[Gramps-users] gramps 0.1.5 released

[Don A. <don...@ho...>]

gramps 0.1.5 has been released and is available on SourceForge.  An RPM
package built under RH7.X has been uploaded, as well as the source tar
file.  Note that those using Python 2.0 (Mandrake 8.0) will have to
download the .tar.gz and do the typical configure; make; make install.

This version implements PDF reports, if you have the open source
reportlab package installed.  This can be downloaded from
http://www.reportlab.com .  This package should be untar'ed in either
you python site-packages directory.  If you choose to load it somewhere
else, make sure your PYTHONPATH environment variable points you to the
package.

If you have the python imaging library installed, gramps will take
advantage of it.  This is should be availabe on Mandrake 8.0 and as a
Debian package.  Eventually, I will have a RH rpm file on the gramps web
page (http://gramps.sourceforge.net).  If you have the python image
library installed, PDF files can contain photos.  Otherwise, PDF files
will not have photos.

If your language is not English, the reportlab package available on the
reportlab site will cause problems.  They have fixed this problem, but
have not released the package yet.  You can get a working copy from
their CVS installation at http://reportlab.sourceforge.net

Version 0.1.5

* Plenty of bug fixes in the report generators and merging due to the
  previous addition of date ranges.
* Added PDF file type generation for reports. Depends on the reportlab
  package (available at www.reportlab.com).  If the package is not
  installed, gramps will run, but without PDF generation ability.
* Will use the Python Imaging Library if present to handle images.  If
  not, it will revert to the old method of using Imagick (convert).
* The user can select an attribute (from the attribute list) to display
  on the Edit Person window.
* The internal gramps ID is now displayed on the Edit Person window.
* Marriage types can now be recorded.
* Addresses now use a single date instead of multiple dates, since 
  dates can now deal with ranges.
* Due to a bug in Python 2.0/GTK interaction, list colors are disabled
  for Python 2.0 and above.
* configure script now properly deals with Python include paths,
  eliminating the need to hand edit the src/Makefile to get gramps to
  run under Python 2.X.
* Photos are now displayed properly again in the Edit Person gallery.
* Family notes are now implemented.


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Don Allingham
don...@ho...