gramps-project/gramps v6.0.0-beta1

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Version 6.0.0-beta1, an experimental pre-release.

Make sure to backup before you upgrade.

The key word is experimental!

It might be unwise to "upgrade" your main/real Gramps family tree into 6.0.0-beta1. In general, we recommend you make a copy of your family tree instead (typically by doing a "gramps XML" export), then try 6.0.0-beta1 on the copy. (You can keep things really separate by using the GRAMPSHOME environmental variable, if you want.)

We are interested in your feedback, especially if you discover any bugs or problems which we haven't noticed.

2025-02-04
Version 6.0.0-beta1

• Update translations: ar, bg, br, ca, cs, da, de, de_AT, el, en_GB, eo, es, fa, fi, fr, ga, gl, he, hr, hu, id, is, it, ja, ko, lt, mk, nb, nl, nn, pl, pt_BR, pt_PT, ro, ru, sk, sl, sq, sr, sv, ta, tr, uk, vi, zh_CN, zh_HK, zh_TW.
• Update development status classifier.
• Update translation template for new release.
• Fix xgettext format string.
• Add missing files to POTFILES.in.
• Fix accessing an attribute in a DataDict.
• Add missing future import for annotations.
• Add type hints to modified functions.
• Optimise get_object_from_gramps_id methods in filter proxy.
• Refactor, fix, and optimize filters/rules.
• Add GrampsID type hints to DbGeneric.
• Define types for Gramps IDs.
• Add licence and copyright.
• Make the orjson package mandatory.
• Use orjson with a hand-coded encoder/decoder. Assumes orjson is installed.
• Disable pylintrc no-else-return check.
• Allow web-accessible file references in media objects.
• Add type hints to the generic database handler.
• Update Info.plist for Gramps 6.0. The important change is that macOS 11.0 is now the minimum required for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
• Add heatmap to the narrative web report.
• Memorise report options for each database. Fixes #2455
• Add help_url to built-in tools.
• Add help button to plugin selection dialogs. Issue #13467.
• Enhance display_help utility function:
  • Allow the webpage to include a section separated by a hash (#) character.
  • Allow a webpage starting with http:// or https:// to specify a full url.
  • Add unit tests. Fixes #13562.
• Update minimum python version.
• Add type hints to latitude and logitude related methods and functions.
• Use attributes rather than dictionary lookup in the model classes.
• Crash with empty ADDR in narrative web. Fixes #13479.
• New indexes for big databases in the narrative web report.
• Correct the tab name for setting the date format in a Tip of the Day.
• Remove unnecessary translations.
• Fixes to probably alive code following reviewer comments.
• Fix safe mode on Windows Safe mode.
• Make cleanup optional after an AIO build.
• Add type information to base selector.
• Use search bar filters instead of fast filter classes.
• Search bar filter has precedence.
• Add the standard search bar to the SelectPerson dialog.
• Add a preference option for the selection of the toolbar style.
• Use ngettext when displaying the max probably alive age in years.
• Rephrase the citation references option in the narrative web report.
• The example filename in the welcome gramplet should not be translated.
• The space used as an empty column heading does not need translation.
• Add a translation context to a couple of name origin types.
• Use ngettext in probably alive function.
• Remove unreachable else statement in probably alive code.
• Fix "alt_names" typo in the place model.
• Add new place to example database.
• Fix date modifiers for is.
• Fix de_AT translation.
• Change http:// to https:// in Tip of the Day file.
• Strongly recommend orjson in the README.
• Add orjson version strings.
• Add orjson dependency to Windows AIO.
• Add orjson dependency to Mac bundle.
• Use orjson, if available.
• Fix exact search filters in selector dialogs.
• Allow importing and exporting nicknames to CSV.
• Replace assert statements with TestCase methods in unit tests.
• Fix python format string related xgettext warnings.
• Fix narrative web when a person excluded by a proxy is referenced.
• Recognize event reference citations in editor event tabs.
• Display the source icon in the event tab of an editor if the event has either an event citation or event reference citation. Fixes #13401.
• Fix AttributeError in editor surname tab. Fixes #13322.
• Allow multiple selection in the gallery tab in editors.
• Allow multiple selection in the media selector dialog.
• Add optional support for multiple selction in selector dialogs.
• Merge the two different MultiTreeView classes.
• dd path column to the media selector dialog.
• Remove serialize from changenames.
• Create DataDict from object; Get object with from_dict():
  • Allow construction of a DataDict from an instance.
  • Clean up DataDict a bit
  • Return object instance from_dict() if it exists.
• Improve language and hamburger menus in narrative web report.
• Improve the backlinks (References) gramplets:
  • Enhance ListModel to handle middle mouse clicks.
  • Allow an object to be made active from within the backlinks gramplet.
  • Add a context menu to make "Edit" and "Make Active" more discoverable.
  • Allow objects in the backlinks gramplets to be dragged to the clipboard.
  • Display the Date column for all objects which are an instance of DateBase.
• Fix exception during Redo operation.
• Set initial focus in EditPlaceRef dialog.
• Add edit capability to the set of Notes gramplets.
• Update the gramplet display when a note is updated, added or deleted.
• Use Ubuntu 22.04 for CI.
• Add gender symbol option to the detailed descendant report.
• Add gender symbol option to the detailed ancestral report.
• Add gender symbol option to the descendant report.
• Add an option to insert a gender symbol before the person's name.
• Enable mypy static type checking.
• Remove trailing whitespace check. This is now performed by black.
• Fix the spelling of "because" in comments.
• Refactor GrampsType set method to use functools.singledispatchmethod.
• Convert images in tree reports to thumbnails for embedding.
• Improve the ProbablyAlive code. Implements #13443.
• Update bundle for gspell, new enchant.
• Convert 'Tip of the Day' window to Gtk.Template.
• Add PyPI upload workflow.
• Change variable name to 'data' for consistency across the code base.
• Fix error in Fast*Filter.
• Update GrampsType to work with dict objects.
• Replace deprecated 'warn' method with 'warning'.
• Replace deprecated makeSuite with TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase.
• Skip TestImports if en_US locale is not available on build host. Fixes #13079.
• Fix unittest for local timezones.
• Update Debian build to include Ubuntu 24.04.
• Add new HasEvent and HasSource rules.
• Translate the filter comment string.
• Use css error class rather then hardcoding the colour "red".
• Enhanced version of the Filter gramplet.
• Add new 'having note of type' rule.
• Change layout of places and dates in familylines plugin. Adds symbols and changes format of birth and death events. Implements #7788, #10699.
• Show other roles for an event in the narrative web report.
• Harmonize Date Format label capitalization.
• Add link to Sphinx footer add hotlink to footer for potential contributors.
• Add missing tooltips in the Addon Manager Implements #13358.
• Add Gramps ID option to Kinship Report.
• Allow Gramps to run from an extracted source distribution.
• Use standard decorator form of defining properties.
• Replace deprecated Gdk.Color by Gdk.RGBA.
• Fix deprecation on ElementTree truth testing.
• Stop displaying Python-sqlite3 version.
• implify multiple calls to str.startswith / str.endswith.
• Remove redundant definition of _has_webpage_extension.
• Use contextlib to redirect stdout/stderr.
• Remove deprecated use-action-appearance property.
• Remove stock items from Glade files.
• Fix xalign deprecations in Glade files.
• Fix margin-* deprecations in Glade files.
• Added 11k serialize tests.
• Added a dict wrapper that acts like an object.
• Switch from pickled blobs to JSON data.
• Store empty date objects instead of null in the JSON schema.
• Refactor JSON serialization.
• Make BaseObject the parent class for Date, StyledText and StyledTextTag.
• Add PyPI upload workflow.
• Some filter rule type related cleanups.
• Add new role types present in the Gedcom 7.0 specification.
• Replace deprecated Gtk[HV]Box with GtkBox.
• Add support for ISO 639-3 part 3 standard language code. Fixes #12772.
• Change the output of ADDR tags in the Gedcom export.
• Use preferred name instead of default name in name editor. Fixes #13256.
• Prevent forwards/backwards when history is locked.
• Add forwards and backwards navigation using mouse buttons.
• Pylint cleanups for gen/db/*.py.
• Some pylint cleanups for gramps/gen/plug/*.py.
• Pylint cleanups for plugins/db/dbapi/*.py.
• Pylint cleanups for gen/lib/*.py:
  • Reformat to default 88 columns and factor out EventBase.
  • Use of _ is cleaner for unreferenced vars.
• Allow 0 ancestors/descendants in hourglass graph.
• Sort AIO prerequisites + remove unneeded.
• Simplify some Cairo drawing.
• Remove unused Subversion keyword substitutions.
• Replace GtkMenu with GioMenu in DropdownSidebar.
• Convert navigator from a Notebook to a Stack.
• Convert navigator menu into a combo box.
• Fix typo in Navigator action/section id.
• Remove unused code from Navigator.
• Replace GtkMenu with GioMenu in Gramplets bar.
• Replace GtkArrow with GtkImage and symbolic icons.
• Update format of Glade files.
  • Glade files regenerated using 3.40.0.
  • Required Gtk version set to 3.24.
• Restrict CI workflow to run on a single branch.
• Update GitHub actions to latest versions.

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