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Revision: 1977 http://svn.sourceforge.net/pcgen/?rev=1977&view=rev Author: jdempsey Date: 2007-01-18 02:43:53 -0800 (Thu, 18 Jan 2007) Log Message: ----------- Add release notes for 5.10.2 RC1 Added Paths: ----------- branches/5.10.x/installers/release-notes/pcgen-release-notes-5102rc1.html Added: branches/5.10.x/installers/release-notes/pcgen-release-notes-5102rc1.html =================================================================== --- branches/5.10.x/installers/release-notes/pcgen-release-notes-5102rc1.html (rev 0) +++ branches/5.10.x/installers/release-notes/pcgen-release-notes-5102rc1.html 2007-01-18 10:43:53 UTC (rev 1977) @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> + +<!-- $Id: pcgen-release-notes-5100.html 906 2006-04-30 00:08:00Z ericbeaudoin $ --> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> + +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +<title>Release Notes for PCGen v5.10.2 RC1 +</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://sourceforge.net/cssdef.php"> +</head> +<body> +<h1>Release Notes for PCGen v5.10.2 RC1</h1> + +<h2>Table of Content</h2> +<ul> + <li><a href="#WhatsNew">What's new for v5.10.2</a></li> + <li><a href="#Installation">Installation</a></li> + <li><a href="#WantToHelp">Want to Help?</a></li> + <li><a href="#links">Useful Links</a></li> + <li><a href="#ChangeLog">Change Log</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2><a name="WhatsNew">What's new for v5.10.2 RC1</a></h2> +<p>This release contains only minor features and bug fixes corrected since the release of PCGen 5.10.1. +See the <a href="#ChangeLog">Change Log</a> for full details. +</p> + +<p>James Dempsey for the PCGEN Team -- January 18, 2007.</p> + +<h2><a name="Installation">Installation</a></h2> +<h3>Prerequisites</h3> +<p>Java 1.4.x or Java 5. PCGEN 5.10.2 is not compatible with Java +1.3.x and it is NOT SUPPORTED. To get the latest version of Java, go to +<a href="http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/getjava/BrowserRedirect?locale=en&host=java.com">java.com</a>.</p> + +<h3>Windows Users</h3> +<p>We recommend that you use the Windows installer.</p> +<h3>Mac Users</h3> +<p> +We recommend that you use the OS X DMG Mac Installer, it is now working with OS X 10.4 (Tiger). +This has been a problem in the past due to a change on Apple’s part in how the menu bar was +handled with java 1.4 on Tiger, a packaged java app set to use the main window instead of +the application window caused the program to crash at startup. At this point in time +the solution is to set the menu bar to appear in application menu. +</p> +<p> +Also new in this version is the configuration of the program, all the necessary +files are now included with the program package. You can still access the files +by right clicking the program and choosing <b>Show Package Contents</b>. +See the notes included in the installer DMG for all the details. +</p> +<h3>Others (or advanced) users</h3> +<p> +Pick the package with the features you want and unzip it. It is highly +recommended that you use a new directory for every new release. Once the +package is unzipped, see docs\index.html for the full documentation. +</p> + +<h3>Alpha Data Sets</h3> +<p>The Alpha directory that contains data sets that were not judged to be "production" grade, is +included in the main package. +They vary from "better then nothing" to "nearly ready for production".</p> + +<h3>Read the doc!</h3> +<p>Please make sure you read the docs to familiarize yourself with the changes. You can access it from +<b>docs/index.html</b> located in the PCGen directory.</p> +<ul><li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_full.zip?download">pcgen5102rc1_full.zip</a> + (<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_full.zip.asc?download">PGP Signature</a>): <br /> +everything including GMGen and PDF</li> +<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_partial.zip?download">pcgen5102rc1_partial.zip</a> + (<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_partial.zip.asc?download">PGP Signature</a>):<br /> +everything except GMGen and PDF</li> +<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_win_install.exe?download">pcgen5102rc1_win_install.exe</a> + (<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_win_install.exe.asc?download">PGP Signature</a>): <br /> +the full package bundle with Ed's nifty installer for Windows</li> +<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_mac_install.dmg?download">pcgen5102rc1_mac_install.dmg</a> + (<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pcgen5102rc1_mac_install.dmg.asc?download">PGP Signature</a>): <br /> +the full package bundle with Connor's nifty installer for Mac (distributed as a disk image) +</li> +</ul> + + +<p /> + +<h2><a name="WantToHelp">Want to Help?</a></h2> + +<p>PCGen is an open source project. Anyone who wants to contribute whether it is Java programming, data +set programming, documentation, helping new users, general cat herding, massage, walking the dogs, etc. +is very welcome.</p> +<p>If you want to help drop a mail to Paul W. King (<a href="mailto:pau...@ve...">pau...@ve...</a>) +or Karianna (<a href="mailto:kar...@cl...">kar...@cl...</a>), or +simply post a message with the title <b>"I Want To Help"</b> in one of the mailing lists (and may +the gods have mercy on your soul :-).</p> + +<p /> + +<h2><a name="links">Useful Links</a></h2> +<ul> +<li>The project <b>home page</b>:<br /> +<a href="http://pcgen.sourceforge.net">http://pcgen.sourceforge.net</a></li> +<li>The project <b>Wiki</b>:<br /> +<a href="http://www.legolas.org/pcgen/pytw/#Welcome">http://www.legolas.org/pcgen/pytw/#Welcome</a></li> +<li>The Yahoo <b>main mailing list</b> (for help and feedback):<br /> +<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen</a></li> +<li>The Yahoo <b>LstHelp mailing list</b> (for help with making your own data files):<br /> +<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCGenListFileHelp">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCGenListFileHelp</a> +<li>The SourceForge <b>pcgen-dev mailing list</b> (for code monkey talk about the development):<br /> +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=pcgen-devel">http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=pcgen-devel</a> +<li>The Yahoo <b>pcgen_experimental mailing list</b> (for the data monkeys with new ideas/problems):<br /> +<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen_experimental/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen_experimental</a> +</ul> + +<h2><a name="ChangeLog">Change Log</a></h2> + +<h3>Code FREQs +</h3><ul> +<li>[ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1578536">1578536</a> ] - New Output Tag - TEXT +<li>[ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1579482">1579482</a> ] - Add .NOSTAR option to ARMOR.x.y.NAME tag +</ul> + +<h3>Doc FREQs +</h3><ul> +<li> Ported docs updates for 5.10 tags. +</ul> + +<h3>Code Bugs +</h3><ul> +<li>[ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1598598">1598598</a> ] - Internationalization Choice Broken in 5.10.1 +<li>[ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1625112">1625112</a> ] - Multiple Bonuses on Feat Only Added Once [CMP] +<li>[ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1628407">1628407</a> ] - BONUS:WIELDCATEGORY|ALL|-1 issues +</ul> + +</body> +</html> This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |