https://youtube.com/watch?v=X6_e7v5Fe6Y [Embed]
windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v594/Hydrus.Network.594.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v594/Hydrus.Network.594.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v594/Hydrus.Network.594.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.zst: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v594/Hydrus.Network.594.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.zst

I had a good simple week fixing some bugs. There is also a 'future test' for advanced users to try out.

Full changelog: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/changelog.html

highlights

I screwed up last week when I updated how the list that backs the thumbnail grid works. I messed up an optimisation in how it removed certain items, and it caused people popup errors when deleting/removing files. The good news is these errors were just harmless UI side stuff, fixed by re-sorting the page or restarting the client, but I am sorry for the trouble--it is now fixed, and I have some unit tests to make sure it does not happen again.

The tag right-click->search menu, if you select stuff that is in the current search, now lets you say 'remove this selection and replace it with an OR of them'!

I cleaned some of the shutdown code. The program should exit a bit faster and smoother, particularly when it receives emergency signals to shut down real quick. If you are in an odd situation that is often sending SIGTERM or something, let me know how it goes.

Since it was tucked away before, I wrote out a fresh version of my 'two rules to not going crazy when tagging' here: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/getting_started_more_tags.html#tags_are_for_searching_not_describing

Qt and AUR

There's a new version of Qt, 6.8, rolling out this past week. AUR users had some trouble when they were auto-updated to it. A PySide6 hotfix came out yesterday to fix something, and I think I have fixed something else that users reported about the tab-bar, but I expect there will be more issues, so let me know what you run into. I'm still testing 6.7 on my own personal situation.

If you are just a normal Arch user, I now generally recommend not using AUR packages for python programs like hydrus because AUR stuff will always use the latest version of any python libraries. If there's a bug in the new Qt or numpy deprecates a particular call, you are then dealing with that. If you would prefer a more reliable solution that takes a couple more steps, please try running hydrus from source yourself: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/running_from_source.html

future test

Only for advanced users!

I am making another future build this week. This is a special build with libraries that I would like advanced users to test out so I know they are safe to fold into the normal release. More info in the post here:

https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/tag/v594-future-1

next week

I want to hammer more at duplicate auto-resolution. Maybe get an empty UI panel going.