[Playerstage-users] Player/Stage 1.3.2 released

[brian g. <bg...@us...>]

hi,

Player & Stage 1.3.2 and librtk 2.2 have just been released.  Get them from
the usual spot:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42445

Note that you *must* upgrade librtk in order to do anything graphical with
Player or Stage 1.3.2.

Release notes are appended below.

        cheers,
        your friendly neighborhood Player/Stage maintainers.

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Release Name: 1.3.2

Notes:

This release fixes most known bugs, and adds many enhancements, including some
new drivers.

As usual, Stage 1.3.x and Player 1.3.x are interoperable (except for interface
changes, as noted below), but to use the graphical components of Player or
Stage 1.3.2 (including the Stage GUI), you need to install librtk 2.2, which
is available on our download page.

Beginning with this release, the installation layout has changed to be more
standard and the default install location is now /usr/local. To install
everything (librtk, Player, and Stage) somewhere else, just pass the same
'--prefix=path' to each of their configure scripts before building.

A major highlight: librtk, Player, and Stage now build out of the box on OS
X 10.2 (once you've installed X11 and a few fink packages; a FAQ on this is
forthcoming).

Player highlights (compared to 1.3.1):

    * All manuals are now available in HTML, for easier perusing.

    * Support for playing pre-recorded sounds on AmigoBots with the p2os_sound
      driver. Add 'sound()' in your config file. Thanks to Josh Bers.

    * Interface changes:
          o The 'localization' interface is now called 'localize' and has
            changed significantly. Check the manual.
          o The 'laser' interface has changed slightly: the range values are
            now unsigned, instead of signed, allowing for about 65m.
          o The 'wifi' interface changed slightly.

    * The RWI driver has been updated (thanks to Andy Martignoni), so that it
      should be working properly. And there's a --with-mobility flag to the
      configure script to tell Player where to find Mobility.

    * A CMVision driver has been added (thanks to Andy Martignoni), which
      adheres to the existing blobfinder interface. Right now, capture from
      1394 (firewire) and Video4Linux 2 is supported. Any volunteers to write
      capture filters for bt848, bttv, or V4L1?

    * An adaptive MCL driver ('amcl') that adheres to the 'localize' interface
      has been added (thanks to Andrew Howard). This driver is extensively
      documented in the Player User Manual; please read it. This driver
      requires the GSL (GNU Scientific Library), and it subsumes Boyoon's
      original 'regular' MCL driver (thanks much to Boyoon for laying
      important groundwork with his driver).

    * A 'passthrough' driver has been added, which is very useful in building
      distributed sensing and control systems. It is extensively documented in
      the Player User Manual.

    * The new 'acoustics' driver, which adheres to the new 'audiodsp'
      interface, is a good replacement for the old 'fixedtones' driver (which
      will probably be deprecated). This driver depends on the GSL for doing
      FFTs. Thanks to Nate Koenig.

    * The new 'mixer' driver, which adheres to the new 'audiomixer' interface,
      allows you to control your audio hardware (volume, etc.). Thanks to Nate
      Koenig.

    * The new 'iwspy' driver, which adheres to the 'wifi' interface, gives you
      info about your wireless network. Thanks to Andrew Howard. The
      'linuxwifi' driver also supports the wifi interface. Thanks to John
      Sweeney.

Stage highlights (compared to 1.3.1):

    * Many, many, many bug fixes.
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