QUBE 5.5.2 FEATURES AND FIXESThe Qube 5.5.2 point release fixes a variety of identified issues along with adding a few new features for the QubeGUI, Qube Jobtypes, and Qube Core. The components are fully compatible with 5.5.0 and 5.5.1, though it is recommended to update all the components when possible.
For customers on support, this update can be downloaded directly from:
ftp://ftp.pipelinefx.com/pub/qube/current/ ftp://ftp.pipelinefx.com/pub/qubegui/current/ ftp://ftp.pipelinefx.com/pub/jobtypes/current/5.5.2 RELEASE NOTES SUMARY=====================================
NEW PLATFORMS:
MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
NEW INTERFACES:
Tweak Software RVIO
Maxwell Render standalone
Holomatic Rendition
FIXES AND FEATURES:
See below
QUBE CORE, WORKER, SUPERVISOR 5.5.2=====================================
@NEW: MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) support
@FIX: admin docs updated with the client_logpath as well. (in 5.5 branch)
@FIX: Fixed issue with worker memory being reported incorrectly on
MacOS X. BUGZID: 63280 61848
@CHANGE: modified so that "config" and "auth" GUIs won't be attempted
to be built on MACOSX 10.6. These tools will be deprecated on all
platforms soon.
@CHANGE: modified to use the new 5.1.44 version of MySQL on MacOSX supervisor
@FIX: Addresses an issue where inlined lists and trailing \ in strings
were not being displayed properly when MySQL Query (direct query)
was enabled. Switching over to using _qb call in query.py for
converting string to a dict for the package parameter.
@FIX: Removed printing of debugging info
"PreForkDaemon::eventloop(): Forking child...".
@FIX: Updating the files from qube/etc/[worker,supervisor] from the
qube/src/misc/[worker,supervisor] files. This caused the
/Library/StartupItems/ files to not have the correct files for the
disabling of the Worker and Supervisor autostart.
The pkg/worker.pkg and pkg/supervisor.pkg files copy the files
from qube/etc to be used by the installers. The qube/src/misc
files are currently ignored.
@FIX: Moved code so that calls to resetSubjob() and resetWork() to
reset start/end time now happen mainly at a single place, in the
QbSupervisor::statusJob() routine, instead of in several places in
QbSupervisorCommand.cpp. This should also reset the start time
when jobs are interrupted by the system via preemption or worker
locking, which is desirable.
@FIX: Added code to "reset" subjob and work when they are migrated,
interrupted, and blocked.
This should give a little more realistic "elapsed time" display, but
ideally, each subjob and work item should carry around with them an
accumulated "elapsed time" field.
@CHANGE: added code to skip the creation of the qube_readonly MySQL
user, if it already exists.
@FIX: Fixed issue with license resources not updating properly.
QUBEGUI 5.5.2=================================
@FEATURE: New Application: Added Tweak Software's RVIO transcoder interface.
@FEATURE: New Application: Added Maxwell Render submission interface.
@FEATURE: New Application: Added Holomatic Rendition renderer.
@FEATURE: Submit: [Maya/Mentalray] Added Maya 2010 mentalray 3.7.5.3
as an option.
@FEATURE: Submit: [Houdini] Support sequence of .ifd files if range specified.
@FEATURE: Submit: [Realflow] Updated Realflow interface to work with optional range.
This allows for both single machine simulation and distributed
mesh creation.
@FEATURE: Submit: [Rhino] Added "Brazil for Rhino" to dropdown list.
@FEATURE: Submit: [XSI] Added browse button for output directory
@FEATURE: Submit: [XSI] Added pass_list to the XSI jobtyp to populate the "passes"
as similarly done by the XSI Batch interface.
@FEATURE: Submit: [XSI] Add Softimage 8.0 and 7.5 to version pulldown
in submission dialog
@FEATURE: Submit: [AfterEffects] Added easier to understand labels for the
version of AfterEffects to use (CS3, CS4, etc)
@FEATURE: Submit: [Nuke] Added support for Nuke 5.2, 6.0, and Nuke X.
Nuke X support added via checkBox.
@FEATURE: Submit: Removing deprecated Lightwave jobtype submission interface.
Use the "Lightwave (Screamernet)" interface now provided.
@FEATURE: Submit: Exposed Job "Account" user-specified parameter in
submission dialogs under Detailed Qube.
@FEATURE: UI: "Search" filters now on "enter" instead of individual keypresses.
@FEATURE: UI: Added "Refresh Button Clears Cache" preference to control the
behavior of the Refresh button default behavior.
@FIX: UI: Updated qube icon file on Windows in the "Add/Remove Programs"
@FIX: Submit: [Cinema4D] Escape newline (/n) character to be evaluated
at runtime on the commandline.
@FIX: Submit: [Rhino] Setting disable_windows_job_object to handle Rhino
on Windows.
@FIX: Submit: [Maya Batch] Properly handle -rfs option when rendering 1
single partition.
@FIX: Submit: [Maya Batch] Enforce use of '/bin/sh' as the shell on OSX
to properly call MayaENV.sh
@FIX: Submit: [Houdini] Doing 3 levels of string replacement recursion
for the houdini interfaces that need an escaped script string
for variable substitution.
@FIX: Submit: Better handling of resubmitting jobs that have "controlChanged"
callbacks.
@FIX: Submit: Added " " around the file in "Test (ls)" interface to handle spaces
in the filenames.
@FIX: UI: Suppress the splash screen by default. Added a --splash
commandline option if splash screen desired.
@FIX: Fix timestamp issue that had it not properly display some of the
job times in certain timezones.
@FIX: Fixed checks for worker file permissions for Desktop Worker
@FIX: Fixed x-axis scale issue for the first 2 minutes in Timeline panel
when there is only 1 Subjob
@FIX: Allow multiple recipients in email callback, as available in qbsub
commandline call.
@FIX: Adjusting MySQL default port for Windows for direct MySQL queries
through QubeGUI.
@FIX: Dev: Added "flag/bool" to SimpleCmd option types that support the
"OnChange" callback.
@FIX: Handling supervisor autodetection for MySQL query test
@FIX: Launch xterm window on Linux to call "sudo" for starting/stopping
services
@FIX: Using "gnomesu" on Linux if present to bring up "sudo" dialog
for starting/stopping/autostarting services
@FIX: Changed confirmation dialog title for removing users to
"Remove Users/Groups Confirmation"
@FIX: Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ on OSX for Desktop Worker autostart
if not already present.
@FIX: Properly open the correct log for all cases in
"Administration->View Workerlog..." on OSX and Linux.
JOBTYPES=================================
A few jobtypes have been updated for this release
though may have different point release numbers (5.5.1).
One should use the latest version of the jobtypes with this
5.5.2 release of Qube.
====================
3dsMax 5.5.1
====================
@FIX: issue with preempted subjobs going "complete" (ZD #625)
@FIX: removed call to qbAbortMax() which seems to cause "stalling"
subjob issues under some environments (ZD #539)
@FIX: Added call to the gc() (garbage collection) routine, right after
the call to render().
BUGZID: 63250
@CHANGE: Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
possibly other places.
This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was
converted from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).
====================
AfterEffects 5.5.1
====================
@CHANGE: adding easier-to-understand labels to the AE version choice
pull-down (combobox) for GUI submission dialog
@CHANGE: added code to aftereffects backend to convert "appversion"
like "9.0 (CS4)" to "9.0" so it knows what to do with it
@FEATURE: added box for explicitly specifying aerender.exe
@CHANGE: Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
possibly other places.
This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was
converted from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).
====================
Maya 5.5.2
====================
@NEW: add ports for mentalray satellite for maya 2009, 2010
@FIX: properly determine output directories for all fileRuleEntries;
don't trip over "Adobe(R) Ilustrator(R)"
@CHANGE: Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
possibly other places.
This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was
converted from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).
====================
MentalRay 5.5.1
====================
This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x. This
version has added support for Maya2010 mentalray 3.7.53, as well as a
few fixes
@FIX: Adding README-satellite.txt for mentalray jobtype.
@CHANGE:Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
possibly other places.
This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was converted
from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).
@NEW: add support for Maya2010 mentalray 3.7.53
