Re: [Audacity-quality] New release candidate is out now

[Steve F. <ste...@gm...>]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 09:52, Peter Sampson <pet...@gm...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 5:53 PM Martin Keary via Audacity-quality <
> aud...@li...> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Our release candidate (3.0.3) is now ready for testing.
>>
>> *Download*
>> https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-devel.html
>>
>
> I have just downloaded and installed the 64-bit 3.0.3 RC1 from Fosshub.
>
> 1) It failed to create a shortcut on my desktop even though I requested
> that
> in the EXE installation process.
>
> 2) the nomenclature is unclear with the Win downloads:
> [image: image.png]
> I'm assuming that the X64 means 64-bit and the x86 implies 32-bit - but
> for many users that will
> not be clear.
>
> 3) There is no ZIP install for Windows
>
> 4) There is no separate downloadable Manual
>
> 5) An RC2 will be required for a fresh pull of the Manual as Bill has made
> further changes
> to the Spectrogram View page which really should be in the Manual which is
> downloaded
> as part of the app.
>
> On the up-side:
>
> 6) The RC1 downloads fine - goes to Program files and not Program files
> (x86)
>
> 7) Launches and runs fine (only basic functionality testing so far).
>
> A question:
>
> 8) I would like to test the new Update Checking, but am not prepared to
> wait 12 hours.
> In particular I want to test that it does not foul an active or pending
> Timer Record.
>
> I note in the 3.0.3 audacity.cfg the new entry:
> >[Update]
> >ScheduledTime=1625011200000
>
> I have no idea how that figure relates to the 12-hour update check
> interval - and thus
> how I can reduce it for testing to every 1-2 minutes.
>

I have this:

[Update]
DefaultUpdatesChecking=0
UpdateScheduledTime=1624924800000

"DefaultUpdatesChecking=0" disables checking.
"DefaultUpdatesChecking=1" enables checking.
If this line is not present Audacity defaults to update checking enabled.

"UpdateScheduledTime=1624924800000" is the "Unix Epoch time" (Number of
seconds since Jan 01 1970 UTC) when the next check is due.
A handy on-line converter: https://www.unixtimestamp.com/
If this line is not present, Audacity defaults to check on launch.

This section:
https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/New_features_in_this_release#updates
and this page:
https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Application_Preferences
should link  to the Privacy Policy, but I've not found a privacy policy
statement for the app.


Steve




>
> Please advise.
>
>
> Peter.
>
>
>
>
>> or
>> https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.0.3-RC1
>>
>> ---
>>
>> *New Features*
>> Here is a link
>> <https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/New_features_in_this_release>
>> to our New Features wiki.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> *Issues installing on Windows*
>> You may be shown a warning when installing on Windows, which will inform
>> you that the file is from an unknown developer and will require an extra
>> step to confirm the installation. This is a known problem, which will be
>> resolved in a few days.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> *Bugs / Issues*
>> We are moving to a new system for collecting and prioritising bugs on GitHub
>> issues <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues>. We'd really
>> appreciate it if you could log any issues you find there.
>>
>> However, if you'd prefer to log issues on the traditional bugzilla page,
>> we will also keep track of these too.
>>
>> Thanks very much!
>> Martin
>> _______________________________________________
>> Audacity-quality mailing list
>> Aud...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-quality
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Audacity-quality mailing list
> Aud...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-quality
>