Its done and available for download. This release is focused on lots of usability enhancements and bug
fixes. There are some new features as well in the many included
libraries.

http://puredata.org/downloads/

Here's the rough changelog:

• fixed strict-aliasing build problems with cyclone, iemlib, bsaylor, and sigpack

• added/fixed "Next Window" menu item and key binding (Cmd-` on Mac OS X)

• lots of usability fixes and improvements

• removed all external binaries from package, you can get them here:
  http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-download-the-flext-binaries-that-used-to-be-included-in-pd-extended

• changed to GPL v3

• fixed paths that used the same image for Gem examples

• fixed paths to example images in Gem help

• libdirs now load properly when using [import]/[declare] to load a
  libdir outside of the sys_libdir (i.e. extra) into the canvas-local
  namespace

• single [output~] that works everywhere

• improved Max Text file (.pat) importing and exporting and added
  the ability to handle .mxt files, and binary .mxb and .help files

• added cyclone "maxmode" libraries to cyclone. To use them,
  load the cyclone, library, then create [maxmode/cyclone] or
  [maxmode/maxmode].

• updated VBAP from 0.9.9 to 1.0.3

• fixed bug in VBAP that cause CPU spike

• bug fixes and clean up of [hid]? externals

• (GNU/Linux) Free Desktop file associations and mime types for
  Pd and Max/MSP files

• (GNU/Linux) fixed font size issue when using Tcl/Tk 8.5

• (GNU/Linux) fixed Help Browser when using Tcl/Tk 8.5

• (GNU/Linux) built against libv4l on Debian/testing,
  Ubuntu/intrepid, Ubuntu/jaunty, and Fedora 9

• (Debian/Ubuntu) fixed /etc/init.d/pd script to be standards-compliant

• (Ubuntu) lpia builds for Ubuntu Netbook Remix

• (Mac OS X) reduced default audio buffers to 20ms

• (Mac OS X) fixed exit logic

• (Mac OS X) fixed issue with app builder. You can now create apps without replacing an existing one.

• (Mac OS X) upgraded to libquicktime 1.1.1 and ffmpeg 0.4.20071217

• (Windows) moocow/pdstring externals now included

• (Windows) increased default audio buffer for Window to 100ms since there are some really flaky audio cards in Windows land

KNOWN BUGS

Check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs,
and if you find an existing bug report on the same issue, please
add your information there.

• Tcl/Tk 8.5 support is a bit rough, and IEM GUI fonts aren't quite right under 8.5

• Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup preferences

• pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd

• loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before trying to load it

• (Mac OS X) Using Jack can cause extra CPU usage at idle

• (Windows) installer won't replace existing installs

Good news!

Is there a "proper" way to update from 0.40.3 extended to this release in Mac OSX?
I mean, do I need to remove the previous version or the new installer will just replace everything?

Yay, thanks a lot M. Steiner.

Will there be a build for mac103?

@geo_ker: No installer in macosX, just the app to drag'n'drop to your App folder. If you want to keep the old version, just put it elsewhere. Otherwise delete it and put the new one instead.

The Pd-extended.app is pretty flexible, so you can pretty much do whatever with it and it should work. So replacing the old one is fine, deleting the old one first also.

As for Mac OS X 10.3, there won't be a release for it, 10.4/Tiger is the minimum. That said it shouldn't be too hard to make a 10.3 build for everything except Gem.

nice work pd team.

mucho appraisal

@arif said:

nice work pd team.

mucho appraisal

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Maybe also mentioning that (on winxp) the midi recognition system works fine in this version (the bcr2000 is available in the midi dialog, unlike 0.40.3).

@geo_ker said:

Good news!

Is there a "proper" way to update from 0.40.3 extended to this release in Mac OSX?
I mean, do I need to remove the previous version or the new installer will just replace everything?

same question for win xp - do i have to uninstall the previous pd-extended installation before installing the new version? or is there a way to update without complete new installation? i guess, overinstallation would not be recommend on xp, right?

@toxonic said:

same question for win xp - do i have to uninstall the previous pd-extended installation before installing the new version? or is there a way to update without complete new installation? i guess, overinstallation would not be recommend on xp, right?

I moved to (winxp) 0.41.4RC3 and what i usually do is making a copy of the extra folder because there are some objects missing (already since 0.40.3), like [spigot~] , which i don't use anymore, and [vst~] (and probably others too). Then i do a full uninstall, reinstall the new version with all refresh options checked, and the copy the objects i need from the old installation (hoping they won't break) and everything's fine.

what about - moocow/pdstring externals for OSX how can i get it??

I'm having trouble installing on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic). Are a package forthcoming or should I continue my attempts at making it myself? I'm a noob so it's not going very well so far.

@claodio said:

what about - moocow/pdstring externals for OSX how can i get it??

They are included in 0.41.4 of Pd-extended on all paltforms.

@jade said:

I'm having trouble installing on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic). Are a package forthcoming or should I continue my attempts at making it myself? I'm a noob so it's not going very well so far.

You can use a 0.42.5 nightly build for Karmic:

http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/

Or some people posted their own builds on the pd-list.

.hc