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Bazaar Explorer Release Notes

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1.3.1 dd-mmm-2012

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New features:

Improvements:

* Updated list of known languages (used in Tools-Options dialog).

Bug fixes:

* Selecting "Bazaar, Explorer, System Log" no longer produces a

  Windows Error 123 (André Bachmann, Bug #1021253)

1.3.0 12-Jul-2012

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Codename: James Cook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook)

UI Changes:

* Checkout dialog provides access to light-weight checkout option 

  and by default creates heavy-weight checkout. 

  (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #907708)

New features:

Improvements:

* New option in Tools-Options-Behavior-Default Values in Dialogs:

  Lightweight checkout by default. (Martin Guillon)

* Use current tab location as default branch source for checkout dialog.

  (Martin Guillon)

Bug Fixes:

* Prefer language settings in bazaar.conf configuration file

  over enviroment variable LANGUAGE. (Bug #948268)

* Compatibility with changes in bzr 2.6. (Jelmer Vernooij, Bug #962671)

Translations:

* New languages: Basque, Uyghur.

1.2.3 12-Jul-2012

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New features:

Improvements:

* Updated list of known languages (used in Tools-Options dialog).

Bug fixes:

* Bottom window that shows changes not present in submit/parent branch

  now shows only local changes for the case when parent branch is used

  and different changes are present in parent branch.

  (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #956268)

* Renamed and modified files should be also listed under "Modified" 

  section of main status view. (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #991820)

1.2.2 21-Feb-2012

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New features:

* New menu item "Bazaar > Work > Ignore unversioned..." to launch new qignore

  dialog (available in QBzr 0.22.1 or later).

Improvements:

* Added support to populate %(wt_selected)s tool action command placeholder from

  working tree selected items.

Bug Fixes:

* Use absolute file path when opening with a text editor (Ryan Haigh, #836631)

* Fix endless loop on workingtree view filename filter (Jonathan

  Riddell, #822738)

* Fix workingtree view filename filter to match first character

  (Jonathan Riddell)

* Cope with broken history.dat files which can cause explorer to fail to start

  with a cryptic error from unpickling otherwise. (Martin Packman, #814151)

Workarounds:

* QFileSystemWatcher disabled for working tree view and for repository view 

  while running on Windows due the huge amount of bug reports related to it.

1.2.1 04-Aug-2011

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New features:

Improvements:

Bug Fixes:

* Only add paths to QFileSystemWatcher which it does not already know

  about, stops annoying error messages (Jonathan Riddell)

* Update Canonical logo, remove unused old Ubuntu logo (Jonathan

  Riddell)

* Catch lock errors, stop refresh happening when there is another

  operation ongoing (Jonathan Riddell, Bug #814408)

1.2.0 21-Jul-2011

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Codename: Leif Ericson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson)

New features:

* "Shelve changes" and "Unshelve changes" menu items have been added 

  to Bazaar -> Work menu. Require QBzr 0.21 or later.

  (Alexander Belchenko)

Improvements:

* History, shared repository and branch views now refresh

  automatically when there are changes (Jonathan Riddell, Bug #792308)

* Some performance improvements (Alexander Belchenko):

  * Faster creation of big lists with changes in Working Tree or 

    changes against submit branch.

  * Don't refresh main view too often.

Bug Fixes:

* Use the parent branch in the submit pane when working with bound branches.

  (A. S. Budden, Bug #777108)

* Improvements to tab names and tooltips when working with bound branches.

  Simplification of code that determines locations for all types of location.

  (A. S. Budden)

* Remove use of deprecated shlex_split_unicode()

  (Jonathan Riddell, Bug #781204)

1.1.4 11-Jul-2011

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Bug Fixes:

* Install ``send2trash`` library with ``setup.py build install``. 

  This is required for Standalone Windows Installer.

  (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #790703)

1.1.3 09-May-2011

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New features:

* By default try to delete unversioned paths by sending them to trash (with

  help of cross-platform library ``send2trash``). User can force the old method 

  (simply kill paths) by changing option in Tools - Options - Behavior - Actions 

  dialog. (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #628561)

Improvements:

* Do refresh (and auto-refresh) of the explorer window as background task

  and make sure Qt event loop is processed during refresh. Also make sure 

  we don't run refresh too often (wait until refresh-in-progress finished).

Bug Fixes:

* Rather than displaying an error saying "Invalid url supplied to transport"

  branches with non-ascii characters in the directory name can now be opened.

  (Martin [gz], #777860)

* Workaround for bug with losing changes in qbzr.conf: reset internal cache for

  qbzr config file after we restore size of explorer window.

  (Alexander Belchenko, #761535)

Translations:

* Bulgarian translation added.

1.1.2 26-Nov-2010

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Bug Fixes:

* Adapt to API changes in Bazaar 2.2 when creating colocated workspaces.

  (Neil Martinsen-Burrell, #634240)

* Always run external qbzr/bzr-gtk commands using the same bzr 

  as the one that was used to run explorer itself. (Gordon Tyler, Bug #656072)

1.1.1 04-Oct-2010

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Bug fixes:

* Open the shared repository with branches without parent location set

  no more produce traceback. (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #650708)

1.1.0 final 28-Sep-2010

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Codename: Bartolomeu Dias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias)

New features:

* Running Update and Unbind actions (qupdate and qunbind dialogs)

  without waiting for user pressing OK in dialogs (using --execute

  option in dialogs). (Luis Arias)

* Add a new tool type, 'shell'. (Tres Seaver)

  Tools of this type pass their command line through to the OS shell. This

  allows "normal" shell scripting techniques to work:

   - Shell variable expansions.

   - Setting environment variables

   - Pipelines

   - Changing directories

Improvements:

* Filtering the working tree is now faster. (Gary van der Merwe)

Bug fixes:

* Custom switch dialog in colocated workspace works correctly with old PyQt 4.4.

  (Bug #582714, Alexander Belchenko)

* Fixed filter bar in repository view (Simon Kersey, #565083)

* Fixed refresh when directory renamed/deleted (Simon Kersey, #568728)

* Fix finding bzr.exe when running from bzrw.exe with out full path in the

  command line. Handel been launched from tortoisebzr without it having to

  change sys.executable. (Bug #641557, Gary van der Merwe)

* Fixed working tree browser show annotate/log options when undocked

  (Simon Kersey, #634989)

Translations:

* Persian translation added.

Notes:

* bzr-explorer now requires qbzr 0.19.

1.1.0 beta1 04-Aug-2010

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New features:

* A tree style location selector is now supported as a preference.

  (Gordon Tyler, #403853)

* Language of the GUI can be set in DEFAULT section of bazaar.conf 

  as ``language = code``. Language codes are the same as for LANG environment

  variable. Environment variable LANGUAGE still preferred over settings

  in bazaar.conf. (Alexander Belchenko)

* To change default language of the GUI via Bazaar Explorer:

  Tools -> Options -> Appearance -> User Interface -> Language.

  Bazaar Explorer should be restarted to apply new language settings.

  (Alexander Belchenko, Bug #433784)

Improvements:

* tree-style toolboxes are now available on Windows.

* Added tool type 'bzr-exec' - tools with this type run immediately, when the

  tool is selected, rather than requiring further user confirmation.

Bug fixes:

* Fixed tools.xml parsing issues (Simon Kersey, #548971)

* Support nested folders in toolbars and the toolbox 

  (Simon Kersey, Bug #564811)

1.0.2 30-May-2010

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Bug fixes:

* Better support of dark themes. (Michael Gliwinski, Bug #536954)

* Fixing content of bzr-explorer desktop file. (Andrew Starr-Bochicchio,

  Bug #585590)

* Look for locales in /usr/share/locale on Linux. (Bug #585942)

Translations:

* Added translations for Catalan, Finnish, Lao, Occitan (post 1500),

  Chinese (Traditional).

1.0.1 07-Mar-2010

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Bug fixes:

* Fixed empty toolbar in toolbox issue. (Simon Kersey, #532028)

Translations:

* Added translations for English (Canada), Slovak.

1.0.0 28-Feb-2010

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Codename: Marco Polo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo)

Compatibility breaks:

* Only a single location may now be given on the command line.

Bug fixes:

* Fixed tab-groups selector startup crash on Windows. (#528063)

* Fixed pixmap loading error. (#524265)

* Fixed Bazaar > Explore > System Log on Windows (#391334)

Improvements:

* Toolbox shows labels by default again.

1.0.0rc2 22-Feb-2010

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Bug fixes:

* Fixed toolbox display on Windows. For consistency, the toolbox is now

  rendered using tabs on all platforms. On platforms other than

  Windows, a tree-style is also available as an option. (#517475)

* Enable translation of QBzr widgets.

* Fixed locations nested deeper than one level in a shared repository.

  (#524274)

* Fixed location name refresh for tab-groups location bars.

  (#525183)

* Fixed URLs for Maiing Lists and IRC under Bazaar Support.

* Copyright years updated in About dialog.

Improvements:

* Location bar names are more concise when they can be. (#525175)

Translations:

* Added translations for Estonian, Brazilian Portuguese.

1.0.0rc1 15-Feb-2010

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This is a bug fix and minor polish release. There are no new features.

Compatibility breaks:

* The Manage Bookmarks and Manage Tools submenus have been replaced

  with actions to edit the relevant objects. Refreshing of these is

  implicit now. If you still need to explcitly refresh these for some

  reason, use the Reload button in the Accessories dialog.

Improvements:

* Pages refresh implicitly more often, e.g. after editing a file

  via the Working Tree browser and after editing configuration settings

  like ignore patterns.

Bug fixes include:

* Fix toolbar appearance on OS X.

* Handle absence of PyQt4 when running selftest.

  (Alexander Belchenko, #488681)

* Fix per-file diffs in submit report. (#520819)

See https://edge.launchpad.net/bzr-explorer/+milestone/1.0.0rc1 for

the complete list.

Translations:

* Added translations for Chinese (Simplified), Thai.

1.0.0beta1 05-Feb-2010

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Compatibility breaks:

* User-defined hats are now stored in explorer/hats/xxx instead

  of explorer/xxx-hat. Please rename these directories if you

  have personal hats.

New features:

* Kind-specific toolbars are now available and are enabled by

  default. If you are using the ``extended`` toolbar, you may wish

  to change the toolbar contents preference to ``kind-specific``.

* Toolbars can now be customised. See

  http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/explorer/en/tutorials/customization.html

  for details.

* Preferences are provided to control whether the toolbox is available

  on the various views or not. By default, it is available on the

  status view but not the welcome or repository views. When enabled,

  the Toolbox is now displayed as a tree above the Working Tree browser.

  Clicking on a folder name expands or collapses it. Clicking on an

  tool runs it.

* Text filtering is now supported on the Working Tree browser again.

  If a directory is matched, all the items within it are implicitly

  matched. On large trees, the first time a filter is used, the UI

  may pause momentarily. After that, performance should be reasonable.

* The Browse/Manage/Edit buttons on the Working Tree Browser have been

  replaced with a toolbar of useful actions. Additional actions now

  available are Open, New File, New Directory, Collapse All and

  Expand All. A preference is now available for controlling whether

  double-click open or edits a file as well.

* Bazaar Explorer now provides a cool new extensions architecture

  called "Accessories". Many accessories are provided out-of-the-box

  (including ~20 hats for various Launchpad projects) and plugins

  may add their own by simply adding various files to their 'explorer'

  directory.

  Accessories and the objects they provide can be browsed and

  managed using the new Accessories dialog under the File menu.

* Hat switching is now implicit based on configured rules. When

  opening a location which looks like one matching an installed hat,

  the user is given the option of associating that location with the

  suggested hat. Rules can also be added or deleted by editing your

  explorer.conf file directly. (The Accessories dialog will gain

  that feature soon hopefully.)

* A File > Open Recent menu is now provided. This displays the last 20

  opened locations. The welcome page now has a 'Recently Opened' panel

  for selecting a location from history as well.

* A custom switch dialog is now provided that makes switching between

  branches in a colocated workspace easier. (Neil Martinsen-Burrell)

* Plugins can now override Bazaar Explorer's custom dialogs in order

  to provide additional or alternative functionality.

Improvements:

* The *Advanced Commands* action has been renamed to *All Commands* to

  reflect the fact that this dialog exposes every command (including

  those from plugins), not just advanced core bzr commands. The icon

  has been changed to Bazaar's logo as well, rather than a terminal.

* Tool folders may now have an icon and contain predefined actions.

  Existing contents in a folder can also be replaced instead of

  appended to by specifying 'existing="replace"' as a parameter

  in the ToolFolder object inside an xml file containing tools

  (or toolbars).

* Custom logos can be provided for use on tool actions and folders.

Bug fixes:

* Allow spaces in command names on Mac OS X. 

  (Neil Martinsen-Burrell, #515514)

Translations:

* Added translations for Hebrew and Hungarian.

* Updated translation for English (UK).

0.11.2 24-Jan-2010

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Improvements:

* A location selector style preference is now available. As well as the

  default 'tabs' selector, a selector style called 'group-tabs' is offered

  which groups objects in the same repository together. Plugins may add

  their own location selector styles (e.g. a list or tree in a sidebar)

  to the ones offered.

0.11.1 24-Jan-2010

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Improvements:

* The 'Feature branches' workspace model now has a 'move existing files'

  parameter.

* A 'Workspace Model' preference is now available for controlling the

  default model in the Initialize dialog.

* A 'Bind branches by default' preference is now available for controlling

  the setting in the Branch dialog.

* For a repository within a 'Colocated branches' workspace, the checkout

  name is now used as the repository name.

* '.bzrbranches' (vs '.bzr/branches') is now a boolean parameter, not

  a registry parameter, for the 'Colocated branches' workspace model.

Bug fixes:

* Make Initialize dialog compatible with PyQt 4.4. (#511374)

0.11.0 23-Jan-2010

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New features:

* The Working Tree browser is now more intelligent with state-based

  filtering and popup menus available. Only the versioned items are

  displayed by default now, though it's easy to switch the filtering

  to show all items, changed items, ignored items or unversioned items.

  The popup menus provide fast access to many features including

  annotations, per-file log, per-file diff, add, revert, rename and

  remove. A preference is provided for users who prefer the old browser.

* Numerous improvements have made to the set of workspace models supported.

  * The 'Shared tree' model has been replaced with a checkbox parameter

    on the 'Feature branches' model.

  * The 'Shared repository with treeless branches' model has been replaced

    with a checkbox parameter on the 'Shared repository' model.

  * The 'Colocated branches' model has been added. The embedded

    shared repository may be placed either in ``.bzrbranches`` or

    ``.bzr/branches``.

  * Plugins can add their own workspace models, including custom parameters.

* The Initialize dialog is now available as the ``qinit-workspace`` command.

  The underlying functionality is available as the ``init-workspace``

  command. These commands have aliases of ``qnew`` and ``new`` respectively.

* When experimental mode is enabled by the ``--experimental`` option,

  the location selector groups objects in the same repository together

  and automatically opens a repository browser if one is not already

  opened. (This may become the default location selector in the future.)

Improvements:

* The Browse action now browses the last committed revision tree

  rather than the working tree by default.

* The Initialize dialog now shows model names alphabetically.

Bug fixes:

* Allow tools to work when not using standalone bazaar on Windows.

  (A. S. Budden, Bug #497008)

0.10.0 13-Dec-2009

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Please edit ~/.bazaar/explorer/tools.xml (or the equivalent location

on Windows) and rename the top level folder to "My Tools".

Compatibility breaks:

* The Plugins and Advanced Commands actions have moved from the

  Tools menu into the main Bazaar menu.

New features: