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============================================================================
SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES SINCE V4.0
============================================================================
Version 6.8 - not yet released
* data files
- optimise the topography loader
* devices
- Volkslogger: support DAeC keyhole declaration
* calculations
- use maximum speed configured in plane setup as limit for calculations
- use WGS84 earth ellipsoid for distance calculations (#2809)
- simplified EKF wind algorithm
* airspace cross-section
- sync map & cross-section view zoom setting (#2913)
* infoboxes
- add "Fin MC0 AltD" infobox (#2824)
* task editor
- added one-click task reversal (#1730)
- show name of loaded/saved tasks in dialog title (#1924)
* user interface
- checklist remembers last opened list (#3110)
- display rotation for Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard (#3238)
- use /dev/input/event* on Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard (#3179)
- support mouse wheel on Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard
- scale touchscreen coordinates to screen size
* Android
- fix IOIO connection on Android 4.x (#2959, #3260)
* Kobo
- add UI allowing the start of external scripts to KoboMenu (#3194)
- support Wifi with WEP (#3138)
- support USB-OTG
Version 6.7.5 - 2014/06/09
* fix crash in task manager (#3305)
* work around crash on Windows (PC) (#3284)
* devices
- fixed attitude data handling
- properly detect LXNAV Nano 3
- FLARM: fix declaration with asterisk in task point name (#3323)
* airspace
- assume all airspaces are active if day of week is not known
- restore "Repetitive Sound" setting on startup (#3308)
* Android
- fix crash when opening IOIO port (#3309)
- allow reconnecting IOIO sensors
* tasks
- fix loading of some tasks from .cup files
Version 6.7.4 - 2014/04/11
* map
- fix topography rendering for polygon shapes (#3245)
- fix SDL clipped polygon rendering algorithm (#3250)
* devices
- Westerboer: ignore implausible values from buggy devices
* logger
- create "logs" directory automatically for external flight downloads
* user interface
- show status message when switching to next turnpoint (#3270)
* airspace
- relax parsing of TNP airspace files (#3272)
* infoboxes
- don't use depreciated content in default configuration (#3278)
Version 6.7.3 - 2014/01/22
* tracking
- changed host for DHV tracking server (#3208)
* user interface
- fix missing battery info in status panels
* map
- fix disappearing observation zones at left/top screen border (#3212)
- fix RASP display
* devices
- LX: improved logger handshake (#3199)
- LX: auto-retry after errors during IGC download
* Android
- load XCSoarData from external SD card if available (#3198)
* Kobo
- fix touch screen bug (#3195, #3204, #3211)
Version 6.7.2 - 2013/12/19
* user interface
- fix crash in alternates list (#3146)
- new translation: Slovenian
* infoboxes
- fix "Fin Dist" infobox for GOTO tasks (#3152)
* configuration
- increase upper limit for plane wing area (#3154)
- fix saving of custom polars (#3173)
* waypoints
- correctly handle S latitudes and W longitudes in waypoint editor (#3155)
- fix saving waypoints to cup format files from waypoint editor
* devices
- auto-reconnect TCP client (#3127)
- handle time warps in NMEA replay
- another midnight wraparound bug fix (#2973)
* Android
- enable Vivante workaround for GC600 (#3184)
- faster map renderer (#3124)
- improved font quality
- enable cursor key navigation in dialogs (#3133)
* Kobo
- fix misassigned passphrase in WiFi dialog (#3151)
- work around Kobo Touch N905B kernel crash in display driver (#3145)
- work around Kobo Touch N905B touch screen bug
- the "Home" button opens the menu
- mount /dev/pts for telnetd (#3135)
- fix crash in file manager and METAR/TAF dialog (#3078)
Version 6.7.1 - 2013/10/11
* replay
- fix crash replaying an IGC file with no B record extensions (#3107)
* data files
- save the previous log file in "xcsoar-old.log"
* user interface
- new translation: Lithuanian
* devices
- CAI302: work around transmission errors during IGC file download (#3074)
* Android
- fix crash in "credits" dialog on Android 4 (#3106)
- work around Vivante GPU texture bugs (#1995, #2228, #2990, #2998, #3105)
* Kobo
- fix passphrase entry in WiFi setup (#3053)
- fix compatibility with old Kobo firmware
Version 6.7 - 2013/09/30
* new target: Kobo e-book readers
* user interface
- resizable main window
- added AutoZoom gesture (up-down)
- obsolete configuration pages "devices", "polar", "logger info" removed
- new page: "horizon" (#1592)
- default page gesture changed right/left sense according to other xc ui interaction pattern
- pressing the Escape key in task manager switches to "Close" tab (#2877)
- separate font for dialogs (#723, #2806)
- repetitive airspace warning sound (#2952)
- never close dialogs due to display rotation
- disable custom fonts on Altair
- improve small dialog font on Altair
- fix loading translations on Linux (#2041)
* map
- terrain countour lines (#2451)
- continue loading terrain/topography without GPS fix (#2723)
- suppress drawing duplicate topography labels
- draw projected path when turning
- additional zoom levels (#3037)
- global "don't fill airspace" setting (#3047)
- fix rendering errors when some airspaces have no border (#3045)
- fix distinct page zoom in conjunction with circling zoom (#2907)
* infoboxes
- new content "Speed task last hour"
- new content "Next distance (nominal)"
- new content "Takeoff distance" (#3059)
- new panel for "Team code" provides quick access to team code settings (#2899)
- new content "OLC speed" (#2352)
* tasks
- custom "start requires arm" setting (#2782)
- new option to disable OLC optimisation
- MAT: ask user whether to add turn points while flying over it
- update the calculator without a GPS fix (#2876)
- fix task speed and time estimates before task start (#2876, #2906)
- show "arm advance" button when manual arming is necessary (#1729)
- support the OLC/DMSt 500km triangle threshold (#2963)
- render finish point as achieved when task is finished (#2140)
- subtract start/finish cylinder radius from task distance (#2308)
- fix parsing of .cup task files
* route planner
- ignore inactive and acknowledged airspaces (#2866)
* calculations
- add more weight to zig-zag wind compared to circling wind
- enable circling wind calculation in IGC replay (#2672)
- fix OLC triangle display (#2775)
* waypoint editor
- delete waypoint implemented
- CUP file support added
* devices
- enabling/disabling devices on-the-fly
- "debug" button
- more robust midnight wraparound handling (#2857)
- new driver from Cambridge L-Nav
- support TCP client connection
* Android
- support IOIO via OpenAccessory (Android 4.x)
- support USB host mode and USB-RS232 adapters on the Nook (#2886)
- show Bluetooth name instead of MAC address in device list
- enable fast refresh mode on Nook Simple Touch
* Analysis
- a retrospective task is compiled that summarises waypoints the aircraft has
visited (within 15km radius). These waypoints are drawn on OLC page of analysis dialog.
* data files
- default profile is called "default.prf" instead of "xcsoar-registry.prf"
- log file is called "xcsoar.log" instead of "xcsoar-startup.log"
- fix name truncation when saving a waypoint file on Windows (#3096)
Version 6.6.5 - 2013/08/21
* user interface
- reduce flickering in system configuration
* map
- reduce CPU usage of airspace and topography renderer
* tasks
- remove keyhole from the BGA start sector zone
* devices
- enable Nook's internal GPS for mock locations (#2999)
* configuration
- fix loading home waypoint on longitudes bigger than 90 degrees
Version 6.6.4 - 2013/07/11
* map
- fix stuttering terrain on Windows CE
- fix multi-touch pan gesture (#2684)
* calculations
- improve robustness of the zig-zag wind algorithm (#2961)
* devices
- FLARM: work around a Garrecht TRX-1090 firmware bug (#2745, #2749)
- LX: faster LXNAV Nano detection over Bluetooth (#2819)
- Volkslogger: increase timeout to calculate security (#2910)
- fix bogus error message after pressing "Cancel"
- show Bluetooth name instead of MAC address in device list
Version 6.6.3 - 2013/07/02
* map
- fill FAI triangle areas on Windows
* devices
- FLARM: improve task declaration reliability
- LX: support Nano firmware 2.10 (#2819)
* Android
- fix compatibility issue with Android 2.2
- detect when internal GPS is lost on Android 2.3 and older (#2929)
* user interface
- fix unit display for pressure in flight setup dialog (#2933)
* data files
- added "Pilatus B4" polar
Version 6.6.2 - 2013/06/12
* map
- fix misplaced topography labels (#2564)
- fix keyboard panning with track up (#2908)
* infoboxes
- ensure that the unit symbol is visible
- fix ballast display in vario gauge (#2911)
* tasks
- update all settings after task type change
* devices
- Volkslogger: fix IGC file download on Windows CE
- EWmicroRecorder: fix corrupt task declaration (#2921)
- fix potential crash when garbage is received from device
- fix IOIO reconnect
- generate G record even when first device has no GPS (#2849)
* cross section
- also display unknown airspace types (#2884)
* Raspberry Pi
- fix instant crash (#2922)
* Altair
- never override data path (#2509)
* Android
- faster startup
Version 6.6.1 - 2013/05/08
* cross section
- fix airspace display after display rotation (#2825)
* user interface
- fix malformed name in airspace warning dialog (#2813)
- don't lost focus to waypoint list on Altair (#2835)
- don't forget map zoom when returning to map (#2805)
* devices
- indicate duplicate devices in list
- allow using more than one TCP/UDP device
- fix spurious errors after IOIO baud rate change (#2733, #2754)
- K6Bt: fix configured baud rate setup on Android (#2836)
- work around Android 2.3 Bluetooth crash bug
* tasks
- prevent moving target out of the cylinder (#2794)
* configuration
- fix regression with polar configuration (#2803)
* support gcc 4.8
Version 6.6 - 2013/04/23
* map
- optional distinct map zoom on each page (#1603)
- add label selection "Task waypoints & airfields"
- allow configuration of "Final glide bar" display (#2554)
- new snail trail option "Vario-scaled dots and lines"
- topography icons
- don't draw pan info over north arrow (#2765)
* cross section
- show airspace names (#1149, #2390)
- use glide polar instead of current glide ratio (#2687)
* infoboxes
- green InfoBox distance when inside observation zone (#2560)
- limit the InfoBox aspect ratio
- new InfoBox styles "Shaded" (#1852), "Glass" (#2466)
- waypoint details button in target dialog (#1967)
- show distance in radial InfoBox comment (#2577)
- new InfoBox "ATC radial" with distance in nautical miles (#2269, #2706)
- improved wind edit panel (#2770)
* user interface
- replay fast-forward
- new waypoint location editor (#343)
- show required glide ratio in waypoint details (#1573)
- add airspace ack button to map item list (#2139)
- additionally show airspace altitude in feet (#2379)
- show more files in replay file picker (#2582)
- clicking with Ctrl key pressed moves the simulator (#199)
- vario bar at the right edge of the map
* tasks
- MAT tasks (#563)
- custom symmetric quadrant (#2125)
- AAT keyhole (#1687)
- add AST point option "Score exit" (#2544)
- optimise start point
- allow up to 30 turn points in racing tasks
- local time for task start open/close time (#2645)
- enforce the task start open/close time (#2678)
- fix start auto-advance
* calculations
- improve the circling wind algorithm (#2690)
* devices
- Volkslogger: support IGC file download (#1972)
- Volkslogger: declaration no longer erases waypoint database from logger
- CAI302: support uploading all waypoint file types (#2054)
- V7: support for QNH synchronization to V7 vario
* Android
- faster map renderer on some Android devices
* other
- new polars for two G 102 Astir variants (#2701)
- new option "auto bugs" increases bug setting every hour (#1526)
* configuration
- fix saving of configuration values in non-metric setups (#2771)
Version 6.5.4 - 2013/04/10
* devices
- Volkslogger: increase timeout for reading flight list
- V7: fix QNH change
* logger
- fix failing IGC logger (#2658, #2735, #2736, #2746, #2751)
Version 6.5.3 - 2013/03/26
* user interface
- eliminate flickering in the cross section on Windows
- fix wrong radial display in target dialog
- start at terrain center when there's no GPS fix and no home location
* task
- fix line OZ rounding error (#2599)
* devices
- FLARM: fix IGC file download on firmware 5.09 (#2619)
* Android
- fix crash with Hebrew language
* Mac OS X
- fix crash on startup (#2607, #2667)
- show missing serial ports, hide internal devices (#2668)
* infoboxes
- fix rendering of thermal assistant aircraft symbol (#2702)
Version 6.5.2 - 2013/03/15
* user interface
- fix hang during startup (#2662, #2663)
- fix freeze in dialogs (#2664)
- automatically re-enable manual wind controls (#2336)
- fix crash after connecting FLARM (#2669)
Version 6.5.1 - 2013/03/12
* infoboxes
- fix MacCready adjustment for non-metric units (#2654)
* user interface
- fix bogus "restart XCSoar" messages
- fix cross section render error on some OpenGL chips (#2631, #2661)
- allow gestures in cross section (#2655)
* devices
- fix crash in Android Bluetooth driver (#2636, #2656)
- fix NMEA input on Android Bluetooth Server
* data files
- use the terrain cache even when the system clock is wrong
- fix G record regression (#2657)
Version 6.5 - 2013/03/08
* map
- lower zoom levels possible while circling (#1120)
- draw FAI triangle areas (#1563)
- optimise the terrain renderer
- added "Wind Up" display orientation
- high-resolution terrain renderer (Android/Linux only)
- kinetic panning (Android/Linux only)
- new terrain color ramp "Gaudy"
* calculations
- don't detect landing while climbing in a wave (#1330, #2289, #2406)
- basic support for the contest "DMSt" (#2208)
* tasks
- add task start countdown (#136, #1080)
- optimise racing tasks for minimum distance
- allow observation zone sizes up to 200km (#2401)
- always use "arrival safety height" when calculating arrival heights
for intermediate task turnpoints
* devices
- LX: support flight download from LXNAV Nano (#2085)
- LX: support flight download from LX5000/LX7000 pro IGC
- LX: read bugs setting from the LX160 vario (#2167)
- Android/IOIO: support BMP085 sensor (DroidSoar V2)
- Android/IOIO: support MS5611 pressure sensor
- added driver for Levil AHRS device
- Leonardo: read indicated airspeed from PDGFTL1 sentence
- C-Probe: read IAS/TAS from the device
- K6Bt: fix baud rate switching with various drivers
- K6Bt: fix configured baud rate setup on Android
* data files
- added MATZ airspace class (#2530)
- integrated handicaps from DAEC 2012
* logger
- auto-flush IGC logger after every fix
* user interface
- preselect first item with details in map item list for
faster access (#2069, #2207)
- non-modal FLARM radar (with InfoBoxes and menu)
- show FAI triangle sectors in task manager
- can drag modal dialogs
- short click opens InfoBox dialog
- support keyboard input on desktop computer
- improved angle input (e.g. wind direction, sector radials)
- faster map initialisation during startup
- reduce audio vario latency
- better bold fonts on Linux
- add page option to show cross section below map
- allow pages with FLARM radar and thermal assistant
- double click on vario opens main menu
- allow opening main menu while panning
- new translations: Hebrew, Vietnamese
* infoboxes
- added thermal assistant infobox
- inverse colors for wind arrow infobox and flarm gauge (#2337)
* track friends via internet connection (SkyLines live tracking)
* SkyLines tracking enabled on Windows CE
* Android
- check if external storage is mounted
* Documentation
- started a French translation of the manual
- included an almost complete German translation of the manual
Version 6.4.6 - 2013/01/23
* devices
- Leonardo: fixed vario parser for the $c sentence
- C-Probe: fixed temperature offset bug
- GTAltimeter: fixed vario parser
- SerialPort: fixed lockup/hang problem when closing for some CE devices (#2515)
* user interface
- sort airspaces properly in the airspace list dialog (#2528)
* infoboxes
- fixes broken wind arrow display in some situations (#2295)
- fix font scaling on screen rotation change (Android/Linux OpenGL)
* data files
- fixed arc airspace approximation threshold handling (#2360)
* configuration
- save waypoint label display configuration changed from menu (#2548)
Version 6.4.5 - 2012/12/14
* calculations
- fix rounding error in convex boundary calculation (#2477)
* devices
- Vega: fix MacCready setting feedback loop (#1218, #2490)
* user interface
- faster gesture drawing
- fix crash in InfoBox page setup (#2122)
- allow scrolling the check list on Altair (#1289)
* map
- fix crash in terrain renderer with broken map file (#2478)
* data files
- added "LAK-12" polar
Version 6.4.4 - 2012/11/15
* devices
- CAI302: longer timeout for "CLEAR LOG"
* user interface
- fix font preview in configuration dialog
- fix the Escape key on Altair
- fix wind InfoBox dialog layout (#2192)
- add missing "Switch InfoBox" button (#2246)
* Android
- fix text rendering on some PowerVR GPUs
* Windows
- fix garbled screen area in task manager (#2272)
Version 6.4.3 - 2012/11/01
* devices
- fix freeze bug on device reconnect
- LXNAV Nano: fix crash in Nano configuration dialog
- LXNAV V7: fix NMEA setup over Bluetooth
- Colibri/LX20: fix LXN/FIL to IGC conversion (#2262)
* user interface
- fix the download manager on Samsung phones
Version 6.4.2 - 2012/10/17
* calculations
- contest: relax altitude difference check (#2348)
- improve take-off and landing detection (#2391)
* devices
- CAI302, B800: fix ballast command (#2387)
- IOIO: fix baud rate switching, fixes LXNAV V7 and Volkslogger (#2277)
* data files
- added polar of "Ka 6E" and corrected the "Ka 6CR" one (#2327)
- added polars of "AK-8" and "Blanik L13-AC" (#2329)
* map
- suspend the map renderer while thermal assistant is shown
* user interface
- closing the XCSoar window cancels the current modal dialog (was
broken on Windows)
- fix off-by-one bug in combo list (#2382)
- fix map updates in replay/simulator on Linux (#2236)
- fix file manager on new XCSoarData directory
- fix excess error messages in file manager (#2395)
- validate UTF-8 in xcsoar-checklist.txt (#2396)
Version 6.4.1 - 2012/08/30
* calculations
- fix "final GR" calculation (#2256)
- improved great circle vector calculation precision
* map
- new option to disable the wind arrow
* data files
- increased arc airspace resolution for large radiuses
* devices
- fix potential crash in I/O thread
- fix date/time parsing in Flytec device driver
- Volkslogger: fix task declaration over Bluetooth
- CAI GPS-NAV: work around timing problem
- LX: fix Colibri/LX20 declaration problems
- Westerboer: support for smaller steps in MC value setting
- improved Bluetooth support on Windows CE
- work around Windows CE serial port driver bug, fixes freeze during
Nano task declaration (#2255)
* user interface
- remove duplicate "trail drift" setting (#2252)
- fix flarm teamcolor saving (#2291)
- fix flarm targets in map item list (#2267)
* logger
- IGC B record is invalid ("V") with just 2D fix
- log pressure altitude in IGC files
* fix crash on low battery in simulator mode (#2306)
Version 6.4 - 2012/07/31
* calculations
- Contest: add FFVV NetCoupe (#1648)
- Contest: optionally include next task point in OLC classic/plus
score calculation (#1561)
* devices
- support up to 6 devices
- buffered serial port I/O
- FLARM: new FLARM setup dialog
- added drivers for GliderTools GT Altimeter and Compass C-Probe
- LXNAV V7 and Nano configuration dialog
* data files
- removed support for separate terrain/topography files, now XCM only
* map
- configurable airspace rendering (#1847)
- "dots for sink" trail styles
- weather stations on the map (#1487)
* user interface
- added "Airspace On/Off" menu button
- save Flarm team mates in the profile (#1997)
- added para- and hang glider and aircraft symbols (#1626)
- audio vario (#1576)
- improved airspace list rendering
- configurable map item list (#1936)
- "GoTo" button in map item list (#2069)
- show corresponding waypoint file in waypoint details dialog (#1624)
- show gesture path while dragging
- file manager, can download data files
- new option to disable the "final glide" display mode
* infoboxes
- added automatic altitude infobox (baro. altitude with GPS fallback)
- added wind arrow infobox (#1598)
* Android
- support x86 and MIPS CPUs
- Bluetooth server for NMEA out
Version 6.3.11 - 2012/07/27
* calculations
- fix freeze in glide solver
- fix transition in small cylinder for key hole observation zones
(e.g. BGA, #2229)
- fix AAT buttons in new tasks (#2183)
* data files
- fix crash in CUP task loader
* map
- fix rounding error in annulus renderer (#2221)
- redraw map after target was moved (#2216)
- fix bogus "around terrain: -1" map element (#2205)
- fix waypoint label style when no map is loaded
Version 6.3.10 - 2012/07/20
* calculations
- fix rounding error in sector angle calculation (#2102, #2209)
Version 6.3.9 - 2012/07/18
* calculations
- show AAT/target info before the first GPS fix (#2183)
* data files
- fix crash in the "Status File" loader
* devices
- plausibility tests for NMEA input
- fixed Westerboer VW921 airspeed reading
Version 6.3.8 - 2012/06/22
* fix broken graphics (#2182, #2184, #2185)
Version 6.3.7 - 2012/06/21
* calculations
- show altitude difference to target point, not area centre
- enforce the 150 minutes limit for OLC league (#2174)
- fix airspace warnings on old ARM CPUs (#2127)
* devices
- LX: improved LXNav V7 support
- skip failed devices for task declaration
* replay
- fix parsing of flight date in IGC files
* Android
- fix crash during METAR download (#2156)
- fix map flipping (#2154)
Version 6.3.6 - 2012/06/06
* calculations
- fix task start arming inconsistency
- fix crash in thermal locator (#2137)
- consider head wind in STF only if MacCready setting is zero
* devices
- fix NMEA out
* data files
- added "ASW-28 (15m)" polar (#1919)
* user interface
- ignore double clicks when mouse/finger has moved
- the "back" key returns focus to map
* Windows
- check for XCSoarData in the XCSoar.exe directory (#2136)
* Android
- fix crash on IOIO reconnect (#2130)
- fix interference of two or more IOIO UARTs (#2107)
- eliminate delay from IOIO connect
Version 6.3.5 - 2012/05/31
* calculations
- fix rounding error in task minimum search for finish lines (#2102)
* devices
- fix crash on connection failure during flight download (#2107)
* map
- fix horizontal terrain stripes (#1745)
* Android
- fix compatibility with Android 1.6
- fix hanging IOIO/Bluetooth connection
- fix crash in FLARMNet dialog
- save crash dumps in directory "XCSoarData/crash/";
this requires the Android permission "READ_LOGS"
Version 6.3.4 - 2012/05/24
* calculations
- fix overflow in ETE/ETA calculations on big tasks (#2066)
- fix bogus landing detection right after takeoff (#2081)
* task manager
- fix FAI start/finish line length (#2079)
* devices
- CAI302: fix connection lost after MacCready update (#2029)
* user interface
- increase double click interval to 500ms (#2088)
- fix UTC offset preview (#2082)
* map
- sanitise map scale (#2086)
- fix crash on topography triangulation failure (#2089)
* Android
- fix profile path on Samsung devices with external SD card (#2051)
Version 6.3.3 - 2012/05/05
* calculations
- use arrival height instead of terrain safety height for MC0 Alt.D
(#1991, #1992)
- fix arrival heights on map when no terrain is available (#2018)
* user interface
- refresh the device list automatically
* Android
- fix crash after too many network failures (#1957)
- improve the pressure sensor's Kalman filter
- fix Bluetooth/IOIO receive data truncation
- reduce the risk of getting killed by the Android Activity Manager
* logger
- Fix logging of "start" events
- Fix logging of "before takeoff position fixes" in IGC logs (#2052)
Version 6.3.2 - 2012/04/26
* devices
- FLARM: fix flight download (#2024)
* user interface
- improved list colors, white text on dark blue background
- limit form field labels that are too wide (#2025)
* Android
- apply a Kalman filter to the pressure reading (#1928)
Version 6.3.1 - 2011/04/19
* calculations
- fix crash with far away task (#1969)
- fix high speed remaining when wind drift is disabled (#1962)
- fix crash when scrolling beyond the poles (#2005)
- fix airspace activity (day of week) calculation
* devices
- allow standard NMEA sentences to begin with 'P'
- add missing NMEA checksum verifications
- Borgelt: send bugs and ballast to the B800 (#1940)
- Borgelt: read the ballast setting from the B800 (#1940)
- LX: support the LXNav V7
- Flymaster: initiate NMEA mode
- AltairPro: relax timeouts
- FLARM: relax timeouts
- fix timeouts on Windows CE (FLARM driver and others) (#1970)
- ignore garbage at the beginning of NMEA lines
- fix the NMEA out driver (for Altair double seater and others) (#1982)
* logger
- fix format of IGC 'C' records for takeoff/landing (ambiguous spec) (#1993)
- fix landing time in flight logger (#2012)
* map
- don't fill acked airspaces (#1958)
- fix display of full-circle annulus (#2000)
* task manager
- fix rename/delete function for task files (#1985)
- also clear optional starts with "Clear All" button (#2014)
* waypoints
- add all examined waypoints to recently used waypoint list (#2009)
* Linux
- fix HTTP networking bugs
* Android
- fix hanging shutdown after IOIO connection failure
- fix saving of airspace colors (workaround for android compiler bug) (#1954)
* Windows
- fix double key presses on Windows CE / PPC2000
* Altair
- recover focused dialog control (#1868)
Version 6.3 - 2012/03/29
* calculations
- real-time OLC score
- configurable permanent polar degradation
- finish: allow flight to boundary (reenabled)
* devices
- COM port monitor
- fix for TCP port on Windows
- added separate FLARM driver for declaration and IGC file download
- FLARM: generate checksums for task declaration
- added driver for the Westerboer VW921/VW922 devices
- added driver for the FlyNet variometer
- allow up to 4 devices
- LX: support the LX Color Vario
- LX: send QNH and ballast to device
- LX: send keep-alives while in flight list
- LX: support LX1600 pass-through mode
- send/receive bugs setting to/from device, if driver support it
- support for K6-Bt baud rate switching
- CAI302: units editor
- CAI302: write waypoint database to CAI302
- CAI302: baud rate switching
- Flytec: correct airspeed and ground speed factor
* map
- airspace rendering fixed
- show new map items list on click
- reduce map jiggling, improved E Ink display support
- multi-touch drag triggers pan
- waypoint labels: support "required glide ratio" instead of
"arrival height"
* user interface
- show METAR data in natural language
- sort METAR stations by name
- added kinetic scrolling for non-WinCE platforms
- enable font anti-aliasing on Linux and Mac OS X
- show airspaces in the task manager
- larger form rows on touch screens
- added UTM coordinate format
- single click in target dialog moves the target
- dpi-aware dialog layout
- show units in the analysis dialog
- optional full-screen mode on Linux
* logger
- added "Start only" option for auto logger
* data files
- added support for CompeGPS waypoint files
* internet
- added LiveTrack24 live tracking
* Windows
- use XCSoarData folder on removable drives/cards if available
* Android
- support reverse screen modes for Galaxy Tab
- support baro sensor
- fix profile saving bug after initial installation
- improve Bluetooth and IOIO error handling
* Altair
- fix configuration dialog navigation
* LX MiniMap
- support for the hardware buttons
Version 6.2.6 - 2012/02/25
* calculations
- fix bogus terrain warnings
- fix incorrect expiration of wind data, e.g. for temporary manually
overridden automatic wind calculations results
- fix auto MacCready calculation
* devices:
- Vega: fix Vega configuration dialog
- Android: don't auto-reopen the internal GPS periodically
- Android: fix deadlock when internal GPS is disabled
- fix rare crash bug during task declaration
* fix parsing of weather station codes read from profile
* Altair:
- fix a few broken dialog hot keys
* Windows
- allow configuring the UTC offset on Windows CE
Version 6.2.5 - 2012/01/27
* calculations
- fix time calculation when goal is above aircraft
- fix speed to fly when goal is below aircraft
- fix minor OLC miscalculation
- enable the logger ID on all platforms
- prevent spikes and jumps during IGC replay
* infoboxes
- fix display of "FIN ETE VMG" and "WP ETE VMG"
* user interface
- enable 5 InfoBoxes on the right in landscape mode
* settings
- fix handling negative UTC offsets
* devices:
- fix regression in EW MicroRecorder task declaration
- EW MicroRecorder: make task declaration cancellable
* Android
- fix black screen after resume
* Windows
- fix freeze on the Windows Mobile "Today" screen
Version 6.2.4 - 2011/12/24
* calculations
- fix arrival altitude calculation when goal is above aircraft
- take terrain safety height into account for start point
- calculate final glide MacCready even when no thermal was measured yet
- fix rare crash in AutoMacCready calculation
- converge AutoMacCready to zero when goal is unreachable
- fix crash with far away task
- fix crash in terrain reach calculator
* devices
- Borgelt: send MacCready to B800 with CAI302 protocol
- Flytec: fixed the $FLYSEN parser (more data, including GPS)
* Android
- fix bogus long InfoBox clicks
- fix crash after resuming
- don't reveal InfoBoxes after rotating the display during pan
* Windows
- work around startup problem on hx4700 with Windows Mobile 5
* Altair
- fix crash in InfoBox cursor movement
* user interface
- restore the current menu after rotating the display
- fix sorting by filename in file selector of task manager
- allow modification of some additional infobox values with up/down keys
(or volume keys on android devices).
- fix crash in the .xci file parser
- new translation: Korean
* map
- performance improvements for large maps
- redraw map after terrain cache update
* settings
- load configured METAR/TAF stations on startup
- remember UTC offsets > +12 hours.
Version 6.2.3 - 2011/11/19
* calculations
- show correct "next distance" even if glide solver fails
- don't discard manual wind when auto wind is disabled
- don't discard manual wind until a new estimate is calculated
- fix memory leak
* user interface
- reduce menu flickering
- fix crash in waypoint list dialog when waypoints have large comments
- prevent waypoint editing if waypoint file is read-only
- fix clipped task display on wide screens
* map
- speed up the map renderer
- reduce memory usage on PPC2000
* data files
- Automatically try to detect character encoding of airfield details file
- speed up waypoint/airspace loading
* logger
- Added competition id to IGC file output
* Linux
- display error message when fonts could not be loaded
* Mac OS X
- initial public release, distributed in a DMG package
Version 6.2.2 - 2011/11/04
* devices
- save the "bulk baud rate" setting
- don't auto-restart NMEAOut and XCOM760
* calculations
- fix instant L/D formula
- fix malformed F records in IGC files
- minor fix for FLARM stealth calculations
- fix auto QNH formula
- fix reach/route arrival calculations with strong wind
* user interface
- fixed several minor bugs in the plane database dialog
- fix MacCready steps for knots and ft/min
- manual and translation updates
- support "airspace margin" setting for "All below"
- fix crash in font editor
* data files
- fixed bugs in TNP airspace file parsing
* Android
- acquire "Vibrate" permission
Version 6.2.1 - 2011/09/26
* faster METAR and TAF download
* devices
- FLARM: clear old barometric altitude as soon as FLARM is detected
* user interface
- show validation errors before task declaration
* Windows / Altair
- restore the "Enter" key in dialogs (knob click on Altair)
* Android
- fix hang on quit
- fix screen corruption when rotating the progress screen
- fix startup crash with manual display orientation
- fix memory leak in network code
- implement timeout in network code
* Mac OS X
- fix clock query
- store data in ~/XCSoarData
Version 6.2 - 2011/09/08
* devices
- Android IOIO
- Android: support native serial ports and USB-RS232 adapters
- added task declaration support for the IMI ERIXX logger
- improved support for the Digifly Leonardo
- auto-detect serial ports on Windows CE
- serial port support on UNIX
- CAI302: fix byte order bug on PC
- CAI302: IGC file download
- IMI ERIXX: IGC file download
- LX/Colibri: IGC file download
- LX: support baud rate switching
- Volkslogger: fix task declaration on PC
- Vega: update vario when there is no GPS fix
- PosiGraph: task declaration
- device declaration can be cancelled
- reconnect individual devices after failure or timeout
- device manager dialog, with manual reconnect
* calculations
- dry mass is seperated from the polar reference mass
- airspace distance miscalculations fixed
- new wind algorithm "EKF", replacing ZigZag
- OLC calculation speedup
* user interface
- added support for reverse portrait/landscape screen orientations
- multiple flarm team mates and teams possible
- nearest airspace distance info boxes
- better font for large info box values
- airspace warnings: show vertical distance if above/below
- profiles are not incremental anymore; initial support for editable
user profiles
- MacCready InfoBox: scale increments according to user unit
- METAR and TAF
* map
- redraw terrain only if needed (saves battery power)
- airspace rendering optimised
* data files
- auto-detect the character encoding in waypoint/airspace files
* tasks
- allow finish height in MSL or AGL
Version 6.1.5 - 2011/08/20
* data files
- fixed arcs in TNP airspace files
* devices
- fixed temperature reading from Altair/Vega and Westerboer devices
* calculations
- airspace distance miscalculations fixed
- fixed builtin polars with points above 200 km/h
* Android
- fix timer crash
Version 6.1.4 - 2011/07/30
* memory leaks fixed
* calculations
- fix miscalculation in start point chooser
- finish: revert "allow flight to boundary" for now
* map
- fix for the aircraft symbol
- airspace rendering optimised
- disable huge topography files on PPC2000 and Altair
* Android
- fix text rendering on Adreno GPUs
- fix another suspend/resume crash
- clip the unit symbol in info boxes
- smooth CPU usage info box
* Altair:
- fix upside down screen
Version 6.1.3 - 2011/07/14
* devices
- fix task declaration on PC
- LX: correct byte alignment for task declaration
* calculations