https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrcYKghr-Y
windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v486/Hydrus.Network.486.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v486/Hydrus.Network.486.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v486/Hydrus.Network.486.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.gz: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v486/Hydrus.Network.486.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.gz
I had a great week working on a variety of smaller issues and some important database updates.
The release this week is only recommended for advanced users. I make an important change, and I want to make sure the update works quickly and without problems before I roll it out to everyone. If you are not an advanced user, please check back in next week!
The update will also take a few minutes this week.
all my files
So, I have made a new virtual service, 'all my files', which covers the union of all your local file services. This service is very similar to 'all local files', but it does not include trash or repository files. It provides a bunch of tools across the program for quick and precise searching of all the files that have value and are worth looking at.
When you update, this new service will be created and populated. It will take a few minutes, longer if you have millions of files and tags. My 2.8-million-file ptr-syncing client took 32 minutes. There are progress updates on the splash window.
Once you are booted, you will see 'all my files' in review services and the file domain selector if you have more than one local file domain. Feel free to play around with it--it will run a lot faster than previously going 'multiple locations' and unioning all your local file services.
The code is working really well on my end, and I am not afraid of anything being damaged, but if something goes wrong, it may require some clever/slow regeneration to fix. The main things I would like to know are:
1) Did your update take significantly longer than ~100k files/minute? Did it get held up on anything?
2) After some use, have you noticed any file/tag miscounting with 'all my files'?
As always, make a backup before you update.
other highlights
The 'media viewers' shortcut set has three new zoom actions: 'switch between 100% and max', 'switch between canvas and max', and 'zoom to max'.
When you enter pairs in the tag sibling dialog, it shouldn't complain about loops anymore, but instead automatically break them, just like how it will auto-petition an A->B, A->C conflict.
The database now cleans up after itself more thoroughly. Some users have been having trouble with very large 'WAL' files, some getting to be multiple GB, and perhaps seeing bloated memory use along with it. A set of new maintenance routines now force write-flushing at regular intervals. In my testing, there is no lag related to this, but I will be interested to hear if anyone gets new commit hang-ups during very heavy work. If you have had a huge WAL, let me know if this helps!