Pre-Release 5.12.0-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.

Changes and Enhancements

• Added the ability to export a ship's loadout to Inara SLEF notation
• Added the ability for EDMC to restart itself if required after settings changes
• Added the ability to change the custom plugins directory to allow for multiple plugin profiles
• Added Basic Type 8 Support
• Updated the default logging directory from $TEMPDIR or %TEMP% and to the current app data directory
• Updated a number of direct win32API calls to use proper prototyped library calls
• Updated a number of translations
• Updated a number of dependencies
• Updated included and bundled licenses to comply with dependency requirements
• Updated the game_running check to be more efficient on Windows to reduce program hangs
• Minor logic enhancements
• Retired most usages of os.path in favor of the preferred PathLib

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that would result in Horizons and Odyssey flags not being passed to EDDN

Plugin Developers

• nb.Entry is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to nb.EntryMenu
• nb.ColoredButton is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to tk.Button
• Calling internal translations with _() is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to importing translations and calling translations.translate or translations.tl directly
• Translations as the translate system singleton is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to the translations singleton
• help_open_log_folder() is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to open_folder()
• update_feed is deprecated, and is slated for removal in 6.0 or later. Please migrate to get_update_feed().