Release v24.2

[alex-w]

Step 1: two weeks before release (2024-06-09)

Core

• [x] Update the list of planetary nomenclature

Environment

• [x] Weak freeze the master branch (accept bug fixes and typo fixes only)
• [x] Extract all lines for translation
• [x] Send notification for translators and developers (via maillist)
• [x] Publish first release candidate (RC1)
• [x] Assign this issue to the milestone of upcoming release

Dependencies

• [ ] Update CalcMySky/ShowMySky version
• [x] Update QXlsx version
• [ ] Update INDI version

Step 2: one week before release (2024-06-16)

Core

• [x] Update the default list of locations
• [x] Update orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system

Plugins

• [x] Update the default list of satellites
• [x] Update the default catalog of pulsars
• [x] Update the default catalog of exoplanets
• [x] Update the default list of comets (data\ssystem_minor.ini)

Environment

• [x] Update the Stellarium User Guide
• [x] Strong freeze the master branch (accept bug fixes only, which don't touch translatable data)
• [x] Publish second release candidate (RC2)

Step 3: immediately before release (2024-06-23)

Core

• [x] Update the default list of locations
• [x] Update orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
• [x] Update the list of contributors
• [x] Update the list of financial supporters

Plugins

• [x] Update the default list of satellites
• [x] Update the standard magnitudes and RCS of satellites
• [x] Update the default catalog of pulsars
• [x] Update the default catalog of exoplanets
• [x] Update the discovery circumstances for minor planets (Solar System Editor)
• [x] Update the discovery circumstances for comets (Solar System Editor)

Environment

• [x] Update the ChangeLog file
• [x] Update the link to Stellarium User Guide in README.md file
• [x] Update BUILDING.md file
• [x] Update the version number in CMakeLists.txt file
• [x] Set STELLARIUM_RELEASE_BUILD 1 in CMakeLists.txt file
• [x] Update metainfo for new release (util\metainfo\metainfo.sh)
• [x] Update translations of desktop info (util\desktop\desktoppo.py)
• [x] Update translations for landscapes descriptions (util\landscapes\translate.sh)
• [x] Update translations for skycultures descriptions (util\skycultures\translate.sh)
• [x] Update translations for scenery3d descriptions (util\scenery3d\translate.sh)

Step 4: release (2024-06-23)

Environment

• [x] Add tag on the GitHub
• [x] Fill the release notes on the GitHub
• [x] Make and upload Stellarium User Guide for AppVeyor
• [x] Upload packages on the GitHub
• [x] Upload Stellarium User Guide on the GitHub
• [x] Close milestone on the GitHub
• [x] Remove label state: published for all items from closed milestone on the GitHub
• [x] Update CITATION.cff and CITATION files

Step 5: immediately after release (2024-06-23)

Environment

• [x] Update API documentation on the website (make apidoc)
• [x] Update release data on the website
• [x] Update translations on the website
• [x] Add news about new release on the website
• [x] Update the catalog of pulsars on the website
• [x] Update the catalog of exoplanets on the website
• [x] Update Stellarium User Guide on the website
• [x] Set STELLARIUM_RELEASE_BUILD 0 in CMakeLists.txt file
• [x] Check Stellarium data on Zenodo and update DOI on the website
• [x] Upload Stellarium User Guide on ResearchGate
• [x] Close this issue

[10110111]

There've been some changes in po/stellarium-skycultures-descriptions. They may need to be applied. At the very least this is what I get (aside from strange removals of some translations) if I run the update script:

 skycultures/anutan/description.ar.utf8                   |  38 +++
 skycultures/arabic_al-sufi/description.lt.utf8           | 157 +++++++++++
 skycultures/arabic_arabian_peninsula/description.lt.utf8 | 270 ++++++++++++++++++
 skycultures/babylonian_mulapin/description.ru.utf8       |  60 ++--
 skycultures/babylonian_seleucid/description.ru.utf8      |  30 +-
 skycultures/egyptian_dendera/description.lt.utf8         | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++
 skycultures/greek_almagest/description.lt.utf8           | 529 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 skycultures/hawaiian_starlines/description.ru.utf8       | 157 +++++++++++
 skycultures/indian/description.es.utf8                   |   4 +-
 skycultures/indian/description.hi.utf8                   | 122 ++++++++
 skycultures/indian/description.nl.utf8                   |  63 +++--
 skycultures/indian/description.sk.utf8                   |  20 +-
 skycultures/inuit/description.lt.utf8                    |  46 +++
 skycultures/kamilaroi/description.ru.utf8                |  19 +-
 skycultures/tibetan/description.es.utf8                  | 169 +++++++++++
 skycultures/tibetan/description.sk.utf8                  | 162 +++++++++++
 16 files changed, 2072 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

Be careful though, because some po entries still have the mistakes I fixed recently (see git log -- skycultures), and which I can't fix in the .po files since I don't have access to these languages on Transifex. (Or can I simply commit an edited .po file? Will this work well with Transifex?)

[alex-w]

@10110111 please check Transifex - I've added some extra permissions for you.