Cumulus.ini (preserving history) - Revision history

Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

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	* Finally, this old "Cumulus.ini" paqe, with the attached history, but without any parameter information in the main page, was renamed to its current name, so it has preserved the history of the old page that had been split into two new pages, neither of which had the past history		* Finally, this old "Cumulus.ini" paqe, with the attached history, but without any parameter information in the main page, was renamed to its current name, so it has preserved the history of the old page that had been split into two new pages, neither of which had the past history
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	* At release 3.10.0, the settings pages in the admin interface were given a significant makeover, and huge numbers of new settings were created, while many others became redundant~~, so it was decided the old [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|MX "Cumulus.ini"]] page was badly designed for maintenance, and already out of date as it had not been updated for 3.8.0 changes~~		* At release 3.10.0, the settings pages in the admin interface were given a significant makeover, and huge numbers of new settings were created, while many others became redundant
			* It was clear the old [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|MX "Cumulus.ini"]] page was badly designed for the way 3.10.0 operated
			* That old page was already out of date as it had not been updated for 3.8.0 changes
	* It became obvious it was easier to start a new page that would would be based around 3.10.0 MX release, but would incorporate changes from 3.8.0 onwards, and would ignore anything that was now redundant		* It became obvious it was easier to start a new page that would would be based around 3.10.0 MX release, but would incorporate changes from 3.8.0 onwards, and would ignore anything that was now redundant
	* The other change was a redesign of the page, so it focussed on explaining how to change the settings using the admin interface, rather than just documenting what each parameter in the file was used for		* The other change was a redesign of the page, so it focussed on explaining how to change the settings using the admin interface, rather than just documenting what each parameter in the file was used for

Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

2021-06-15T07:18:13Z

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	* Finally, this old "Cumulus.ini" paqe, with the attached history, but without any parameter information in the main page, was renamed to its current name, so it has preserved the history of the old page that had been split into two new pages, neither of which had the past history		* Finally, this old "Cumulus.ini" paqe, with the attached history, but without any parameter information in the main page, was renamed to its current name, so it has preserved the history of the old page that had been split into two new pages, neither of which had the past history
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	* At release 3.10.0, the settings pages in the admin interface were given a significant makeover, and huge numbers of new settings were created, while many others became redundant, so it was decided the old [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|~~old~~ MX "Cumulus.ini"]] page		* At release 3.10.0, the settings pages in the admin interface were given a significant makeover, and huge numbers of new settings were created, while many others became redundant, so it was decided the old [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|MX "Cumulus.ini"]] page was badly designed for maintenance, and already out of date as it had not been updated for 3.8.0 changes
	* ~~This~~ new page would incorporate changes from 3.8.0 onwards, and would ignore anything that was now redundant		* It became obvious it was easier to start a new page that would would be based around 3.10.0 MX release, but would incorporate changes from 3.8.0 onwards, and would ignore anything that was now redundant
	* The other change was a redesign of the page, so it focussed on explaining how to change the settings using the admin interface, rather than just documenting what each parameter in the file was used for		* The other change was a redesign of the page, so it focussed on explaining how to change the settings using the admin interface, rather than just documenting what each parameter in the file was used for
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Sfws: /* Steve Loft Era */

2021-06-15T07:13:42Z

Steve Loft Era

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	{\| class="wikitable" border="1"		{\| class="wikitable" border="1"
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	!style="width:~~200px~~" \| Legacy Software 1.x.y releases		!style="width:400px" \| Legacy Software 1.x.y releases
	!style="width:200px" \| Beta builds of legacy software		!style="width:200px" \| Beta builds of legacy software
	!style="width:200px" \| Cumulus 2 alpha releases		!style="width:200px" \| Cumulus 2 alpha releases
	!style="width:~~200px~~" \| MX beta 3.0.0		!style="width:300px" \| MX beta 3.0.0
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	\| This page was created for the legacy Cumulus 1 software (up to 1.9.4). If you look at the history tab of this page, user‎ '''Shamrockspider''' created this page at 12:55 on 27 August 2009 for the purpose of '''Documenting the cumulus.ini file content and its function.'''		\| This page was created for the legacy Cumulus 1 software (up to 1.9.4). If you look at the history tab of this page, user‎ '''Shamrockspider''' created this page at 12:55 on 27 August 2009 for the purpose of '''Documenting the cumulus.ini file content and its function.'''

Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

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	!style="width:300px" \| MX beta releases 3.0.0 to MX release 3.4.6		!style="width:300px" \| MX beta releases 3.0.0 to MX release 3.4.6
	!style="width:~~200px~~" \| MX releases 3.6.0 to 3.7.0		!style="width:250px" \| MX releases 3.6.0 to 3.7.0
	!style="width:400px" \| MX releases 3.8.0 to 3.9.7		!style="width:400px" \| MX releases 3.8.0 to 3.9.7
	!style="width:200px" \| MX releases 3.10.0 to 3.11.4		!style="width:200px" \| MX releases 3.10.0 to 3.11.4
	!style="width:~~300px~~" \| MX release 3.12.0 onwards		!style="width:250px" \| MX release 3.12.0 onwards
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Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

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 == Mark Crossley era==
 {| class="wikitable" border="1"
 |-
-!style="width:200px" | MX beta releases 3.0.0 to MX release 3.4.6
+!style="width:300px" | MX beta releases 3.0.0 to MX release 3.4.6
-!style="width:200px" | MX releases 3.6.0 to 3.9.7
+!style="width:200px" | MX releases 3.6.0 to 3.7.0
 !style="width:200px" | MX releases 3.10.0 to 3.11.4
-!style="width:200px" | MX release 3.12.0 onwards
+!style="width:300px" | MX release 3.12.0 onwards
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-* Release 3.10.x added a lot of new settings, and  made others redundant.
+* Release 3.6.0  was when the functionality of MX first started to exceed the functionality of the legacy software
 |}

Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

2021-06-15T05:44:25Z

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	<big>The configuration file content relating to old releases has been moved to [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|old MX page]]</big>		<big>The configuration file content relating to old releases has been moved to [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|old MX page]]</big>

	'''The [[Cumulus.ini]] page now covers just the latest MX releases'''		'''The [[Cumulus.ini]] page now covers just the latest MX releases''' i.e. 3.8.0 onwards

	When Mark Crossley brought MX out of beta, he started adding new features to MX:		When Mark Crossley brought MX out of beta, he started adding new features to MX:
	* Some features used parameters that had been used for the legacy software		* Some features used parameters that had been used for the legacy software
	* For other new features, he created new parameters		* For other new features, he created new parameters

	* This page is now only for release 3.10.1 onwards
	* An attempt is made to record the release that introduced each setting, both for those introduced earlier than 3.10.1, and for those introduced in later releases

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Sfws: /* Mark Crossley era */

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	== Mark Crossley era==		== Mark Crossley era==

	<big>The configuration file content relating to old releases has been moved to [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.9.7)\|old MX page]]</big>		<big>The configuration file content relating to old releases has been moved to [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|old MX page]]</big>

	'''The [[Cumulus.ini]] page now covers just the latest MX releases'''		'''The [[Cumulus.ini]] page now covers just the latest MX releases'''

Sfws: /* How this page used to be laid out, and why */

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How this page used to be laid out, and why

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	==How this page used to be laid out, and why==		==How this page used to be laid out, and why==

	For both [[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)\|Cumulus 1]] and [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.9.7)\|early MX releases]], the content on this page was arranged assuming people were editing the file directly.		For both [[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)\|Cumulus 1]] and [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|early MX releases]], the content on this page was arranged assuming people were editing the file directly.

	Therefore, the file was described by working through the sections on the file, and explaining the parameters that could go in each section.		Therefore, the file was described by working through the sections on the file, and explaining the parameters that could go in each section.

Sfws: /* How this page used to be laid out, and why */

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How this page used to be laid out, and why

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	#"read-write" settings could be changed in two ways, either by editing the file with Cumulus stopped, or by finding the parameter on a setting screen (for MX, these are in admin interface).		#"read-write" settings could be changed in two ways, either by editing the file with Cumulus stopped, or by finding the parameter on a setting screen (for MX, these are in admin interface).

	:You will see in the two pages split off from this page ([[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)]] and [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.9.7)]), how the parameters had to identify themselves as read-only or read-write.		:You will see in the two pages split off from this page ([[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)]] and [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)]]), how the parameters had to identify themselves as read-only or read-write.


	==Why has this original "Cumulus.ini" page been renamed, cleared of old content, and made historic?==		==Why has this original "Cumulus.ini" page been renamed, cleared of old content, and made historic?==

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	This continued to be used until April 2020, when all the information was moved to this page.		This continued to be used until April 2020, when all the information was moved to this page.
	\| All documentation was previously on this page, it became very complicated as can be seen on [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|old MX page]] as some parameters were controlled by settings pages in the admin interface and some by directly editing the file.		\| All documentation was previously on this page, it became very complicated as can be seen on [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)\|old MX page]] as some parameters were controlled by settings pages in the admin interface and some by directly editing the file.

	''Please note, nobody copied the various changes to the configuration file mentioned in MX release announcements from 3.8.0 to 3.9.7 inclusive into the Wiki, if anyone can be bothered, they should be added to the documentation on that old MX page!''		''Please note, nobody copied the various changes to the configuration file mentioned in MX release announcements from 3.8.0 to 3.9.7 inclusive into the Wiki, if anyone can be bothered, they should be added to the documentation on that old MX page!''