[Ipodder-betatesters] iPodder 2.1 Release Candidate 1 Available

[Andrew G. <aeg...@mi...>]

Hi folks,

We've posted the first iPodder 2.1 release candidate to Sourceforge.
Change notes are below.

If you'd like to help us test it the download links are:

Windows:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ipodder/iPodder21rc1Setup.exe?download

Mac:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ipodder/iPodder2.1-rc1-installer.dmg.gz?download

Please also consider joining the beta testers mail list:

https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=42752

Thanks!
Andrew

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New in 2.1 rc 1
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Catchup behavior is configurable: it can permanently (default) or
temporarily skip older episodes.

Close window behavior is configurable: it can cause the app to go to
the background (default) or cause the app to quit.

"Open downloads folder" right-click option on feeds now works on:
Windows, Mac, Linux/Konqueror, Linux/Nautilus

Hitting Del key in the feeds list deletes selected feeds.

Windows app should now wake rather than complain if a second copy is 
running.

Feedmanager OPML text entry box is drag and drop aware.

Updated translations including Polish.


New in 2.1 beta 2
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Synch subscriptions to remote OPML file (under File -> Preferences ->
Feed manager)

Update checker can be disabled (under File -> Preferences)

iTunes/Mac supports Genre overriding

New right-click option for feeds: Open downloads folder (Windows only)

Dynamic dispatch for iTunes -- should eliminate any remaining issue
with 4.8 on Windows

Updated Windows installer: detects running iPodder, new look

User-invisible refactoring

Cleaned up episodes are removed from Downloads tab.


New in 2.1 beta 1
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Manual updates by dropping in an 700KB update file.

Auto cleanup.  Ability to specify on a per-feed basis that episodes older
than N days should be auto-cleaned up.  Cleanups take place immediately
after each check for new episodes.  These options are set in the feed
properties window, reachable by double-clicking on the feed or from the
right-click menu for the feed.

Genre overriding in iTunes/Win.  See File -> Preferences -> Player.

Right-click menus in the episodes and downloads tab link to show
notes and hyperlinks found within RSS item description.

Plugin architecture supporting the new right-click menus.  In progress.

Accessibility improvements: saner focus behavior, new Ctrl-L accelerator
for the Scheduler, Shift-F10 for right-click, space bar toggling in the
episodes window and downloads tab.

New translations: Spanish, Galego, Catalan, Russian, Serbo-Croation,
Hungarian, Chinese, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese.

A window now pops up when the disk space falls below the minimum,
instead of seeming to freeze.

New localization architecture supports drop-in .py catalog files

iPodder/Mac now sets iTunes grouping to 'Podcast', just like Windows.

Partial fix for the UnicodeDecodeError for download directories with
non-ascii characters.  May not work for non-Western encodings.

New skinning code for store Level 2.

Back to win32com dynamic dispatch, instead of static dispatch, for better
stability against iTunes version changes.

Partial fix for URLs with ? in them.  Downloads proceed but player 
integration
still buggy.