[[news]]
=== News

* _11 July, 2021:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.12.0/[PySolFC
v2.12.0]. New in this release:
** 40 new games!
** Support for using higher resolution cardsets.  The high resolution "Neo"
cardset has been added to the Windows Installer package and is available in
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.1PRE/[a preview release of
PySolFC-Cardsets 2.1].
** Improved organization and categorization of the games list.
** New display options - added option to center the game layout in the window.
** New audio options - can now disable music without disabling sound effects.
** Improved documentation - added rules to a large number of games that were missing them.
** Bugfixes and cleanup.
* _22 June, 2020:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.10.0/[PySolFC
v2.10.0]. New in this release:
** Fix moving cards in the Scorpion Tail game.
** Make use of https://pypi.org/project/pysol-cards/[the pysol-cards PyPI module]
** One can optionally load the Freecell Solver and the Black Hole Solver using their DLLs.
** Test Windows Version in the installer: https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/161
** Pause when showing statistics: https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/pull/162
* _5 March, 2020:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.8.0/[PySolFC
v2.8.0]. New in this release:
** Better kivy/Android support
** Using ttk and configobj as shipped in the python dist (instead of forked versions)
** Requiring https://pypi.org/project/attrs/[attrs] and https://pypi.org/project/pysol-cards/[pysol-cards] from PyPI
** Added tests, bug fixes and refactorings.
** Add the +-g+ and +--deal+ command line options.
* _25 April, 2019:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.4/[PySolFC
v2.6.4]. New in this release:
** A https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/107[new logo] thanks to @ghostofiht.
** Fix for https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/110[Freezes] (pygame upgrade)
** Fixed https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/111[Three Peaks scoring].
* _7 April, 2019:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.3/[PySolFC
v2.6.3]. New in this release:
** Compatibility with Pillow 6.x - https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/108
** Restore the "Save games geometry" feature - https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/84
** Added a NEWS.asciidoc file.
* _4 March, 2019:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.2/[PySolFC
v2.6.2]. New in this release:
** Fixes for the Windows and macOS packages.
** Forbid illegal moves in Spider and some other variants.
* _14 February, 2019:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.6.0/[PySolFC
v2.6.0]. New in this release:
** Support for solving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(patience)[Golf] using
https://github.com/shlomif/black-hole-solitaire[a solver]
** An untested macOS package (we need testers)
** A https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/31/[bug] fix
** Ability to run the test suite without python 2.x and/or pygtk
** Code cleanups.
* _23 June, 2018:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.4.0/[PySolFC
v2.4.0]. New in this release:
** The Windows installer now includes the revitalised PySol-music
package. For more info, see
https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues/82[this bug].
** Many improvements to the test suite and the board import
functionality.
** Some bug fixes.
* _16 April, 2018:_ There is a new stable release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.2.0/[PySolFC
v2.2.0]. New in this release:
** The Microsoft Windows binary installer now contains and supports the
solver for Freecell and other games.
** Many bug fixes.
* _31 March, 2018:_ There is a new beta release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/[PySolFC
v2.1.4]. New in this release:
** We now provide a Microsoft Windows binary installer again, thanks to
the great work of https://github.com/Programator2[Roderik Ploszek]. Note
that the solvers (for FreeCell/etc.) are not installed as part of it
yet, but they are available separately.
** https://github.com/shlomif/pysol-sound-server[pysol-sound-server] was
updated to support Python 3.x.
** Fixes for the board export / solver input, and for redealing upon
restart of the "ms*" deals.
** Various cleanups.
* _5 March, 2018:_ There is a new beta source release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/[PySolFC
v2.1.3]. New in this release:
** Support for the https://kivy.org/[kivy] toolkit for running under
Android-based devices (currently python 2.7-only)
** Fixed the help system and removed the need for the sgmllib module.
** Other fixes and cleanups.
** Currently there is no Microsoft Windows binary package. Help or
insights will be appreciated.
* _19 November, 2017:_ There is a new beta source release
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.1/[PySolFC
v2.1.0], the first one in almost 8 years. New in this release:
** The code is now compatible with both Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x
** One can deal all
https://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/faq.html#what_are_ms_deals[MS
FreeCell/FC-pro deals] by specifying e.g: "ms100000" as the seed.
** Support for Black Hole and All in a Row solver was added.
** Test suite and CI were added to the repository.
** The code now passes flake8 validation.
** Some improvements to the solver dialog.
* _15 November, 2017:_ Development of the Python sources has recently
resumed using a https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC[a GitHub project] and
other resources and Shlomi Fish (@shlomif) has received an admin status
on the SourceForge project and this site. A new source release which
adds compatibility with Python version 3.x and some other improvements
is expected soon.
* _04 December, 2009:_
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.0/[PySolFC
v.2.0] (1061 games) and
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-2.0/[PySolFC-Cardsets
v.2.0] (153 cardsets)
** The license was changed to the GPLv3 or newer.
** 13 new games.
** Migration to new
https://code.google.com/archive/p/python-ttk/[python-ttk] module.
** Improved the look of the deck (required
http://effbot.org/downloads/#pil[python-imaging v.1.1.7]).
** Fixed Hanafuda games
(https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/9/[ticket]).
** New config-file option: sound_sample_buffer_size
(https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/bugs/10/[ticket]).
** Portable version for windows
(https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/patches/3/[ticket]).
** Many other bugfixes.
* _06 September, 2007:_
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-1.1/[PySolFC
v.1.1] (1048 games)
** 48 new games (one game was removed)
** Solitaire Wizard
** improved Mahjongg games
** human readable config file (options.cfg)
** stack becomes compact when a card goes off screen
** Clearlooks theme for Tile widget set
** a huge number of other improvements
* _30 August, 2007:_
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-1.1/[PySolFC-Cardsets
v.1.1] (152 cardsets)
* _21 February, 2007:_
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-1.0/[PySolFC
v.1.0] (1001 games)