Version 1.6.1: stuff that needs testing

[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?

[selden]

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.)

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

[t00fri]

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

[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Since I don't have the ability to build it myself, the most recent version I saw probably is way out of date.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.

[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.

[ni1s]

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.

[ajtribick]

Well 1.6.1 is now out, guess we can move on to 1.7.0 now.

[Cham]

After about two hours of testing today, I think I can report with strong confidence that the recent OS X Snow Leopard upgrade ( 10.6.8 ) has solved two major bugs I reported on the Mac version : textures rendering and LUA overlay problems.

I've tested Celestia 1.6.1 on my two Macs : a Mac Mini (late 2009) and a Mac Book Pro 13" (late 2010). On both machines, I'm yet unable to reproduce the issues I've reported !