hi miller,
thank you for the work on additional fixes and features since that last message! here's an unrequested summary of my view on relevant issues and PRs for 0.56 :)
high: * regression of manipulating invisible [drawnumber]: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2593 --> imho, this should be fixed since it might make old patches unusable that use visibility patterns.
not so high: * "colors" message name, colors order, optional gop color setting, "highlight active cord": https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2674, https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2686, https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2696, https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2700 --> none of these is critical in my opinion, but if the message signature changes, it's obviously better to do it before people start using it. https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/2692 would address these.
* selection of data objects with invisible text is a bit unexpected: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2589 * entering values for [drawnumber] and [drawsymbol]: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2587 --> not critical since interaction works in both cases. could wait for a bugfix release.
* portmidi for macos needs update to support reinitialization: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2687 --> there is a PR by dan and hannes updating portmidi: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/2688 ... not sure if this needs more testing though (i can just tell that it's well tested on macos)? since the midi rescan is not transparent to the user, this just doesn't work for macos (without anyone noticing) and could wait for a future release.
(i might be forgetting or ignoring things)
cheers, ben
On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM Miller Puckette via Pd-dev pd-dev@lists.iem.at wrote:
I think 0.56 is ready to go... any objections?
cheers M
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