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3.0.1 Plan
Audacity 3.0.1 is likely to be a maintenance release for possible issues found with 3.0.0, and done quickly.
Bugfixes will happen during 3.0.1.
- Likely no other user visible features
- Likely safe changes only, e.g build/cmake improvements (if these changes fail, they fail visibly at compile time).
- Details of what is allowed in to be decided by RM.
Changes to the manual, github docs (build instructions) and scripts may happen.
Timeline
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17th Mar 2021 - 3.0.0 released - 27th Mar 2021 - James announced as RM for 3.0.1
- 31st Mar 2021 - String freeze. Audacity.pot updated and sent to translators.
- 3rd Apr 2021 - Review bug status, especially bugs P1, P2, ASSERT, accessibility or new for Unitary Project.
- 5th April - Code and Manual frozen or very chilly indeed
- 5th April - Translation closed.
- <--- We are here
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P1 bugs and certain P2 bugs might further delay releases. See live counts below.
no bugzilla tickets were found
P2 (11) | 11 |
| total | 11 |
- 7th Apr 2021 eta RC01
- 17th Apr 2021 - Audacity 3.0.1 Released!
Release Process has a checklist showing progress close to release at a finer granularity.
Requests to the RM
This is a place for requests to the RM for this release:
- Review/Improve build instructions on all platforms.
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
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Requests to the RM for 3.0.1
This is a place for requests to the RM for bugs held over from3.0.0 for 3.0.1:
- P3 2524 - Macros "Cancel" button is confusing - doesn't do "what it says on the tin"
- P2 2676 - Import Export: Incorrect handling over 0 dB
- For 3.0.1 Peter: Proposal: Rationalizing where new tracks are created to aid usability and consistency - we had bugs for part of this but closed them in favor of this proposal
- This encompasses the following bugs:
- P3 ENH 2219 - ENH: Add new track places the track at the bottom of the project - should be under user control
- P3 ENH 2220 - ENH: Duplicate command places the duplicate track(s) at the bottom of the project -not under the selected track(s)
- P3 498 - Enh: Yellow snap guidelines lost after saving in high resolution selection format
- P3 2672 - Plug-ins listed in reverse alphabetic order in Plug-ins Manager
- P3 2678 - Source will not build if path contains a space character
- P3 2680 - Scale for Spectrogram changed unexpectedly
- P4 2683 - Join clips can create spurious envelope points
Planned Release Announcement Text
Audacity 3.0.1 replaces all previous versions.
- yada yada yada.
Full details at New Features in 3.0.1
RM's list
- Patches to wxWidgets need to be better documented. What is each patch for? Need to be applied to our GitHub copy of wxWidgets too.
- Update workarounds for wxWidgets page, and track any reports back via wxWidgets Trac.
- Linux ASSERT Issues Not addressed yet to a safe level. We need code to guarantee we are building with patched wxWidgets under linux, I think.
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Pulse Audio issue leads to plan to keep sound card steams open.Not suitable for 3.0.0
- Build instructions on Wiki must be brought up to date.
So is the Manual Release Ready?
This page lists pages that refer to 'ToDo-1' in the manual.
- Manual team now maintain a div with the manual status on it on the front page.
- Manual team also maintain a Clean-up Plan for dealing with P1s and critical P2s
So is the Code Release Ready?
This query shows us possibly problematic P1 and P2 bugs right now. If there is a P1 in there, the answer is 'NO'. The P2s need closer examination, and RM may decide that one or more of them block release, even at the last moment. The PXs (if any) might possibly be P1s - so we need to know about them.
| ID | P | Status | Summary (11 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
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| 2734 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Apply macro may not create the macro-output folder in the source directory | 2734 |
| 2718 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Failed to execute a project file command (on server) | 2718 |
| 2700 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | "Failed to open the project database" | 2700 |
| 2738 | P2 | NEW | Audacity crashes with Macros on files when the macro-output folder is in an unwritable location | 2738 |
| 2740 | P2 | NEW | Directories in Directories preferences can be set to unwritable locations | 2740 |
| 2748 | P2 | NEW | Ogg decoding can hang (old vorbis library) | 2748 |
| 2452 | P2 | NEW | Enh: De-clutter Plug-in Manager | 2452 |
| 2739 | P2 | NEW | If Temporary files directory is set to be unwritable then Audacity has a catalog of cryptic unhelpful errors | 2739 |
| 2741 | P2 | NEW | Msgctxt feature of translation not working | 2741 |
| 2749 | P2 | NEW | LIB-MAD: Huffman Data Overrun | 2749 |
| 2743 | P2 | REOPENED | The first use of the "window" command in LOF files is ignored by Audacity | 2743 |
Bugs Addressed in this Release
There are lots of tables here with information about work done on bugs for this version.
These bugs and fixes probably won't be reported on individually. However we should report on the P2s that we have fixed and summarise the general trend.
Updated in this Release
These are bugs which we knew about before we started on this version, and have updated, and that are now DEVEL-FIXED or better. Often that will mean we DEVEL-FIXed them for this release.
| ID | P | Status | Resolution | Summary (18 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
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| 2694 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Coloring of tracks in Mixer Board are awry | 2694 |
| 2240 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | "Set Default" button in Metadata editor does not set the default during Export Multiple | 2240 |
| 2676 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Export: Incorrect handling over 0 dB | 2676 |
| 2692? | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mac: VI users get trapped in radio buttons of Keyboard Preferences | 2692 |
| 2522 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | In Macros, Record New Track and Play with a selection do not wait for completion. | 2522 |
| 2672 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Plug-ins listed in reverse alphabetic order in Plug-ins Manager | 2672 |
| 2523 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Audacity may suggest installing FFmpeg even when FFmpeg is installed | 2523 |
| 2209 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Nyquist: Audacity crashes when running seq-write-smf | 2209 |
| 1572 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Dither not applied when exporting 24-bit WAV from 32-bit float | 1572 |
| 2524 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Macros "Cancel" button is confusing - doesn't do "what it says on the tin" | 2524 |
| 2211 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mac: keyboard navigation problem in Libraries preferences dialog | 2211 |
| 1334 | P4 | CLOSED | WONTFIX | Enh: No warning is provided that if some tracks are muted then they are not exported. | 1334 |
| 585 | P4 | CLOSED | NOT-A-BUG | Linux: Requested 44100Hz sample rate not honored on recording | 585 |
| 644 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Assert in libnyquist sndseq.c causes Audacity to crash | 644 |
| 2124 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Import>Audio failure error message is misleading | 2124 |
| 2690 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Move the actual build information to the top of the build information tab | 2690 |
| 2511 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Enh: Remove the "Variable Speed: Fast / Standard" option from MP3 dialog | 2511 |
| 2684 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Bitrot for Docimage script | 2684 |
Longstanding Bugs swatted
These are low numbered bugs from the table above that were dealt with in this release.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Quick-Fix attempted for this version
These are bugs which we learned about during work on this version, and have attempted to fix. See status to see if we were successful.
| ID | P | Status | Resolution | Summary (33 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
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| 2698 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Noise Gate fails silently if "hold" is non-zero | 2698 |
| 2708 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Nyquist effects fail silently with One hour plus stereo | 2708 |
| 2711 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Manual: Many Shortcuts missing from shortcuts table | 2711 |
| 2706 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Win: Vocal Reduction and Isolation most options fail | 2706 |
| 2720 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Cannot open project that's in a read only folder - error message vague | 2720 |
| 2703 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mac: EGAT preview dialog is hidden behind the EGAT dialog | 2703 |
| 2707 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Opened projects not being removed from "audacity.cfg" | 2707 |
| 2718 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Failed to execute a project file command (on server) | 2718 | |
| 2734 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Apply macro may not create the macro-output folder in the source directory | 2734 | |
| 2700 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | "Failed to open the project database" | 2700 | |
| 2743 | P2 | REOPENED | The first use of the "window" command in LOF files is ignored by Audacity | 2743 | |
| 2701 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Progress dialog interferes with scripting | 2701 |
| 2722 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Noise Gate fails on a one hour stereo selection | 2722 |
| 2744 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Manual: Incorrect escaping of backslash character | 2744 |
| 2696 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Metadata Editor: changed size is not remembered/restored on next use | 2696 |
| 2716 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Cleared "Recent Files" are restored on next launch | 2716 |
| 2699 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Windows: Cannot edit labels with emoji in them correctly | 2699 |
| 2709 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mac: Missing sub-menu check marks in French | 2709 |
| 2714 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | (Japanese & Korean) "Unable to parse project information" | 2714 |
| 2697 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Linux: AUP3 projects use incorrect char size on "differently" configured wxWidgets | 2697 |
| 2704 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mac: Stop button in EGATs with Preview does nor stop the preview | 2704 |
| 2715 | P2 | RESOLVED | NOT-A-BUG | (Japanese) Crash on pressing any key | 2715 |
| 2747 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | The Macros output directory is in the top section in audacity.cfg | 2747 |
| 2728? | P3 | CLOSED | NOT-A-BUG | Win: Effect menu overlays menu bar | 2728 |
| 2723 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | VST_PATH environment variable fails for non-standard locations | 2723 |
| 2751 | P4 | CLOSED | NOT-A-BUG | legacyblockfile tag is not recognised when importing to aup3 | 2751 |
| 2710? | P4 | REOPENED | Compressor only for T>0 | 2710 | |
| 2736 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Recent files list can be replaced by ExportCL commands | 2736 |
| 2746 | P4 | RESOLVED | NOT-A-BUG | Linux: The "offset" keyword is ignored when used in conjunction with "window" | 2746 |
| 2717 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Linux: Internal Error at DBConnection.cpp line 275 | 2717 |
| 2733 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Noise Gate 'Level Reduction' has a minimum of -60 dB | 2733 |
| 2721 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Allegro (.gro files) cause crash with undo/redo | 2721 |
| 2726 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Enh: Some preference changes are not written until Audacity exits | 2726 |
Quick-Fixed in this version
| ID | P | Status | Resolution | Summary (2 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
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| 2745? | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Exiting Audacity with a never saved project takes massively longer in 3.0.2 than 3.0.0 | 2745 |
| 2742 | P2 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | FreeBSD Compilation issues | 2742 |
NEW in this version
These are new bugs which we learned about during work on this version.
| ID | P | Status | Summary (21 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2741 | P2 | NEW | Msgctxt feature of translation not working | 2741 |
| 2749 | P2 | NEW | LIB-MAD: Huffman Data Overrun | 2749 |
| 2738 | P2 | NEW | Audacity crashes with Macros on files when the macro-output folder is in an unwritable location | 2738 |
| 2740 | P2 | NEW | Directories in Directories preferences can be set to unwritable locations | 2740 |
| 2748 | P2 | NEW | Ogg decoding can hang (old vorbis library) | 2748 |
| 2739 | P2 | NEW | If Temporary files directory is set to be unwritable then Audacity has a catalog of cryptic unhelpful errors | 2739 |
| 2735 | P3 | NEW | ENH: Native AUP3/AUP project files should be listed independently of imported audio files in Recent Files list | 2735 |
| 2730 | P3 | NEW | Import: Incorrect handling over 0 dB | 2730 |
| 2719 | P3 | NEW | Screenshot incorrect after first screenshot | 2719 |
| 2732 | P3 | NEW | Faux recovery offered on launch (very moonphase) | 2732 |
| 2705 | P3 | NEW | Linux: Interface issues with GTK3 | 2705 |
| 2737 | P3 | NEW | ENH: When running a Macro on files there is no completion/success dialog | 2737 |
| 2750 | P3 | NEW | Export Multiple substitutes default metadata for user-entered metadata | 2750 |
| 2727 | P4 | NEW | Enh: LOF files do not support Unicode (or Extended ASCII) | 2727 |
| 2725 | P4 | NEW | Enh: Disable Automatic Toolbar Drag Prompt | 2725 |
| 2729 | P4 | NEW | Tracks in 16-bit AUP projects imported into version 3 are not converted to 32 bit when quality prefs set to 32-bit | 2729 |
| 2713 | P4 | NEW | ENH: add a Zoom Fit to Height button to the Edit/Zoom Toolbar | 2713 |
| 2731 | P4 | NEW | Sliding Stretch adds clicks | 2731 |
| 2724 | P4 | NEW | Double-Height Toolbars Dock Incorrectly | 2724 |
| 2702 | P4 | NEW | Enh: Build Info Improvements | 2702 |
| 2712 | P5 | NEW | Recovered project is badly positioned | 2712 |
Below the Fold
Notes that are relevant to next release.
- WIBN stands for 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'
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We are often overoptimistic about what can be achieved for the next release. The WIBN lists are things we thought might make it to the next release.
Some longer term (but still short term) aspirations have moved to: |
Enabled / Disabled
This is current status/plan:
- WDM-KS out (considering a module, but not for 3.0.0 as it needs work on test support)
