From ae4fbe8f00698c7e411564ca95cb70571aebf7d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 12:52:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Release 5.6.1: appcast --- edmarketconnector.xml | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/edmarketconnector.xml b/edmarketconnector.xml index 94f23931..4089fabc 100644 --- a/edmarketconnector.xml +++ b/edmarketconnector.xml @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ - Release 5.6.0 + Release 5.6.1 body { font-family:"Segoe UI","Tahoma"; font-size: 75%; } h2 { font-family:"Segoe UI","Tahoma"; font-size: 105%; } @@ -44,6 +44,92 @@

We now test against, and package with, Python 3.10.8.

As a consequence of this we no longer support Windows 7.
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Release 5.6.1

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This release addresses some minor bugs and annoyances with v5.6.0, especially +for Legacy galaxy players.

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In general, at this early stage of the galaxy split, we prefer to continue to +warn Legacy users who have 'send data' options active for sites that only +accept Live data. In the future this might be reviewed and such warnings +removed such that the functionality fails silently. This might be of use +to users who actively play in both galaxies.

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    CAPI queries will now only be attempted for Live galaxy players This is +a stop-gap whilst the functionality is implemented for Legacy galaxy players. +Doing so prevents using Live galaxy data whilst playing Legacy galaxy, which +would be increasingly wrong and misleading.

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    1. 'Automatic update on docking' will do nothing for Legacy players.
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    2. Pressing the 'Update' button whilst playing Legacy will result in a status +line message "CAPI for Legacy not yet supported", and otherwise achieve +nothing. The only function of this button is to query CAPI data and +pass it to plugins, which does not include Inara and EDSM.
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    3. A Legacy player trying to use "File" > "Status" will get the message +"Status: No CAPI data yet" due to depending on CAPI data.
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    It is hoped to implement CAPI data retrieval and use for Legacy players soon, +although this will likely entail extending the plugins API to include a new +function specifically for this. Thus only updated plugins would support +this.

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    EDDN: Where data has been sourced from the CAPI this application now sends +a header->gameversion in the format "CAPI-(Live|Legacy)-<endpoint" as per +the updated documentation.

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      As this version only queries CAPI for Live players that will only be +"CAPI-Live-<endpoint>" for the time being.

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      If, somehow, the CAPI host queried matches neither the +current Live host, the Legacy host, nor the past beta host, you will see +"CAPI-UNKNOWN-<endpoint>".

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      As that statement implies, this application will also signal 'Live' if +pts-companion.orerve.net has been used, due to detecting an alpha or beta +version of the game. However, in that case the /test schemas will be used.

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    Closes #1734.

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    Inara: Only warn about Legacy data if sending is enabled in Settings > Inara.

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    Closes #1730.

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    Inara: Handling of some events has had a sanity check added so that the +Inara API doesn't complain about empty strings being sent. In these cases +the event will simply not be sent.

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    Closes #1732.

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    EDSM: EDSM has decided to accept only Live data on its API. Thus, this +application will only attempt to send data for Live galaxy players.

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    If a Legacy galaxy player has the Settings > EDSM > "Send flight log and +Cmdr status to EDSM" option active then they will receive an error about +this at most once every 5 minutes. Disabling that option will prevent the +warning.

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Plugin Developers

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  • PLUGINS.md has been updated to make it clear that the only use of imports +from the config module are for setting/getting/removing a plugin's own +configuration, or detecting application shutdown in progress.
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  • PLUGINS.md has also been updated to add a note about how the data passed +to a plugin cmdr_data() is, strictly speaking, an instance of CAPIData, +which is an extension of UserDict. It has some extra properties on it, +but these are for internal use only and no plugin should rely on them.
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  • As noted above, implementing CAPI data for Legacy players will likely entail +an additional function in the API provided to plugins. See +#1728 for discussion +about this.
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Release 5.6.0

Tha major reason for this release is to address the Live versus Legacy galaxy split coming in Update 14 of the game. @@ -1575,10 +1661,10 @@ about this: ]]>