Listaller 0.5.4 released!
Matthias Klumpp
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Released: 2012-04-16
Notes:
* /!\ Please note: We do NOT provide stable API/ABI in the 0.5.x series!
The 0.5.x series is experimental, we might change the specs at
every time.
* Libuild will now create multiarch IPKs by default
Features:
* Add possibility to change filenames in file listings
* Wrote new logging system
* Autodetect desktop-file for applications
* Allow distributors to override dependency data
* Allow packages to ship a license text
* Add manual dependencies to generator to update automatic deps
* Establish generic naming of x86 architectures
* Make runapp tool handle LDPATH
* pkplugin: Emit app description & list of files
* Update database layout to support arch field
* Use SQLite locking mechanism instead of custom ones
* Find libraries provided by local dependency installations
* Always store dependency component and provided-by data in database
* Cache dependency environment info in database
* Rework GPGSignature facilities
* Make use of PkTasks intf and centralize PackageKit access classes
* Bring back source-code documentation
* Add possibility to append new listdata to FileList
* libuild: Create multiarch IPKs by default
* Only sign the control-part of IPK, should be enough for security
* Use /var/tmp by default
* Remove the Qt4 library: Not up-to-date anymore
* Make Nvidia GL libs a default dependency
* Allow manager to remove shared applications
Specifications:
* Use system icon paths to store icondata
* Add "pksetting" to IPK packages to modify their behavior
* Always add 'Architectures' field to IPK setting
* Support all component types in global dependency info data
* Allow application to define "replaces" relation with existing apps
Bugfixes:
* Canonicalize filepaths when possible
* Don't include files in list twice
* Fix problems with bad substitution vars and install path issues
* Rewrite of FileList internals (make list faster & more efficient)
* Never try to install a file twice
* Fix testsuite
* Don't crash with newer libRDF versions
* Set correct dependency information & don't crash if desktop file isn't set
* Only allow write access to shared db if we're root
* Fix error handling in PkResolver
* Handle installation of shared apps properly
* Fix Listaller dependency info generator
* Don't produce garbage IPKs if filenames contain spaces
* Really mark package as dangerous if signature is broken
* Check if database is writable, not if it is locked
* tests: Make sure we are verbose when running tests
* Allow arch:all packages
* Search strings in app idnames too
Regards,
Matthias Klumpp
P.S: This is an important release - I'll blog about it soon :)