[Portabase-announce] PortaBase 2.0 released

[Jeremy B. <ml...@ya...>]

PortaBase 2.0 (June 2010)
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PortaBase (portable database) is a program for conveniently managing one-table
database files. It is available for many platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X
(Tiger and up), Windows (XP and up), and Maemo (Diablo and Fremantle).

This is the first stable release of PortaBase since version 1.9.  It's been
through about a month of public beta testing, and all of the reported problems
have been resolved.  This is the new recommended version of PortaBase for all
platforms except the Zaurus (see the note below).

New in this version
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- Fixed a bug with the recently opened files list when importing a file.
- Fixed a bug on Fremantle where back/close button handling could get confused.

For information on changes in previous releases, see the online changelog:
http://portabase.sourceforge.net/history.html

Note for Zaurus Users
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The complete lack of new releases of Qt or Qtopia for the Zaurus has made it
impractical to continue developing for it; every single feature would need to
be implemented separately for two different codebases.  However, there are no
file format changes for PortaBase 2.0; files can still be moved freely between
the new release and PortaBase 1.9 on the Zaurus.  A future PortaBase 2.1
release is likely to end this compatibility, however.  Maemo (as used on the
Nokia N810 and N900) is recommended for people who want to continue using
PortaBase on a pocketable device.  Ports to Windows Mobile, Symbian S60,
and/or webOS may be forthcoming as well.

Maemo Installation
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PortaBase is available from the extras-devel repository, you should be
able to download and install it from there.  In fact, if you know how to
install applications from the command line, the .deb file can be downloaded
and installed on a fresh N900 (or an N810 with the appropriate Qt libraries
from extras) without enabling or installing anything else from extras-devel.
In time, it should make its way to the extras-testing and extras repositories
as well, for users who are a little less adventurous.

Windows Installation and Upgrades
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Run the downloaded executable; it will launch the installation program,
just follow the directions.

Mac OS X Installation
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Extract the application bundle from the downloaded archive and put it where
you want it (usually your Applications folder).