Release notes for 3.0.6

OpenSesame 3.0.6 is the sixth maintenance release in the 3.0 series. It contains bug fixes and minor improvements, and should be a pleasant and safe upgrade for everyone who is using the 3.0 series.

A notable improvement in this release is that we now have a standard OSX package! So no more waiting and using outdated packages for Mackies! Thanks do Daniel Schreij (@dscreij) for his great work on this.

If you are upgrading from OpenSesame 2.9.7 or earlier, please see the list of important changes in OpenSesame 3.0:

• Important changes in 3.0

Bugs fixed

• Fix a crash when adding an empty list to the file pool
• Handle exotic variable types better in variable inspector (#388)
• Fix initial state of auto_example plugin (#389)
• Catch errors in file pool
• Fix background-color changes with psycho backend
• Catch non osexception Exceptions during script validation
• Add console property to sketchpad base_element
• Avoid setting config values to QPyNullVariant (#397)
• Don't set fullscreen as property of experiment in opensesamerun (#392)
• Don't allow line breaks in sketchpad-element scripts

Improvements

• Add experiment_file experimental variable, which contains the file name of the experiment (#387)
• Catch warnings when creating a new item and provide an informative message
• Update default logfile location after save as (#370)
• Improve file-type icons in file pool
• Add deprecation warning to parallel plugin (use coroutines instead)
• Allow external links in user hints
• Move image element to top in sketchpad to make it more easily discoverable

Windows packaging

Python 2.7 release (recommended):

OpenSesame 3.0.6
Python 2.7.10 (default, May 23 2015, 09:40:32) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
OpenCV is not available
OpenCV2 3.0.0
QProgedit 3.2.2
Expyriment  (Python 2.7.10)
IPython 3.2.0
NumPy 1.9.2
PIL is available (version is unknown)
PsychoPy 1.82.01
PyAudio 0.2.8
PyGame 1.9.1release
PyGaze 0.6.0a8
Pyglet 1.2.3
PyOpenGL 3.1.0
PyQt 4.11.4
PySerial 2.7
python-bidi 0.3.4
python-markdown 2.6.2
SciPy 0.15.1

Python 3.4 release (experimental):

OpenSesame 3.0.6
Python 3.4.3 (v3.4.3:9b73f1c3e601, Feb 24 2015, 22:43:06) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)]
OpenCV is not available
OpenCV 2 is not available
QProgedit 3.2.2
Expyriment is not available (or version is unknown)
IPython 4.0.0
NumPy 1.9.3
PIL is available (version is unknown)
PsychoPy not available (or version is unknown)
PyAudio 0.2.9
PyGame 1.9.2a0
PyGaze is not available
Pyglet not available (or version is unknown)
PyOpenGL 3.1.1b1
PyQt 4.11.4
PySerial 2.7
python-bidi 0.4.0
python-markdown 2.6.2
SciPy 0.16.1

Mac OS packaging

~~~ OpenSesame 3.0.6 Python 2.7.11 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Dec 6 2015, 18:57:58) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)] OpenCV is not available OpenCV2 3.1.0 QProgedit 3.2.2 Expyriment 0.8.0-41-g147b7d7 (Python 2.7.11) IPython 4.1.1 NumPy 1.10.4 PIL is available (version is unknown) PsychoPy 1.82.01 PyAudio 0.2.7 PyGame 1.9.2a0 PyGaze is not available Pyglet 1.2.4 PyOpenGL 3.1.1a1 PyQt 4.11.4 PySerial 3.0.1 python-bidi 0.4.0 python-markdown 2.6.5 SciPy 0.17.0 ~~~~