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2002-08-08 Dropped old Betas

Deleted obsolete kdirstat-1.8.x beta versions from this web site. I wouldn't recommend using any of them any more.


2002-05-29 Official KDE-3 version: kdirstat-2.2.0.tgz

RPM for SuSE Linux 8.0: kdirstat-2.2.0-0.i386.rpm

This is really the same version as 2.1.0-beta, now declared the official release. No code changes were made.


2002-04-23 New beta release: kdirstat-2.1.1-beta.tgz

RPM for SuSE Linux 8.0: kdirstat-2.1.1.beta-0.i386.rpm

Changes:


2002-04-18 New beta release: kdirstat-2.1.0-beta.tgz

RPM for SuSE Linux 8.0: kdirstat-2.1.0.beta-0.i386.rpm

This is the first version for KDE 3. There will most likely be no more development for KDE 2.

Changes:

  • Ported to KDE 3: Exchanged KDE build environment

Even though the code hasn't changed any, this version should be regarded as a beta version. If no problems arise, there will be a new version with just the version number increased to 2.2.0.


2002-03-04 RedHat RPMs

Dax Kelson from Guru Labs kindly offered to make KDirStat RPMs for RedHat Linux available to the public.

You can download RPMs for RedHat 7.2 from the Guru Labs download page.


2002-03-01 New (stable) release: kdirstat-2.0.1.tgz

RPM for SuSE Linux 7.3: kdirstat-2.0.1-0.i386.rpm

Changes:

  • Added support for large files (>2 GB)


    Naive as I am, I had assumed that to work automatically for systems that support file sizes larger than 2 GB - but obviously it doesn't. After some autoconf tweaking, it does. Good to have some glibc hackers around here at SuSE Labs. ;-)


2002-02-25 Stable release: kdirstat-2.0.0.tgz

RPM for SuSE Linux 7.3: kdirstat-2.0.0-0.i386.rpm

This is it: The official release of KDirStat for KDE 2.x is here.

Changes:

  • Completed help texts
  • Added "Help" button to feedback dialog
  • Added "Help" button to settings dialog
  • Drastically reduced logging to stdout

From now on, the release policy will be like that of the Linux kernel: Odd minor release numbers (2.1.x, 2.3.x, ...) are development versions, even minor release numbers (2.2.x, 2.4.x, ...) are stable versions intended for machines in a production environment.


2002-02-11 15:00 CET New release candidate: kdirstat-1.8.8-rc3.tgz

That's what happens when you ask people to test: They actually do that and find bugs... ;-)

So, here is today's second version.

Changes:

  • Disabled cleanups that would cause a subtree to be deleted while it is being read.

    This caused a core dump. That's a typical case of "Doctor, it hurts when I do that" - "Then don't do that!" ;-)

    OK, this is the medicine to prevent that patient from doing that.


2002-02-11 13:00 CET New release candidate: kdirstat-1.8.7-rc2.tgz

Updating to this version is recommended.

Changes:

  • Fixed huge numbers overflow in details context popup
  • Fixed huge numbers sorting
  • Added new action "continue reading at mount point".

    This is essentially the same as "refreshing selected branch", but it's more intuitive to use.

  • Fixed double slashes in URLs when opening with file selection box

Those "huge numbers" issues affect directory trees over 2 GB and non-Intel architectures (PPC, SPARC etc.).


2002-02-05 First release candidate: kdirstat-1.8.6-rc1.tgz

Changes:

  • Initial version of online help texts
  • Fixed URL references to point to the KDirStat home page at SourceForge
  • Minor cosmetic changes

2002-02-04 Web site redesign

You might have noticed that if you have been here before. The web site now includes some screen shots and a features section.


2002-01-28 New Beta version: kdirstat-1.8.5-beta.tgz

Changes:

  • Fixed update bug upon "refresh branch" and executing cleanups
  • Embed cleanup %p / %n parameters in double quotes
  • Added keyboard accelerators for standard cleanups
  • (Partial) fix for PacMan animation display error on some KDE themes

We are approaching a release candidate.

If only I could bring myself to start writing that online help... ;-)
- that's all that's missing right now.


2002-01-21 New Beta version: kdirstat-1.8.4-beta.tgz

Changes:

  • Fixed repaint error in percentage bar column when scrolling
  • Fixed repaint error when resizing percentage bar column

  • New feature: Added feedback mail facility:

    Select Send Feedback Mail in the Help menu. You will get a dialog with questions about your opinion about this program and a free-text input field. When done, click on Mail this..., and the resulting mail will be presented for you to review in your mail client. When satisfied, send the mail.


2002-01-07 New Beta version: kdirstat-1.8.3-beta.tgz

Just in case you are wondering: No, you didn't miss 1.8.2-beta - I didn't have any chance to check this version into CVS over the Christmas holidays.

All of the old KDirStat (0.86 - for KDE 1.x) features are now here again - plus some new ones!

All that is now missing for a real release version are the help files - and of course some thorough testing.

Changes:

  • Implemented cleanup actions.
  • Implemented user configuration for cleanup actions.
  • Implemented user configuration for tree colors.
  • Lots of small fixes to better integrate with the KDE environment (application icon, .desktop file, URL handling).

  • New feature: Added simple mail to owner report facility:

    Select a branch in the tree view, open directories that look like wasting a lot of space, then select a directory one or more levels further up; upon Send mail to owner in the Report menu you will get your favourite mail client with a ready-to-send mail with a disk usage summary of all directories that are currently opened in the tree view. Delete the lines you don't consider interesting (if any) and send the mail.


2001-12-10 New Beta version: kdirstat-1.8.1-beta.tgz

  • Tree colors are back again.

    Well, in fact they were always there - but since there is no way yet to customize them, they defaulted to only that blue percentage bar. I simply changed the defaults: Now four different colors are used, one for each tree level.

  • Internal cleanup: Selections are handled by the internal KDirTree now.

    This may not sound like much, but it is a necessity for multiple views that can synchronize their individual displays via selections: If you select an item in the tree view, in future releases you can expect the treemap view to select this item, too - and vice versa. So you can benefit from the best of each view to find the information you seek.


2001-11-27 New Beta version: kdirstat-1.8.0-beta.tgz

  • New feature: Refresh selected - refresh (re-read from disk) the currently selected branch.

    This is available from the File menu and from the context menu.

    This may not sound too spectacular, but it requires being able to deal with items being deleted from the internal tree, thus it required some internal reworking.

    This is also a prerequisite for cleanup actions - they usually delete items, thus KDirStat must be aware of that.

  • Internal cleanup: Got rid of that statRoot() mess, clean ??::stat() implementation for all directory readers (both local and using KIO).

2001-11-19 New CVS snapshot: kdirstat-1.7.11-devel.tgz

  • Compiles and links without QTreeMap by default now - see the build HowTo for details.
  • Improved mount point handling
    • Different icon
    • New read status KDirOnRequestOnly
    • Prepared for explicit reading of mounted file systems
  • Created infrastructure for context menu in tree view
  • Simple context menu (cleanup actions will follow)

2001-08-18 QTreeMap moved to own Project: qtreemap.sourceforge.net



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