From: Zieris, F. <Fra...@fu...> - 2015-09-24 11:52:03
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Dear Saros users, The Saros Team is happy to announce release 14.10.31. Since the previous release we mostly removed unnecessary code, refactored, removed again, refactored again: There were over 500 commits since the last release. As a result, the Saros binaries' file size shrunk from 9.9 MByte to 7.0 MByte. So don't expect many new features, but an improved user experience. With this release we also set a record we are not particularly proud of: Instead of intended one-week release process, it took us eleven months to push Saros 14.10.31 out of the pipeline. One reason for that: We're busy working on the IntelliJ IDEA version and a shiny new GUI for both Saros versions. Stay tuned! New and improved Features * Your account information is now stored in your home directory inside a ".saros" folder. It's therefore independent from one specific IDE instance. * Away messages of XMPP contacts will be displayed * Alternative minimalistic chat layout in "IRC style" (which is way more compact than the default layout) * Newly implemented, now session-independent file transfer * Choose the Socks5 proxy candidates * Starting a session with multiple projects at once is now faster since all files are put into one archive (instead of multiple per-project archives put into one big archive) Disabled Features * The optional feature "Concurrent Undo" was disabled due to Bug #836. This needs further investigation; as of now, activating this feature would do more harm than good. Removed Features * Need-based synchronization * Screensharing * VoIP Improved GUI * Sorting of contacts in session view: Now by display name (i.e. optional nickname), not by Jabber ID * Improved explanation on how to get started with Saros * Improved UPnP explanation in network preferences * Notification when receiving projects using unavailable charsets * States of the invitation process have better labels * Optional: better looking remote selections (cursor and blocks for multi-line selections) * Restructured the "Add XMPP Account" dialog * The 1-to-1 chat is no longer colored with session user colors Fixed network-related issues introduced with last release (13.12.6): * Local Socks5 Proxy was always enabled, i.e. the options to only allow connections over IBB and an external Socks5 Proxy Server (under Saros > Network) were not honored. * Changing accounts on-the-fly without clicking reconnect was not possible Additionally, you will find many minor fixes and usability improvements. (For details, see the changelog at https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2014.10.31/#readme.) For stability reasons some internal changes have been made. As a consequence Saros 14.30.31 is *not* compatible with previous versions, so that all session participants need Saros 14.10.31 to work together. Install and update Saros 14.10.31 via our Eclipse Update Site: http://dpp.sf.net/update For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org. Many thanks to the users who participated in our survey (although it is currently offline) and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in! Best Regards, Saros Team |