Chandler Desktop 0.7.2 Release Notes

Major improvements

• Dashboard: Following up on users logged bugs and remarks, we improved the Dashboard display of the Who column and made it work more in sync with the other columns. We also changed how the triage status cycles. This fixes bugs:
  • Bug #10924 Chandler leaves the Who column blank when the user stamps an item but doesn't address it
  • Bug #10925 Chandler displays 'to' if a message is neither fromMe nor toMe
  • Bug #10926 The order of Triage Status has been changed to NOW, LATER, DONE
  • Bug #10927 The 'Edited/Updated by' in the Who column is displayed only for unread messages
• Support for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon: We're now using wxPython 2.8.6.0 which fixes crashes reported by several users of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. This fixes Bug #10906.
• New version of PyLucene: Chandler's PyLucene is not using gcj anymore, but rather our own home brew jcc. See the PyLucene page for more info. This fixes Bug #10803 java error syncing among others.
• Auto fill for common email providers: Account settings now fill automatically for the most common email providers. Just type your email address and if the provider is recognized, most of the settings will be filled out automatically.
• Chandler-on-a-stick, a.k.a. "Portable Chandler": Though not built automatically and available for download, it is now possible to build a relocatable distribution of Chandler that can be stored on, and run from a removable device such as a USB memory stick or an iPod. See Bug #10778 Make a Portable App version of Chandler for details.
• Getting ready for l10n (localization): Chandler Desktop 0.7.2 is not completely ready for localizers yet (still a handful of bugs to fix; this will happen in 0.7.3) but we solved a significant set of issues that will make the localization process much easier:
  • Bug #3740 : Tests are now run on a Tinderbox using a non-ascii locale / charset for path
  • Bug #5658 Localized UI meta data stored in the Repository needs to be refreshable without altering User Data : There's now a new language picker in the File menu making it easier to change language and test localization without having to throw the whole repository or use magic command line options
  • Bug #10132 Triage NOW, LATER, DONE images un-localizable : now those bitmaps are computed within Chandler using provided localized text. No more bitmaps to localize!
  • Bug #10136 Improving Chandler gettext tools
  • Bug #10139 Add context comments to Chandler Code. Extra L10N comments that display in po editors (like poedit) have been incorporated in the code to give context to localizers.
  • Bug #10140 Clean up the Python code to produce a more useable Chandler.pot : Chandler 0.7.2 does not use the English language translation file to correct inconsistency in the Python code so localization files can now be tested.
  • Bug #10957 Send button clips off screen when button label verbiage expanded
  • Bug #11061 Incorrect detection of country code on Mac OS X
  • Bug #11066 Can't create events with international date formats
  • Bug #11073 The Application.restart method needs to shutdown all Chandler services
  • Bug #11106 Splash Screen needs to handle text expansion
  • Bug #11107 File Menu Item New ->New revisisted
  • Bug #11117 Rework the conflict resolution strings to be clearer to localizers
  • Bug #11135 Improve i18n of recurrence strings in emails
  • Bug #11162 Fix some missing mnemonics

Known Issues in this Release

• gmail SMTP settings: There's a known issue with the new auto fill feature for gmail SMTP (uses TLS instead of SSL). Clicking on the "Auto-Configure" button fixes it. See Bug #11035 for details. Fixed in 0.7.3
• gmail POP accounts: Mail-only updates don't seem to work with gmail accounts : This is actually a problem on the gmail side. To fix this: in gmail go to settings POP Download and select "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)". Then select Save Changes and try updating. See Bug #11288 for details.

• Bug #10886 Can't select all in table when sorted by triage status
• Bug #11010 Display name changes to collections don't sync Fixed in 0.7.3
• Bug #11181 webbrowser.open is unreliable
• Bug #11238 Reminder popup and purge dialog compete and prevent use of Chandler (will be fixed in 0.7.4)
• Bug #11239 Using delete via context menu can delete the wrong user item - no indication to user (will be fixed in 0.7.4)

Additional Bug Fixes

• Bug #5112 Subscribing to calendar URLS : you can now subscribe to iCalendar URLs provided by BaseCamp and other services.
• Bug #6539 Cannot set network proxy : this fix will help you use Chandler behind a Firewall
• Bug #7122 openssl binaries again included on Linux
• Bug #8378 Fixed incorrect event date in the event details of the invite
• Bug #8874 Tweaked Chandler email body text
• Bug #10150 Warn users that IMAP folders make take a long time to show up in email client
• Bug #10310 Fixed Chandler hanging if sharing needs pop up certificate dialogs
• Bug #10368 Date column isn't squished at start-up
• Bug #10580 Improve verbiage around Sharing URLs. The menu item "Copy URLs to Clipboard" under the "Share" menu has been renamed "Invite..." and now displays a dialog.
• Bug #10715 Attempt to synchronize doesn't cause warning status on collection anymore
• Bug #10730 Fixed situation where item shown pending changes even when there were no local changes
• Bug #10742 Improved reload dialog options on startup
• Bug #10769 select all + delete of recurring events avoid the "never-dismissing recurrence dialog" issue
• Bug #10777 Delete first occurrence after modifications now works
• Bug #10799 Need a mechanism to ignore certain EIM fields when determining which items move to NOW or get marked unread : this fix reduces the amount of items popping to NOW (false positives).
• Bug #10811 Fix for partial sync of events
• Bug #10818 F5 shortcut now consistently triage items
• Bug #10858 Implement Phil's quick entry patch : this will allow plugins to extend the Quick Entry commands
• Bug #10891 Fixed SSL error situations that caused crash or hang
• Bug #10893 The Use Time Zones dialog displayed on ics import has a default button
• Bug #10895 Chandler now sends display name + email address in ModifiedByRecord
• Bug #10903 We now include the .deb download link on the linux download page
• Bug #10958 Evolution Interop: Date w/o Time and no TZ causes traceback
• Bug #10973 Fixed "stale Item has no attribute 'dismissItem'" issue
• Bug #10977 Nesting transactions during a commit( ) raises an error
• Bug #10979 Fixed "Chandler fails to start - DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found"
• Bug #10982 Now you can import Evolution VALARMs into Chandler
• Bug #10987 Deleted shared events won't be coming back
• Bug #10992 Question mark character added to end of text entered in quick entry field automatically cleaned up
• Bug #11005 Deleting a recurring event won't cause a stack trace
• Bug #11048 Fixed PYTHONHOME issues on Windows XP so that it launches if user already had PYTHONHOME set
• Bug #11089 SSL error/warnings dialogs always states the host against which we had the error
• Bug #11096 Fixed traceback on exporting
• Bug #11103 Some Minical drag and drop improvements
• Bug #11149 Added Help > Getting Started menu entry
• Bug #11178 Fixed hang when trying to quit while chandler is restoring shares
• Bug #11232 Fixed KeyError on deleting collections in the sidebar

0.7.2.1 for Mac PPC

A problem in the "Reload Collection and Settings" limited to Mac PPC prompted us to release a 0.7.2.1 bug fix for that platform. If you are using 0.7.2 for Mac PPC and had problems migrating your Chandler data from a previous version, please download 0.7.2.1.

For more details, see Bug #11305.