KStars v3.5.0 Release Date?

Mon Nov 9 21:27:36 GMT 2020

I would say it's been pretty solid for me the last few days. I've tried to
test every night when possible. Good work folks!

Two things I wanted to bring up:

#1. There was one thing I was looking into, going to try again right now.
I think this would be a good thing to fix for 3.5.0 if I can find the fix
and it is straightforward.
Occasionally, though I try to set it so that it's always enabled, the
Meridian Flip Checkbox sometimes
mysteriously is not set when I start Ekos.

This has led to missed flips & a few tripod collisions for me over the past
year (though now I mostly always
remember to check if it's on). A friend recently privately reported to me
that the same thing happened to him last week.
I suspect the polar alignment code is to blame, (I noticed it unchecks and
later re-checks the option) but not sure yet.

#2. I'm not thrilled that Align's star-extraction profiles default to a
profile labeled "*Default profile. Generic and not optimized for any
specific purpose*".
I would rather it defaulted to one of the profiles optimized for
Align--e.g. Small Scale Solving. Or, perhaps some middle
ground between Small Scale and Large Scale. What do you think?

Hy

On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 1:04 PM Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com> wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> So back to this topic, any major blockers to the KStars 3.5.0 release now?
>
> 1. Remote Solver should be fixed now.
> 2. StellarSolver Profiles are more optimized now.
> 3. Handbook not updated yet, but we can probably work on this shortly.
> 4. Couple of pending MRs to take care of.
>
> How about Friday the 13th?
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Jasem Mutlaq
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:41 AM Robert Lancaster <rlancaste at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Ok so then we would be changing the way we do version numbering with
>> this, right?
>> I believe now we typically add features in each new iteration 3.4.1,
>> 3.4.2, etc etc
>> and when it is really big like StellarSolver, then we make it a big
>> release like 3.5.0
>>
>> With this new paradigm, we wouldn’t put new features into the master of
>> the main 3.5 branch
>> But instead we would work on a new 3.6 branch, and then bug fixes would
>> go into the 3.5 branch
>> to make each new minor release, like 3.5.1, 3.5.2 etc.
>>
>> Do I have this correct?
>>
>> If this is right, then it would be longer before users see new features
>> in the main branch, but the
>> tradeoff is that the main branch would have a LOT more stability.  I see
>> this as a big positive.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> > On Nov 4, 2020, at 5:54 PM, Eric Dejouhanet <eric.dejouhanet at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Hy,
>> >
>> > Version 3.5.0 is only the beginning of the 3.5.x series, with more
>> > bugfixes on each iteration (and possibly, only bugfixes).
>> > So I have no problem leaving unresolved issues in 3.5.0.
>> >
>> > For instance, the Focus module now has a slight and unforeseeable
>> > delay after the capture completes.
>> > The UI reflects the end of the capture only, not the end of the
>> detection.
>> > This makes the UI Focus test quite difficult to tweak, as running an
>> > average of the HFR over multiple frames now has an unknown duration.
>> > Right now, the test is trying to click the capture button too soon 2
>> > out of 10 attempts.
>> > But this won't block 3.5 in my opinion (and now that I understood the
>> > problem, I won't work on it immediately).
>> >
>> > In terms of reporting problems, the official way is stil bugs.kde.org,
>> > but there's quite a cleanup/followup to do there.
>> > I'd say we can use issues in invent.kde.org to discuss planned
>> > development around a forum/bugzilla issue or invent proposal (like
>> > agile stories).
>> > There are milestones associated with several issues (although I think
>> > they should be reviewed and postponed).
>> > And we can certainly write a punchlist: check the board at
>> > https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/milestones/3
>> >
>> > Le mer. 4 nov. 2020 à 22:38, Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> >>
>> >> Eric,
>> >>
>> >> I would add to your list:
>> >>
>> >> - KStars Handbook (review update sections to reflect 3.5.0) and
>> finally (perhaps manually if necessary) put the latest handbook online.
>> >>
>> >> - Review the extraction settings. I spent a bit of time looking at the
>> default HFR settings, and based on some experimentation (truth be told,
>> with a limited amount of data) adjust things a little differently than my
>> first guess (which was basically focus' settings).
>> >> Rob: My intuition is that I should adjust the default StellarSolver
>> star-extraction settings for Focus and Guide as well in
>> stellarsolverprofile.cpp. I don't know whether you've already verified
>> them, and want to release them as they are, or whether they are a first
>> shot and you'd welcome adjustment?
>> >>
>> >> Also, Eric, I suppose I should be adding these things here:
>> https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/issues
>> >> Is that right? Sorry about that--ok, after this thread ;) But
>> seriously, your email is a good summary, and from that link
>> >> it doesn't seem as easy to see which are "must do by 3.5.0" and which
>> are "nice to have someday".
>> >> A 3.5.0 punchlist would be a nice thing to have.
>> >>
>> >> Hy
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:58 PM Eric Dejouhanet <
>> eric.dejouhanet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>>
>> >>> Where do we stand now in terms of bugfixing towards 3.5.0?
>> >>>
>> >>> - StellarSolver has all features in, and 1.5 is finally out at
>> Jasem's PPA.
>> >>> - However Gitlab CI still complains about that lib package (see
>> >>> https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/jobs/75941)
>> >>> - Unitary tests are being fixed progressively, mount tests are down to
>> >>> ~20 minutes (yeees!)
>> >>> - From my tests, the remote Astrometry INDI driver is not usable
>> >>> anymore from Ekos.
>> >>> - The issue raised with flat frames is confirmed fixed (at least by
>> me).
>> >>> - Meridian flip is OK (but I had not enough time to test TWO flips in
>> a row).
>> >>> - Memory leaks are still being researched in Ekos.
>> >>> - There is an issue when duplicating an entry in a scheduler job,
>> >>> where the sequence associated is copied from the next job.
>> >>>
>> >>> Could we get a 3.6 branch where we will merge development of new
>> features?
>> >>> And master for bugfixing 3.5.x until we merge 3.6 new features in?
>> >>> (we'd still have to port bugfixes from master to 3.6)
>> >>> I don't think the opposite, master for 3.6 and a separate living
>> >>> 3.5.x, is doable in the current configuration (build, ppas, MRs...).
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> -- eric.dejouhanet at gmail.com - https://astronomy.dejouha.net
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > -- eric.dejouhanet at gmail.com - https://astronomy.dejouha.net
>>
>>
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