Version 5.0.0-alpha3, an experimental pre-release.
The key word is experimental!
It might be unwise to "upgrade" your main/real gramps
family tree into 5.0.0-alpha3. In general, we recommend
you make a copy of your family tree instead (typically by
doing a "gramps XML" export), then try 5.0.0-alpha3 on
the copy. (You can keep things really separate by using
the GRAMPSHOME environmental variable, if you want.)
It's been over a year since 5.0.0-alpha1 was released
so we are interested in your feedback, especially if you
discover any bugs or problems which we haven't noticed.
https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_the_bug_tracker
Please file a bug report (selecting the "5.0.0-alpha3"
version) if you find one. We want testers for alpha3,
but only if you are sophisticated and resilient enough
to know how to keep it away from your real data.
Make a backup on your old gramps first, just in case.
https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_backup
Changes since '5.0.0-alpha2':
- Fix Undo -- crashes due to race in Gtk
- Fix for deleted objects referenced in Note StyledText Links
- Strange index and surnames count in narrative web
- Missing references in narrative web
- Timestamp set to zero makes gramps crash on Windows in narrative web
- Avoid loop in narrativeweb with citation, source, and media.
- Use the default database backend for database conversion
- Remove version from the database type column in FTM
- Correct issue with exception on database change in gramplets
- Add empty role to person and family backref lists in narrative web
- Refactor narrative web report
- Fix InMemory db close error
- Eliminate unparsable "day month year" dates in Swedish
- Check for installed DB backend on DB selector
- Fix crash when import complex .gramps 5.0 current branch backup file
- Fix no-day numeric date display in y-m-d locales
- Flag three small-dialog "close" buttons to be translated
- Prevent DBAPI from nesting transactions for metadata
- Tidy database summary information
- Reorganise DBAPI plugins (add SQLite, PostgreSQL; remove DBAPI, InMemoryDb)
- Remove DBAPI settings.py file
- Date Editor has 'Type' and 'Quality' labels swapped
- Allow multiple collations per DB connection
- Fix HandleErrors with Family Merge and issues on close/open in gramplets
- Augment internal schema (title properties, source attribute lists, etc.)
- Guarantee order on DB emits
- Undo of delete person on DBAPI fails
- Fix creating new PostgreSQL database
- Use all parameters in settings.ini for PostgreSQL
- Ignore 32-bit vs. 64-bit when reporting Windows errors, and 'Distribution'
- Fix verify tool to close and save configs properly
- Open web links with /usr/bin/open on Mac and Python older than 3.5
- Flag for translation some more colons for French
- Path to Narrated Web alternate image is wrong
- Narrative web: crash using OSM when bad lat/lon
- Fix FamilyGroup crash by Python's sort routine on ICU bytearrays
- ReorderIds tool crashes with 'bytes' error on BSDDB
- Add 24x24 PNG -- not having it makes for an ugly charts toolbar in HiDPI
- 'DisplayState' object has no attribute 'set_autobackup_timer'
- Fix unnecessarily long relative paths generated on Windows
- The get_name_group_mapping method should return a string
- Fix names not displayed in relationship graph
- Citations Gramplet doesn't update in many cases
- Fix HasCitation rule in citation filter sidebar
- Outdated bugtracker link in Unexpected Error reporting wizard
- Family Lines report generates empty PDFs when name has double-quotes
- Non-local character in DB name causes crash on Windows
- Fix dead people shown as alive in narrative web
- Fix GEDCOM import with OBJE/FORM URL on event
- Fix drag in media reference editor so it creates/updates selection
- Fix spin button updates in media reference editor
- Media preview size changes
- Fix more dialogs which are mapped without a transient parent
- Undo of delete doesn't update views
- Fix error on 'cancel' for DB upgrade
- Top Surnames Gramplet doesn't update when DB is closed
- Fix DBAPI PostgreSQL crash
- Try to link a map position if we have an active place
- Remove recursion in ancestor filters
- Fix more HandleError crashes, in views and gramplets
- Fix relationship calculator failure
- Update translations: ca, cs, da, de, eo, fr, fi, hu, is, lt, nl, pt_BR, ru, sl, uk