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March 12th, 2007: Updated Daylight Savings Time rules |
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Daylight Savings Time rules have changed for locations in the United States. Starting this year, Daylight Savings Time begins on the second Sunday in March, and reverts on the first Sunday in November. To update these rules in KStars, all you need to do is open the "Get New Stuff" tool (Ctrl+D) and install the "Updated Daylight Savings Time rules" item from the list. |
March 13th, 2006: KStars-1.2 released |
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I've finally put together a tarball release for KStars 1.2, the version corresponding to KDE-3.5. Sorry it's so late; I guess I thought I had already done it. |
March 6th, 2006: Comets and Asteroids Updated |
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I have just updated the ephemerides for comets and asteroids. To get the new data, just open the Get New Stuff tool in KStars (Ctrl+D), and select "ephemerides" from the list. The number of comets has increased from 500 to 1300, including the recently-discovered Comet Pojmanski (2006 A1). |
March 2th, 2006: KStars Community Forums |
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We now have a web forum for the KStars Community: http://kstars.30doradus.org We're hoping to build a community out of our active user base, so come on in and introduce yourself! |
June 29th, 2005: Introducing: SVN snapshot releases |
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Thanks to Carsten Niehaus, KDE-Edu now has a ruby script that makes it very easy to create release tarballs from the SVN tree. I have modified this script a bit, and will be using it to create "SVN snapshot" releases periodically (about once per week). You can find the snapshot releases here. |
June 5th, 2005: Comets and Asteroids updated |
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I have updated the orbital elements for Comets and Asteroids, which you can install directly from the "Get New Stuff" tool in KStars ("File | Download Data..." or Ctrl+D). I have removed comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 from the database, since it crashed into Jupiter in 1994. |
March 29th, 2005: KStars 1.1-p1: Important fix for KDE 3.3.x users! |
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Our recent release of KStars-1.1 contained some new KDE-3.4 code that is incompatible with KDE-3.3. I have now fixed the tarballs, so KStars-1.1-p1 is now available, and is usable with kde-3.3.x. Sorry about that. If you have already downloaded KStars-1.1, you can download this patch to get the fix. Simply place the patch file into your kstars-1.1 directory, and enter the command patch -p0 < kstars-1.1.patch. |
March 27th, 2005: KStars 1.1 available for download |
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I have packaged a tarball based on the KDE_3_4_BRANCH codebase, which you can now download. This code is essentially identical to the version of kstars included in kdeedu-3.4.0 (with a few minor additional bugfixes). Again, these releases are intended for users who choose not to upgrade KDE to 3.4.0, but would still like to have the latest KStars code. Enjoy! |
March 22th, 2005: New Features Tour for KDE 3.4 release |
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KDE 3.4.0 was released recently, so that must mean it's time for a New Features tour! I will also put together a tarball corresponding to the 3.4.0 codebase, hopefully soon. |
March 10th, 2005: Join the KStars Data Team! |
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Are you an avid KStars user looking for a fun way to contribute to the project? Afraid we are only looking for expert code hackers? Well, fear no longer. I'd like to announce the KStars Data Team. The Data Team will be responsible for maintaining and improving all of the data related to KStars:
I've been thinking of trying something like this for a while, but the last item especially convinced me to go ahead. The new Details window makes it pretty fun to search for thumbnail images, and having a default set for the Messier catalog, the major planets, and some other popular objects would be a very nice addition to the program. So if you think you're interested in joining the Data Team, introduce yourself on our mailing list (kstars-devel AT kde DOT org), and let us know how you'd like to contribute. Thanks! |
