OpenLP

Before I kick off the main gist of this post, I'd just like to announce that OpenLP 2.0.3 has finally made it to our Ubuntu PPA.Unfortunately I was having computer hardware issues and I wasn't able to get the build process set up until a few days ... [More] ago. I've remedied this problem by setting up the build process on our Continuous Integration server such that anyone can build packages for the PPA by simply clicking a button.As per the title of this post, we have set up a survey to help us decide on what the most important features are that we need to work on. This survey is completely anonymous, but we do ask that you only fill it out once. We've also set maximum number of features to choose so that we are absolutely certain that these are the most important features. Have your say: complete the survey. [Less]

Update: The survey has been closed. We received 381 responses, and are busy processing the responses. Before I kick off the main gist of this post, I'd just like to announce that OpenLP 2.0.3 has finally made it to our Ubuntu PPA.Unfortunately I was ... [More] having computer hardware issues and I wasn't able to get the build process set up until a few days ago. I've remedied this problem by setting up the build process on our Continuous Integration server such that anyone can build packages for the PPA by simply clicking a button.As per the title of this post, we have set up a survey to help us decide on what the most important features are that we need to work on. This survey is completely anonymous, but we do ask that you only fill it out once. We've also set maximum number of features to choose so that we are absolutely certain that these are the most important features. Have your say: complete the survey. [Less]

We are happy to announce another bugfix release of OpenLP 2.0: version 2.0.3 "Patched Petrus". This release fixes a regression in OpenLP 2.0.2 where services with notes could not be saved, and includes some updates to the translations. Windows and ... [More] Mac OS X builds are on the download page as usual, and OpenLP will filter down to the various Linux distributions over the next week or so. As more minor bugs are brought to our attention, we will endeavour to make future bugfix releases of OpenLP 2.0 until OpenLP 2.2 is released. If you think you have found a bug, please check the list of bugs on our Launchpad.net project page to see if yours already exists in our bug tracker: OpenLP at Launchpad.net Speaking of OpenLP 2.2 (and on a more technical note), we have completed the migration of OpenLP from Python 2.7 to Python 3.3. This was a big step for us, as Python 3 is not backwards compatible with Python 2, and we had to make some changes to the codebase to take this into consideration. NB: While there will be ongoing talk of OpenLP 2.2, please do not use it for church! OpenLP 2.1 (the development version of 2.2) is unstable and WILL crash in the middle of your service. OpenLP 2.1 is NOT compatible with OpenLP 2.0, you may lose some or even all of your data. As soon as the code is more stable, we will start our release cycles again with alpha and beta releases for folks to try out. [Less]

We are happy to announce another bugfix release of OpenLP 2.0: version 2.0.3 "Patched Petrus". This release fixes a regression in OpenLP 2.0.2 where services with notes could not be saved, and includes some updates to the translations. Windows and ... [More] Mac OS X builds are on the download page as usual, and OpenLP will filter down to the various Linux distributions over the next week or so. As more minor bugs are brought to our attention, we will endeavour to make future bugfix releases of OpenLP 2.0 until OpenLP 2.2 is released. If you think you have found a bug, please check the list of bugs on our Launchpad.net project page to see if yours already exists in our bug tracker: OpenLP at Launchpad.net Speaking of OpenLP 2.2 (and on a more technical note), we have completed the migration of OpenLP from Python 2.7 to Python 3.3. This was a big step for us, as Python 3 is not backwards compatible with Python 2, and we had to make some changes to the codebase to take this into consideration. NB: While there will be ongoing talk of OpenLP 2.2, please do not use it for church! OpenLP 2.1 (the development version of 2.2) is unstable and WILL crash in the middle of your service. OpenLP 2.1 is NOT compatible with OpenLP 2.0, you may lose some or even all of your data. As soon as the code is more stable, we will start our release cycles again with alpha and beta releases for folks to try out. [Less]

It has come to our attention recently that some folks, in order to use the goodness of LibreOffice 4.1 on Ubuntu, are using a LibreOffice PPA (personal package archive) which causes OpenLP to crash on startup. This seems to be due to a bug in the ... [More] way LibreOffice is packaged in the PPA, as other Linux users on distributions such as Fedora and Arch are not encountering the problem. Please do not install LibreOffice from the PPA, it WILL break OpenLP. Folks, please note that OpenLP is currently not compatible with LibreOffice 4.x on Linux due to the fact that OpenLP uses Python 2.7 and LibreOffice uses Python 3.2 which are incompatible. The next version of OpenLP, version 2.2, will be compatible with LibreOffice 4.x but unfortunately there is no way to backport this compatibility. [Less]

It has come to our attention recently that some folks, in order to use the goodness of LibreOffice 4.1 on Ubuntu, are using a LibreOffice PPA (personal package archive) which causes OpenLP to crash on startup. This seems to be due to a bug in the ... [More] way LibreOffice is packaged in the PPA, as other Linux users on distributions such as Fedora and Arch are not encountering the problem. Please do not install LibreOffice from the PPA, it WILL break OpenLP. Folks, please note that OpenLP is currently not compatible with LibreOffice 4.x on Linux due to the fact that OpenLP uses Python 2.7 and LibreOffice uses Python 3.2 which are incompatible. The next version of OpenLP, version 2.2, will be compatible with LibreOffice 4.x but unfortunately there is no way to backport this compatibility. [Less]

In preparation for some changes that we have made in the next major version of OpenLP we had to make a change in the last release (2.0.2) in the way that service files are saved. With OpenLP 2.0.2 and higher, you will still be able to read your old ... [More] service files, but earlier versions of OpenLP will not be able to open files created in later versions of OpenLP. For example, OpenLP 2.0.2 will be able to open services files saved in OpenLP 2.0.1, but OpenLP 2.0.1 will not be able to open services files saved in OpenLP 2.0.2. Unfortunately a bug was introduced preventing services that had notes in them from being saved. We have already fixed this and plan to make a release (2.0.3) to address this issue in the near future. If you wish to use notes we suggest that you do not upgrade to 2.0.2. We thank you for your patience in this matter and apoligise for this bug. Steps are being taken including automated testing in 2.2 to reduce the chances of bugs like these slipping in the future. [Less]

In preparation for some changes that we have made in the next major version of OpenLP we had to make a change in the last release (2.0.2) in the way that service files are saved. With OpenLP 2.0.2 and higher, you will still be able to read your old ... [More] service files, but earlier versions of OpenLP will not be able to open files created in later versions of OpenLP. For example, OpenLP 2.0.2 will be able to open services files saved in OpenLP 2.0.1, but OpenLP 2.0.1 will not be able to open services files saved in OpenLP 2.0.2. Unfortunately a bug was introduced preventing services that had notes in them from being saved. We have already fixed this and plan to make a release (2.0.3) to address this issue in the near future. If you wish to use notes we suggest that you do not upgrade to 2.0.2. We thank you for your patience in this matter and apoligise for this bug. Steps are being taken including automated testing in 2.2 to reduce the chances of bugs like these slipping in the future. [Less]

We're pleased to (finally) announce the latest bugfix release of OpenLP 2.0, version 2.0.2 (codename Debugged Deborah). In this release we have made over 30 tweaks, improvements and bug fixes all over OpenLP, but the areas that have seen the most ... [More] work are the user interface and the song importers. This wouldn't have been possible without all the feedback and error reports we have recieved from you guys. They really do help! Some of the bugs fixed in this release: OpenLP does not start due to mimetypes bug Theme in Song Editor is never reset We should not warn when verse order is empty Inconvenient focus in Song Editor when adding authors Macro enabled presentations are not shown in OpenLP Images always get black background when loaded from saved service file "Display verses on live tool bar" ignored Typing a path for a theme background causes a key error Typing a path for a theme background does not set background Adjust Line Spacing does not work Configure shortcuts has two items called settings Attach button on exception form does not work Transtion + fast slide changes + ESC causes screen to open again Delete button in Configure Formatting Tags gets focus Importing an OSIS bible always results in English book names Traceback in czech bible download Webbible import fails Traceback when importing bible with disabled bible plugin in FTW Non existing chapters result in traceback when searching webbibles getFileNames corrupts file names that use "special chars" Opensong Import - some lines missing Foil Presenter Importer fails if no verses SongShowPlus traceback SongShowPlus importer does not handle verse labels such as 1A Issues importing Sunday Plus Files OpenLP 1 database importer crashes when encountering control chars Easy Worship importer progress bar is out Cancelling character table dialogue in importer causes OpenLP to crash For the full list of the changes we've made see: https://launchpad.net/openlp/+milestone/2.0.2 As usual, you can grab this release from the download page. The Mac OS X version, torrents, portable versions and various Linux packages will be updated over the next week or so. A very big thanks to everybody who helped out, and thanks to you, our community, for your bug reports, giving support and helping others. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (New International Version) [Less]

We're pleased to (finally) announce the latest bugfix release of OpenLP 2.0, version 2.0.2 (codename Debugged Deborah). In this release we have made over 30 tweaks, improvements and bug fixes all over OpenLP, but the areas that have seen the most ... [More] work are the user interface and the song importers. This wouldn't have been possible without all the feedback and error reports we have recieved from you guys. They really do help! Some of the bugs fixed in this release: OpenLP does not start due to mimetypes bug Theme in Song Editor is never reset We should not warn when verse order is empty Inconvenient focus in Song Editor when adding authors Macro enabled presentations are not shown in OpenLP Images always get black background when loaded from saved service file "Display verses on live tool bar" ignored Typing a path for a theme background causes a key error Typing a path for a theme background does not set background Adjust Line Spacing does not work Configure shortcuts has two items called settings Attach button on exception form does not work Transtion + fast slide changes + ESC causes screen to open again Delete button in Configure Formatting Tags gets focus Importing an OSIS bible always results in English book names Traceback in czech bible download Webbible import fails Traceback when importing bible with disabled bible plugin in FTW Non existing chapters result in traceback when searching webbibles getFileNames corrupts file names that use "special chars" Opensong Import - some lines missing Foil Presenter Importer fails if no verses SongShowPlus traceback SongShowPlus importer does not handle verse labels such as 1A Issues importing Sunday Plus Files OpenLP 1 database importer crashes when encountering control chars Easy Worship importer progress bar is out Cancelling character table dialogue in importer causes OpenLP to crash For the full list of the changes we've made see: https://launchpad.net/openlp/+milestone/2.0.2 As usual, you can grab this release from the download page. The Mac OS X version, torrents, portable versions and various Linux packages will be updated over the next week or so. A very big thanks to everybody who helped out, and thanks to you, our community, for your bug reports, giving support and helping others. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (New International Version) [Less]