[PRE-RELEASE] 6.1.0-beta1

ChangeLog.md

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 * We currently test against, and package with, Python 3.13, 64-bit.
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+Pre-Release 6.1.0-beta1
+===
+This release includes the new EDMC Plugin Browser, which allows plugin authors to register their plugins. 
+These registered plugins will be able to be browsed and discovered by all EDMC Users!
+
+This release also fixes dark-mode not being able to be resized (a bug for over 5 years!) and adds code to 
+prevent various unexpected situations which could prevent updates or contacting Frontier.
+
+**Changes and Enhancements**
+* Added the new EDMC Plugin Browser and EDMC Plugin Registration System.
+* Added a series of new Commodity Export File Types for increased flexibilty.
+* Added the ability to have EDMC automatically update ships.json, modules.json, and the Plugin Master List.
+* Added the ability to send Journal events to Plugins from before LoadGame has been parsed.
+* Migrated the Translation Submission System from OneSky to Crowdin.
+* Updates a series of internal actions and dependencies to latest versions.
+* Improved the speed of EDMC startup when checking for updated datafiles.
+* Improved the handling of Lang comment detection.
+* Improved the utility of the various core plugin System and Station providers.
+* Migrates the Translations wiki page to docs/Translations.md.
+* Minor code improvements.
+* Simplified handling code for EDDN messages.
+
+**Bug Fixes**
+* Fixed a series of minor bugs.
+
+**Plugin Developers**
+* Consider registring your plugins! 
+* EDMC strongly encourages consistant plugin versioning. Please review PLUGINS.md for more information.
+* util.gzip is deprecated and will be removed in a later version.
+
 Release 6.0.2
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 This release adds additional safety checks for the writing of the new config file on first write for Windows installs.

config/__init__.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ appcmdname = "EDMC"
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = "6.1.0-beta0"
+_static_appversion = "6.1.0-beta1"
 _cached_version: semantic_version.Version | None = None
 copyright = "© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2025 EDCD"