Earlier this week (July 14, 2024) Gramps, the popular cross-platform and open-source genealogy software received a very large “maintenance release” to 5.2.3 (Gramps 5.2.2 was released back in April).
You can read more about it on the Gramps Project page (Gramps-Project.org) and the various versions can be downloaded here on Gramps-Project.org or on github.
There are over 15 updated language translations, along with a lot of tweaks, bug fixes, and database work.
Linux users: It is packaged for Ubuntu in .deb files (Debian package format), but should work on other releases (you can also compile your own). There are seperate builds for Intel-based and Apple Silicon-based Macs, as well as Windows 64-bit and Linux (more builds should be coming).
| Improvements and Additions in Gramps 5.2.3 |
| Updated translations: da, de_AT, en_GB, es, fr, he, hr, hu, mk, nb, nl, pt_PT, ru, tr, zh_HK, zh_TW. |
| Update translation template for new release. |
| Corrected terminology. Replaced “matronymic” with “matrilineal” to accurately reflect genetic inheritance rather than naming conventions. |
| Clarified terminology for father lineage description. Changed “patronymic lineage” to “patrilineal lineage” for accuracy. |
| Disable rounding glyph positions in cairo document generator. |
| Package Gramps 5.2.3 for macOS. |
| Add workflow for Debian build. |
| Remove detached process flag when running lualatex. |
| Update span characters for zh_TW. Add span characters so that the new display format is accepted as a valid input format. |
| Restore BerkelyDB, Gramps still uses it. |
| Updated Gramps.modules: * Remove obsolete comment and comment out the private include. * Update the branch in gramps-git. * Remove BerkeleyDB and pybsddb dependencies. * Remove unused patches. |
| Better error handling in the narrative web report. |
| Use README.md for PyPI long description. |
| Bug fixes in Gramps 5.2.3 |
| Fix bug with regular expressions in check_po script. |
| Fix PDF generation failure with LaTeX-based reports on Windows. Fixes #10696. |
| Fix fallback for the `image_size` utility function Use Gdk if the size of the image cannot be determined by imagesize. Fixes #13310. |
| Fix NoteType values in CSV import. |
| Some short french month names can not be entered. Fixes #13307. |
| Check that pdf output file exists in genealogy tree reports. Fixes #10696. |
| Fix error when changing the style of misspelt words. In the note editor, changing the style of text failing the spell check caused an error. Fixes #13282. |
| Fix missing media in narrative web report person pages. Fixes #13252, #13272. |
| Remove the spaces padding the connector in a hyphenated surname. This fixes the previous code which replaced ” – ” with “-” within the entire name. Fixes #13274. |
| Url-quote norm_path and use urljoin to attach the scheme. Assumes that if the path is already a URI it is also already quoted. Fixes #13218, #13197. |
| Prevent hyperlink tagging being added as an undo action. Clicking the undo button in the note editor sometimes had no noticeable effect. Fixes #13267. |
| Change repository “Title” to “Name” in the source editor. Fixes #13258. |
| Handle not found when creating the narrative web report updates page. Fixes #13216. |
| Fix Windows AIO build. |