Important release: V5.0.1 !

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Tom Keffer

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Feb 5, 2024, 7:38:02 AM2/5/24

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This is a very important bug fix!

If you upgraded from v4.x to v5.0 using a package installer, then tried to install an extension, then tried to uninstall it, you could delete system files!

V5.0.1 fixes this, along with some other bugs.

See the Upgrade Guide for upgrade instructions.

-Tom & Matthew

Change log:

5.0.1 02/04/2024¶
Include backwards compatible reference to weewx.UnknownType.
Fix problem with installing extensions into installations that used V4 config files that were installed by a package installer.
Fix problem with weectl device when using drivers that were installed using the extension installer. Fixes issue #918.
Fix problem that prevented daily summaries from being rebuilt if they had been modified by using weectl database drop-columns.
Allow the use of the tilde (~) prefix with --config options.
Fix problem that prevented debug statements from being logged.
Minor corrections to the Norwegian translations. Thanks to user Aslak! PR #919.
Change Chinese language code to zh. Fixes issue #912.
Fix bug in redhat/suse scriptlet that incorrectly substituted {weewx} instead of weewx in the udev rules file.
In the redhat/suse installers, use /var/lib/weewx as HOME for user weewx.

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