Author: jtn
Date: Sat May 13 13:30:59 2017
New Revision: 35543
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/freeciv?rev=35543&view=rev
Log:
Refresh NEWS-2.5 for 2.5.7, from wiki.
Modified:
branches/S2_5/NEWS-2.5
Modified: branches/S2_5/NEWS-2.5
URL:
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/freeciv/branches/S2_5/NEWS-2.5?rev=35543&r1=35542&r2=35543&view=diff
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========================
-Welcome to Freeciv 2.5.6
+Welcome to Freeciv 2.5.7
========================
The changes in the 2.5.x series are summarised below.
For changes prior to 2.5, see NEWS. For more detailed changes,
see the ChangeLog file.
+
+
+CHANGES FROM 2.5.6 to 2.5.7
+---------------------------
+
+ (from <http://www.freeciv.org/wiki/NEWS-2.5.7>)
+
+ 2.5.7 is a bugfix release.
+
+Server / General
+
+Changes affecting players (supplied rulesets)
+
+ * The score list shown when the game is over now includes dead
+ players. GNA#17248
+ * Fix a server crash when the AI could not find a suitable ferryboat
+ unit type. (This was observed with a modified ruleset.) GNA#25628
+ * Fix a typo'd city name in the Newfoundland nation. HRM#658528
+ * Correctly diagnose failure to load a ruleset needed by a saved
+ game. HRM#659503
+ * Improved behavior after failing to write a file such as a saved
+ game. GNAPATCH#8048 GNA#25391
+ * Improved robustness against reading broken savegames. GNA#25416
+
+General
+
+ * Tiny optimization for speed. HRM#658612
+ * Fix a tiny memory leak. GNA#25246
+ * Various internal changes which should only affect developers.
+ GNA#25319 GNA#25508 HRM#655305 GNA#25430
+
+Clients
+
+ * The "Manual Turn Done in AI mode" client option now does something
+ useful. HRM#657412
+ * (Qt) Player dialog now shows whether given nation shares vision to
+ other nations. GNAPATCH#8115
+ * (Qt) In pregame, pressing Enter on the username text box will now
+ initiate a connection. GNAPATCH#8118
+ * (Qt) The player dialog sometimes did not show new players, e.g.
+ after a civil war. GNA#25506
+ * (Qt) Focus might be set incorrectly to map after the selected unit
+ changed. GNA#25505
+ * (Gtk3) Fix some Gtk warnings on the console. GNAPATCH#7163
+
+Help / Documentation
+
+ * Update docs to reflect move away from gna.org. HRM#637952
+ HRM#652494 HRM#655380 HRM#637953 HRM#656595
+ * Refresh some links in INSTALL. HRM#656476
+ * Update the FAQ a bit.
+ * Miscellaneous changes to developer/ruleset docs. GNAPATCH#8109
+
+Translations
+
+ * Updated translations:
+ + Complete translations: French, British English, Russian.
+ + Incomplete translations: Finnish (100% core, 92% nations),
+ Ukrainian (100% core, 79% nations).
+
+Build/portability
+
+ * Fix warning seen with Clang 3.9. Freeciv builds cleanly with Clang
+ 4.0. GNA#25314
+ * Fix warnings seen with GCC 7, with which Freeciv builds cleanly.
+ HRM#657309 HRM#657332
CHANGES FROM 2.5.5 to 2.5.6
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