Past Releases

1.4.2 (stable)

Target release date: November 2008
Actual release date: December 20th 2008

^ Description ^ SF bug ^ GIT Commit (to cherrypick) ^ Developer(s) ^ Status ^

Bump libgeda.so micro / minor version n/a n/a Ales Done
Backport fix for gattrib crash with graphical attribute 2214739 9bb639685d3d413d245ebf8f58cd55b6734bec2e 0b194eee257f5818cc0ad9b035f9b81134a87745 Peter B Done
Backport fix for crash / ghost connections copying embedded symbols 2321269 1692626 0a823197e4d511cc5fdfb38013808847781dd2f5 Peter B Done
Backport fix for recomputing bounds of copied embedded symbol 1977704 3db78903fb7bd41a0f2d8b4022c2afa18055a54a Peter B Done
Backport security fix insecure /tmp usage in sch2eaglepos.sh n/a 5bf126369c5f5a60f5ae039170c33ff4c767a4ee Peter B Done

1.4.3 (stable)

Target release date: January 2009
Actual release date: December 31st 2008

Description SF bug GIT Commit (to cherrypick) Developer(s) Status
Backport “Enable promotion of attributes when adding a component from guile.” 1932474 f154fcb921e75e7940e0b4dbd9ad5bab6a61e704 Peter C Done
Backport crash fix for rubberbanded nets 2017356 fe8640898cb843b72e1c3cc01ee52c33db736ccf c69785fe267e2cdc70e2748dfab7268fbdcc3e7e Peter C Done Done
Backport crash fix for coincident pins 1912859 3d8b3efb5a4ce8672133658ccdbe5c57d341f0fc CAUTION: In 1.4.x, complex_parent is only set on HEAD of prim_objs list Peter C Done
Backport crash fix invalid attributes 2061325 b14f3bf215963529b89f650ff3bd6f0b0c90450f CAUTION: MOFIDY FOR OLD o_attrib_get_name_value() Peter C Done
Backport “Validate calls to scm_c_eval_string(). [2105219]” 2105219 2a4fdb13021d0153e788fe3b2fc005f273dcdf4b 16102ef095c959b5c1febb9b9259dda23c739258 Peter B Done
Backport “Fix the “systemc” gnetlist backend” n/a bfd49ad477a49235c3e5ee1eda54e5009f6e347a d13aadcbac4af912e0555b3696b59fc904c6cd9f Peter C Done
Fix invalidation of text origin and “I” markers n/a n/a Peter C Done
Backport redraw empty preview on configure events 2159047 87a19a19e52a37f8ad14ae0c4c68f3292b0c3285 Peter C Done
Backport “gschlas: Fix segfault opening file” n/a 46fdb00b19d300dfcc5f9009f9c7dbbf0940834f Peter C Done

1.5.1 (unstable)

Target release date: November 2008
Actual release date: December 21st 2008

Description SF bug Developer(s) Status
Selection of filled objects 2094571 Ed Hennessy, Peter C Mostly fixed Fixed
Selection mechanism tweaks n/a Ed Hennessy Fixed
Finalize polygon file format n/a Peter C Fixed
Update file format docs n/a Peter C Fixed
Bump file format version n/a Peter C Fixed
Check on BOM2 performance n/a Peter B Fixed
gschem: Segmentation fault (another one) 2105219 Peter B Fixed
CRASH: Crash in multiattrib editor with unusal attribute 2061325 Peter C Fixed crash Fixed trigger
gschem segfaults when stretching net segments 2017356 Peter C Partly fixed Fixed
Crash removing symbol with coincident pins 1912859 Peter C Fixed
Fix breakage with Patrick's re-written f_normalize_filename on mingw32 n/a Peter C Fixed
Fix the “systemc” gnetlist backend n/a Peter C Mostly fixed Fixed Fixed test-suite
Re-add “spice” backend to common tests in gnetlist n/a Peter C Fixed
Add LiquidPCB backend to common tests in gnetlist n/a Peter C Fixed
Verify gnetlist test-suite passes n/a Peter C Fixed
Renderer improvements (invalidate / expose model) n/a Peter C Merged

1.5.2 (unstable)

Target release date: December 2008 / January 2009
Actual release date: March 28th, 2009

Description SF bug Developer(s) Status
Simplified color maps n/a Peter B Done
Renderer improvements (cairo for static drawing) n/a Peter C Done
Renderer improvements (cairo for rubberband drawing) n/a Peter C Done place Done rubber and stretch
Renderer improvements (pango text on screen) Peter C 80-90% finished; moved to 1.5.3
Renderer improvements (get text bounds from gschem, not libgeda) Peter B, Peter C Support But not used yet!
Embedding pin label colors 2157598 Peter C Fixed
Selection from inside closed paths n/a Ed Hennessy, Peter C Fixed
Refactored object hatching (leading to hatched polygons) n/a Ed Hennessy, Peter C Fixed paths Fixed circles Fixed boxes
gschem: redraw overlapping objects 1444319 Peter C Fixed
gschem: Add undo point when editing fill and line styles 2344933 2344920 Peter B Fixed
Fix redraw of incidentally selected objects when rubberbanding 2482746 Peter C Fixed
Fix hit-detection of mirrored arcs (negative sweep) n/a Peter C Fixed
Fix rubberbanding of mirrored arcs (negative sweep) n/a Peter C Fixed
Fix mistakenly changed sizes of circular joint cues n/a Peter C Fixed
Ensure gnetlist doesn't netlist buses / bus pins n/a Peter C Fixed
Clipboard support for copy / paste of schematic data between gEDA applications Peter B Done

1.5.3/1.5.4 (unstable)

Target release date: August 2009
Actual release date: August 29th 2009 and August 30th 2009
1.5.3 was withdrawn from distribution after some release critical bugs were discovered.

Description SF bug Developer(s) Status
Renderer improvements (pango text on screen) Peter C Done
Embeded symbol contents different depending on how embedded 2460301 Peter B Fixed ( 1 2)
gattrib: Fix file→load to do something useful n/a Cancelled
gschem: Preselect current setting when editing fill and line styles 2344964 2344956 Werner Fixed
Dangerous button focus in “Save changes” dialog at quit 2058707 Peter C Fixed gschem Fixed gattrib
Fix zooming with (warp-cursor “disabled”) 2001299 2212748 Werner Fixed
Fix drawing artifact sometimes left after cancelling net mode 2449060 Peter C Fixed (in invalidate/expose code)
Deselecting component doesn't deselect hidden attrib 2430369 Peter C Fixed
Fix gnetlist ordering / test-suite against recent GLib 2455061 Peter C Fixed
Unified build system 1758673 Peter B Done
Get rid of all obsolete auto* macros n/a Peter B Done

1.6.0 (stable)

Target release date: September 2009 (soon after 1.5.4 is complete)
Actual release date: October 4th, 2009

Description SF bug Developer(s) Status
Fix gattrib build with recent GTK+ 2832985 Peter C Fixed
Update documentation from wiki Ales Done
Portability patches for mingw32 landed in some form or other. Cesar S, Peter C Done
Cure all: “warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments” compiling with recent GCC versions Fixed
gattrib: Remove all deliberately-non-functioning menu options / buttons n/a Peter C Fixed menu items Fixed Nets sheet Fixed Pins sheet
Fix symbols using explicit lines for overbars n/a Bert T, Werner Done
utils: Teach gsch2pcb to detect and avoid the common “footprint saved as PCB file” mistake n/a Peter B Done
gschem: Fix broken net consolidation for certain scenarios n/a Peter C Fixed (hack)