News

• 2008-05-08
  Release of cdw version 0.3.91
  Changes since version 0.3.3:
  • added support for dvd+rw-tools, which brings:
  • added writing files or ISO image to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW discs; no double-layer media are supported
  • added blanking of DVD-RW and DVD+RW
  • simplified hardware configuration - now you need to enter no more than 2 device descriptors :)
  • wizard dialog windows
• 2007-12-13
  Release of cdw version 0.3.3
  Changes since version 0.3.2:
  • gtk-related files are removed, gtk interface is no longer an option
  • restored functionality: ripping audio CDs, but only to raw audio tracks. User have to use following command: 'sox -c 2 -r 44100 -L -2 -s track_name.raw -t wav track_name.wav' to recode the files to wav audio files.
  • restored functionality: copying data CDs to iso image on hdd. This works only for single-session CDs only for now.
  • new dependency: cdw now requires libcdio, a library for accessing CD device
  • dependency on wncurses (ncurses with wide chars support) is now mentioned in README file
  • some changes in main application window layout, so now cdw uses all lines and columns of console
  • updated man page, updated README file
  • new autotools files, configure.ac is now used instead of configure.in; 'bootstrap' file is removed, if you want to regenerate build files you should use autoreconf(1) now;
  • added some comments for translators of UI elements
  • fixed bug: moving through fields in options forms using TAB key was impossible - this is now fixed
  • fixed bug: too wide fields in second page of options caused cdw to crash when switching options pages - this is now fixed
  • fixed bug: removed one source of memory leak in options module code
  • fixed bug: it was impossible to write second and following sessions to multisession CD disc - it is now fixed
  • fixed bug: bug 1841923 from SourceForge bug tracking system is now fixed (build error with lame-support: 'msg' undeclared)
  • fixed bug: space usage indicator (bar) in main application window works again (now with colors)
  • fixed bug: method of blanking is now properly saved when changed in method selection window (but only if user decides to perform blanking; until now change of method was saved even if user abandoned blanking after changing method).
• 2007-08-26
  Release of cdw version 0.3.2
  New version of cdw is out. Most changes are in options module: cdw checks for existence of some directiories and files and tries to behave reasonably if something is missing. There are a few new dialog windows informing user about possible problems with configuration (e.g. missing config file or unset $HOME variable). Options window is now a bit different, options are grouped in slightly different way. Options for inactive features are not shown.
  I have fixed small bug that caused cdw to crash when browsing 'Add files' list using Page up/Page down keys.
  Information for translators: new pot file is included in this release, but you might want to wait for another release - I will comment all translatable strings, so that you don't have to refer to source during translation. I just need to print gettext manual :)
  0.3.2 is last release that includes gtk interface
• 2007-07-29
  Since last release I commited changes that reorganize cdw options module. Options window looks a bit different, some error conditions are checked when initializing options module and reading/writing config file. Code is (at least for me) more readable, mostly because of moving parts of code to wrapper functions and adding some comments. Latest source code can be obtained (as usual) via cvs.
  Options for functionality that is disabled are invisible, but there is still a lot of place for some fields and checkboxes in options window.
  Now I will try to avoid big changes and focus on testing existing code. It will take some time - you can expect new release of cdw by the end of August.
  Big 'thank you' to rezso for bringing my attention to *.pot file, which was neglected by me. I will check all source code files and prepare all translatable strings for processing them with gettext tools. New *.pot file will be available in 0.3.2 release.
• 2007-06-26 Release of cdw version 0.3.1
  cdw version 0.3.1 is relased. Erasing of CD-RW disks (full or fast) is now restored, some tests before starting erasing process are added. Help tooltips for main cdw functions are added. This release also includes small code changes that are not visible to end user. Help files are slightly changed (I mostly removed stuff that is not applicable to current version of cdw). Please see ChangeLog if you are interested in details of changes.
  Next release (0.3.2) won't bring any big functionality changes - I will focus on small things that will improve overall quality of this software. Hopefully I will add some documentation.
• 2007-04-29 Release of cdw version 0.3.0
  cdw version 0.3.0 is relased. This is new version of cdw after picking this project by acerion. Many features were dropped (cd cloning, writing audio cd, creating image from cd, blanking cd), mainly because of lack of time to test these functions - I wanted to release new version with features that were working correctly - and I wanted to know for sure how and why they worked. Picking up project is not an easy task for me, so restoring all functions of cdw 0.2.4 may take some time.
• 2007-03-04 I'm picking up this project.
  Since February this project has new developer: acerion. You can expect new cdw release soon. Browse CVS repository for latest source code changes.

Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Kamil Ignacak