Beta test of major new features - Page 7

Starson17 · 05-16-2010, 09:18 AM

There are 3 places to get source. The main trunk (currently @ v. 0.6.53), the beta, and the beta beta listed above in connection with the generic folder-as-a-Device driver.

It looks like Kovid makes changes to both to fix bugs discussed in the bug tracker. Correct?

Charles,
How do you update the beta beta to get the bug fixes? Although I've now got a working HTC-HD2 driver, I'd like to keep testing the folder driver, but I also want the last bug fix from the tracker.

chaley · 05-16-2010, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

There are 3 places to get source. The main trunk (currently @ v. 0.6.53), the beta, and the beta beta listed above in connection with the generic folder-as-a-Device driver.

Yes, although the third one is not official as the code has not been perused by Kovid.

Quote:

It looks like Kovid makes changes to both to fix bugs discussed in the bug tracker. Correct?

Changes that affect all versions of calibre are first put into the main trunk repository. From time to time (usually no longer than a couple of days), Kovid merges these changes into the beta repository linked to in the first post. He also merges beta code into this repository after he approves/corrects it.

My development changes go into the 'beta beta' version. To avoid getting out of sync with Kovid, I frequently merge the changes from the official beta into my repository. In addition to getting the general calibre changes, I get Kovid's revisions to my files, so I will be working from approved code from that point on. I push my changes up to the beta-beta regularly, except when I forget.

Quote:

How do you update the beta beta to get the bug fixes? Although I've now got a working HTC-HD2 driver, I'd like to keep testing the folder driver, but I also want the last bug fix from the tracker.

I think I answered this question. My beta-beta repository has all the changes that Kovid has committed for calibre 0.6 and calibre beta.

chaley · 05-20-2010, 05:38 PM

Beta release 0.6.93 is now available at http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/betas/. Please read post #1 on this thread before installing this beta.

This release includes significant improvements. The three most visible are:
1) gui changes where you can hide, show, move, resize, and align (center, etc) columns directly in the GUI.
2) a large performance improvement when connecting devices, and
3) the ability to connect to any folder as a device.

1) Regarding the GUI changes: you can now right-click on the column header to get the options available. Move columns by dragging. Please note that the 'On Device' column advertised earlier is now assumed to be column 1 and will appear automatically. You can, of course, move it to where you want it.

Other GUI enhancements include remembering sizes of columns across column reorganizations and improvements in metadata display for device libraries.

2) Regarding performance improvement: calibre now stores on the device metadata for books on the device, including Sonys. Why? If the metadata information is available, calibre can open devices in a small number of seconds. In testing, we have seen performance improvements in excess of 100 times when connecting to devices.

This good news is leavened with a bit of bad news. That bad news is that to get the most benefit, you must permit calibre to *one time* scan all the books on your reader. This process can take a long time, but we recommend you let it happen. The second time you connect, it will be fast. We promise. Your check is in the mail!

Please be sure that the check box 'read metadata from files on device', found in many items in 'preferences/device plugins', is checked.

For those of you with a Sony device, the first connect will be much slower than normal. Please let it finish.

The job manager will show progress, book by book.

3) Regarding folder devices: calibre can now treat an arbitrary folder hierarchy as a device. You connect to a folder by going to the send_to_device menu and choosing 'connect to folder'.

This feature has two uses. The first is to support reader devices that present their memory as a disk drive but are otherwise unknown to calibre. You can plug in the device, then ask calibre to open the ebook folder on the device. Once you do this, you will have all calibre features to help you manage your device.

The second, an accidental benefit, is to analyze folders on your hard disc to see if books in that folder are in your library. As above, if this is the first time you have connected to that folder, it can take a while.
---

There are many other less obvious changes, too numerous to list here.

Please try the beta, if you can deal with what is becoming a smaller risk. It has been stable for me for some time. I have a Sony Pocket, an HTC that I treat as a folder, and hard disc folders. Kovid has tested it on a Sony 505, a Kindle, and other devices.

We want to stabilize it asap, and your testing helps immeasurably.

What remains is to permit custom columns to be used as collections, and (of course) bug fixes. Custom column collections might wait until some developer has a kindle upgrade -- not sure yet. Bug fixes must wait for bug reports.

FYI: the beta release includes all the bug fixes in the 0.5* trunk releases.

PS: ccayer, your jetbook problems should be fixed, and Starson17, I hope we haven't introduced regressions from what you helped make work.

.

theducks · 05-20-2010, 06:41 PM

6.93 does not launch when installed on Ubuntu Lucid. i386 32 bit If you install the 64 bit version

My bad

kovidgoyal · 05-20-2010, 10:31 PM

what error do you get with 0.6.93?

theducks · 05-21-2010, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

what error do you get with 0.6.93?

No errors AFAIKT
The TAR seems to run, did not see any odd things roll by.

FORGET it

I downloaded the 64 bit version

in error

kovidgoyal · 05-21-2010, 12:08 AM

launch it from a terminal that way you'll get some error output

Just run it as

Code:

calibre

theducks · 05-21-2010, 12:29 AM

the 32 bit version runs fine.
(the file name LISTING in the beta dir truncates in Firefox. the _64 was in the part that showed as ... and I did not catch it when I auto-completed the command line

Custom fields work cool,

chaley · 05-21-2010, 03:29 AM

I just found that in some conditions, 0.6.93 breaks the Sony reader's database. I can't be more specific yet, but until I know more (later today), you shouldn't use this release on a Sony.

Sorry...

chaley · 05-21-2010, 07:11 AM

Release 0.6.93 adds books to Sony readers incorrectly. This is a sony-only problem. It does not affect other readers, or books already on a Sony reader.

A release that fixes this problem will arrive soon.

gbzdmo · 05-21-2010, 08:10 AM

Problem with 0.6.93 and Tags

Excellent changes but I have found a problem when selecting tags from the side bar, each tag will display an error 4 times after pressing OK the filter displays with the correct books

error as follows:

ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>KeyError</b>:'search'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 874, in search
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 184, in parse
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 193, in _parse
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 201, in evaluate
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 229, in evaluate_token
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 781, in get_matches
KeyError: 'search'

I am using Windows 7 64 bit

All other search from the sidebar work OK, it is only tags that do not

chaley · 05-21-2010, 08:34 AM

Thanks. I had found this problem when using bare-word searches, but not field-based searches. Fixes for both cases will be in the next release.

chaley · 05-21-2010, 12:27 PM

Release 0.6.94 is available at http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/betas/. It fixes the sony and the search problems.

solitaire · 05-22-2010, 09:52 AM

Hi Chaley, what is the difference between the beta files calibre-0.6.94-x86_64.tar.bz2 and calibre-0.6.94.msi?

I am using Calibre on my 64 bit desktop and 32 bit laptop (both Win 7) and would like to test on both with the appropriate bit versions.

Great work BTW.

chaley · 05-22-2010, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solitaire

Hi Chaley, what is the difference between the beta files calibre-0.6.94-x86_64.tar.bz2 and calibre-0.6.94.msi?

The bz2 file is for Linux. The msi file is for windows.

Quote:

I am using Calibre on my 64 bit desktop and 32 bit laptop (both Win 7) and would like to test on both with the appropriate bit versions.

Calibre runs in compatibility mode on Win64. Install the same .msi file on both systems. On the 64-bit machine, calibre will end up in 'Program Files (x32)' (or something like that).

Quote:

Great work BTW.

05-20-2010, 05:38 PM	#93
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,456 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Beta release 0.6.93 Beta release 0.6.93 is now available at http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/betas/. Please read post #1 on this thread before installing this beta. This release includes significant improvements. The three most visible are: 1) gui changes where you can hide, show, move, resize, and align (center, etc) columns directly in the GUI. 2) a large performance improvement when connecting devices, and 3) the ability to connect to any folder as a device. 1) Regarding the GUI changes: you can now right-click on the column header to get the options available. Move columns by dragging. Please note that the 'On Device' column advertised earlier is now assumed to be column 1 and will appear automatically. You can, of course, move it to where you want it. Other GUI enhancements include remembering sizes of columns across column reorganizations and improvements in metadata display for device libraries. 2) Regarding performance improvement: calibre now stores on the device metadata for books on the device, including Sonys. Why? If the metadata information is available, calibre can open devices in a small number of seconds. In testing, we have seen performance improvements in excess of 100 times when connecting to devices. This good news is leavened with a bit of bad news. That bad news is that to get the most benefit, you must permit calibre to one time scan all the books on your reader. This process can take a long time, but we recommend you let it happen. The second time you connect, it will be fast. We promise. Your check is in the mail! Please be sure that the check box 'read metadata from files on device', found in many items in 'preferences/device plugins', is checked. For those of you with a Sony device, the first connect will be much slower than normal. Please let it finish. The job manager will show progress, book by book. 3) Regarding folder devices: calibre can now treat an arbitrary folder hierarchy as a device. You connect to a folder by going to the send_to_device menu and choosing 'connect to folder'. This feature has two uses. The first is to support reader devices that present their memory as a disk drive but are otherwise unknown to calibre. You can plug in the device, then ask calibre to open the ebook folder on the device. Once you do this, you will have all calibre features to help you manage your device. The second, an accidental benefit, is to analyze folders on your hard disc to see if books in that folder are in your library. As above, if this is the first time you have connected to that folder, it can take a while. --- There are many other less obvious changes, too numerous to list here. Please try the beta, if you can deal with what is becoming a smaller risk. It has been stable for me for some time. I have a Sony Pocket, an HTC that I treat as a folder, and hard disc folders. Kovid has tested it on a Sony 505, a Kindle, and other devices. We want to stabilize it asap, and your testing helps immeasurably. What remains is to permit custom columns to be used as collections, and (of course) bug fixes. Custom column collections might wait until some developer has a kindle upgrade -- not sure yet. Bug fixes must wait for bug reports. FYI: the beta release includes all the bug fixes in the 0.5* trunk releases. PS: ccayer, your jetbook problems should be fixed, and Starson17, I hope we haven't introduced regressions from what you helped make work. .

05-20-2010, 06:41 PM	#94
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,098 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	6.93 does not launch when installed on Ubuntu Lucid. i386 32 bit If you install the 64 bit version My bad Last edited by theducks; 05-21-2010 at 12:31 AM. Reason: downloaded wrong version

05-21-2010, 12:08 AM	#97
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,410 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	launch it from a terminal that way you'll get some error output Just run it as Code: calibre Last edited by kovidgoyal; 05-21-2010 at 12:17 AM.

05-21-2010, 03:29 AM	#99
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,456 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Problem with 6.93 and Sony Readers I just found that in some conditions, 0.6.93 breaks the Sony reader's database. I can't be more specific yet, but until I know more (later today), you shouldn't use this release on a Sony. Sorry...

05-21-2010, 12:27 PM	#103
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,456 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Release 0.6.94 is available Release 0.6.94 is available at http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/betas/. It fixes the sony and the search problems.

05-16-2010, 09:18 AM	#91
Starson17 Wizard Posts: 4,004 Karma: 177841 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T	There are 3 places to get source. The main trunk (currently @ v. 0.6.53), the beta, and the beta beta listed above in connection with the generic folder-as-a-Device driver. It looks like Kovid makes changes to both to fix bugs discussed in the bug tracker. Correct? Charles, How do you update the beta beta to get the bug fixes? Although I've now got a working HTC-HD2 driver, I'd like to keep testing the folder driver, but I also want the last bug fix from the tracker.

05-20-2010, 10:31 PM	#95
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,410 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	what error do you get with 0.6.93?

05-21-2010, 12:29 AM	#98
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,098 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	the 32 bit version runs fine. (the file name LISTING in the beta dir truncates in Firefox. the _64 was in the part that showed as ... and I did not catch it when I auto-completed the command line Custom fields work cool,

05-21-2010, 07:11 AM	#100
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,456 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Release 0.6.93 adds books to Sony readers incorrectly. This is a sony-only problem. It does not affect other readers, or books already on a Sony reader. A release that fixes this problem will arrive soon.

05-21-2010, 08:10 AM	#101
gbzdmo Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fareham UK Device: Sony PRS-650	Problem with 0.6.93 and Tags Excellent changes but I have found a problem when selecting tags from the side bar, each tag will display an error 4 times after pressing OK the filter displays with the correct books error as follows: ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>KeyError</b>:'search' Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 874, in search File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 184, in parse File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 193, in _parse File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 201, in evaluate File "site-packages\calibre\utils\search_query_parser.py", line 229, in evaluate_token File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 781, in get_matches KeyError: 'search' I am using Windows 7 64 bit All other search from the sidebar work OK, it is only tags that do not

05-21-2010, 08:34 AM	#102
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,456 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Thanks. I had found this problem when using bare-word searches, but not field-based searches. Fixes for both cases will be in the next release.

05-22-2010, 09:52 AM	#104
solitaire Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 30 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iPad, Galaxy S5	Hi Chaley, what is the difference between the beta files calibre-0.6.94-x86_64.tar.bz2 and calibre-0.6.94.msi? I am using Calibre on my 64 bit desktop and 32 bit laptop (both Win 7) and would like to test on both with the appropriate bit versions. Great work BTW.

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