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BUGS:381311
FIXED-IN:17.08

BUGS:381704
FIXED-IN:17.08

This patch should add a function for KStars on OS X to detect if PTPCamera has commandeered the camera and provide the user with an option to quit that program before trying to start the indiserver. It also simplifies the way that KStars checks for a running indiserver on OS X.

This patch should update the "Center Telescope” feature to conform with the new method of loading WCS data on demand.  The feature was programmed when WCS data was automatically loaded, but  now that it is not, it needs to be modified to prevent a crash.

Remove guider selection from guide options and make it part of profile. This frees Guide device selection to select an actual CCD while at the same type selecting a different guider besides internal guider. Guider type, host, and port are now saved in the profile as well

Re-enable support for disabling reception of remote guider frames when using external guiders. It was disabled before as it was causing issues that were hard to track, now it is only called when external guider is explicitly connected or disconnected

If remote guiders are specified as external guiders then do not count them as regular devices to watch for

This patch should make astrometry downloads work on Linux just like they now work on Mac.  It makes use of KAuth and a helper file to read and write to the write protected /usr/share/astrometry folder.

In case of conflict in i18n, keep the version of the branch "ours"
To resolve a particular conflict, "git checkout --ours path/to/file.desktop"

WCS data is no longer loaded by default. It must be explicitly loaded either via calling loadWCS() directly, or IF WCS header is valid, then toggling the EQ Grid and Object info
would also load the data. However, there is also now an option to load WCS automatically if so desired but this option is only recommended in fast machines as it can lead to unpredictable
behavior on slow machines.

I made a patch that will make astrometry index file downloading as easy as clicking a button, at least on Macs for now.  I did send a patch with a rough draft of this yesterday, but I made several improvements over that patch.  I made it handle situations where there is no internet connection.  It brings up a dialog telling the user it cannot reach the server.  And because it now checks for an internet connection before attempting the download, that improves performance.  I removed the part with the config patch since that was already applied.  I disabled the downloader for Linux computers until we can resolve the read only folder issue. I improved the progress bar code.  I also simplified the code slightly.