[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Document changes between 5.1 and 5.2
Allan McRae
allan at archlinux.org
Wed Oct 16 10:59:17 UTC 2019
From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz at archlinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz at archlinux.org>
---
Allan: rearranged some of the entries to put more newsworthy stuff at the top.
NEWS | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 116 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ce39e0c5..a55dac85 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,121 @@
VERSION DESCRIPTION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+5.2.0 - completely remove delta support
+ - add support to pacman and pacman-key for downloading PGP
+ signing keys using the WKD protocol (FS#63171)
+ - completely remove the --force option
+ - renovate and simplify the UI for -F (FS#47949)
+ - hooks: rename type File to Path, for accuracy
+ - add the meson build system as an alternative to autotools, and
+ distribute it in autotools dist tarballs
+ - switch from system() to exec() when using alternative download
+ agents for XferCommand; this prevents a potential source of
+ shell injection
+ - ignore .hook suffix when sorting libalpm hooks
+ - update the minimum requirement of bash to 4.4
+ - scripts: pass on options such as set -x to child processes
+ - show group and installed status during -Fs
+ - user-visible log when validity check fails due to access
+ - port pactest to python3
+ - process --needed before group selection when resolving the
+ dependencies to prompt for (FS#22870)
+ - don't error when a group exists but all packages are ignored
+ - bash completion now completes when it should, and doesn't
+ complete when it shouldn't (FS#59965)
+ - improve error message when gpg support is missing (FS#60880)
+ - don't emit confusing errors when a package is simultaneously
+ replaced and upgraded (FS#50875, FS#55534)
+ - better warning message when skipping duplicate targets
+ (FS#49377)
+ - libalpm: parse {check, make}depends when reading database
+ (FS#60347)
+ - add [ignored] to -Qu output for packages in repos that are not
+ Usage = Upgrade (FS#59854)
+ - prevent 301 redirect loop from hanging libalpm
+ - use standard, consistent units in the download progress
+ (FS#59201)
+ - fix segfault when Usage is specified without a value
+ - include timezones in pacman.log
+ - bash-completion: use POSIX character classes for portability
+ - correctly report a download failiure for 404s
+ - fix handling of signals during SIGSEGV
+ - fix buffer overread in pacman/callback
+ - fix crash when downloading files with a Content-Disposition
+ that has no directory component
+ - pacman-conf, testpkg are now properly localized
+ - when -F returns zero results, set a failing exit code
+ - improve wording for the error message when a package cannot be
+ removed due to dependencies
+ - fix segfaults and other incorrect behavior when using -Qip if
+ pacman was compiled without GPGME support
+ - makepkg:
+ - implement extendable source/signature verification routines
+ within libmakepkg (FS#49076)
+ - if pacman is in use, wait until it is available before
+ continuing (FS#28840)
+ - add support for lzip, lz4 and zst compressed packages
+ (FS#56676, FS#59081)
+ - add new checksum algorithm, b2sum
+ - various improvements to PKGBUILD linting
+ - when signing packages, report package filename on failure
+ - fix pkgver() function not aborting on errors
+ - remove checksum algorithm whirlpoolsum as it has not worked
+ for a long time
+ - reject PKGBUILDs with both split and non-split package
+ functions
+ - send status messages to stderr rather than stdout (FS#17173)
+ - ensure debug buildflags are unset when they are supposed to be
+ - buildenv and executable detection, definitions for the
+ PKGBUILD schema, and makepkg.conf loading are now part of
+ libmakepkg
+ - fix broken check for the fakeroot binary
+ - improve the error message for invalid dependency versioning
+ - add routine for linting $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+ - fix the error code when no PKGBUILD exists
+ - use --unneeded when removing build deps to allow runtime-only
+ deps to work well with makepkg -sir (FS#32723)
+ - compute package sizes correctly across different filesystems
+ - use shared clones for git sources to save space when building
+ - fix reporting of invalid archive extensions
+ - correctly handle hg sources with updates on a non-default
+ branch
+ - install pkg-config file for libmakepkg's library directory
+ - propagate error codes when package failed to sign correctly
+ - be compatible with file 5.37's application/gzip MIME type
+ - forbid non-ASCII pkgname and pkgver (FS#49342)
+ - fix exiting on failure without ensuring dependencies are
+ prompted for removal (FS#63000)
+ - quiet superfluous warnings for missing debug source files for
+ artificial symbols
+ - add routine for linting $PACKAGER to check that it has a
+ valid name and email address, and document the desired format
+ in makepkg.conf(5)
+ - add rust support for *FLAGS and debug-prefix-map
+ - correctly handle a system file command with seccomp enabled
+ (FS#58626)
+ - try to more thoroughly clean up logpipe during unusual exit
+ states such as CTRL-C
+ - when installing packages with -sir, be more robust against
+ conflicting makedepends by always uninstalling them first
+ - fix exit code when removing deps fails
+ - reproducible builds: suppress filesystem-specific archive
+ metadata from built packages as they are not needed
+ - pacman-key:
+ - just accept one file to verify, and enforce detached sigs
+ (FS#52022)
+ - after recent GnuPG updates, ensure the Web of Trust is still
+ used
+ - clean keys during import to reduce size consumed by unusable
+ signatures
+ - repo-add:
+ - add support for zst compressed databases
+ - print the name of the database when extracting
+ - do not infinitely loop on malformed arguments with embedded
+ globs
+ - add option to prevent downgrading (FS#17752)
+ - various documentation updates
+5.1.3 - Sanitize file name received from Content-Disposition header
+ during -U
5.1.2 - pacman-conf: add missing DisableDownloadTimeout support
- Include version when checking optdepend install status
during -Qi (FS#60106)
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