New release: 0.9.3

[OrbWeaver]

Release 0.9.3 is now available on SourceForge.

 

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161727

 

This is a minor release with a couple of bugfixes and tweaks, and is also the first release which contains the refactored module system (which should make no visible difference to the user unless there is some bug which we haven't found).

[greebo]

Cool, I'll update the website in a minute.

 

edit: done.

[greebo]

I hate to say it, but I seem to have introduced a major bug into the codebase which made it into the latest 0.9.3 release.

 

The entityclass attributes aren't parsed correctly anymore, and some things get an incorrect "editor_displayFolder" assigned. This is obvious when one browses to the darkmod/Moveables tree, which should contain much more. All these entities are in doom3_junk, where they shouldn't be.

 

I already fixed the bug in SVN, but this is too late for the 0.9.3 release.

 

What bugs me even more is that I don't understand how my change would cause this issue. It is related to inserting and subsequently altering stuff in the EntityClassAttributeMap, which didn't work as I expected. I have to learn why this is.

[New Horizon]

I hate to say it, but I seem to have introduced a major bug into the codebase which made it into the latest 0.9.3 release.

 

The entityclass attributes aren't parsed correctly anymore, and some things get an incorrect "editor_displayFolder" assigned. This is obvious when one browses to the darkmod/Moveables tree, which should contain much more. All these entities are in doom3_junk, where they shouldn't be.

 

I already fixed the bug in SVN, but this is too late for the 0.9.3 release.

 

What bugs me even more is that I don't understand how my change would cause this issue. It is related to inserting and subsequently altering stuff in the EntityClassAttributeMap, which didn't work as I expected. I have to learn why this is.

 

Don't be too hard on yourself.

[greebo]

Thanks NH, but it really bugs me!

 

I already found out what the problem was: I replaced the EntityAttributeMap::insert() call with an assignment using the operator[], which actually overwrote the previous value (that's why stuff went into doom3_junk, which is the topmost inheritance for editor_displayFolder).

 

I forgot that the insert() operator doesn't overwrite existing stuff, but I could've thought about that when I changed that call. Another lesson learned the hard way.

[OrbWeaver]

That's an easy mistake to make, some of those STL methods are far from intuitive. I guess that is why some of the GtkRadiant methods are named findOrInsert(), since that represents more clearly what actually happens.

 

I don't think much has changed since 0.9.3, so provided there aren't any outstanding areas of breakage we can put out a 0.9.3.1 or something to fix this bug (even the Linux developers have done this).

[greebo]

I could quickly fix another few bugs so that a "proper" version bump to 0.9.4 might be appropriate. As compensation for the bug, so to say.

[OrbWeaver]

That's fair enough, particularly if we can track down the map loading segfault Jdude identified as well.

[greebo]

Ah, well that's an easy one: there is a boost::bad_lexical_cast exception thrown in the patch parser, I'll fix that.

[angua]

I've got a fix that allows displaying mulitline descriptions ( http://bugs.angua.at/view.php?id=372 ) which also inhibits showing inherited descriptions, but I can't commit it yet. OrbWeaver, would you mind giving me the privileges to commit changes to SVN?

[OrbWeaver]

OrbWeaver, would you mind giving me the privileges to commit changes to SVN?

 

I don't have a problem with that; you'll need to create an account on SourceForge and add yourself to the DarkRadiant project, then I can set your permissions.

[sparhawk]

That 0.9.4 version would also include the fix for The Infinite Bug?

[angua]

I don't have a problem with that; you'll need to create an account on SourceForge and add yourself to the DarkRadiant project, then I can set your permissions.

Thanks OrbWeaver, I'm angua_darkmod now.

 

That 0.9.4 version would also include the fix for The Infinite Bug? smile.gif

Greebo is working on it right now.

[OrbWeaver]

Thanks OrbWeaver, I'm angua_darkmod now.

 

I've added your account to the project and set you up with SVN access and shell access (to the web space).

[greebo]

That 0.9.4 version would also include the fix for The Infinite Bug?

Fix is already in SVN.

[angua]

I've added your account to the project and set you up with SVN access and shell access (to the web space).

Thanks OrbWeaver! Already commited.

[greebo]

@OrbWeaver: I wonder if we should release the 0.9.4 version soon? People keep running into my stupid bug and I'm reluctant to tell them to revert.

[Komag]

Yes, I would say so.

 

I really don't like the idea of not using the most recent version, something about it just crawls up my spine and says NOOOOOOOOO!

[OrbWeaver]

Well I'm certainly not in the middle of anything, so a release should be no problem.

[SneaksieDave]

Any further update on 0.94? I'm not rushin' ya, just making sure I'm not missing it. There are a few new features (the sorts) that I want to give a whirl.

[OrbWeaver]

Hopefully I should get it out tomorrow since I have the day off work. The reason it takes so long is because I have to reboot into Windows and compile etc, which is such a time-consuming and painful experience that I don't have the energy for it during the evenings.

[greebo]

If I can assist you in setting up anything in Windows, just say the word. I haven't got any experience with setting up installers though.

[OrbWeaver]

The installer is pretty easy actually, you just need to install InnoSetup and then double-click on the .iss file in the tools directory (which I need to update in SVN since the repository version is several releases out of date). The InnoSetup GUI provides a text editor to edit the settings and a simple Compile button which creates the installer.

 

I also run strip on the binaries before packaging to keep the size down (I guess this should really be in the SConscript) and remove the DEF files which somehow I cannot prevent from being created.

[greebo]

Does the innosetup settings file include the GTK DLLs automatically in the package or do I have to assemble them manually?

[Tels]

The installer is pretty easy actually, you just need to install InnoSetup and then double-click on the .iss file in the tools directory (which I need to update in SVN since the repository version is several releases out of date). The InnoSetup GUI provides a text editor to edit the settings and a simple Compile button which creates the installer.

 

I also run strip on the binaries before packaging to keep the size down (I guess this should really be in the SConscript) and remove the DEF files which somehow I cannot prevent from being created.

 

Don't forget UPX (and run it with the --lzma option):

 

http://upx.sourceforge.net/