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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-03-22 15:18:26 +0000
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-03-22 15:18:26 +0000
commitdf59a1846034069c0a0121e2febc7f38ab54a629 (patch)
tree242b390685bea6c9b306bce1775934a8b1526e4b
parentb882353d486d7f04d424edfcfd1577e3c741c6df (diff)
Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com>
* Updates to news file.
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VERSION DESCRIPTION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.0.0 - first release based on libalpm backend
- - added internationalization (gettext) support
- - prompt to delete corrupted packages
+ - added internationalization (gettext) support:
+ - de, fr, hu, it, pt_BR, en_GB, ru_RU translations
+ - switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
+ - improved proxy support using libdownload
- documentation - man pages updated, new conf manpages added
+ - repository mirror list updates
- added support for package changelogs
- logging of all install scriptlet messages to pacman.log
- - repository mirror list updates
- orphans search (-Qe) now shows true orphans
- - new -Qu option- show all packages that can be upgraded
+ - new -Qu option - show all packages that can be upgraded
+ - new -Se option - install only dependencies
- dependency sorting on install and removal
- - improved backup handling- backup array is proactive on upgrade
- - new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
- check for free space before installing packages
+ - prompt to delete corrupted packages
+ - improved backup handling - backup array proactive on upgrade
+ - removed NoUpgrade lines from default pacman.conf
+ - new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
- improved progress and progressbar output
- reduced unnecessary calling of ldconfig
- selective loading of database to speed up certain operations
- - switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
- - improved proxy support as a result of switch to libdownload
- debugging output improved with --debug flag
- - added 'rankmirrors' - script to show best available mirrors
- - added 'repo-add' - the backbone script for building repos
- - added pactest testing suite
- - abs - supports cvsup/csup, expanded configuration
- - abs - supports fetching of testing repository
- - makepkg fixes:
+ - pacman-optimize - now supports DBs on separate filesystem
+ - makepkg and abs now support conf files in home directory
+ - makepkg changes:
+ - arch field is required
+ - added -arch suffix to generated package filenames
- new configuration file options format
+ - changed default configuration
- support alternate integrity checks
- extract files using filetype, not extension
- added noextract array
+ - new options array format
- new option to log build process
- - new repackage option - repackage pkg/ w/o building
+ - new --repackage option - repackage pkg/ without building
- user-selectable paths for doc stripping
- configurable source cache location
- dependencies now removed on a build success or failure
- - pacman-optimize - support DB's on separate filesystem
+ - abs changes:
+ - supports both cvsup and csup
+ - expanded configuration
+ - added support for testing repository
+ - new helper scripts:
+ - rankmirrors - shows best available mirrors
+ - repo-add - adds a package to a repo database file
+ - repo-remove - removes a package from a repo database file
+ - added pactest testing suite
+ - MANY fixes and small inprovements everywhere
2.9.8 - Changed behaviour with original=X,current=Y,new=Z scenario
- keep old in place, install new as .pacnew
- Search package provides when finding matching targets with -S