- From now on, NSFW service disposes after last reference
is removed. No more 10sec delay.
- Moved the temp workspace deletion to a startup task.
- Can set initial task for the window from electron-main.
- Removed the `browser-app`.
Closes#39
Signed-off-by: Akos Kitta <a.kitta@arduino.cc>
For security reasons, the macOS tester builds generated for PRs from forks are not notarized. Instructions are provided for
beta testing under these conditions.
Previously, the instructions for bypassing the macOS notarization requirement involved disabling macOS Gatekeeper
entirely using the spctl command. These instructions are hereby replaced by an alternative approach, where the
restriction is bypassed for the Arduino IDE application alone, via the macOS GUI.
The new approach is superior for the following reasons:
- More secure due to having limited scope
- More accessible due to the use of the macOS GUI
The readme should provide a concise overview of the essential information about the project. Additional details are
provided in dedicated documents, so the readme only needs to provide links to that information.
Documentation of how to contribute to the project gives everyone the opportunity to participate, while also reducing the
maintenance effort and increasing the quality of contributions.
This guide documents the various ways of contributing to the project.
Previously, the information about tester builds was mixed in with the documentation about building the project from
source.
The two subjects are of relevance to two distinct contribution options. Building from source will primarily be done by
developers working on the project code base. Tester builds will be used by beta testers and reviewers.
For this reason, it doesn't make sense to require beta testers to wade through a lot of development documentation not
directly related to their work in order to find the instructions for obtaining tester builds. Likewise, it doesn't make
sense to clutter up the development documentation with such information.
Moving the information about tester builds to a dedicated file makes it easier for the interested parties to find, and
also allows the creation of a comprehensive guide for beta testers without making a negative impact on the development
documentation content.
Previously, information about project development was stored in a file named BUILDING.md in the root of the repository.
That content is hereby moved to the file docs/development.md. This will provide the following benefits:
- Broaden the scope of the file to all information related to development rather than building only
- Store all documentation content under a single folder instead of randomly putting some in the root and others under
docs
The Arduino IDE has an auto update capability. A new version is checked for on every startup, and if available the user
is offered an update.
Although this update can usually be done automatically by the IDE, under some conditions this is not possible. For
example:
- The IDE package in use does not support auto update (i.e., Linux ZIP package)
- The file could not be downloaded due to a transient network service outage
In this case, the user is presented with a friendly dialog that explains the situation and links to the "Software" page
on arduino.cc, where the user can manually download and install the new version.
During the pre-release development phase of the project, the download links for Arduino IDE 2.x were on a sub-section of
the "Software" page. For this reason, the linked URL included the fragment identifier `#experimental-software` so that
the page would load scrolled down to the anchor at that section of the page.
With the 2.0.0 release, the Arduino IDE 2.x project has graduated to a production development phase. For this reason,
the download links have been moved to the top of the "Software" page and the now inaccurate `experimental-software`
anchor removed from the page.
The previous link with that fragment is still perfectly functional, but the fragment to a non-existent anchor serves no
purpose and also miscommunicates the project status to users who notice the URL that was loaded. For this reason, it is
hereby removed from the link.
During the early phase of development, the download links for the nightly build were only available from the table in the project readme.
Since that time, download links were also added to the "Software" page on arduino.cc, which is already linked to from
the readme. This means the nightly build link table is superfluous and only harms the readability of the readme.
The superfluous table is hereby removed from the readme.
An internal release procedure document was created separately from the documentation hosted in this repository. That
internal document became significantly more comprehensive and up to date than the unmaintained documentation in this
repository.
In order to avoid either the burden of maintaining two copies of the same information, or more likely the out of sync
state between the information in the two resulting from lack of such maintenance, a single document will be maintained
here in this repository.
The superior version of the information from the internal document is hereby migrated to the repository where it will be
maintained from here on.
Previously, the procedure for creating a new release of the project was included in the development documentation.
This information is distinct from the rest of the contents of that file in that it is not of any value or interest to
most contributors from the community since only project maintainers will ever create a release. This meant that it make
the document less readable and approachable without adding significant value in return.
The information is still essential to the project maintainers, so it must not be removed, but it can be moved to a
dedicated file under the existing `docs/internal/` folder that is specifically intended for storing such information.
Although the Arduino IDE's primary preferences interface provides all required configuration capabilities, advanced
users may wish to fine tune the behavior of the application or temporarily enable additional log output to use for
troubleshooting problems with the IDE.
The IDE provides such settings in a separate interface.
Previously, the existence and access procedure for these settings was undocumented.
Since this is an advanced capability, the documentation is not appropriate for inclusion with the standard user
documentation on arduino.cc. A file here in the Arduino IDE is used instead. This file will serve as a container for all
such user-targeted documentation.
- Fixed scrollbar does not reach end of list widget.
- Estimated row heights to provide better scroll UX.
- Last item's `<select>` must be visible.
Closes#1380Closes#1381Closes#1387
Signed-off-by: Akos Kitta <a.kitta@arduino.cc>
