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

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.

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

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.