FET-7.8.7 released on 15 June 2026

[Liviu Lalescu]

On Monday, 15 June 2026, we released FET-7.8.7. From the ChangeLog:

  - Critical interface bug fixes: When removing an activity tag in the constraints of type teachers/students max activity tags per day/real day from set or modifying/removing an activity tag in the constraints of type room(s) max activity tags per day/real day/week from set, the constraints were not correctly updated (reported by Yush Yuen).
  - Improved the English text - instead of 'he', 'his', and 'him' pronouns when referring to a teacher, we use 'he/she', 'his/her', and 'him/her' (suggested by Alexandre R. Soares and Andrea Primiani).
  - Improved the symbol for the 'not available' cells in the constraints of type 'not available' or 'preferred times' - it is now '✗' instead of 'X'. Also, the description of the deactivated activities and constraints now begins with '✗' instead of 'X'.
  - Added a Help button in the days and hours dialogs, for guidance; this is useful in modes other than the Official one (suggested by LEOBASSARTS).
  - Added the option to order the activities in the timetables by the tags, if a table cell contains more than one activity (suggested by Benahmed Abdelkrim; Volker Dirr suggested to consider only the printable tags).
  - Minor fixes.
  - Updated the Spanish translation, by Li Chong, who is the newly assigned translator. The Spanish translation is now nearly complete.
  - Added a new example file, by Benahmed Abdelkrim.

Thanking Li Chong, and welcoming him in the team of translators!

[Darren McDonald]

FET-7.8.7 for macOS is now available.