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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -4,27 +4,29 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION under the specified root directory) - all paths can be specified in pacman.conf or on command line - updates to pacman clean operation- now cleans uninstalled - packages and old sync DBs + packages and old sync DBs (FS#8061) - remove all hardcoded paths and allow them to be set at configure/build time - single mirrorfile- pacman substitutes the repository name in - mirror file when $repo is found - - New config file options: ShowSize, TODO xxx + mirror file when $repo is found (FS#6389) + - New config file options: ShowSize, TotalDownload, IgnoreGroup, + UseDelta - all scripts have been gettext-ized and can be translated - added testdb utility to check pacman DBs for common problems - huge additions to pactest suite - remove -F/--freshen operation - - add --ignoregroup option + - add --ignoregroup option (FS#1592) - --ignore and --ignoregroup accept comma separated lists - add --needed option for --sync - massive optimization and speedup for --owns - - add -q/--quiet option for -Ss/-Sl and -Q? output - - add --asdeps option (install packages as reason: dependency) + - add -q/--quiet option for -Ss/-Sl and -Q? output (FS#8470) + - add --asdeps option (install reason: dependency) (FS#7193) - replace "Total Package Size" with "Total Download Size" + (FS#4182) - fix -Q options to work on installed packages AND package files - change -Q/--query options to act as filters and increase their flexibility - - moved parseconfig from backend library to frontend + - -U/-A <url> now downloads to cachedir (FS#6404) - install and build dates are localized - optdepends support - delta support @@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION - bash completion updates - mirrorlist updates - allow multiple pacman cache directories - - all manpages are now generated using Asciidoc + - all manpages are now generated using Asciidoc (FS#7312) + - moved parseconfig from backend library to frontend - clean up and refactoring of the ENTIRE codebase - remove many useless #ifdefs - split many too-long functions @@ -43,11 +46,13 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION - memory leak fixes all over the place - fix overzealous use of macros - entire codebase builds with -pedantic GCC option + - allow abs to not be included (FS#7319) - libalpm-specific changes: - moved location of sync DBs into their own folder to thwart deletion and remove naming limitations - REQUIREDBY entries are no longer used in local DB but are - computed on the fly when needed + computed on the fly when needed, which should resolve + phantom dependency issues (FS#7639) - ensure we export everything that should be public - fix some const correctness issues - add list tail ptr shortcut to make last element lookups O(1) @@ -62,22 +67,25 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION - remove gettext calls from DEBUG messages - remove faulty diskspace checking - move functions out of alpm.c to where they belong + - rewrite of file extraction code (FS#7484) - makepkg-specific changes: - entire script has been functionalized - only runs in fakeroot when necessary - hard linked manpages are now compressed (FS#5392) - built-in versionpkg support - - arch=('any') support + - arch=('any') support (FS#8153) - clean up and prettify the output - replace tar/cpio/unzip with bsdtar (FS#7485) - add --ignorearch option (FS#7355) - improved error handling + - downloads straight to $SRCDEST to avoid copies (FS#7271) + - support for multiple download protocols (FS#4404) - remove --usesudo option, use it by default - add --asroot option to discourage building as root - - add $srcdir and $pkgdir variables + - add $srcdir and $pkgdir variables (FS#7278) - add source package creation option - rankmirrors- allow reading from stdin (FS#8043) - - and many other small updates... + - and many other updates: 198 bugs/FRs closed since 3.0.0 release - switch to GIT for source code management 3.0.6 - config files updated to reflect current -> core change - fix symlink overwriting issue (FS#7484) |