New Release Query

[JamesLPearson]

Hi Mike, thank you for your continued efforts on this brilliant project, I use Binner all the time... I find it so useful and not sure what I'd do without it.

I just upgraded from the pre-release version 2.0.7 to the release version 2.0.59 (which was a bit confusing because that seems like an older version number?)

I was struggling to get everything back and running for a while. One issue is that when you update it 'clobbers' (overwrites I mean) the configuration file. It might be an idea to handle this differently if possible.

My query is - I tried to connect to the web page http://localhost:8090 and it loaded but the SQL connection didn't seem to work. I checked the log files and could see there was a connection, but an issue with the trusted connection. I messed around for a while trying to get it all working and then I thought I'd try a secure connection: https:\localhost:8090 and it worked. Is that a new requirement? Or do I have a configuration issue?

Many thanks,
James

[replaysMike]

Hi James - apologies about that. Yes, we switched to HTTPS in that release. In my efforts to provide a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS was hampered by the fact we use a dedicated port number so at least with Kestrel web server I'm not able to switch the protocol. I should have made this more clear in the release and will update it.

In the next release we are going to switch from JSON configuration over to storing more of the config in the database. I agree clobbering the config is not ideal especially if there is a bug that doesn't restore your settings. I've already built support for this so expect to see it in the next couple of weeks when we release the next version (end of April). It'll be a big release that will come with some UI changes and new features.

[JamesLPearson]

Many thanks Mike, no need to apologise, it just confused me for a short while. That's a good plan to include a note somewhere about the change. The new changes you have planned sound great, looking forward to it. :)

[JamesLPearson]

Hi Mike, how is the latest release going? I'm still working with 2.0.59 at the moment and experiencing a couple of strange bugs... but I don't want to raise them as you've probably caught them in your latest code.

When I select an item of inventory the quantity and Bin Number shown is incorrect (it's correct in the list view). Viewing the data in the database all is well so looks like a GUI issue. Also there's some strange behaviour when editing existing parts; duplicate parts are created.

I'll create issue posts with more details if that helps, but I have a feeling you know about these problems already.

[replaysMike]

oh it's well behind schedule :) I've been a little backed up with work lately, but it's nearly ready to go. Most of the new features/fixes are already on binner.io however I am still in the process of back-porting the code over to the public repo. You'll likely see it in a couple separate releases this week so I don't hold it up much longer.

Yep, that bug is already fixed and will be included in the next release.

[JamesLPearson]

No worries, and please don't think I'm trying to rush you... I totally understand that you're busy with other things. This project is amazing and I really appreciate all the time you've spent on it. I find it invaluable for my hobby electronics. Great news that things are progressing and that the bugs I've mentioned have been squished!

[JamesLPearson]

Hi Mike, how are things going with the new release? I realise you're probably really busy and so you've not managed to create a new release yet. If so, sorry to be a pest!

[replaysMike]

It went very, very slowly lol. New release is out v2.1.1 and will do a release a week for the next while so lots of new features are going to appear over the coming weeks.