[Bug-gnubg] GNUbg 1.05.000 Released (Binaries for MS Windows available)

[Michael Petch]

Howdy all,

I was busier on the weekend than I anticipated so wasn't able to tag the
code until yesterday. I have generated a new source tar ball that is
available here:

http://files.gnubg.org/media/sources/gnubg-release-1.05.000-sources.tar.gz

The MS Windows installer can be found here (and is available from the
Download page at www.gnubg.org):

http://files.gnubg.org/media/windows/gnubg-1_05_000-20150420-setup.exe

Please note future version (including 1.05.000) will not necessarily
support anything before MS Windows Vista. 1.04.000 will likely be the
last version supporting versions of MS Windows 2000, and XP. I will be
willing to do it on request time permitting. Do not install this setp
(it will fail when GNUbg is launched) with MS Windows 2000 or XP! YOU
HAVE BEEN WARNED.

The OS/X official DMG for Yosemite will come today or tomorrow, and the
previous versions for OS/X in the next couple weeks. 1.05.000 may be the
last release where binaries are built for platforms earlier than
Yosemite (10.10.x). It should still be possible to build the sources
into your own binaries using Macports. Last year Daisuke Takahashi
upgrade the ports at Macports to support 1.04+ releases. More about that
can be found here:
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/games/gnubg/Portfile

What is different in this release? The primary fix is the upgrade of the
random.org code to support https protocol. This was fixed in the
unofficial 1.05.000 development release in January. There is also a
change to fix import and export of variants (Hypergammon etc) when using
MAT file format. There are a variety of other minor bug fixes an cleanup.

-- 
Michael Petch
GNU Backgammon Maintainer / Developer
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