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I had forgotten to mention VPM-B and the upcoming Android version.

Reformatted the ReleaseNotes to make them consistent with what I want to
use on the web announcement.

Also removed an old announcement snippet to make the overall structure
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@ -6,50 +6,66 @@ _Subsurface_ 4.5 Beta 1 - September 2015
Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cloud storage. _Subsurface_ offers a cloud storage backend that allows using
the same data file from multiple computers. An account is tied to an email
address and can easily be created from within _Subsurface_. After the user
receives a verification pin and enters this in the preferences all is set
up and the cloud storage can be transparently used from within
_Subsurface_.
Web view. Dives stored in the _Subsurface_ cloud storage backend can also be
accessed with a web interface.
Dive site handling. Dive sites are now a first class citizen in
- Cloud storage. +
_Subsurface_ offers a cloud storage backend that allows using the same
dive data from multiple computers. Accounts are free and tied to an email
address. An account can easily be created from within _Subsurface_
(Preferences, Network tab; simply enter a valid email address and a
password). After the user receives a verification pin and enters this in
the corresponding field in the Preferences all is set up and the cloud
storage can be transparently used from within _Subsurface_. While this is
nice for many users who have more than one computer on which they use
_Subsurface_, it is espcially useful with our upcoming _Subsurface-mobile_ app
on Android (the beta test for that will start soon).
- Web view. +
Dives stored in the _Subsurface_ cloud storage backend can also be
accessed with a web interface. Simply go to
https://cloud.subsurface-divelog.org/user/&lt;email&gt; and authenticate
with the same email address and password as set up in _Subsurface_.
- Dive site handling. +
Dive sites are now a first class citizen in
_Subsurface_ and can be managed as such. Dives include a reference to a
dive site. This also caused changes to our file format (and we bumped the
file format version to 3). On first open old data files will be backed up
and converted to the new format.
Geo taxonomy. A web lookup service has been implemented that allows the
- Geo taxonomy. +
A web lookup service has been implemented that allows the
user to get geo taxonomy data based on a GPS fix - so for a dive site that
contains GPS data _Subsurface_ can look up the closest body of water, the
country or closest city.
Significantly improved print support. Printing is now template driven and
- Significantly improved print support. +
Printing is now template driven and
allows the user to customize the format in which dives are presented in
print.
Better Bluetooth device support. Instead of having to manually set up BT
- Better Bluetooth device support. +
Instead of having to manually set up BT
devices in the OS, _Subsurface_ now has a much more intuitive UI that
allows the user to work with BT dive computers.
Improved image import and management. _Subsurface_ now does a better job
- VPM-B support for dive planning. +
The dive planner module in _Subsurface_
now offers a choice of deco algorithms with both Bühlmann ZH16 and VPM-B.
The VPM-B implementation is new and has been developed from scratch. We
have tested this against a number of known good profiles from the Fortran
reference code but would certainly recommend a bit of extra caution when
using it for dive planning.
- Improved image import and management, +
_Subsurface_ now does a better job
when handling changes in image folder location and can add images from
URLs instead of just local files.
Undo / redo support. While this does not cover all operations, yet, many
- Undo / redo support. +
While this does not cover all operations, yet, many
operations can now been un-done and subsequently re-done.
- Many fixes and improvements for import third part files and CSV files
- Ability to load dives exported with OSTCTools
- Support for more GPS coordinate formats
Many fixes and improvements for import third part files and CSV files
*Known issues*
Ability to load dives exported with OSTCTools
Support for more GPS coordinate formats
Known issues:
- Uemis downloader appears to have serious issues for some users
- The printing subsystem occasionally picks bad font sizes for the profile
and can run out of memory on really large dive profiles
- The Bluetooth subsystem definitely needs more testing and doesn't appear
to work reliably for all testers
Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.4.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -227,47 +243,8 @@ image::images/V4.3_CCR.jpg["CCR dive profile",align="center"]
authenticate with a proxy, _Subsurface_ will not use the new password
until after a restart
_Subsurface_ 4.2
----------------
The _Subsurface_ developer team is proud to announce the release of the
next update of _Subsurface_.
_Subsurface_ is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac
and Linux.
With _Subsurface_ the user can download dive information directly from a
large number of supported dive computers. _Subsurface_ is able to track
single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix. It displays
a dive profile with all related information including air consumption
and alarms. It also allows logging of information like weights and
exposure protection used, dive masters and dive buddies, and enables
the user to rate dives and provide additional dive notes.
With _Subsurface_ the user can track dive locations including GPS
coordinates (which can also be conveniently entered using a map
interface). _Subsurface_ calculates a wide variety of statistics of the
user's diving and keeps track of information like the user's SAC rate,
partial pressures of O2, N2 and He, calculated deco information, and
many more.
_Subsurface_ allows the user to print out a detailed log book including
dive profiles and other relevant information. The program is localized
in about 20 languages and well supported by an active developer
community. This community also made new and shiny offline manuals in
Spanish and Russian possible.
One of the major strengths of _Subsurface_ is its support of a wide range
of dive computers (most common dive computers are supported with the help
of libdivecomputer); a detailed list is in the SupportedDivecomputers.txt
file. _Subsurface_ can also import existing dive logs from several sources
including MacDive, Suunto DM3/DM4, JDiveLog and divelogs.de. Another
strength is its ability to visualize the depth profile (and, if
available, the tank pressure curve) in very innovative ways that give
the user additional information on relative velocity (and momentary
air consumption) during the dive through the coloring of the graphs.
*Some of the changes since 4.1*
Some of the changes since 4.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Windows installer is now a 64bit installer including Qt5
- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has