tarballs in order to see what has been fixed. This release corresponds with SVN revision 79552. The new E17 ALPHA 5, based on SVN revision 79568, has the following changes:

  • More translation updates
  • New default theme is more complete
  • Entry widgets will no longer sometimes lock E when resizing
  • First-run wizard is now smarter with regard to the signals it listens to
  • We're organizing a new Release Team in order to help out with this entire process, and would like to call out to everyone interested in helping out to please join the enlightenment-release mailing list. People who are actively working on packaging or who have interest in it are specially welcome.

    • Eina 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eet 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evas 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Ecore 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Embryo 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Edje 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Efreet 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • E_dbus 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eeze 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Expedite 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evas Generic Loaders 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Eio 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Emotion 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Ethumb 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Elementary 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • Evil 1.7.2 - [GZ] [BZ2]
    • E17 ALPHA5 - [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA4

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Nov 20, 2012 at 03:37 PM

    Another week, another alpha. Changelog:

  • Translation updates
  • Fixed submenu positioning bug
  • Fixes for modal dialog windows (unbreaks image import dialog)
  • .spec file improvements
  • OSX compatibility fixes
  • RandR dialog presents refresh rates in right click menu
  • Further improvements to new default theme, particularly digital clock appearance
  • Theme info menu item is now more clear
  • Default theme now allows file renaming on longpress
    • E17 ALPHA4 - 79478 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA3

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Nov 16, 2012 at 03:00 PM

    Despite being only three days since the last alpha release, we've still got quite a few changes.
    Here's a list of them:

  • Translation updates
  • First-run wizard should now be more reliable at detecting applications
  • Default theme now much more complete
  • Mixer volume changing actions should no longer disappear
  • Text file previews no longer contain trailing garbage
  • Window geometry prior to maximization is now remembered across restarts
  • Pulseaudio mixer should now disconnect properly when necessary
  • Filemanager will no longer cause data to be lost when moving directories to other devices
  • Window list menu items will now abbreviate properly
  • Some menus (such as the Favorite Apps menu) will now place themselves more optimally
  • Favorite Apps menu now preloads on startup to decrease time taken to display it
  • Filemanager tab completion works again
  • Mouse cursor will no longer be stuck in text mode when dragging out of an entry
  • Wizard no longer attempts to set dummy keyboard layouts which can override manual layouts
  • Wizard now sorts keyboard layouts alphabetically
  • "Application Theme" settings panel renamed to "GTK Application Theme"
    • E17 ALPHA3 - 79398 [GZ] [BZ2]

    New E17 Release: ALPHA2

    Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike) - Nov 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM

    It's time for (drum roll) the second alpha release of E17!
    There's a lot of fixes that went into this delayed release, but I'm leaving work now so I won't mention them by name. Nor will I mention glima, who single-handedly managed to break configs for everyone while blaming me for it.

    Enjoy this release, which I have helpfully nicknamed "Baldy" as a way of mocking one of my coworkers.

    • E17 ALPHA2 - [GZ] [BZ2]

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