From fd0c9c505bdb11e023de6e8bfae7a5d116dff322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:33:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Release: appversion & changelog * This includes adding a mention of Windows 8.1 EOL to the header. --- ChangeLog.md | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- config/__init__.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md index e3444d4e..e94b376f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.md +++ b/ChangeLog.md @@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ produce the Windows executables and installer. **As a consequence of this we no longer support Windows 7. This is due to - [Python 3.10.x itself not supporting Windows 7](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/). + [Python 3.10.x and later not supporting Windows 7](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/). The application (both EDMarketConnector.exe and EDMC.exe) will crash on startup due to a missing DLL.** + As [Windows 8.1 is now End-Of-Life](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows#windows-8-1) + we no longer explicitly support it, but for the time being it will likely + continue to work. This is dependent on future Python releases not dropping + support for Windows 8.1 in a manner that prevents it working. Any bug report + made against Windows 8.1 use may be ignored unless reproduced on a supported + OS. + This should have no other impact on users or plugin developers, other than the latter now being free to use features that were introduced since the Python 3.7 series. @@ -27,22 +34,15 @@ produce the Windows executables and installer. --- -Pre-Release 5.8.0-rc3 +Release 5.8.0 === -A further issue with building the Windows executable has been found and fixed. -This release is otherwise identical to 5.8.0-rc1 & -rc2 combined. +This release is essentially the same as 5.8.0-rc3 with only the version and +this changelog updated. ---- - -Pre-Release 5.8.0-rc2 -=== -An issue with building the Windows executable has been found and fixed. This -release is otherwise identical to 5.8.0-rc1. - ---- - -Pre-Release 5.8.0-rc1 -=== +It brings a new feature related to Fleetcarrier data, some convenience for +Linux users, some fixes, and otherwise some internal changes that should not +adversely affect either users or third-party plugins. For the latter, read +below for some new/changed things that could benefit you. * This release, and all future ones, now create two additional archive files in the GitHub release: diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py index 0600f689..da573fb1 100644 --- a/config/__init__.py +++ b/config/__init__.py @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ appcmdname = 'EDMC' # # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata) # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild() -_static_appversion = '5.8.0-rc3' +_static_appversion = '5.8.0' _cached_version: Optional[semantic_version.Version] = None copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2023 EDCD'