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FET Development => Snapshots => Topic started by: Liviu Lalescu on January 10, 2026, 07:13:12 PM

Title: OLD - FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on January 10, 2026, 07:13:12 PM
I have put a snapshot. From the ChangeLog:

  - Converted the sources for compilation with CMake (suggested by Michael Towers, who also provided extensive instructions/help on how to do this; also Volker Dirr, assisted by ChatGPT and Gemini, suggested some important corrections). On this occasion, we merged the engine code for fet and fet-cl into a library (suggested by Volker Dirr, assisted by Gemini). Unfortunately, it is impossible to use QMake anymore, and now the minimum accepted Qt version is 6.10.
  - Minor improvements.

The link, as usual: https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download/test/

Please test the FET-GUI and the FET-CL for problems, and let me know the results!
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: GUEFFAZ ABDELKRIM on January 10, 2026, 08:20:42 PM
لا أفقه في البرمجة. لكن يبدو عمل جيد بالتوفيق
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on January 11, 2026, 05:03:41 AM
Merci, M. Gueffaz!

I added a new snapshot. I made it possible again to compile with QMake and on Windows 7 and 8.1.

Also, the new sources packaging is done ass tar.xz (suggested by Michael Towers).

The same download link as above.
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Darren McDonald on January 11, 2026, 11:35:24 AM
Hi Liviu, I've just tested compiling the most recent version using CMake on macOS, and it looks like everything has worked (though I haven't done any very extensive testing).
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on January 11, 2026, 11:38:48 AM
Great, Darren, thank you!  :)
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Volker Dirr on January 11, 2026, 01:10:20 PM
Darren, the highly needed check on MacOS is: Please check if you can change the language in the FET interface.
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Darren McDonald on January 11, 2026, 01:39:16 PM
Quote from: Volker Dirr on January 11, 2026, 01:10:20 PMDarren, the highly needed check on MacOS is: Please check if you can change the language in the FET interface.

Hi Volker, yes — after compilation, copying the .qm files to the usual location as a final step worked as before.
Title: Re: FET-7.7.0 snapshot available
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on January 11, 2026, 02:45:43 PM
I just added a new snapshot, with minor improvements.

NOTE: The previous snapshot had written version "7.7.0", not "7.7.0-snapshot-11-jan-2026..." in the Help/About and inside. So, if you have an automatic check for updates on startup, when I'll make lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/crtversion/crtversion.txt=7.7.0, if you use that previous snapshot, you won't get a notification of new version. The conclusion: don't forget to update to the official FET-7.7.0 when it's released (maybe tomorrow morning).