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Version 7.43 - not yet released
* map
- reachable map labels show correct altitude with head wind #1424
* ui
- TC 30s Infobox shows now climb rate since start of thermal
- TL Gain Infobox shows now the overall climb rate of last thermal
- add new Infobox V Task Est (Speed task estimated)
- Status-Task panel “Speed estimated” now blank if MC>0 & can't finish task
- add missing airspace to Select Airspace filter
- NumberEntry dialog value can now be accepted by enter
- Vario center gross label
- Vario use AutoFonts for lables and values
- Replace eventOrientation by two new events: eventOrientationCruise and eventOrientationCircling
- New artificial horizon
* devices
- add Larus driver
* windows
- black text color in airspace list like all other systems
* Kobo
- fix Wifi configuration
- fix oversized icons
Version 7.42 - 2024/03/01
* ui
- new terrain ramp High Contrast
- fix unreadable icons in task manager and status dialog
- render icons at 300 dpi
* data files
- fix bogus "Latin-1 to UTF-8 conversion failed" error
- parse elevations in feet correctly in cup files
- ignore unit for radio frequency in airspace files
* devices
- validate wind direction
* Kobo
- Wifi setup, display signal level in dBm for new models
- scale icons on hi-dpi displays (e.g. Clara HD)
* user interface
- new mountain pass and bridge icons
* Android
- update 'white list' of USB devices with more PIDs for SoftRF Academy
Version 7.41 - 2023/12/21
* data files
- fix crash with empty user.cup
* Android
- fix BLE/HM10 data corruption
- fix crash if IOIO connect was canceled quickly
- fix crash if not allowed to start service in foreground
* Kobo
- fix Wifi setup (7.40 breakage)
- hide all pseudo tty ports
Version 7.40 - 2023/11/02
* user interface
- Added infobox that combines ETA with AAT dT
- FLARM: Add 100m zoom option.
- hide mouse cursor after 10 seconds of inactivity
- Move glider icon on thermal assist according to 30s average.
* Linux
- fix the /etc/xcsoar data directory
* Android
- raise targetSdkVersion to 33
Version 7.39 - 2023/07/28
* Android
- fix Bluetooth device list on Android versions older than 12
- do not request permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE on Android 11 or newer
Version 7.38 - 2023/07/27
* WeGlide
- fix another crash bug
* Android
- support scanning QR codes with XCTrack tasks
- fix location permission request on old Android versions
- fix IllegalArgumentException crash on old Android versions
- improved error messages for problems opening devices
- fix crash on Android 5
- fix conflict between "org.xcsoar" and "org.xcsoar.testing" apps
Version 7.37 - 2023/07/21
* WeGlide
- fix crash bug
* Android
- request ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION only when internal GPS is used
- request BLUETOOTH_CONNECT and BLUETOOTH_SCAN only when Bluetooth is used
- re-enable background location (yet another attempt)
- fix crash with disallowed IOIO Accessory connection
- remove Nook support
- add SoftRF Ham and Midi into 'white list' of USB devices
Version 7.36 - 2023/07/02
* task
- save outer radius and angle of custom keyholes in task files
* calculations
- implement the "predict" option for Netcoupe FFVV, WeGlide, Charron
* WeGlide
- allow downloading all user tasks and public task declarations
* Lua scripting
- add blackboard.altitude_agl
* Kobo
- fix flight durations on power-off screen
- fix bogus last entry on power-off screen
Version 7.35 - 2023/06/16
* user interface
- fix crash in plane list
- show terrain, topopgraphy and airspaces on task/contest analysis pages
* calculations
- fix bogus "Task Started" after re-entering the start zone
* fix IGC logger crash with very long turnpoint names
Version 7.34 - 2023/06/06
* user interface
- fix crash with long InfoBox set names
- rename "Inverse InfoBoxes" to "Dark mode"
- planes: "New" creates an empty plane
- planes: add "Copy" button
* map display
- thicker border on disappeared FLARM traffic
* devices
- allow listing up to 512 flights (increased from 128)
* calculations
- fix freeze bug in route planner
* Android
- fix crash with failed IOIO Accessory connection
- use the global dark mode setting by default
* OpenVario
- set system clock from GPS if NTP is unavailable
Version 7.33 - 2023/05/26
* map display
- fix crash bug in FLARM traffic renderer
Version 7.32 - 2023/05/25
* user interface
- fix horizon roll, show bank angles greater than 90°
- fix horizon pitch, show sky instead of ground when pitch is greater than 50°
- improve font scaling in the vario gauge
- support hot keys, gestures and double click on Horizon page
* map display
- draw the trail even if there is no GPS fix
- keep showing disappeared FLARM traffic for some time
* data files
- support waypoints without elevation data
* devices
- IMI: fix crash when there are more than 128 recorded flights
- FLARM: parse AircraftType hex values correctly in PFLAA
* Linux
- Wayland XDG_WM_BASE support
- Wayland keyboard support
* Android
- don't disable IOIO completely if Bluetooth permission was not granted
- fix crash with initial IOIO connection
- fix lockup with IOIO Accessory connection
Version 7.31 - 2023/05/12
* user interface
- fix crash during startup
* WeGlide
- fix crash bug after WeGlide flight upload
- show WeGlide error messages
* Android
- fix crash with buggy graphics drivers
Version 7.30 - 2023/05/09
* fix crash in "ProfileSave" event
* user interface
- reload fonts on window resize
* Windows
- look up serial ports in the registry
* Android
- UsbSerial: fix permission crash bug
- UsbSerial: fix null pointer crash bug
- negotiate MTU on Bluetooth HM10 devices
- fix circle airspace display problems on Adreno GPUs
Version 7.29 - 2023/05/03
* data files
- reject implausible runway lengths in CUP files
- fix crash when arc airspace has no center
- allow xci files to be downloaded from repository
- in OpenAir format use AC as Class and AY as Type (#1118)
- show correct line number on airspace file error
- add RASP file selection
* devices
- ATR833: read-out active and standby frequencies
- AirControlDisplay: Set and readout of transponder code
- AirControlDisplay: forward gps data to device
* Android
- get rid of not usable USB interfaces in the 'Device -> Port' list
- Upgrade targetSdkVersion to 31
- fix write errors to Bluetooth HM10 devices
* Kobo
- Add support for Libra H2O
- Add support for Clara 2E
- fix truncate wifi list if hidden ssid detected
- Reboot without -f (force)
- Fix OTG mode for newer models
- Add an E-ink friendly trail type
- Add Brightness control to Clara HD
- Support Brightness and Colour for ComfortLight PRO models
* Windows
- show serial port names
- support COM10..COM255
* Polars
- Add LS-5 polar
- Add Silene E78 polar
- Add Std Austria S polar
- updated handicap factors for 2023
* fix exchange frequencies crash when no frequency was set
* user interface
- show FLARMGauge only when traffic is within 4Km
- redesigned waypoint type icons
- align labels in forms on the left side
- increased precision in polar edit dialogue
- extend QuickMenu to maximum of 64 entries
- add PEV,FlarmTraffic,FileManager to joystick QuickMenu
- add transponder code infobox
- Pan mode fully keyboard / joystick operatable
- Pan mode use buttons for zoom and what's here
- Slight increase in touch selection on map
Version 7.28 - 2022/10/29
* data files
- fix crash after loading new map file
- fix AAT OZ angles in tasks loaded from CUP files
* map display
- fix terrain reach display
* user interface
- fix task manager crash bug
- fix WeGlide 'Automatic Upload' not persistent
- file manager, show description and update date
- ATC Radial infobox can display magnetic radial with configurable declination
- fix wrong type in waypoint editor
* waypoint editor
- add more SeeYou waypoint types
* Android
- add SoftRF Balkan and Prime Mk3 into 'white list' of USB devices
* Kobo
- Add support for Libra 2
Version 7.27 - 2022/09/23
* user interface
- vertical scroll bar in some modal dialogs
- rasp sources from repository
- fix file manager crash
* devices
- FLARM: fix crash bug
* weather
- New Rasp Color schemes for Thermalmap
- Support 15 minute intervals in RASP files
* task
- add WeGlide declared task download
* Android
- allow file explorer to access the XCSoar data files
* Polars
- add JS-1B (18m) polar
- add JS-1C (21m) polar
- add JS-3 (15m) polar
- add JS-3 (18m) polar
* fix IGC logger crash on I/O errors
Version 7.26 - 2022/09/03
* user interface
- fix pressed InfoBox colors in inverted mode
* task
- add custom keyhole support
* Android
- improve native serial port enumeration
- fix UsbSerial/FTDI crash bug
- fix UsbSerial/FT4232 data corruption
* Kobo
- fix crash bug
Version 7.25 - 2022/08/24
* stricter airspace parser
* user interface
- add radio frequency buttons to airspace dialogs
- fix the airspace warning "Enable" button
- fix thermalmap.info icon display
- show thermalmap.info thermals in the map item list dialog
* devices
- IMI: fix task declaration bug
* Android
- prompt before deleting data when uninstalling XCSoar
- support USB serial adapters with more than one port
- support multiple USB serial adapters of the same kind
- auto-start XCSoar when USB serial adapter gets connected
- fix crash when GPS access was rejected by user
- fix deadlock while quitting XCSoar
- add U-BLOX 7 USB GPS into 'white list' of USB devices
* Kobo
- display XCSoarData/kobo/poweroff.txt at the bottom
- fix crash in waypoint dialog
Version 7.24 - 2022/07/22
* user interface
- padding in fields
- rework menu labels
- increase popup message timeouts
- fix missing wind arrow InfoBox updates
* file handling
- guard against file corruption in poweroff situations
* FLARM
- timeouts in flight downloads
* Linux
- fix terrain renderer bug
- allow changing the language at runtime
* OpenVario
- menu: fix bogus clicks after returning from XCSoar
* Android
- add SoftRF Lego into 'white list' of USB devices
- disable background location again to go back to Google Play
* calculations
- support for LVZC Charron contest
- new asw27 polar from idaflieg
* Windows
- new default fonts
- use 6 devices in serial port list (like all other targets)
* XCVario/Borgelt
- revert cruise/circling mode change
* Kobo
- add ca certificates for https downloads
Version 7.23 - 2022/02/10
* user interface
- add "Set Frequency" buttons to alternates list
- revamped Credits dialog
- put "Details" button to first position in map elements dialog
- make "range" and "radial" in target dialog editable with keyboard
* support uploading IGC files to WeGlide
* Linux
- fix command-line option "--datapath"
* Raspberry Pi / Cubieboard
- probe both /dev/dri/card0 and /dev/dri/card1
- reduce input lag
* Android
- add SoftRF Academy and ES into 'white list' of USB devices
- fix crash with empty SD card slot
* Kobo
- fix broken button text background
- add OTG support (serial, sound, net) for Clara HD
- fix "Network failure" in Wifi dialog
Version 7.22 - 2022/01/14
* user interface
- close the download dialog after successful download
- add "Share" button to the status dialog
* glide computer
- implement event "AIRSPACE_ENTER"
- add event "AIRSPACE_NEAR"
* Polars
- add DG-800S
* devices
- FLARM: send turn point names in task declaration
* user interface
- allow cursor navigation in most dialogs (for OpenVario)
- add 3x6 InfoBoxes layout
* weather
- Thermal Info Map integration
* Lua scripting
- add blackboard.{clock,time,date_time_utc}
* Android
- use app-specific data directory by default
- allow using all external storages
Version 7.21 - 2021/12/11
* data files
- Support for AF/AR frequency fields in OpenAir
* devices
- fix inverted cruise/circling mode in borgelt and xcvario driver
* Kobo
- Add support for Clara HD
- Control backlight brightness of the Kobo Glo HD
* Android
- re-enable background location and comply with Google Play Store policy
Version 7.20 - 2021/10/22
* map
- fix crash in the topography loader
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix "URL using bad/illegal format"
* Android
- disable background location access due to Google Play Store policy
- fix compatibility with Android older than 7
Version 7.19 - 2021/10/01
* data files
- fix bug in OpenAir arc parser
- fix crash bug in terrain loader
- support short name in CUP files
- search waypoints via short name
- ability to display short name on map
* devices
- improved support for LXNAV S8x/S10x varios, including task declaration.
- IMI: fix task declaration over Bluetooth
- IMI: show progress bar for flight download
* user interface
- consistent progress bar during startup
* Android
- fix crash with USB serial adapter
- add WCH CH9102F into the list of accepted USB serial adapters
Version 7.18 - 2021/09/10
* data files
- load terrain while XCSoar is running
* devices
- TCP Client: fix crash bug
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix "Show nearby traffic" setting
* user interface
- add 3x5 InfoBoxes layout
* Android
- fix opening waypoint pictures
Version 7.17 - 2021/09/04
* map display
- fix airspace display bug
* user interface
- add 8x3 InfoBoxes portrait layout
* weather
- update RASP provider list
* task management
- add option to score start on entry
* Android
- fix startup crash bug
- use native text entry dialog
* Linux text mode console
- fix program termination for some DRI drivers, e.g. VMWare
in full-screen mode without Window manager.
* Cubieboard
- Mali: Support for old Linux-Sunxi EGL headers, and new Bootlin EGL headers
- Support for KMS/DRI and Lima instead of closed source Mali blob.
Version 7.16 - 2021/08/27
* user interface
- don't draw "---" over graphical InfoBoxes
* Android
- fix deadlock bug with Bluetooth sensors and the internal GPS
Version 7.15 - 2021/08/23
* user interface
- fix crash in Config/System
- fix overlapping axes labels in cross section
- fix graphics error (vertical black lines) in cross section
- fix missing labels in cross section on high-resolution screens
- draw small tick every 10 minutes in analysis dialog (instead of 6)
* Android
- fix crash on Android 5 and 6
Version 7.14 - 2021/08/20
* Android
- keep screen on, even if not in full-screen mode
- fix bottom bar background in non-full-screen mode
- fix touch position in non-full-screen mode
Version 7.13 - 2021/08/19
* fix freeze bug
* fix terrain cache file bug
* task management
- Use task defaults for start and finish height ref (MSL or AGL) when loading
tasks from soarscore.com
* Kobo
- fix crash in Kobo menu
* Android
- fix GPS time from the Flytec Sensbox
- support speed, track and acceleration from Flytec Sensbox
- don't apply Geoid separation to Flytec Sensbox GPS altitude
- use the 8 Hz vario from Flytec Sensbox GPS altitude instead of 1 Hz
- restore full-screen mode properly after returning to XCSoar
- disable full-screen mode in multi-window mode
- make full-screen mode optional
Version 7.12 - 2021/08/13
* calculations
- fix the "Height above takeoff" InfoBox
* devices
- send Pilot Event (PEV) to LXNAV S10x/S8x devices (requires firmware 8.01 or newer)
- correct Pilot Event (PEV) message for PowerFLARM devices
* Android
- fix broken GPS date/time from internal GPS
- various fixes for the Flytec Sensbox driver
* Kobo
- throttle sensor-triggered screen updates
- improve performance of graphical InfoBoxes
Version 7.11 - 2021/07/30
* fix crash bug in pc_met viewer
* user interface
- new vario gauge background
- fix truncated labels in many dialogs
* Lua scripting
- add HTTP client
- prefer Lua gesture handlers
* Android
- show Bluetooth LE device features
- support Bluetooth LE heart rate sensors
- support the Flytec Sensbox
- add DroidSoar/I2C calibration dialog
- fix reconnect to Bluetooth LE devices
- fix distorted colors on some devices
- detect USB serial adapter disconnect
- support baud rate switching on USB serial adapters
* Polars
- new Wassmer WA 26 P Squale polar
Version 7.10 - 2021/07/09
* weather
- work around connection problems to NOAA server (for METAR/TAF)
* Raspberry Pi
- fix text input with touch screen
* Android
- fix crash with reconnected USB serial adapter
Version 7.9 - 2021/07/05
* fix crash bug in terrain renderer
* fix crash bug in IGC file parser
* settings
- allow LiveTrack24 tracking intervals smaller than 5 seconds
* user interface
- support for Pilot Event (PEV) start procedure
- properly update device status in device list dialog
- add alternate 2 glide ratio infobox
* devices
- TCP Client: fix automatic reconnect after connection loss
- GliderLink: fix disappearing configuration
* calculations
- fix AAT task optimization bug
* Android
- support USB serial adapters
- auto-reconnect to IOIO UARTs
Version 7.8 - 2021/06/02
* don't delete old IGC files automatically
* devices
- TCP: fix error "Address already in use" on reconnect
* Android
- fix downloads on Android 10 and later
- fix logging while in background on Android 10 and later
Version 7.7 - 2021/05/14
* user interface
- fix dialog labels
- fix freeze bug in waypoint/airspace list dialog
* devices
- add "Radio" indicator to device list
* Android
- writing to port times out after 5 seconds (to avoid locking up XCSoar)
Version 7.6 - 2021/05/01
* user interface
- fix disappearing aircraft symbol
- fix crash bug in task editor
Version 7.5 - 2021/04/30
* fix crash bug in terrain loader
* fix paths with backslashes
* user interface
- use different colors to indicate relative traffic altitude
* calculations
- support for WeGlide distance contests
* Kobo
- fix touch screen
Version 7.4 - 2021/04/08
* user interface
- properly save and apply updated settings in the configuration dialog
- fix overlapping observation zones in the task point list
- fix text background in the analysis graphs
Version 7.3 - 2021/04/07
* user interface
- fix crash in waypoint editor
- fix swapped longitude/latitude in waypoint editor
- fix "Import" button in waypoint editor
- fix zoom button label in Traffic Radar View
- fix the vario trace infobox
* Android
- fix download progress
Version 7.2 - 2021/04/04
* user interface
- fix task point editor
- display goto button in wp details when called from alternate
* data files
- fix crash bug when loading broken CUP files
* fix crash when loading broken PNG files
Version 7.1 - 2021/03/28
* user interface
- fix crash when canceling a download
- fix crash when repository index download failed
* Android
- handle DownloadManager errors
- show early initialisation errors
- store the terrain cache in the Android cache directory
Version 7.0 - 2021/03/25
* LUA scripting
* user interface
- screen layout with 12 infoboxes on the left, vario+3 infoboxes on right
- new translations: Bulgarian, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Telugu
- new Logger-setting "CoPilot"
- new setting "Thermal Averager needle"
- select position of Thermal Assistant
- new setting "Cruise/Circling mode switch period"
* data files
- optimise the terrain loader
- support runway width in CUP files
* devices
- fix deadlock bug
- parse wind from standard NMEA sentence WMV
- driver for XC Tracer Vario
- driver for KRT2 radio
- driver for Air Control Display altimeter
- show detailed error message in device list
- FLARM/OGN - make it possible to set/download registered device database
- device manager: show flag if device provides data from
environmental sensors (temperature, humidity)
- combine traffic from all FLARM devices (support both FLARM and OGN devices on board)
- GliderLink: new driver
- AirControlDisplay: read radio frequencies from PAAVS,COM sentence
- driver for LXNano modified, so declaration contains copilot
* weather
- merge all weather data in one dialog
- allow showing both terrain and RASP
- RASP download from various well-known providers
- show satellite images from pc_met (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
- show wave forecast from pc_met (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
* calculations
- merge redundant waves
- task restart
* tracking
- use DNS to resolve SkyLines server IP (#2604)
- enable SkyLines traffic display on Windows
- add option to show SkyLines traffic names on the map
- show thermals obtained from the XCSoar Cloud server
* analysis
- enhanced graphics: minor tics, color scheme, layout
- key labels drawn on lines in several pages
- task turnpoint label drawn on relevant pages
- barogram: improved working band ceiling and floor calculation
- climb history: new display uses time of climb as width of bars
- new page: vario histogram in climb and cruise mode
- new page: maccready cross-country speed
- glide polar: dolphin speed line drawn on polar
* map display
- new display: glide range line drawn to working floor
- per page zoom state
* thermal band
- new algorithm, with improved statistics
- separate active climb and encounter-averaged bands
* infoboxes
- improved formula for the title font size
- added ":1" unit for gradient type displays
- new infobox: % time non-circling climb
- new infobox: % climb chart showing proportions of time spent circling climb (gray), cruise,
climbing cruise (green), circling non-climb (orange)
- improved auto-scaling of vario-like graphical infoboxes
- new infobox: "Number Of Satellites"
- new infoboxes for radio frequencies, including setting the frequencies
* Windows
- drop support for Windows CE
- require Windows Vista or later
- allow starting multiple XCSoar instances
* Linux
- drop support for SDL 1.2
- display rotation
* Android
- drop support for ARMv6 and MIPS CPUs
- support devices with aspect ratio greater than 16:9
* Kobo
- support Kobo Glo HD
* Raspberry Pi
- resizable mouse cursor
- autodetect display orientation
Version 6.8.17 - 2020/09/22
* tracking
- SkyLines: update tracking IP address
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs (JasPer)
Version 6.8.16 - 2020/07/26
* input events
- fix two crash bugs with malformed files
* user interface
- fix crash bug in waypoint editor
* devices
- added ports 8880, 8881, 8882 to tcp-client
* glide computer
- fix crash bug
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs (JasPer)
* Android
- fix several crash bugs
- fix rendering errors on very wide text lines
Version 6.8.15 - 2020/06/13
* user interface
- vario: fix overlapping text lines
* tracking
- SkyLines: update tracking IP address
* support for long-form `DTE` header in IGC files
* Windows
- fix buffer overflow causing crashes in the waypoint dialog
* Raspberry Pi
- support 64 bit kernels
- Raspberry Pi 4 support
- detect display dimensions and scale user interface accordingly
* macOS
- add macOS Catalina font path
Version 6.8.14 - 2020/05/14
* user interface
- fix average needle color in inverted mode
* Android
- compatibility with Android 9
- request all permissions without manual restarts
- fix crash bug
* Kobo
- fix crash bug
Version 6.8.13 - 2020/04/08
* devices
- LX: fix buffer overflow
- LX: support downloading flights from LX7000 Pro IGC
* Android
- use the full screen on very narrow/wide displays
* Kobo
- fix build failure with GCC 9
- switch from glibc to Musl
* WinCE
- build with GCC 9
* allow the hyphen in XCI files
Version 6.8.12 - 2019/04/30
* weather
- update source URLs for METARs and TAFs (https://)
* Android
- increase targetSdkVersion to 26 (required by Google Play)
- request storage and GPS permissions on Android 6+
- fix crash when permission to use GPS is revoked
- fix notification on Android 8+
* Task Editor
- fixed task editor crashes (Ticket 3930).
* devices
- IMI: raise max payload size to 2kB
* fix IGC logger crash when no date is available
Version 6.8.11 - 2018/08/18
* terrain
- fix yet another crash bug (libJasper)
* Android
- fix crash on Android 8 due to overzealous seccomp filter
Version 6.8.10 - 2017/10/07
* terrain
- fix crash bug (6.8.9 regression)
Version 6.8.9 - 2017/10/05
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs
* fix two crash bugs
* Kobo
- fix internet access (#3869)
- support for Kobo Glo HD Refurbished
Version 6.8.8 - 2017/09/09
* data files
- support "GSEC" in OpenAir files
* weather
- update source URLs for METARs and TAFs
* devices
- CAI302: fix waypoint download (#3830)
- IMI: fix PGRMZ parsing (was interpreted as altitude, now is pressure altitude)
- LX: fix Nano 3 task declaration (#3858)
* Kobo
- support for Kobo Aura Edition 2
- support for Kobo Glo Refurbished
- fix Wi-Fi on recent Kobo firmware releases (#3850)
- fix USB storage compatibility with Windows 10
* Raspberry Pi
- fix Raspbian Stretch compatibility
* Raspberry Pi / Cubieboard
- fix for freeze on shutdown (#3679)
Version 6.8.7 - 2016/08/12
* data files
- fix freeze after loading malformed topography file
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix SkyLines tracking on non-Android
- SkyLines: fix two buffer overflow bugs
- new client for the experimental "XCSoar Cloud"
* Android
- remove the deprecated crash dumper
Version 6.8.6 - 2016/07/22
* calculations
- show takeoff time after landing (#3786)
* user interface
- fix graphics error on FLARM gauge
- fix crash in waypoint label renderer (#3781)
- fix several crashes in waypoint editor (#3553, #3784)
- fix crash in task manager
- use task speed unit for OLC speed InfoBox (#3785)
* devices
- EW: use first 6 characters of turn point names (was: 3)
- EW: fix broken umlauts in turn point names
- LX: fix Nano 3 firmware 2.0 compatibility (#3764)
* settings
- adjust range and step size of terrain/arrival safety height settings
* map
- increase upper limit of the number of waypoint labels displayed
* Android
- fix crash due to Bluetooth LE connect failure
* Kobo
- support USB-OTG for Kobo Glo HD and Kobo Touch 2.0
Version 6.8.5 - 2016/06/12
* calculations
- update circling percentage only when flying
- fix circling height gain calculation
* user interface
- fix "kg/m^2" and "lb/ft^2" unit display
- fix inverse colors in horizon page
- reduce CPU load of some InfoBoxes (#3757)
* calculations
- add option to disable external wind (#3693, #3773)
* devices
- fix crash on malformed NMEA time stamp
* Android
- improve Bluetooth LE compatibility (#3745)
* Kobo
- reduce ghosting on old Kobo models; regression due to screen
flashing fix in 6.8.4 (#3756)
Version 6.8.4 - 2016/05/18
* airspace cross-section
- use airspace visibility configuration (#3751)
* data files
- accept "Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone" (MATZ) airspaces in
OpenAir files (#3732)
* devices
- CAI302: fix "airspace" marker in waypoint uploader (#3750)
* calculations
- improve landing detection at high wind speeds (#3748)
* logger
- fix crash in NMEA logger
* user interface
- Australian units for weight are kg
* Windows
- fix terrain loader (#3747)
* Android
- fix crash bug in IOIO driver (#3744)
- fix crash bug on Android 1.6 (#3742)
* Kobo
- eliminate screen flashing on Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
- support battery status on Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
Version 6.8.3 - 2016/03/09
* map
- fix distorted terrain when zoomed out
- fix missing airspaces in cross section (#3537)
* calculations
- update SIS-AT to 2016 scoring rules
- fix landing time display (#3690)
- fix AAT range display
* data files
- use correct "comment" field for OziExplorer files
- relax file format detection for OziExplorer files
- fix bogus arrival heights on watched waypoints when GPS unavailable
- fix crash in airspace parser
- fix crash in XML parser
- save user.cup after edit (#3701)
* devices
- GTAltimeter: remove unmaintained driver (#3661)
* Kobo
- support Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
* fix crash in SkyLines tracking
Version 6.8.2 - 2015/09/19
* Rubik R-26S polar
* user interface
- save settings after copy&pasting an InfoBox set (#3649)
* map
- fix crash in the topography renderer
* calculations
- fix task progress display after finish achieved (#3657)
* devices
- fix wrong baud rate after task declaration (#3654)
* Android
- support the "escape" key (#3647)
- fix all RS232 permissions on Android (#3648)
* Kobo
- fix wrong IP address display (#3650)
* Raspberry Pi / Cubieboard
- support digit and letter keys (#3611)
Version 6.8.1 - 2015/08/27
* fix freeze bug when starting without GPS fix
* fix crash with empty xcsoar-checklist.txt file
* devices
- fix TCP port on Windows (#3428)
* Windows
- fix the airspace file parser (#3633)
* Kobo
- fix overlapping text (#3634)
* Android
- fix USB-RS232-OTG permissions on Android
Version 6.8 - 2015/08/18
* data files
- optimise the topography loader
- faster RASP map change
- show all RASP maps
- fix comments in TNP files
- ignore trailing whitespace in airspace files (#3546)
- store user-edited waypoints and markers in "user.cup"
* devices
- remove option "Ignore checksum"
- CAI302: add sink tone configuration
- LX: implement LXNAV Nano3 task declaration (#3295)
- LX: remove support for LX1600 pass-through mode
- ATR833: new driver
- Volkslogger: support DAeC keyhole declaration
- Westerboer VW921: remove buggy driver (#3215)
- added TCP port 2000 to portlist (part of #3326)
- support LXNAV V7 pass-through mode (#1913, #2808, #2919)
* calculations
- wave assistant
- use maximum speed configured in plane setup as limit for calculations
- use WGS84 earth ellipsoid for distance calculations (#2809)
- remove setting "Prefer external wind"
- reduce EKF wind latency
- fix bogus value in "Nearest Airspace H" InfoBox (#3589)
- obey the maximum start speed (#2841)
* airspace cross-section
- sync map & cross-section view zoom setting (#2913)
* infoboxes
- add "Fin MC0 AltD" infobox (#2824)
- add "Next arrow" infobox (#3128)
* task editor
- added one-click task reversal (#1730)
- show name of loaded/saved tasks in dialog title (#1924)
- support large legs in the FAI triangle renderer (#3413)
- task calculator moved to "Status" dialog
- markers can be used in tasks and for "goto"
* map
- allow "Mark Drop" while panning
- airspace labels
* user interface
- allow horizontal speeds in m/s
- allow mass in lb, wing loading in lb/ft^2
- download data files from site configuration
- remove support for custom status files
- merge airspace warning buttons "ACK Warn" and "ACK Space" (#1086)
- show airspace warning at bottom (#1378, #2628, #3275)
- profile manager
- password-protected profiles (#851)
- checklist remembers last opened list (#3110)
- use configured coordinate format in waypoint editor
- remove custom font support, replaced with global "text size" setting
- improved font sizes
- improved font renderer
- 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
- bigger icons on high-dpi screens (#2795, #3267, #3397, #3540)
- improved keypad support (#3281)
- new translation: Simplified Chinese
* tracking
- new option disables tracking while roaming on the cell network
- queue SkyLines tracking fixes while data connection is unavailable
- fix SkyLines traffic display on southern hemisphere (#3601)
- show SkyLines traffic even if we have no GPS fix yet
- show nearby waypoint in SkyLines traffic list
- show altitude in list (#3606)
- show all nearby traffic (#2814)
- pass vehicle name to LiveTrack24
* Linux
- Wayland support
* Android
- fix IOIO connection on Android 4.x (#2959, #3260)
- support IOIO-OTG with the Android device in USB host mode
- support IOIO over Bluetooth
- support Bluetooth LE
- timeout for the HTTP client (e.g. LiveTrack24)
* Kobo
- menu button
- add UI allowing the start of external scripts to KoboMenu (#3194)
- support Wifi with WEP (#3138)
- support open Wifi networks (#3391)
- support USB-OTG
- export data partition via USB storage
- support the Kobo Aura screen (#3490)
Version 6.7.9 - 2015/07/03
* user interface