Release Notes

Linux - Server: New super stable, super fast bits are now the default!

The new .Net Core build is now the default!

Our server ran on Mono on Linux for more than 15 years, but last year we decided we should port it to the more stable and future looking .Net Core. And so we did.

.Net Core builds have been available since January 2020 and all our cloud infrastructure runs on them, and also all our major customers were upgraded to this new tech. So, we thought it was a good moment to just make it official for everyone.

So, dear Mono on Linux, you served us well, but it is now time for an official goodbye.

If you stay tuned, you'll see the macOS server will be the next one to be officially moved to .Net Core and, you guessed it, Windows will be next.

Once we complete this we'll be also able to simplify our code base a little because, while not dramatic, we'll stop building servers in .NET Framework and Mono.

And most likely command line and GUIs will be next.

== How this will impact you? ==

* Just upgrade your current server package, no special actions required, and you'll get the new binaries.

* Also, the .Net Core experimental packages will be no more, since now they will be the official ones, so this means less options in the docu.

All platforms - All GUIs: new languages available!

We are happy to announce alpha-version support for Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese in Plastic and Gluon.

The language shown will be chosen based on the culture set for your machine.

Please note that support for these languages is still in ongoing development. It is likely you will see layout and translation issues in this initial release. We will be resolving this issues during the next few releases.

If you need to force Plastic back to English, you can do so by setting the following line in your client.conf file:

 <Language>en</Language>

Windows - Plastic Image Preview: ImageMagick preview adapted to version 7.x.

ImageMagick deprecated the tools convert.exe and identify.exe. Our default configuration was based on those executables. We updated the configuration template configuration to use the new magick command available in ImageMagick 7.x.

Server: Improve threadpool boosting system to avoid running out of threads.

Now the server creates a new bunch of threads to process the pending requests when there are too many long-running requests (over 90% of the running requests are running for more than 5s).

Windows - Plastic: ImageDiff toolbar buttons are now "push" buttons.

We changed the Image Differences toolbar buttons that allow changing the image diff mode for the sake of usability. This way, the buttons will now help to reflect which mode is selected.

Before:

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After:

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All platforms - WebUI: fixed display of the file history diff view

All platforms - Jira Extension: Owner is now correctly shown on Cloud instances

Due to differences between on-premise and cloud editions, the Jira extension didn't correctly show the owner of a task. Now it's fixed.

Windows - Plastic: ImageDiff changed symbolic info

Removed the symbolic name link from the panels below the toolbar, which is the same behavior as the macOS and Linux implementations. This information is now shown on the togglable properties section.

Before:

* Not showing properties:

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* Showing properties:

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After:

* Not showing properties

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* Showing properties:

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All platforms - Plastic, Gluon: Javascript-related files now detected as text

We added four javascript-related extensions to the list of known files, so they are detected as text files by default, instead of binaries. These are the new extensions:

* .vue

* .ts

* .tsx

* .jsx