Project Tick 202604151700 Snapshot

Project Tick is a modular ecosystem of tools including MeshMC (Minecraft launcher), MNV (editor), and supporting infrastructure. This snapshot marks the first unified release of the platform.

Product versions

• Actions = N/A
• CGit = 10.0.3
• CMark = 0.31.2
• CoreBinUtils = 10.0.3
• ForgeWrapper = ProjT
• GenQRCode = 4.1.1
• Hooks = 10.0.3
• images4docker = 10.0.3
• Json++ (json4cpp) = 10.0.3
• LibNBT++ = 3.1
• MeshMC = 7.2.0
• Meta = 10.0.3
• MNV = 10.0.3
• NeoZIP = 10.0.3
• Toml++ = 10.0.3
• Website = 10.0.3

MeshMC

Highlights

• Added a full crash reporting and log management system
• Improved the update pipeline, including feed parsing, version comparison, and updater integration
• Strengthened error handling during update checks and archive extraction
• Cleaned up launcher internals, compiler flags, and several code paths for clarity and stability
• Added initial Pacman packaging
• Introduced AUR automation through GitHub Actions
• Improved packaging directory structure and release patching workflow

Changelog

Added

• Added a new crash reporter application and dialog flow for handling launcher crashes
• Added CrashReportDialog with QR code support for full logs and paste.ee links
• Added MeshMCLogsDialog for viewing and managing MeshMC logs
• Added support for log uploading to paste.ee
• Added UpdateProgressDialog to show updater progress and logs
• Added MESHMC_BINARY to BuildConfig for application binary naming
• Added a shell wrapper for the meshmc binary in portable tarball installations
• Added unit tests for UpdateChecker
• Added Pacman package support
• Added packaging directory placeholders with .gitkeep
• Added .gitignore for Pacman packaging outputs
• Added a GitHub Actions workflow for automatic AUR package updates for MeshMC

Changed

• Refactored version comparison in UpdateChecker to use qint64 for better accuracy
• Refactored installer behavior to store downloaded archives in the install root
• Refactored stable feed item parsing in the update system
• Refactored process management in ModernLauncher
• Improved applet instantiation in OneSixLauncher
• Refactored getKernelInfo to use QOperatingSystemVersion
• Updated Java-related compile flags to use --release
• Adjusted CMake CXX flags by removing redundant warning flags for MSVC and refining non-MSVC flags
• Enhanced compiler flags for both MSVC and Unix builds to improve warning coverage and stricter handling
• Refactored multiple methods, parameters, and internal declarations for improved clarity and maintainability
• Reformatted MeshMC source code
• Updated the release workflow patching process by removing an unnecessary copy step

Fixed

• Fixed updater binary name references in UpdateController

• Added error handling for update check failures in MainWindow

• Improved extraction error handling in the installer

• Fixed type casting issues in several areas, including:

  • rowCount
  • JsonFormat.cpp
  • VersionList::count

• Fixed warnings in integrated libnbtplusplus code

• Improved packaging-related workflow structure for release automation

Removed

• Removed unused MeshMC documentation
• Removed unused helper functions and variables in several source files
• Removed unused parameters across multiple methods to simplify interfaces
• Removed unnecessary packaging-related copy behavior from the release workflow

libnbtplusplus

Highlights

• Performed warning cleanup for integrated library code

Changelog

Added

• No user-facing additions in this set

Changed

• Updated integrated code to reduce compiler warning noise

Fixed

• Fixed libnbtplusplus warnings

Removed

• No removals in this set

Project Tick Wide Changes

This citizen has changed enough to be able to participate here for the first time, but anyway...

Highlights

• Completely removed all Nix infrastructure from the repository
• Simplified the repository structure by removing unused docs, archived projects, and obsolete license material
• Updated bootstrap and tooling configuration to align with the new repository direction
• Improved workflow permission handling
• Expanded automation around packaging and release flows

Changelog

Added

• Added .mise.toml to REUSE.toml for tool configuration tracking
• Added explicit permissions for actions in CI workflows
• Added new GitHub Actions automation for AUR package updates

Changed

• Updated bootstrap scripts to reflect Project Tick branding
• Improved LLVM installation checks in bootstrap tooling
• Shifted repository tooling away from Nix-based environment assumptions
• Updated release workflow patching logic for a cleaner packaging pipeline

Fixed

• Improved repository consistency after removal of old infrastructure and obsolete metadata
• Improved CI behavior by making permissions and workflow responsibilities more explicit

Removed

• Removed all Nix infrastructure, tooling, CI integration, shell environments, flakes, and packaging metadata
• Removed unused documentation
• Removed unused archived projects
• Removed an unused license file
• Removed obsolete Nix-related CI automation as part of the wider repository cleanup