0.9.0 Released with sync support!

Siilihai 0.9.0 has been released to Ubuntu repository and github. This release fixes several bugs, probably adds some new ones, and enables synchronization of message read status.

What does syncing mean?


Syncing is only useful if you use Siilihai on multiple computers. Siilihai uploads list of messages which have read to server when you quit it. When you start Siilihai on another computer, it downloads the list and applies it to the current state. This way your readers stay in sync always.

Release notes:

- There have been a lot of invisible changes in this release. There may be some crasher bugs still left.

- Syncing can be enabled or disabled in the settings.

- Sometimes for example the order of synced messages may be wrong. Switch to another group and then back to update the list properly.

- Your message database will be reset after the upgrade.

- Groups and Messages that your client doesn't know about are displayed as "?"'s. Click "Reload" and they should change to the real names. This will be automated later.

Please test this and report any bugs you find!

0.8.2 released, most stable reader ever

I just pushed 0.8.2 to git and Ubuntu ppa repositories. It now has all known crasher bugs fixed. If you find one, please report it to siilihai (a) siilihai.com or to the mailing list.

Next I'll probably begin work on syncing. I'd like to get it working asap as i need it myself to make Siilihai useful. I have 2 PC's home, 2 at work and i want the read status to be synced between all of them.

But for now, enjoy the most stable and functional reader ever released.

0.8.1 released

Siilihai version 0.8.1 has been uploaded to repository. It fixes a number of crasher bugs and seems to be more or less usable. It's still far from perfect, but please give it a try. Let me know if you spot any bugs.

Known issues in 0.8.1:
- Unsubscribing from forum may cause crash
- Parser maker gets confused sometimes. Click on "Download" if you think it's not working properly.

These are being investigated and a new release will be made as soon as they have been fixed.

New release, Ubuntu PPA

I have been tweaking the client for some time now and it's getting ready for the next major release 0.8.0. For user's perspective it now never "locks" the UI while updating so you can actually see how new messages are added one by one after you click update. Also adding and deleting forums should work much more smoother now. You can for example subscribe to new forums while the client is updating others.

I have updated (almost) all my PC's to Ubuntu Karmic so most development now happens on it. I may create packages for older releases if there is need but i suppose most users are using Karmic currently.

I have added a personal package archive (PPA) for Siilihai to Ubuntu Linux. Please add ppa:ville-ranki/siilihai to your System | Administration | Software Sources. On Karmic they've made adding PPA repos that easy! Thanks Mark!

Ubuntu's Launchpad also builds on both i386 and amd64 so from now on there will be packages for both architectures.

The 0.8.0 release is still a bit buggy - actually i forgot to push the latest version to github from my laptop so except some crashes. I'll promise to upload the fixed version as 0.8.1 next week. If you have the PPA repository added, it'll be automatically updated with your other packages.

Have fun!

What's happening

There hasn't been any new releases in a while so i'd like to give a short
status update. The current client works reasonably well, but there
are some minor bugs i've found.

Currently i'm in process of rewriting libsiilihai to make better use of Qt's QObject and signal/slot functionality. Memory management will be updated so that there is only one instance per forum/group/thread/message existing so memory consumption should also go down. The most important thing is is cleaner architecture which will benefit client application writers.

So.. development is progressing but no new releases will be available until i finish and take the new libsiilihai into use in the siilihai client.

0.8.0 released

This fixes the issue where some messages were not displayed as unread in thread view. Also added a feature to mark all messages in all forums read.

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