[APBeta] V2.0a18 gotcha

[Paul Rodman]

On Jul 28, 2008, at 15:06 , Paul Kemp wrote:

> Having digested this....probably individual rather than global.

Busy reverting as we speak. Update coming soon.

> Paul, if you untick sites in the resources.....the site still show  
> up in the site selection on the APD main page, next to the Moon info.

Sounds like a bug. I'll report it for you.

Paul R.

>
>
> Paul Kemp
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> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 28, 2008, at 12:32 , Jeff Young wrote:
>
> Paul --
>
> Actually, I just got back from summer vacation and was ready to get  
> some more V2 testing in.  Is there a way that I can download a17 (I  
> could only find a18 on the alpha page)?
>
> Well, if you're just testing, a18 is safe enough to use, but if you  
> have any V2-created plans, they might lose their User Field info,  
> assuming they had any defined. I should get a19 out the door soon.  
> Ish.
>
>
> I've also switched machines, so this will be a fresh install.  I  
> remember something about the V2-converter assuming V2 files didn't  
> exist yet -- should I run it before doing the V2 install, or has all  
> that been fixed up?
>
> You don't need to, if you're just testing. If you want to convert  
> various V1 documents to V2, then use it first. All documents are  
> converted to new documents, so your V1 installation remains intact.
>
>
> No hurry on any of this -- we at 54°N still have another month  
> before darkness returns....
>
> At 47N, we're just starting to see longer nights.
>
> Paul R.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> -- Jeff.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net 
> ] On Behalf Of
> Paul Rodman
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:39 PM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: [APBeta] V2.0a18 gotcha
>
> Folks,
>
> I made an unannounced change in V2.0a18 in order to implement a new
> feature. Namely, object user field definitions are now global (to all
> plans) rather than being local to the current plan. In retrospect, I'm
> wondering if that change is a good idea, especially as it will break
> user fields in existing (V2) plans. I doubt any of you (except Robin)
> are actually using this feature though.
>
> I am thinking of backing out of that change (which will also affect
> other changes made in V2.0a18). It might be a good idea to avoid
> V2.0a18 until I have had some time to think about/correct the problem.
>
> I suspect you're all in "summer" mode, anyway...
>
> Paul R.
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