Snapshot 2025-01-18

Recent changes

Add gnuplot as "Recommends" and unzip as "Suggests" in the Debian archive.

• Fix accidentally missed flight view updates for location etc. when in PH or LAND modes.
• Display Mavlink STATUSTEXT messages
• Further User Guide updates

Headline Items

• mwp is migrated to Gtk4.
• Please see the migration guide for system requirements etc. and migration from the legacy version.

The architectural changes to support Windows / MSys2 have been substantial and intrusive. Do not be surprised if there is collateral breakage. Please report such instances if you find them.

• Survey / Search / Area planner integrated into mwp (no longer an external tool)

  • Area Plan
  
  • Expanding Square
  
  • Spiral
  

Janitorial notes

• Other bug and regression fixes.
• Please raise Github issues for stuff that is broken / regressions (much has changed internally to support the Windows build).
• The prior master (Gtk+-3.0) branch has been renamed to legacy, is no longer maintained and is read-only.
• The User Guide contains updated documentation.

Installation

• A Debian archives is provided below.
• Arch Linux AUR package
• A Windows installer mwptools_x.y.z_x86_64_installer.exe may be provided below (where x.y.z. represents the version tag (e.g. 25.01.18))
• Other platforms / OS please follow the documented build instructions. Mac OS port (see #188)

For the Debian package:

Built on Ubuntu LTS (24.04).

# download
$ curl -LO https://github.com/stronnag/mwptools/releases/download/x.y.z/mwptools_x.y.z_amd64.deb
# install
$ sudo apt install ./mwptools_x.y.z_amd64.deb

Where x.y.z. represents the version tag (e.g. 25.01.18)