Version 1.2.1-rc1 released

jonas

This is a release candidate (pre-release) for the upcoming 1.2.1 release. I encourage everyone to try it, please report any bugs you encounter.

This release features major restructuring of the codebase, moving source files,
rewriting CMake build files, dropping Qt 5 support, external tagreader,
and dropping some unmaintained parts such as VLC.

Bugfixes:

Fixed playback of CUE continuing to play from the same file after the song has finished playing (#1568).
Fixed updating collection song sort text when disc is changed.
Fixed current playing file left open when the next track errored (#1582).
Fixed filter search not finding song containing uppercase "A" (#1599).
Fixed crash when removing album from playlist when using shuffle albums (#1588).
Fixed IDv3 MBID's tags with multiple entries being ignored.
Fixed crash when enabling Tidal, Spotify, Qobuz or Subsonic services.
Fixed passing filenames to strawberry on command line not resolving to absolute paths.
(macOS) Fixed program not starting for users with long usernames.

Enhancements:

Resolve symbolic links when dragging files to the playlist to match collection song.
Replaced Spotify username/password with access token.
Require Qt 6.4 or higher and drop support for Qt 5.
Require TagLib 1.12 or higher.
Use Qt stringliterals.
Move gstfastspectrum to src.
Use standard user temp location for current album cover.
Removed old MacFSListener.
Removed external tagreader and protobuf dependency.
Removed VLC support.
Ported to Qt translation (.ts) files and removed gettext dependency.
Removed deprecated Gnome/Mate SettingsDaemon global shortcuts.

macOS and Windows release is available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/posts/strawberry-1-2-1-116105907).
If you are sponsoring through GitHub, Ko-fi or PayPal, please e-mail support AT strawberrymusicplayer.org for access to downloads.