WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 2.5.6[]

2.5.7 is a bugfix release.

Server / General[]

The score list shown when the game is over now includes dead players. GNA#17248
Fix a server crash when the AI could not find a suitable ferryboat unit type. (This was observed with a modified ruleset.) GNA#25628
Fix a typo'd city name in the Newfoundland nation. HRM#658528
Correctly diagnose failure to load a ruleset needed by a saved game. HRM#659503
Improved behavior after failing to write a file such as a saved game. GNAPATCH#8048 GNA#25391
Improved robustness against reading broken savegames. GNA#25416

Tiny optimization for speed. HRM#658612
Fix a tiny memory leak. GNA#25246
Various internal changes which should only affect developers. GNA#25319 GNA#25508 HRM#655305 GNA#25430

The "Manual Turn Done in AI mode" client option now does something useful. HRM#657412
(Qt) Player dialog now shows whether given nation shares vision to other nations. GNAPATCH#8115
(Qt) In pregame, pressing Enter on the username text box will now initiate a connection. GNAPATCH#8118
(Qt) The player dialog sometimes did not show new players, e.g. after a civil war. GNA#25506
(Qt) Focus might be set incorrectly to map after the selected unit changed. GNA#25505
(Gtk3) Fix some Gtk warnings on the console. GNAPATCH#7163

Update docs to reflect move away from gna.org. HRM#637952 HRM#652494 HRM#655380 HRM#637953 HRM#656595
Refresh some links in INSTALL. HRM#656476
Update the FAQ a bit.
Miscellaneous changes to developer/ruleset docs. GNAPATCH#8109

Updated translations:
- Complete translations: French, British English, Russian.
- Incomplete translations: Finnish (100% core, 92% nations), Ukrainian (100% core, 79% nations).

Fix warning seen with Clang 3.9. Freeciv builds cleanly with Clang 4.0. GNA#25314
Fix warnings seen with GCC 7, with which Freeciv builds cleanly. HRM#657309 HRM#657332

See NEWS for older lists of changes.