Release 0.2.0

Tue Jul 3 20:26:01 BST 2018

Hello,

Thanks Diego,
Thanks Alexander

I am waiting for another run of binary-factory.kde.org to have Windows 
installers to be built and I will publish the release.

Best regards

On mardi 3 juillet 2018 18:42:23 CEST Alexander Stippich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I only made some minor corrections, I don't have anything to add.
> 
> Best regards
> Alex
> 
> On Montag, 2. Juli 2018 20:58:17 CEST Diego Gangl wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I did some grammar/typo tweaks. I've put this in a google doc so you guys
> > can edit it too.
> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mEqrO_zjchr6_EQOVyJSrSy7CKVtcWCO0BEkUp
> > B
> > nGpI/edit?usp=sharing
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > On lunes, 2 de julio de 2018 12:44:00 -03 Matthieu Gallien wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On dimanche 1 juillet 2018 23:20:37 CEST you wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I have tagged a 0.2.0 release out of the 0.2 branch. The tarballs are
> > > > being
> > > > uploaded.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks to all the people having contributed to it.
> > > > 
> > > > I think this will be an interesting increment over the previous stable
> > > > version.
> > > > 
> > > > Here is a draft of the release announcement. Please help me improve
> > > > it.
> > > > 
> > > > The Elisa team is happy to announce our first release, version 0.2.0.
> > > > 
> > > > Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to
> > > > be
> > > > simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible
> > > > product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our
> > > > users.
> > > > 
> > > > We focus on a very good integration with the Plasma desktop of the KDE
> > > > community without compromising the support for other platforms (other
> > > > Linux
> > > > desktop environments, Windows and Android).
> > > > 
> > > > We are creating a reliable product that is a joy to use and respects
> > > > our
> > > > users privacy. As such, we will prefer to support online services
> > > > where
> > > > users are in control of their data.
> > > > 
> > > > Since the first release of Elisa, we have been busy improving it. We
> > > > added
> > > > new music browsing views (home directory browser and a genre browser).
> > > > We
> > > > improved the interface and the general performance. A lot of smaller
> > > > item
> > > > have been also done (full change log
> > > > https://community.kde.org/Elisa/ChangeLog.0.2.0).
> > > > 
> > > > == Browsing Views ==
> > > > 
> > > > All views are now by default sorted ascending. A button also allows to
> > > > change the order.
> > > > 
> > > > A new view allows to browse your home directory. Only music files and
> > > > directory are shown. This way, people with missing music tags can
> > > > easily
> > > > play it.
> > > > 
> > > > A new view allows to browse the music by going from genres to artists,
> > > > their albums and its tracks.
> > > > 
> > > > We plan to further improve the browsing to allow users to choose the
> > > > wat
> > > > to
> > > > browse their music.
> > > > 
> > > > == Interface ==
> > > > 
> > > > Elisa has now a proper icon. Thanks a lot to Paul Lesur to have
> > > > contributed
> > > > it.
> > > > 
> > > > The player bar is now featuring all controls of music playback. The
> > > > look
> > > > of
> > > > the play list view and the selector of views have been refreshed and
> > > > improved.
> > > > 
> > > > Use the new icons from Breeze to differentiate between actions (play,
> > > > pause, ..) and states (playing, paused, ...).
> > > > 
> > > > == Performance ==
> > > > 
> > > > To avoid scanning files for changes at start, Elisa now keeps the last
> > > > modified time of files. Users not relying on Baloo should see a huge
> > > > improvement at application start.
> > > > 
> > > > The browsing views are now only loaded when shown. This is a first
> > > > step
> > > > to
> > > > reduce the memory usage. It should also speedup application start.
> > > > 
> > > > == Miscellaneous ==
> > > > 
> > > > Elisa is now finding much more cover images and most common cases
> > > > should
> > > > work.
> > > > 
> > > > There have been a few fix on Mpris2 support.
> > > > 
> > > > There have been various fixes to the internal tracks database.
> > > > 
> > > > The team would like to thank everyone who contributed to the
> > > > development
> > > > of
> > > > Elisa, including code contributions, testing, and bug reporting.
> > > > 
> > > > We are already working on new features for the next releases. If you
> > > > enjoy
> > > > using Elisa, please consider becoming a contributor yourself. We are
> > > > happy
> > > > for any support!
> > > > 
> > > > We have tagged some tasks as junior jobs. They are a perfect way to
> > > > start
> > > > contributing to Elisa (https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/193/)
> > > > 
> > > > Elisa source code tarball is available here.
> > > 
> > > The sources are now available and flatpak and Windows installers are
> > > being
> > > built.
> > > 
> > > Let's get the release announcement ready for publication.
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Matthieu Gallien
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> > ---
> > Diego Gangl
> > sinestesia.co
> > 
> > 
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