Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Preparing to release Tux Paint 0.9.27

[TOYAMA Shin-i. <sh...@wm...>]

Hi!

Test builds for windows and rpm-based linux distributions are 
ready.

Windows:

  https://z1.plala.jp/tuxpaint/testing/20211119/windows/

Linux RPMs: (including new dependency 'libunibreak' for tp-conf)

  https://z1.plala.jp/tuxpaint/testing/20211119/rpms/

Please give them a try!!

Bill Kendrick wrote in <202...@sh...>
>I'd like to release Tux Paint 0.9.27 soon.  A LOT of stuff has
>happened since 0.9.26 came out, less than 5 months ago!
>(And can you believe it?  We're only 7 months away from Tux Paint's
>_20th birthday!_)
>
>TL;DR:
>
> * Maintainers & developers, please build from Git master and let me
>   know if anything needs to be updated prior to a final release of
>   0.9.27.
>
> * Translators, please send me any updated PO files ASAP, so I can
>   include them in 0.9.27.  (Also, the website has some updates,
>   including text for a new Gallery (see below), and the press release
>   for 0.9.27 itself!)
>
>
>Here's an overview of all the great new stuff coming in 0.9.27:
>
>We've added 6 new Magic tools, updated 6 others, and split them all
>into groups.
>
>The Paint and Line tools now support brushes which can be drawn at any
>angle (not just 8 directions), and small badges/icons indicate when a
>brush supports direction/rotation and/or animation.
>
>The Line and Shapes tool tell you what angle you're drawing at (useful
>for simple geometry?).  And the Fill tool now offers an interactive
>freehand ("brush") mode.
>
>Tux Paint Config. has been overhauled, providing a better experience
>(larger text and widgets in a bigger window on modern displays),
>and options for how Tux Paint should behave when it comes across
>settings in both the system-wide ("All Users") config. file, and
>the user's local config. file.
>
>Tux Paint supports the Recycle Bin on Windows (it already supported
>Trash on Freedesktop platforms like Linux + GNOME or KDE), rather
>than deleting a picture immediately.
>
>Tux Paint's documentation has been further updated.  The Options docs
>has been reorganized to match where things appear in Tux Paint Config.,
>and the "--help" output, Unix manpage, and bash shell tab completion
>covers all available options.  Table of contents have been added to
>the HTML documentation, and the manpage and Magic tool docs are now
>translatable. (See the POT and PO files!)
>
>A number of bug fixes and build-related changes have also been made
>(special thanks to Mark K. Kim and TOYAMA Shin-ichi for lots of work
>in that department).  And we have very few warnings cluttering the
>output when compiling.
>
>Finally, I've created a completely new gallery section of the website,
>showcasing what I've picked as the most impressive and unique artwork.
>(It's a combination of things that were already in the old gallery;
>pictures submitted for, but never added to, the old gallery; plus new
>stuff I've come across on Twitter.)
>
>
>So, like I said up top -- please build and test things, and let me
>know if you have any issues.  And please update your translations
>and send them to me, if you can.
>
>Thanks, everyone, for all your support!

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