Release/5.10.0-rc1

Pre-Release 5.10.0-rc1

This is a release candidate for 5.10.0.

Changes and Enhancements

• Added new modules.json and ships.json files to improve security and readability
• Added a core Spansh URL provider plugin
• Added a new auth response page for successful FDEV authentication
• Added a new Open Log Folder option to the Help menu
• Added a new --start_min command flag to force the application to start minimized
• Added a new pop-up if plugins fail to load or are not supported
• Added a new pop-up to warn about plugins which are detected, but not loading properly
• Added a new section in the Settings menu for plugins which are detected, but not loading properly.
• Added a check to ensure that FDEV ID Files are present on application startup
• Added a check for required submodule files on application build
• Added a check for the Coriolis submodule files before building updated Coriolis files.
• Updated a number of translation files
• Updated commodities and module files to the latest versions
• Updated core EDMC and core Plugin menus to a standardized layout
• Updates the Inara URL formats to the new endpoints
• Migrated WinSparkle Registry setting duties to the Installer

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where indentation of text strings in certain settings windows under various languages would be unevenly indented
• Fixed an issue where the Plugins Folder label in the Plugins settings window would cut off the selection box for the plugin storage location
• Fixed a rare bug which could occur if a webbrowser did not parse spaces in URLs correctly.

Code Clean Up

• Added future annotation imports to help with code compatibility
• Added a few conditional checks on input processing
• Simplified some RegEx expressions, complex functions, logic flows, and Import statements
• Simplified the WinSparkle GitHub Build Action
• Began to change single-character variables to more descriptive names
• Moved a number of global variables into their requisite classes
• Updated a number of dependencies to the latest versions
• Updated GitHub Actions to the latest versions
• Updated a number of resource-allocating functions to use more efficient closing logic
• Updated some calls to arrays to be more efficient
• Removed a number of old-style typing hints in favor of PEP 585 style hints
• Removed a number of redundant if - return - else or raise - else statements for code readability
• Removed some default parameter assignments
• Removed some obsolete calls to Object

Plugin Developers

• modules.p and ships.p have been deprecated, and will be removed in 6.0. If you are using these files, please update to use the new modules.json and ships.json files instead.
• A new method of standardizing the paddings used in settings panels has been applied to the core settings panels. We strongly encourage you to follow these style hints! A proper guide will be added to the wiki.

Release/5.10.0-beta1

Pre-Release 5.10.0-beta1

This public beta is designed to allow for volunteer testing of coming updates and allow plugin developers to prepare for upcoming code changes. BUGS ARE EXPECTED in this build, as under-the-hood inline code changes have been made in this update which may have unintended consequences.

Auto-Update is not available for this beta program. To test the beta, you must install the new version manually. Feedback and comments would be greatly appreciated if you want to test!

Changes and Enhancements

• Added new modules.json and ships.json files to improve security and readability
• Added a core Spanch URL provider plugin
• Added a new auth response page for successful FDEV authentication
• Added a new Open Log Folder option to the Help menu
• Added a new --start_min command flag to force the application to start minimized
• Added a new pop-up if plugins fail to load or are not supported
• Updated commodities and module files to the latest versions
• Updated core EDMC and core Plugin menus to a standardized layout
• Updates the Inara URL formats to the new endpoints

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where indentation of text strings in certain settings windows under various languages would be unevenly indented
• Fixed an issue where the Plugins Folder label in the Plugins settings window would cut off the selection box for the plugin storage location

Code Clean Up

• Added future annotation imports to help with code compatibility
• Added a few conditional checks on input processing
• Simplified some RegEx expressions, complex functions, logic flows, and Import statements
• Simplified the WinSparkle GitHub Build Action
• Began to change single-character variables to more descriptive names
• Moved a number of global variables into their requisite classes
• Updated a number of dependencies to the latest versions
• Updated GitHub Actions to the latest versions
• Updated a number of resource-allocating functions to use more efficient closing logic
• Updated some calls to arrays to be more efficient
• Removed a number of old-style typing hints in favor of PEP 585 style hints
• Removed a number of redundant if - return - else or raise - else statements for code readability
• Removed some default parameter assignments
• Removed some obsolete calls to Object

Plugin Developers

• modules.p and ships.p have been deprecated, and will be removed in 6.0. If you are using these files, please update to use the new modules.json and ships.json files instead.
• A new method of standardizing the paddings used in settings panels has been applied to the core settings panels. We strongly encourage you to follow these style hints! A proper guide will be added to the wiki.

Release/5.9.5

Release 5.9.5

This release fixes an uncommon problem with the uninstaller logic if upgrading from a version prior to 5.9.0 to improve consistency across versions.

Note to plugin developers: modules.p and ships.p will be deprecated in the next version, and slated for removal in the next major release! Please look for that change coming soon.

• Updates Module pickle files to the latest values.
• Fixes a problem with the uninstaller logic caused by prior versions having fluctuating GUIDs.

Release/5.9.4

Release 5.9.4

This release fixes a widely-reported bug that resulted in the cAPI Authentication flow being disrupted for a subset of users. Thank you to all the CMDRs who reported this to us and provided logs to us so that we could get the issue isolated.

• Fixes a missing registry issue that could cause the EDMC:// protocol to fail. (#2061, #2059, #2058, #2057)
• Renames the default start menu shortcut to be more clear. (#2062)

Known Issues

• The popup on the EDMC Authentication Box is not translated yet. Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
• The cAPI is giving an Error: 500 on the /shipyard endpoint on carriers. We think this is an FDEV issue.

Release/5.9.3

Release 5.9.3

This release is identical to 5.9.2, except reverts a bad change.

• REVERTS Deprecated load_module() is now retired (#1462)

Release/5.9.2

Release 5.9.2

This release fixes a critical issue on clean installs which would not update the Windows registry to allow for protocol handling.
All users are strongly encouraged to update.

• Fixes a critical bug with the installer on new installs not creating registry keys (#2046)
• Re-enables automatic submodule updates (#1443)
• Help -> About Version String can now be copied to clipboard (#1936)
• EDMC Task Manager Printout now is less useless (#2045)
• Deprecated load_module() is now retired (#1462)
• API Keys are masked in Settings (#2047)
• Installer will now refuse to install on Win7 and Earlier (#1122)

Release/5.9.1

Release 5.9.1

This release updates the build system in use for EDMC to a more feature-rich installer, as well
as updating the commodity information to be up-to-date for Update 16.

NOTE: This version hands over the installer to an EXE file for Windows instead of an MSI.
This does not change any functionality or plugin capability of EDMC. You may need to
manually close EDMC during the update process if updating from version 5.9.0 or earlier.

• Removed the old WiX Build System
• Handed over the Build system to Inno Setup
• Broke apart the Build and Installer scripts for ease of development
• Updated FDevIDs to latest version
• Updated coriolis-data to latest version
• Updated some internal documentation.

Release/5.9.0

Release 5.9.0

This release contains the removal of the EDDB module, as well as a few under-the-hood
updates.

What's Changed

• Removes the EDDB plugin due to EDDB shutting down.
• Unsets EDDB as the default handler for certain URL preferences.
• Updates the FDevIDs to latest versions.
• Removes EDDB references from help string documentation.
• Updated a number of dependencies to their latest working versions

Release/5.9.0-rc1

Pre-Release 5.9.0-rc1

This release contains the removal of the EDDB module, as well as a few under-the-hood
updates.

• Removes the EDDB plugin due to EDDB shutting down.
• Unsets EDDB as the default handler for certain URL preferences.
• Updates the FDevIDs to latest versions.
• Removes EDDB references from help string documentations.
• Updated a number of dependencies to their latest working versions

Release/5.8.1

Release 5.8.1

This fixes a bug where the Cmdr/APIKey sections on Settings > EDSM would never be shown.