[Gramps-devel] Gramps 4.2.4 released

[jerome <rom...@ya...>]

The Gramps team releases version 4.2.4, a maintenance release.

Many contributions via github for this release. Thank you all!

Fixes and changes since 4.2.3 release:

    fixes for the PHON, FAX, EMAIL and WWW Gedcom tags to support Gedcom v5.5.1
    use more relative import
    Support for FTM and others Custom Gedcom Event Tags on import
    fix ‘_deeprelationshippath’ filter rule
    Narrativeweb: some dates are incorrect in tar archive.
    MacOS: Update graphviz to 2.38 and change to a binary launcher in app bundles.
    Gramps crashes when closed while exporting
    Some events are not shown in familymaps page.
    Remove old debug bloc on place selection.
    Add GUI and CLI config option to allow easy setting
    Chinese characters are not rendered properly in pdf reports
    Support v5.5.1 OBJE/FORM/MEDI tag on embedded OBJE
    Sorting of Sources on gedcom
    Change “class xxx(object)” to “class xxx”
    Use “with open” instead of “try: except:”
    Change “raise NotImplemented” to “raise NotImplementedError()”
    Add new argument to IsEnclosedByRule
    Narrativeweb: place title must agree the references.place-auto configuration
    Improvements on CSV file format support
    update Finnish holidays
    Some strings in tools and report dialogs will not translate
    Gedcom import improvements in media area to support v5.5.1 and FTM
    Trailing whitespace
    Gedcom import of FTM .ged file containing _LINK tags not supported
    Change pycairo-python3 to pycairo.
    pycairo for python2 is now py2cairo.
    Remove pango modules from bundle, pango no longer uses them.
    Gedcom import loses spaces in text fields from FTM
    Gedcom import of FTM file containing _PHOTO tags
    Missed self.photo initializer
    Attempting to select an “Available item” for the Book Report gives an error
    Fix for either valid or invalid FTM Gedcom
    Gedcom import of FTM file with OCCU record crashes import
    crash – ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘get_child_ref_list’
    Family Page maps are non-functional in Narrative Web report
    Gedcom import loses spaces in text fields from FTM
    String not translated in geoplaces
    Descendant Report does not recognise auto. place title generation
    Translated text will not be printed in the program
    Geography: Attempting to print crashes (add parent to dialog)
    GEDCOM doesn’t accept CR as a line terminator
    Wrong Numeric date format for cs_CZ locale
    Narrativeweb: inconsistent & incomplete display of place hierarchy labels
    Narratedweb: surname listing errors for people with multiple partners
    In “Verify” people w/ death event w/o date are not thought dead
    While starting gramps, it fails to pop up “tips of the day”
    GEDCOM import in CLI mode with .ged file containing ANSEL encoding tries to pop up gui
    fix merge conflict
    Use first matching name when generating place titles
    GEDCOM import with media files that have no path fails
    [Geography] Geoclose and mother handle
    place names empty if Gedcom ADDR record contains no street
    Tidy up place configuration options
    Use CSS to fade background colour in ValidatableMaskedEntry
    crash on GEDCOM import with empty _AKA lines
    Add inclusive option to IsEnclosedBy rule
    Saving/closing new person window with Alt-o does not find gender
    Fix to allow deferred translation of place type
    Include all place types in place report
    Allow place selection both individually and by filter on textual report
    Expand tree in selectors automatically
    Fix Encloses gramplet to display correct place references
    Update for appdata stuff
    UnboundLocalError on ODF doc backend
    Media Preview: wrong frame
    fix signals
    GEDCOM import PLAC:FORM in local mode doesn’t work
    fix empty Place Alternate Names on import
    Merge unit test for PlaceCheck not working correctly
    GEDCOM import some Place Names & Titles are blank
    GEDCOM import PLAC or ADDR attached Notes etc. are lost
    Gramps not appearing in Gnome Software
    fix broken GEDCOM import PLAC:FORM handling
    Place Alt Names gets duplicated entries
    Multiple GEDCOM imports creates duplicate event IDs
    The place page in webreport is complete mess
    Gallery tab of Source view does not display .ods files
    Narrated Web report – Individual sort order not correct on the Surnames tab
    Specify required GtkSpell and GExiv2 version
    Narrated web report link to thumbnails is broken on certain pages
    Narrated Web report – Individual page sort order has changed
    Gramps reports that it can’t find dictionaries.
    Turns out it was really that enchant couldn’t find its backend because an environment variable wasn’t set.
    Update translations: cs, da, de, fi, fr, hu, pt_BR, ru, sl

You can get Gramps 4.2.4 from the GitHub page[1].

[1] https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/releases/tag/v4.2.4