maitreya8-8.0.alpha1

Alfa version of new release 8.0 available (Dec 26 2016)

Version 8 is a major release after more than four years. It contains
several new features and changes.

Vedic Astrology

 * Shadbala view added
 * Dasa tree view: signification of Mahadasas and Antardasas can be
   displayed according to the scriptures, currently Parasara and Phala
   Deepika
 * Solar chart: Vimsottari Dasa and Muntha added, Vedic mode.
 * Vedic partner astrology: Rajju Koota added.

General Astrology

 * Additional planetary attributes can be displayed: element, quality,
   Antiscia, 90 and 45 deg circle (western), basic signification
   (vedic)

Uranian Astrology

 * Tables for sums, differences, midpoints of Antiscia and reflection
   points of pairs added.
 * Events of these types can be viewed in UranianView, Transit and
   PartnerView.
 * New modes in transit view: shifted Meridian, shifted gravitation
   point, reverse Solar arc

User Interface

 * Vedic chart: aspects (Rasi and Graha drishti) can be displayed on
   (shift+, ctrl+) mouse over
 * Western chart: magnify aspects and corresponding planets on mouse
   over
 * New styles for vedic and western charts (yet to be completed)
 * New font, nicer astrological glyphs
 * Graphical Dasa: highlight of Dasas on mouse over. Simplified acess
   for zoom (Ctrl+mouse wheel) and Antardasa mode (Shift+mouse wheel)

Calculation

 * Support for transformation of Julian to Gregorian dates on birth
   data input. Input year BC added.
 * Location database updated, includes now 164K cities.

Technical

 * XML based configuration migrated to JSON. Old custom XML Yoga
   definition files can be converted in Yoga Editor.
 * Linux: Debian package is now for Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit.
 * Swiss Ephemeris can be used (as shared library) from the installed
   system if provided. Applies to Debian Linux and derivates.
 *

Known Bugs

 * Linux/GTK: stipple backgrounds are black. Appears e.g. in graphical
   Dasa.