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The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.4 release of Chandler Desktop!

Chandler Desktop is an open source, standards-based personal information manager (PIM) built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modelled on Inbox usage patterns.

The 0.7.4 release adds a Tip of the day feature and a German translation contributed by a user. The triage status behavior was improved to be more useful. There have been dozens of bug fixes across the application, as well as fixes to the build and testing infrastructures.

Bug fixes in this release focused on items reported by people using Chandler regularly; in particular, issues users found using the Chandler dashboard. The 0.7.4 release is the fourth in a series of ongoing releases since Chandler Preview 0.7.0 intended to respond to the ongoing feedback received from users. Additional releases improving Chandler Desktop are planned and ongoing.

Chandler Desktop 0.7.4 is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux at:

http://chandlerproject.org/download

Additional information is available from the Chandler Project homepage.

The bugs fixed in this release include:

• #6629 testing framework bug: KeyError:
• #7894 Events should be marked as DONE when end-date/times roll by, but not ‘Purged’ to DONE section
• #8658 Missing documentation on en_GB locale requirement
• #8814 After Preview is frozen, we should contact volunteer localizers to get them started
• #9928 Recorded Scripts: playback too sensitive to time zone settings
• #10128 MinCyg download on Chandler page missing some binaries
• #10498 Recorded script recTestAllDay passing even though it is creating a note
• #10625 Save when dragging event lozenges in the calendar
• #10662 error while deleting office cal
• #10750 TCEUT0007 – Sending an update to an invite doesn’t trigger sending the mail
• #10909 Chandler does not build on 64-bit Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
• #10916 PyDeadObjectError from wxTimedEventsCanvas
• #10937 Start-up screen that directs people to demo movies
• #10948 Entire recurring series keep popping into NOW but no evidence of global edit
• #10999 gdata plugin ends up as an .egg in plugins/ others are .egg-link
• #11110 Traceback when renaming a non-visible collection
• #11375 Use of delete key in quick entry field
• #11388 New items with a “/” anywhere in the title don’t get created
• #11396 recTestNewEvent fails on intel leopard tbox
• #11428 Kernel protection error double clicking in calendar
• #11444 Redesign export on quit
• #11454 Plugin install fails if no write access to CHANDLERHOME/plugins
• #11475 Nov 12th, 2007 Weekly PPD Meeting keeps popping back to NOW
• #11479 wxGrid fails to send EVT_GRID_EDITOR_HIDDEN
• #11494 It’s possible to have a collection be subscribed but not appear in the sidebar
• #11498 Need to handle cosmo response 409 to see if duplicate icaluids reported
• #11513 A couple exception raising statements are missing proper module name
• #11514 Localization scripts leveraging build_lib.runCommand fail on Windows
• #11531 Need a tool to compare Chandler.pot with submitted Chandler-LOCALE.po
• #11556 0.7.3 RC1 Chandler fails to launch with ValueError: An error occured while creating VM
• #11562 Events don’t auto triage to now when changing time of recurring event
• #11573 distIndex needs to be fixed to deal with the ~ in .deb files
• #11577 wx stock labels in English when starting on non-English system
• #11578 recorded script recTestNewEvent fails on Leopard
• #11597 Item I edited shows up as Unread in PPD collection
• #11602 Traceback borked my PPD collection
• #11604 Not able to create Chandler HUb Account – Generating Timeout error
• #11606 Failed to import record ItemRecord
• #11616 Traceback using context menu during script recording
• #11625 Using UI repo view from bg thread
• #11640 gettext needs to be built in external for mac and windows
• #11645 make install fails on leopard with error: egg creation failed
• #11660 Sending email to yourself in Chandler causes false-positive ‘Unread’ status and ‘popping into Now
• #11661 Only pop the NEXT OCCURRENCE into NOW if there has been a global edit.
• #11663 print statements in production code
• #11666 Recorded Script: mini cal nav does not work in Leopard on playback
• #11692 Subscribe to Google Calendar results in Subscribe Error
• #11697 Recorded Scripts don’t handle tabbing into notes DV field
• #11701 Add the German translation to the SVN trunk Makefile and releases
• #11702 Update debug plugin for repository as egg
• #11734 Update the French po for 0.7.4
• #8447 recorded scripts don’t work for dialogs
• #8772 Recorded script recTestKeepOutOfDashboard fails
• #9442 Recorded script quick entry creation of an item with apostrophe in title generates invalid python
• #9714 Script recording – triage button doesn’t get clicked on playback
• #9758 Script recording – unable to name an event on creation
• #9768 Script Recording – scripts fail to stamp items on playback
• #9780 Script recording – script too sensitive to event time on playback
• #10187 browse never catches AssertionErrors
• #10709 timezone display error
• #11121 Land the recorded_scripts branch
• #11150 Recorded scripts focusWindow.GetName() error when using quick entry
• #11172 Changing UI indication for working hours
• #11181 webbrowser.open is unreliable
• #11194 clicking on outgoing mail in the accounts dialog scrolls it on the top hiding the other 2 options
• #11390 gutsy and leopard tbox logs don’t include func test logs
• #11431 Inconsistent wording for protocol: type vs protocol
• #11433 Recorded scripts finds bug in wxGrid on Leopard
• #11462 Unstamping as mail after attempting to remove from Dashboard leads to AssertionError: index (n) out of range (n) and python crash on closing app
• #11507 Emails sent from Chandler don’t display First Name, Last Name in the From column
• #11528 Traceback when canceling a “collections and settings” export
• #11547 App crash on compact
• #11569 TestMulti fails intermittently on Linux
• #11574 Tip of the day
• #11582 Land the wx tarball for wxPython 2.8.7.1
• #11583 Recorded scripts UnboundLocalError: ‘window’ referenced before assignment
• #11627 Deleting imap account and adding another leads to exception
• #11708 Difficulties replacing TestEnableTimeZones with recorded script

Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!

The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.3 release of Chandler Desktop!

Download link, information on mailing lists, and how to get the sources available from the homepage.

The 0.7.3 release is the third in a series of quick, time-based releases since Chandler Preview 0.7.0 intended to respond to the feedback we received from 0.7.0 and continue to receive from these quick releases.

0.7.3 fixes over 50 bugs and includes some major improvements:

• Month View:Yes! Month View! This has been pretty much at the very top of everyone’s wish list so we decided to bite the bullet and just did it. Month View can be reached by simply clicking the month name in the top area of the calendar. Switch back to week view simply clicking on the week number on the left side. This fixes bugs:
  • Bug #5361: 30-day view? Variable multi-day view.
• Bundled Localizations: Chandler now comes bundled with localizations in French, Swedish and Finnish. If you’d like to join the localization effort in your own native language, we are looking for volunteers. This is a great way to get familiarized with Chandler ideas and its community. We fixed the following bugs along the way:
  • Bug #11197 Normalize dialog title capitalization
  • Bug #11199 Bogus message in MasterPassword
  • Bug #11201 Incorrect strings in GetPasswordDialog
  • Bug #11260 Export dialog text says ‘Exported’ not Dumped
  • Bug #11333 Reword Unpublish Confirmation dialog
  • Bug #11405 Need different strings for no encryption and no alarm (currently ‘None’)
  • Bug #11419 Fixed running with localed using ‘,’ instead of ‘.’ for decimal point (was : invalid literal for float() error when reloading a .chex)
  • Bug #11470 File > Sync manager… has mnemonic
  • Bug #11490 Reminders dialog missing mnemonics, default button
• Share Management: There’s a new feature under the File menu called Sync Manager. This allows users to view and choose which of the published collections on their Chandler Server need to be synced with the Chandler Desktop. Additionally, this dialog shows up automatically in some situation (like restoring settings). This helps the user to avoid “forgetting” collections on the server.
  • Bug #10971 Auto-restore published shares
  • Bug #11334 Sync Menu items
• Support and build for Mac OS X Leopard, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Use System Libraries: Modern OSes are now catching up with Chandler’s use of cutting edge releases of Python. So the good news is that, for those systems, we don’t have to bundle all these, resulting in much smaller downloads. We now provide special downloads for those Systems.
  • Bug #11088 Use system python on Mac (Leopard), Ubuntu Feisty and forward
• Automate Upgrade Process: User now have the option to let Chandler export a .chex on quit. This is convenient for new users (small data base) with fast machines. For old timers with thousands of items, there’s an option to bypass this (don’t forget to export though _before_ upgrading to a new version of Chandler):
  • Bug #11139 Automate upgrade process

For a more complete list of bug fixes and known issues, please visit our Release Notes.

Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!

We’ve added Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Mac OS X “Leopard” to our supported
list, and are just phasing out Mac OS X “Panther” support, so it was
time to clarify what platforms are officially supported.

Linux:

• Ubuntu Dapper Drake (tarball installs)
• Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (deb install, using system python)

Windows:

• Windows XP

Macintosh:

• PPC Mac OS X “Tiger”
• Intel Mac OS X “Tiger”
• Intel Mac OS X “Leopard” (using system python)

Additionally Chandler may be built and may run in the following
configurations but is not officially supported/tested, although
we may fix issues if reported, especially if given patches:

Linux:

• Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (using system python)
• Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 64-bit (using system python)
• Other Linux variants

Windows:

• Windows 2000
• Windows Vista

Macintosh:

• PPC Mac OS X “Panther”
• PPC Mac OS X “Leopard” (using system python)

A problem in the Reload Collection and Settings function limited to the Mac PPC build prompted us to release a 0.7.2.1 bug fix for that platform. For more details about this issue, see Bugzilla Bug #11305.

If you are using 0.7.2 for Mac PPC and had problems migrating your Chandler data from a previous version, please download the new 0.7.2.1.

The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.2 release of Chandler Desktop!

Download links, information on mailing lists, and how to get the sources are available from the homepage.

The 0.7.2 release is the second in a series of quick, time-based releases since Chandler Preview 0.7.0.1 intended to respond to the feedback we received from 0.7.0.1 and continue to receive from these quick releases.

0.7.2 fixes over 80 bugs and includes some major improvements:

• Dashboard: Following up on users logged bugs and remarks, we improved the Dashboard display of the Who column and made it work more in sync with the other columns. We also changed how the triage status cycles. This fixes bugs:
  • Bug #10924 Chandler leaves the Who column blank when the user stamps an item but doesn’t address it
  • Bug #10925 Chandler displays ‘to’ if a message is neither fromMe nor toMe
  • Bug #10926 The order of Triage Status has been changed to NOW, LATER, DONE
  • Bug #10927 The ‘Edited/Updated by’ in the Who column is displayed only for unread messages
• Support for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon: We’re now using wxPython 2.8.6.0 which fixes crashes reported by several users of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. This fixes Bug #10906.
• New version of PyLucene: Chandler’s PyLucene is not using gcj anymore, but rather our own home brew jcc. This fixes Bug #10803 among others.
• Auto fill for common email providers: Account settings now fill automatically for the most common email providers. Just type your email address and if the provider is recognized, most of the settings will be filled out automatically.
• Chandler-on-a-stick, a.k.a. “Portable Chandler”: Though not built automatically and available for download, it is now possible to build a relocatable distribution of Chandler that can be stored on, and run from a removable device such as a USB memory stick or an iPod.
• Getting ready for l10n (localization): Chandler Desktop 0.7.2 is not completely ready for localizers yet (still a handful of bugs to fix; this will happen in 0.7.3) but we solved a significant set of issues that will make the localization process much easier:
  • Bug #3740 Tests are now run on a Tinderbox using a non-ascii locale / charset for path
  • Bug #5658 Localized UI meta data stored in the Repository needs to be refreshable without altering User Data : There’s now a new language picker in the File menu making it easier to change language and test localization without having to throw the whole repository or use magic command line options
  • Bug #10132 Triage NOW, LATER, DONE images un-localizable : now those bitmaps are computed within Chandler using provided localized text. No more bitmaps to localize!
  • Bug #10136 Improving Chandler gettext tools
  • Bug #10139 Add context comments to Chandler Code. Extra L10N comments that display in po editors (like poedit) have been incorporated in the code to give context to localizers.
  • Bug #10140 Clean up the Python code to produce a more useable Chandler.pot : Chandler 0.7.2 does not use the English language translation file to correct inconsistency in the Python code so localization files can now be tested.
  • Bug #10957 Send button clips off screen when button label verbiage expanded
  • Bug #11061 Incorrect detection of country code on Mac OS X
  • Bug #11066 Can’t create events with international date formats
  • Bug #11073 The Application.restart method needs to shutdown all Chandler services
  • Bug #11106 Splash Screen needs to handle text expansion
  • Bug #11107 File Menu Item New ->New revisisted
  • Bug #11117 Rework the conflict resolution strings to be clearer to localizers
  • Bug #11135 Improve i18n of recurrence strings in emails
  • Bug #11162 Fix some missing mnemonics

For a more complete list of bug fixes and known issues, please visit our Release Notes.

Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!

Yesterday, I sent out the first in a series of newsletters for the Chandler-Users mailing list.

The newsletter is intended to be a summary of list highlights including a ‘Did you know…?’ Tips and Tricks section on using Chandler culled from the Chandler-Users list and a section on Upcoming Features and important Usability and
Workflow issues being discussed on the Design list.

The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.1 release of Chandler Desktop!

Download link, information on mailing lists, and how to get the sources available from the homepage.

The 0.7.1 release is the first in a series of quick, time-based releases since Chandler Preview 0.7.0.1 intended to respond to the feedback we received from 0.7.0.1 and continue to receive from these quick releases.

0.7.1 fixes over 30 bugs, including:

• Bug #8981 Bug in Twisted IMAP Capabilities Parsing
• Bug #9454 (Partial fix) Memory leaks in SSL code
• Bug #9920 AttributeError: ‘pem’ while syncing
• Bug #10308 Test sharing settings when there is an SSL error times out on first try
• Bug #10309 Canceling account creation still leaves password filled in
• Bug #10514 Changing triage status on newly created task crashes Chandler
• Bug #10543 Attribute Error dropping .eml into Chandler (AttributeError: ‘tuple’ object has no attribute ‘itsItem’)
• Bug #10702 changing back from “all day” event (recurring) puts event at midnight
• Bug #10726 (Partial fix) –undo command line arg change
• Bug #10728 Send button doesn’t change to update on adding an email address to the To field
• Bug #10788 Old DONE Message item popping back into NOW section
• Bug #10790 Unstamping taskness from an occurrence while another Chandler makes a change to same occurrence results in server error
• Bug #10794 Update root certificates
• Bug #10815 Subscribe error when no rrules or rrdates
• Bug #10817 invalid index in wxListBox::SetString on deleting the outgoing mail account in debug
• Bug #10821 iCal (private) import from Google calendar locks up in the same place each try.
• Bug #10824 Don’t prepopulate reload dialog with a non-existent file, it’s annoying
• Bug #10828 Work with Mac OSX 10.4 IMAP Server
• Bug #10829 Allow self-signed certificates (but show warning dialog)
• Bug #10853 Search doesn’t find matching notes
• Bug #10855 Traceback when publishing to Oracle Server
• Bug #10881 Orphans should have their icalUID deleted
• Bug #10882 Export of chex should dump masters before occurrences
• Bug #10913 AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ’status’ when resubmitting an HTTP request
• Bug #10941 SSL certificate errors should not be hijacked by the generic sharing error dialog

Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!

For Preview, we’ve made a huge effort in updating and expanding Chandler Project documentation.

Visit our new Chandler Project website.

From here, you can Download Chandler Desktop, Sign up for a Chandler Hub account as well as find our newly updated Vision Document and Feature List, complete with screenshots and informational demos of both Chandler Desktop and Chandler Hub in action.

For a blow-by-blow list of what’s new and what’s changed since the 0.6 release, see Preview Release Notes.

There is now a consolidated FAQ that covers topics ranging from ‘What license is Chandler under?‘ to ‘Can I use Chandler for Email?‘ and developer questions.

We are also working on a Get Started Guide for step by step instructions on everything from setting up accounts and sharing to a quick overview of Chandler’s core information management workflows. We expect the guide to be a ‘living document’ that will be continually improved to help new users ramp up. Check it out and give us feedback!

If you run into problems using Chandler, take a look at Known Issues and Troubleshooting.

If you think you’re problem is new, subscribe to the Chandler-Users mailing list and send us an email. If you’re pretty sure you know what’s going on, following the directions on the Report a Bug page and log a bug.

Here is an overview of how you can Get Involved, including an up-to-date list of Starter Projects.

Last but not least, if you’re looking to learn more about Chandler as a project, dig through our newly re-organized Project Wiki where you will find an overview of the Desktop, Server and Hub Service, detailed design and developer documentation as well as day-to-day planning, bug-tracking and notes.

I’m pleased to announce that the Chandler project has hit our Preview milestone! We now have public-beta quality releases of our products; we believe them to be full featured enough and stable enough for daily use. Check out a full overview of features (including screenshots and screencasts). Download Chandler Desktop, create an account on Chandler Hub. Check out the source. Get involved in the project, help us build a really great 1.0 release.

Chandler Desktop
We released 0.7.0.1 of the Chandler Desktop yesterday, September 10. (In the spirit of responding to user feedback quicky, we fixed a problem with the release found by a user before we made the announcement).

Chandler desktop adds a central dashboard for managing tasks, notes, events, and messages to the basic calendar functionality found in the 0.6 release. You can share calendars, task lists, messages and notes in collections that can hold whatever you choose to put in them, regardless of data type. The performance has improved greatly, the application has basic search functionality, and now there’s a way to to manage and resolve conflicts on shared data. You can collaborate on individual items via email with the ability to edit and update messages you’ve already received or sent. Although Chandler Preview is not meant to replace your email application, you can configure your IMAP account so that Chandler can see some messages from your regular mail client.

We’re currently planning a 0.7.1 release in about a month, to quickly iterate on the Preview release. We’ll make use of user feedback to identify problems and drive priorities.

Chandler Hub
We upgraded Chandler Hub to the 0.7.0 release of Chandler Server on August 27th.

The latest release of Chandler Hub also adds a dashboard for managing tasks (and other kinds of data) to basic web calendaring features. Friends and family can access shared collections from the web without having to create an account or log in. We’ve focused on workflows that let desktop users share data with others using the web; this release is a major step towards realizing the full Chandler vision on the web as well as the desktop.

We’ll be upgrading the service with small fixes on a weekly basis for the next month or so, fixing minor glitches and adding support for Safari.

Chandler Server
The Chandler Server 0.7.0 release is available for download as a ready-to-run bundle. We’ll be creating 0.7.x releases as we improve the Hub service. In parallel, we’re working on a 0.8 release that is focused on interoperability with other calendar applications and services such as iCal, Google Calendar and Evolution.

Try out Chandler
We believe you can now feel confident putting your data in Chandler. We have migration features to make upgrading easier, and will do our best to support people if they run into problems. (The chandler-users@osafoundation.org mailing list is a great forum for support). These releases do have some bugs and rough edges, so Chandler might not yet be appropriate for mission critical uses. We are using the desktop and hub internally day to day for our office calendar, personal calendars, personal project management, and several small group task lists. We hope you’ll join us using Chandler — let us know how you like it! We’ll use your feedback to make a better 1.0 release.

Get Involved
One of our goals for this Preview milestone is to grow outside involvement with the project. We want users to log bugs. We want designers to collaborate with us on ideas. We want developers to submit patches fixing bugs that annoy them, create desktop plugins with their favorite features, and write clients that take advantage of their data on the server. Check out how to get involved.

The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.0.1 release of Chandler Desktop!

Chandler Desktop is an open source, standards-based personal information manager (PIM) built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modeled on Inbox usage patterns and David Allen’s GTD methodology.

Chandler Desktop 0.7.0.1 is currently available for download here and the source code is available from subversion there.

Send us feedback on our chandler-users open mailing list.
We look forward to hearing from you!

This release is a substantial improvement over Chandler Desktop 0.6.1 and is recommended for general usage. Changes in this release are summarized in the release notes.

The outline of changes is:

• New Triage workflow featuring the new Dashboard view
• Faster Sharing protocol
• Compatible with Chandler Server Web UI using a single Ticket URL mechanism
• Support for a OSAF hosted Chandler Hub free sharing service
• Support concurrent edit with merge and conflict management
• Support background auto Sync
• Improved Email capabilities with support for In and Out boxes, Reply/Forward
• New Edit/Update workflow allows Chandler data to be shared through email without using a server
• Support for special Chandler IMAP folders to automatize incoming email treatment and parsing
• Improved Calendar user interface: better visual, better Drag and Drop, new Preview area
• New Quick Entry widget allows easy entry of new data
• Improved Search
• Improved Security with support for encryption
• New Export/Reload version migration tool
• Many architectural improvements (performance, API, command line arguments, optional launch dialog, troubleshooting tools, etc…

A summary of known issues in this release is available.

Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!