Update ReleaseNotes and README for the upcoming release of 4.2

Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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Dirk Hohndel 2014-08-07 13:15:23 -07:00
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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):