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Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:26 pm
by JTN
18 months to the day after 2.4.0, and representing over three years of development, the next major version of Freeciv, 2.5.0, has been released.

See NEWS-2.5.0 for details of what's changed since the last stable release line, 2.4.x.

For those who tried the betas and release candidates, there's a short list of changes since RC2 (translations and graphics).

Source code is available here. Compiled Windows packages for 2.5.0 aren't available yet, but should follow shortly; in the meantime, the 2.5.0-RC2 packages are still available and almost as good.

(While 2.5 is now the main stable version, we do expect to make a final 2.4.5 release at some point, mopping up bug fixes that have been made since 2.4.4 was released.)

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:37 pm
by JTN
Windows packages are now up; thanks to Christian Prochaska for the quick turnaround.

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:56 pm
by Arbogast
Is this version the RC2 one? I noticed a release of RC2 a week earlier than this one. But on the Wiki there is no mention of RC2.

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:15 pm
by louis94
Arbogast wrote:Is this version the RC2 one? I noticed a release of RC2 a week earlier than this one. But on the Wiki there is no mention of RC2.
Since 2.5.0 RC2 had no serious bug, 2.5.0 (this version) could be released. RCs are "beta" versions (so the code is not only tested by developers), and this is a stable one.

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:35 pm
by cazfi
RC stands for "Release Candidate"

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:48 pm
by Arbogast
So this release -2.5.0- is more complete than RC1 or RC2 ain't it?
I'm I up grading to 2.5.0 is an improvement from RC1 or RC2?
I thought "RC" meant 'Read Comically" (he! he!)

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:02 pm
by cazfi
2.5.0 is almost the same as RC2 was. In the end of http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.5.0 there's section "What's changed since 2.5.0-RC2"

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:58 pm
by uncivilizedplayer
How do I disband a city in civ2civ3? I can't build settlers at size1.

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:45 am
by bard
uncivilizedplayer wrote:How do I disband a city in civ2civ3? I can't build settlers at size1.
It is possible by building a migrant (that require 1 population), instead of a settler.

Re: Stable release 2.5.0

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:18 am
by uncivilizedplayer
thanks