Griffith 0.9~rc1 is out!

[POX]

Hi!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Griffith 0.9~rc1 has been released as a Christmas gift,
see below for a list of the most important changes.

This release is marked as "Release Candidate" due to:
* database format change (if you have any problems send us the
  ~/.griffith/griffith.gri file or `griffith --debug' output)
* translations are not finished (translators need more time)

You can find source tarballs and Debian/Ubuntu packages on our website.
Windows version is not available yet, but we're working on it...


Griffith 0.9~rc1 "Christmas Edition"
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* SQLAlchemy transition, i.e.
  + MySQL support added
  + PostgreSQL support added
  + SQLite3 transition on Linux (pysqlite2 is now required)
* Import plugin system added, first import plugin (CSV)
* All movie plugins updated
* New data:
  + video codec
  + audio codec
  + audio channels
  + subtitle format
  + "commentary" language type added
* GUI changes:
  + editing movie details moved to "Add" dialog
  + languages data look changed
  + draggable toolbar
  + new "next" / "previous" buttons
  + windows converted to dialogs
* Selectable search data in movie plugins (search only for data you want to
  download or not yet filled data)
* Fetch details from different movie plugins
* Smaller backup zip files generation
* HTML export plugin changes:
  + Fixed problem with posters conversion on Windows
  + New green style in exported HTML tables
* Configurable main list's default sorting criteria
* Lots of bugs fixed (some new added ;-)


Have fun!

[xeros]

Too bad it's not for Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)
It has unresolved dependencies there like python-central and python-sqlalchemy.
dpkg output (on Dapper):

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  griffith: Depends: python-central (>= 0.5. but it is not installable
            Depends: python-gtk2 (>= 2.8.6-1) but 2.8.6-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: python-glade2 (>= 2.8.6-1) but 2.8.6-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: python-sqlalchemy (>= 0.3.0-1) but it is not installable
            Depends: python-pysqlite2 (>= 2.3.0-1) but 2.0.5-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: python-reportlab (>= 1.20debian-6) but 1.20debian-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: python-imaging (>= 1.1.5-6) but 1.1.5-4ubuntu1 is to be installed

[xeros]

I've installed Griffith 0.9~rc1 deb in Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake with forced install of python-central_0.5.6ubuntu2 from Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and python-sqlalchemy_0.3.1 from Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn - release in alpha stage).
First I tried to launch griffith without use of these packages but it said it can't find sqlalchemy python plugin, then I tried to force Edgy's python-sqlalchemy_0.2.8-1 package - it didn't help as it looks like python-central needs to be installed too. Then I have installed Edgy's python-central_0.5.6ubuntu2 and (forced) reinstall of sqlalchemy (Edgy package) - griffith has launched, rebuilt database and put some errrors for 'Select' in the console and didn't show any films on the list - sqlalchemy 0.2.8 is too old for griffith. So I forced to use Feisty's python-central_0.5.12ubuntu1 and python-sqlalchemy_0.3.1 (sqlalchemy 0.3.1 has python-central >= 0.5.8 dependency) but it get me in the point as griffith can't find sqlalchemy, so for the final I have installed Edgy's python-central and Feisty's python-sqlalchemy. Then the griffith worked as it should. All the tricks with new python packages worked because there are not glibc but only python dependent.
So to use this new deb file with 0.9~rc1 version of Griffith on Dapper you have to force installation of python-central_0.5.6ubuntu2 and python-sqlalchemy_0.3.1-1 packes (both available on packages.ubuntu.com).

I have tested the apllication for hour (maybe hour and half) and it looks it works as it should - no apllication bugs found (yet ;-) ).

All I found are two bugs in Polish plugins:
1. WP plugin don't get rate ("Ocena")
2. Filmweb plugin puts Title in Original title position and Original title in Title position.

I have tested:
1. Add new films with getting data from plugins: WP, Onet, Filmweb, FDB, Stopklatka,
2. Sorting list on few criterias,
3. Selecting which columns to show,
4. Getting posters from Amazon (I'm not sure, but I think there were positions which the old version 0.6.2 didn't get because of picture format and now in the new version 0.9~rc1 it worked),
5. Adding video and audio codec information and set default options for media,
6. Changing the viewed (Obejrzany) attribute status,
6. Export of database to HTML tables - gray style (with all columns and changing the posters size).
7. Not remember what else...

And everything worked without problems.
I'd like to thank you for yours great work - I really like that new version :-)

[xeros]

I have forget to tell you that I used the new version with old database (from griffith 0.6.2 - sqlite2) with ~200 positions and Griffith 0.9~rc1 properly converted the database to new format (sqlite3 with new structure) - no data has been lost, everything was there and database conversion took 10-15 seconds.

[POX]

* POX is preparing a version for Ubuntu Dapper...

UPDATE: try this one
UPDATE2: I have also backported python-sqlalchemy package to Ubuntu Dapper

See also our repository for instructions how to install 0.9~rc1 on Ubuntu Dapper / Edgy.