[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 1203877] Re: Backport PPA for PlayOnLinux

[Josh Black]

I can post the changelog. Its too much to mention.

As you can see, its quite a lot.

Really, having this stable version would be great in the repos. I dont
think its been up to date since I started using linux quite a few years
ago. haha

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4.2.1
When removing shortcuts or virtual drives from the Configure window, make sure desktop icons, menu entries, etc. are also removed.
fix Python's VersionLower (infinite source of bugs)
Update © in about box LP: #1160801
Fix a huge problem in bug reporting I introduced in 4.2... I thought it tested it well, this is depressing. Without testers, without users testing beta versions, it seems there's no way to get bugfree releases.
(experimental) enable display of beta scripts by default, differenciate them in lists using a reddish background
4.2
Huge icons download speedup by reusing a single HTTP connection
Make sure debug mode is disabled when using playonlinux --run; Debug may still be used in playonlinux-bash though
Make sure entered prefix name contains no space or slash during manual installations
POL_System_wget: make sure the pipelined wget exitcode is not masked by grep's one
POL_System_wget: interpret wget exitcodes
genere_icone(): pick the right icon instead of Wine generic one (reported by Simon/excalibr on IRC) (#1815)
(experimental) WINEDEBUG prefix setting, modify the amount of logging when debugging is enabled. I'm not sure of the right scope, should it be per-shortcut, like the old "enable debugging" flag, or even global?
POL_SetupWindow_shortcut_creator: use executable name as default shortcut name
sort shortcuts case insensitively in main window so that lowercase doesn't end up at the bottom
bug report: insert basic questions to answer in the bug report
add "Report a problem" in shortcut-related actions in the side panel
do not ask for confirmation to close PlayOnLinux if there's no program started
do not suggest bug reporting if a script has been canceled by the user because a prefix already existed
virtual drive removal should now overpass bad directory rights (caused by WMP9 for example) (#1732)
POL_System_HomeSpaceLeft fix for df multiline output (#1890)
added POL_System_UserRootSpaceLeft, in case ~/.PlayOnLinux is a symlink or a mount
use POL_System_UserRootSpaceLeft in POL_System_EnoughSpace
if exists, look for mounted devices in /media/$USER/ directory (Ubuntu Quantal, #1893)
manual_install: don't call POL_Wine_PrefixCreate on patch installation
irc: only warn about closing window when connected
Debug log all user inputs (POL_SetupWindow_textbox, etc.)
mainwindow.py: try to handle EINTR while reading from pol_update_list pipe (#1687)
DeletePrefix: if root is actually a symlink, just delete the symlink
gui_server.py: try to handle EINTR while accepting socket connections (#1687)
Fix typo (#1932)
POL_SetupWindow_download: accept a directory or a filename as 4th parameter
POL_Download: accept URLs with "query strings", that get included in local filename
(experimental) if missing, look for resources in winetricks cache before attempting download (#1963)
Add POL_Wine_DelOverrideDLL, POL_Wine_DelAppOverrideDLL (#1989)
POL_Wine_OverrideDLL and POL_Wine_AppOverrideDLL cleanups
Support creation of desktop menu entries (#1943). POL_Shortcut needs an extra parameter, categories, for the entry to be created. And similarly to NO_DESKTOP_ICON setting, a NO_MENU_ICON can be set to TRUE to prevent desktop menu entries from being created.
4.1.9
POL_System_is32bit
Improved package menu
Added : POL_Download_GetSize, POL_System_HomeSpaceLeft
Fixed bug : #1446
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate(): wait for wineserver to finish instead of hardcoded 3s wait (#1486)
Fix bug in POL_Download_GetSize when redirected
Fix options parsing bug in POL_System_CheckFS
Log when NO_FSCHECK TRUE has been used
Tried to make it clearer that no-cd patches may be needed to get legal programs to work
Handle prefix overwrite in POL_Wine_PrefixCreate (Overwrite/Erase/Abort)
POL_Download_Resource(): fix for $3 and $4 mixed up (#1651)
VersionLower: fix cases when 3rd component in version strings is missing ("1.4") or dot in development string ("1.4-dos_support_0.6")
Fixes to lib.playonlinux.VersionLower()
Set_Desktop: support Wine 1.5.16+ (#1710)
Try to make the purpose of install filters more obvious (#1652)
4.1.8
Wine issue fixed on OSX 10.8.2 and 10.7.5
Make "missing package" messages a bit more explicit
Fix typo in POL_Wine_OverrideDLL
Don't log regedit parameter if not a file
irc client: changed reg.sub() to not depend on flag parameter (Python 2.7+)
4.1.7
Search bar
Bug fix
DONT_KILL_ON_EXIT setting
additional debug messages in POL_Download and POL_Download_Resource
additional debug messages in POL_Call
Many stability and UI improvements
4.1.6
Critical fixes
4.1.5
POL_Debug_* cookie forgotten
Bug in update process
4.1.4
Timer: read modification date instead of listing directories (CPU usage)
CheckGL command
Bug 1076, quote disappear after configure menu fixed
Clickable links on install window
Better (and clearer) debug windows
Small fix for OSX 10.8
NEW: PlayOnLinux --run supports extensions!
POL_Shortcut_Document : Researches
New POL_SetupWindow_browse GUI
POL_SetupWindow_browse supports filters
Ask to redownload when failed
Minor: bug 1053
Hypertext link in IRC
Some improvement in IRC
PlayOnLinux user agent
A new method to manage setup window (cleaner code)
Added POL_SimpleAlert
Exiting POL will kill all opened bash scripts
Updating the GIT is possible from the GUI
Several UIs improvements
Added POL_Die(), POL_Restart(), POL_System_RegisterPID()
Harden POL_Download, POL_Download_Resource, POL_System_wget, POL_System_CopyDirectory against errors (disk full?)
Create hardened commands POL_System_unzip, POL_System_7z, POL_System_tar, POL_System_cabextract, POL_System_unrar
4.1.3
Real time refreshing
New install window
64x64 icons support
24bits icon support
regedit alone does not log anything
POL vault updated
Grep : line buffered
IRC client : make URLs clickable
4.1.2
Debian package unified
Bug #953 fixed
Usage stats
Speed up POL_LoadVar_device by twice on OSX
Video card detections
POL needs to be updated for bug reports
Icon change
wineserver not in path problem fixed (debian bug, but they won't fix it)
Improved irc
UTF-8 pb fixed
Starting a new GUI
Beta: Look native feature for OSX
4.1.1
Fixes to critial problem

Removing optirun support which makes wine hang
UTF8 problem with files association

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Title:
  Backport PPA for PlayOnLinux

Status in “playonlinux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  PlayOnLinux shows there's a new version available (4.2.1), while the
  version from my software-sources (raring-ringtail) is 4.1.1.  Saucy
  has 4.2.1.

  Could we get a backport or a PPA with the latest version?

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