Ladybug Files

Ladybug
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* Installing and running the software
* Release notes




Installing and running the software
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There are no installation steps required in this version, other
than unzipping the package in the directory you choose.
To run the program:
- Windows: launch using the "ladybug.bat" batch file.
- Other: launch using the "ladybug.sh" shell script.




Release notes:
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* 0.3-20120111-alpha
  - Changed icons name to lower case. This fixes an exception
    thrown when starting the Ladybug in client mode when using
    case sensitive file-systems (e.g. under Linux).



* 0.3-20120107-alpha
  - Added recover functionality in trash view
  - Changed configuration to provide improved user experience



* 0.3-20120106-alpha
  - Fixed deadlock when adding more than one user
  - Fixed display problems in user view
  - Improved trash functionality
  - Added confirmation dialog in trash view
  - Added/changed some icons in the client lobby
  - Progress bar displays error messages when necessary



* 0.3-20111203-alpha
  - Switched to JDBC instead of custom database implementation
  - Derby JDBC driver pre-packaged
  - Added users view
  - GUI fixes, refactoring and performance improvements
  - Improved client lobby look
  - Configuration refactoring
  - Simplified the shell launchers



* 0.2-20110501-alpha:
  - Added support for interactive table cells
  - Taken Nimbus Look and Feel into use (customized)
  - A lot of core refactoring to allow future development
  - Many bug fixes



* 0.2-20110208-alpha:
  - Fixed the error causing a NullPointerException when launching
    the product backlog in the client side
  - Corrected the typo in the shell script. Changed the path
    separator to the correct one (forward slash '/')



* 0.2-20110206-alpha:
  - Updated the TreeConf library used to version 0.1-20110206
    in order to take advantage of the bug-fix provided
  - Minor graphics performance optimization
  - Minor visual effects changes



* 0.2-20110204-alpha:
  - Software reached alpha state
  - Adopted client-server architecture
  - Added file based database support
  - Adopted TreeConf as configuration framework
  - Performance improvements for the GUI
  - Various bug fixes



* 0.1-20100822-pre_alpha:
  - Basic drag & drop support
  - Configurations saved with the previous version will not load
    with this version, because of core-side changes to enable
    drag and drop



* 0.1-20100703-pre_alpha:
  - Added support for editing items
  - Configurations saved with the previous version will not load
    with this version, because of core-side changes to the
    "user-story" item due to supporting editing requirement
  - The disclaimer pop-up window added back when starting the
    program
  - The delivery package is slightly larger due to releasing
    large, medium and small button icons, for future GUI
    customization 



* 0.1-20100628-pre_alpha:
  - Added support for saving and loading the products and their
    sub items (releases, user-stories and tasks)



* 0.1-20100625-pre_alpha:
  - Added support for deleting items



* 0.1-20100623-pre_alpha:
  - Fixed previous build. The main jar file name is using small
    caps letters only (ladybug.jar instead of Ladybug.jar)



* 0.1-20100620-pre_alpha:
  - Basic support for creating product items (products, releases,
    user stories and tasks)



* 0.1-20100522-pre_alpha:
  - First version with GUI teaser
  - Built some GUI primitives, work not finished on this track



* 0.1-20100413-pre_alpha:
  - Fixed small glitch in previous release by changing Unix
    launching script to from Windows to Unix text file format  



* 0.1-20100412-pre_alpha:
  - The core has reached it's alpha stage, containing a very
    basic set of features.
  - Basic support for logging added. Nothing fancy yet (only
    system output).
  - Basic set for saving and loading preferences added. 
  - GUI work has started, however it doesn't yet provide any
    useful feature. It is still in pre-alpha phase.



* 0.1-20100328-pre_alpha:
  - Minor glitch in disclaimer dialog box fixed
  - Various core requirements implemented



* 0.1-20100320-pre_alpha:
  - Changed the versioning convention
  - Added a pre-alpha disclaimer pop-up dialog box
  - More development done for the core of the software, however
    those changes are not visible from the user point of view.



* 0.1-20100307-r1-prealpha:
  - Fixed the release package to contain the resources. Now the
    icon resources should be present in the delivery package as
    well
  - No functional changes to the software other than normal
    development changes (including architectural and design
    refactoring)



* 0.1-20100306-r1-prealpha:
  - "HELLO WORLD!"
  - Basically there is nothing that the software does at this
    phase (only that it compiles, and a release package can
    be made)