Next Release
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Timeline
- 8th Oct 2018 - RM for 2.3.1 announced (James)
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Paul's big track reorg in the codebase. - Scrub Ruler turned off by default
- 15th Nov - Code and String Freeze
- <--- We are here
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More bugfixing - P1 bugs and certain P2 bugs can delay RCs. See live counts below.
P1 (5) P2 (13) | 18 |
| total | 18 |
- 1st December - First RC
- 28th December - Audacity 2.3.1 Released
Release Process has a checklist showing progress close to release at a finer granularity.
Milestone work
- Upgrade to latest xcodebuild on mac, but target 10.7+
- building 64 bit on Mac
Misc 'under the hood' work
- OSX Travis build
- Linux (bionic) AppVeyor build
- Fix many compiler warnings on Win, Mac, Linux.
Requests to the RM
This is a place for requests to the RM for this release:
- Please review the Wording page. <--
- Please change some defaults:
- Please turn overdubbing "off" by default - see ToDo: Unstick 'Stuck In a Mode'
- Please turn "Type to create a label" to be "off" by default - see ToDo: Unstick 'Stuck In a Mode'
Libs etc
Current plan is:
Mini Checklist
- LUFS UI acceptable
- Experiment with redist in Windows installer.
Planned Release Announcement Text
Audacity 2.3.1 replaces all previous versions.
- Over xx bugs fixed since 2.3.0
- Includes
- New feature - yyy
Full details at New Features in 2.3.1
Headline Features
- TBA
W.I.P. Features intended for 2.3.1
- TBA
Headline Features (held over)
Take these with a big grain of salt... they could be vapourware.
- Export Multiple - More flexibility in automatic naming.
- Implement and document Export2 scripting command, adding the export options.
- Implement and document Next command.
- Implement Automatic Names.
Operating system support
- TBA if we move past 10.6 on Mac, this will have implications for Mac support
Won't be reported on
These were some pieces of work done that won't be reported on in the release announcement.
- TBA
Build/Infrastructure
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.
- Pulse Audio issue leads to plan to keep sound card steams open.
- 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 (18 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | P1 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Windows: Manage dialog in effects has reduced vertical height OK and Cancel buttons | 2030 |
| 2018 | P1 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Equalization does not retain settings | 2018 |
| 2011 | P1 | NEW | Audacity may stop responding to GUI after opening Label Editor | 2011 |
| 2028 | P1 | NEW | Mac: Audacity crashes when right clicking in label after copying label text to ano app | 2028 |
| 1913 | P1 | NEW | Mac: Audacity will not work with future versions of macOS | 1913 |
| 1990 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Shipped Nyquist plug-ins are not translated on Linux | 1990 |
| 2013 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Extended ASCII characters in Nyquist plug-ins freeze Audacity | 2013 |
| 276 | P2 | NEW | Linux: PULSE-AUDIO issues. Freeze repeatedly starting/stopping streams. | 276 |
| 1989 | P2 | NEW | Windows Vista: 2.3.0 will not run on Vista due to missing DLL | 1989 |
| 1534 | P2 | NEW | Linux: Malformed tooltips/"Untitled window" in taskbar when clicking or hovering over toolbar sliders | 1534 |
| 1366 | P2 | NEW | Using the sliders in Mixer Toolbar in a Project-2 alters levels in on-going recording (or playback) in Project-1 | 1366 |
| 2031 | P2 | NEW | Equalization: presets under the Manage button do not save custom EQ curves | 2031 |
| 2027 | P2 | NEW | Mac: cannot use keyboard "Return" to accept a corrected legalized filename in Export Multiple | 2027 |
| 1964 | P2 | NEW | Untranslated menu items for Nyquist (using old config) | 1964 |
| 1826 | P2 | REOPENED | Linux: Dropout detection fails to detect dropouts on Linux | 1826 |
| 1960 | P2 | REOPENED | Scrubbing head moves left to right in right to left scrubbing. | 1960 |
| 1979 | P2 | REOPENED | Saving an unsaved project takes much longer in 2.2.2/2.3.0 versus 2.1.0 | 1979 |
| 1763 | P2 | REOPENED | Clicks on starting/stopping playback. | 1763 |
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 (3 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Can't adjust Time Track envelope when Logarithmic scale selected | 1832 |
| 770 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Enh: Create region labels with "Regular Interval Labels" tool. | 770 |
| 1298 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Windows: Regular Interval Labels on multiple tracks produces multiple labels | 1298 |
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 (12 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2032 | P1 | CLOSED | NOT-A-BUG | Equalization: Factory presets for unavailable with cleaned settings (and probably fresh install) | 2032 |
| 2018 | P1 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Equalization does not retain settings | 2018 | |
| 2030 | P1 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Windows: Manage dialog in effects has reduced vertical height OK and Cancel buttons | 2030 | |
| 1992 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Linux: built-in real-time preview effects crash | 1992 |
| 2016 | P1 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Multiple problems with Change Pitch | 2016 |
| 1990 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Shipped Nyquist plug-ins are not translated on Linux | 1990 | |
| 2013 | P2 | DEVEL - FIX MADE | Extended ASCII characters in Nyquist plug-ins freeze Audacity | 2013 | |
| 2020 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Tracks in a sync-lock group can be sync locked when none in the group is selected | 2020 |
| 2017 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Normalize may destroy audio when "Normalize stereo channels independently" is selected. | 2017 |
| 2009 | P2 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Windows and Linux: Intermittent truncation of the end of a recording | 2009 |
| 2014 | P3 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Regular Interval Labels fails | 2014 |
| 2022 | P4 | RESOLVED | FIXED | Mixer Board does not automatically update when tracks added or removed | 2022 |
Quick-Fixed in this version
| ID | P | Status | Resolution | Summary (19 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Windows: Nyquist Effects and Analyzers run much slower on 2.3.0 than in 2.2.2 | 1991 |
| 2001 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Some Analyzers cause Audacity to crash on completion | 2001 |
| 1996 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Audacity crashes when you resize a track with Click&Drag | 1996 |
| 2004 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Crash when opening Mixer Board if project contains Note track | 2004 |
| 1999 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Channel resizing crashes Audacity | 1999 |
| 1994 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Audacity crashes on appended recordings in stereo or mono | 1994 |
| 2002 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Using any generator will cause Audacity to crash | 2002 |
| 2025 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Windows: WASAPI: seek commands during playback can cause crash | 2025 |
| 1997 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Split Stereo track fails to work | 1997 |
| 2005 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Efects with Preview button. using that button causes crash | 2005 |
| 2000 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Edit>Duplicate causes Audacity to hang/crash | 2000 |
| 2015 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Recording with sync-locked tracks causes crash | 2015 |
| 1995 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Stereo waveform corrupted in latest alpha - regression on previous alpha | 1995 |
| 2003 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Mix commands non-functional | 2003 |
| 2026 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Stereo waveform, initial channel separator is corrupted | 2026 |
| 1998 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Split New fails to work - hangs Audacity | 1998 |
| 2008 | P1 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Contrast returns wrong value for stereo tracks | 2008 |
| 2019 | P2 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Scriptables: Set Envelope allows envelope points at zero which can cause NaNs | 2019 |
| 2010 | P2 | RESOLVED | QUICKFIXED | Scriptables: SelectTracks and Select incorrect for stereo tracks | 2010 |
NEW in this version
These are new bugs which we learned about during work on this version.
| ID | P | Status | Summary (12 tasks) ⇒ | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | P1 | NEW | Mac: Audacity crashes when right clicking in label after copying label text to ano app | 2028 |
| 2011 | P1 | NEW | Audacity may stop responding to GUI after opening Label Editor | 2011 |
| 2031 | P2 | NEW | Equalization: presets under the Manage button do not save custom EQ curves | 2031 |
| 2027 | P2 | NEW | Mac: cannot use keyboard "Return" to accept a corrected legalized filename in Export Multiple | 2027 |
| 2007 | P3 | NEW | Empty folder created on Import if last used import folder does not exist | 2007 |
| 2012 | P3 | NEW | Nyquist plug-in translations broken when string includes format specifiers | 2012 |
| 2006 | P3 | NEW | Random failed assert during playback with time tracks | 2006 |
| 2023 | P4 | NEW | Windows: Screenshot tools dialog is not hidden from screenshots | 2023 |
| 2029 | P4 | NEW | Envelopes can no longer achieve silence | 2029 |
| 2021 | P4 | NEW | mod-script-pipe: Thread not terminated on quit | 2021 |
| 1993 | P5 | NEW | Logarithmic time track vruler numbers break when another track is added | 1993 |
| 2024 | P5 | NEW | Windows: Running from command line does not display messages | 2024 |
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 2.3.1 needs work on test support)
