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Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 30.05.2011, 15:19
by starguy84
Two thoughts:
1.) Isn't QT4 cross-platform? One could then use the QT4 version on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Or have I overestimated how much of Celestia is written in QT4?
2.) [quote=toofri"]A 1.6.1 release would admittedly update the astronomical database of Celestia 1.6.0, but it would come also with a number of remaining bugs[/quote]
Is it possible to separate the astronomical database from the rest of the code, and release it as a mega add-on?
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 30.05.2011, 15:59
by selden
starguy84 wrote:Two thoughts:
1.) Isn't QT4 cross-platform? One could then use the QT4 version on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Or have I overestimated how much of Celestia is written in QT4?
Very preliminary builds of the QT4 variant of Celestia have indeed been done for all three platforms at one time or another. The user interface still needs a lot of work, though.
2.)
toofri wrote:A 1.6.1 release would admittedly update the astronomical database of Celestia 1.6.0, but it would come also with a number of remaining bugs
Is it possible to separate the astronomical database from the rest of the code, and release it as a mega add-on?
The updated astronomical catalogs are available on SourceForge. See
http://celestia.svn.sourceforge.net/vie ... te#dirlist
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 30.05.2011, 21:01
by t00fri
selden wrote:starguy84 wrote:Two thoughts:
1.) Isn't QT4 cross-platform? One could then use the QT4 version on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Or have I overestimated how much of Celestia is written in QT4?
Very preliminary builds of the QT4 variant of Celestia have indeed been done for all three platforms at one time or another.
A number of us are building the Qt4 version of Celestia very frequently at least for Windows and Linux. Celestia-Qt is perfectly stable. It has definitely fewer bugs than 1.6.1, despite the many new features. Nothing "very preliminary" about it.
The user interface still needs a lot of work, though.
Such as??
Fridger
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 30.05.2011, 23:16
by selden
Since I don't have the ability to build it myself, the most recent version I saw probably is way out of date. I seem to recall that many menu items were not yet available.
To make it more available for others to test, it would be a big help if an appropriate QT Creator .pro configuration file could be uploaded to SourceForge.
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 31.05.2011, 20:19
by ni1s
The user interface still needs a lot of work, though.
Such as??
Linux is missing "Capture Video", patch can be found on mailing list for this. I also can't get it do display in any other language then english.
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 31.05.2011, 20:21
by ni1s
selden wrote:To make it more available for others to test, it would be a big help if an appropriate QT Creator .pro configuration file could be uploaded to SourceForge.
It's in src/ for some reason.
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 11.06.2011, 19:44
by ajtribick
Well 1.6.1 is now out, guess we can move on to 1.7.0 now.
Re: Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing
Posted: 23.06.2011, 22:59
by Cham