The fork takes its own name everywhere a user can see it: binaries
(voculinux, voculinux-gui), desktop entry, autostart, tray, D-Bus
namespace (com.voculinux.Voculinux, no alias for the old name),
config/data/cache dirs, single-instance lock, IBus engine identity,
tray icons, resource prefixes, VOCULINUX_* environment names, and the
update-checker user agent. The internal Python module stays vocalinux
and the distribution metadata keeps the upstream URLs as provenance.
On first run a previous Vocalinux install's config.json, custom
dictionary, and portal restore token are copied once into the new
locations (new config always wins, no merge, no write-back); models
re-resolve through the pinned-checksum download path. An offline
naming-sweep test proves no old-name strings remain on user-visible
surfaces outside the allowlist.
Refs #18
* feat(build): add locked reproducible wheel gate
Build independently in clean source trees and virtualenvs, compare wheel bytes, and stage only verified canonical distributions. Safely clean recognized prior outputs on repeat runs.
Part of #701
* ci(release): verify wheel reproducibility before publishing
Run the shared gate in PR and tag workflows, preserve failure diagnostics, and keep verification artifacts out of release checksums. Make Snap Store publication wait for the gate and reuse the canonical distributions for PyPI.
Part of #701
* docs(release): document reproducible wheel validation
Describe the locked toolchain, canonical publication boundary, same-platform scope, diagnostic outputs, and safe automatic cleanup.
* chore(scripts): update executable permissions
* fix(build): isolate release tooling and preserve cleanup retries
Exclude host site-packages from build-only virtualenvs so unlocked setuptools plugins cannot affect verified distributions. Delete staged artifacts before canonical ownership evidence to recover safely from interrupted cleanup.
Add regression tests and document the build-only environment exception.
* fix(release): make reproducible builds retryable and refresh tools
Regenerate release build exports from uv.lock. Hold a checkout lock through cleanup and staging, and atomically rename complete archives into dist. Cover interrupted staging, competing processes, and lock release with regression tests.
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Co-authored-by: Kanishk Pachauri <itskanishkp.py@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: sesav <1636488+sesav@users.noreply.github.com>
#707 wrote generated start/stop files for the family picker. Swap those
for the downloaded preview bytes (voca is pair 05) and skip the catalog
ids in generate_sounds.py so they stay put.
Settings → Audio can pick start/stop cues from the shared catalog
(lift, flick, ember, step, voca, soft, chirp, scale, drop, glass, off).
New installs and any missing or unknown sound_effects.tone value use
voca. A saved id, including off, is left alone.
The old start_recording/stop_recording files stay on disk. They are
no longer the implicit default. Error cues still follow the existing
enable switch.
Replace the current jarring sound alerts with smoother, more pleasant
bell-like tones inspired by voice assistants like Siri and Gemini.
Changes:
- start_recording.wav: Ascending perfect fifth (A4→E5, 0.30s)
- stop_recording.wav: Descending perfect fifth (E5→A4, 0.25s)
- error.wav: Low gentle chime (E4, 0.35s)
Technical improvements:
- Smooth frequency sweeps (sigmoid curve transitions)
- Subtle vibrato (8Hz) for warmth and richness
- Harmonic overtones for fullness
- Elegant exponential decay envelopes
- Reduced file sizes (926KB → 80KB total)
The new sounds are shorter (0.25-0.35s vs 0.5-1s), quieter
(20-25% amplitude vs full volume), and more pleasant for frequent use.
soubarnak