It's been a while since my last release of calibre, and there've been a lot of
changes to its plumbing, so I need testers. Only volunteer if you are willing
to have things break. Some of the changes:
- The ebook files are now stored in the filesystem rather than in the database (this was done to facilitate using the calibre GUI over a network)
- A new "browse books by tags" mode
- The config system has been overhauled in preparation for html2epub
- Adding a HTML file to the GUI now automatically creates an OEB zipfile with all the links and images in the HTML file. This functionality can also be accessed from the commandline via the command html2oeb
- A couple of new recipes for news sources
- Over 30 bugs closed
So if you're willing to test, follow the steps outlined below:
- Backup the files library1.db and calibre2.ini (do a search to locate them on your computer)
- Download the beta for your OS from http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/downloads/betas
- Run the GUI (you will be asked to choose a folder for your books, calibre will manage your ebooks within that folder)
- Do all the things you usually do and report any breakages here.
If the GUI doesn't start try running (on non linux systems, on linux just run calibre in a terminal)
Code:
calibre-debug -c "from calibre.gui2.main import main; main();"
in a terminal and post the output.
If something critical breaks and you want to go back to the old calibre, just uninstall and re-install the old calibre and you should be OK.
EDIT: For linux users, you should first install the binary distribution of calibre from
https://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_binary, then just extract the contents of the beta tarball on top of the old installation.