2 This file contains the major changes between
7 * fix updating of too many packages in focusbest mode
8 * fix handling of disabled installed packages in distupgrade
10 * new POOL_FLAG_WHATPROVIDESWITHDISABLED pool flag
14 * fix repository priority handling for multiversion packages
15 * better support of inverval deps in pool_match_dep()
16 * support src rpms that have non-empty provides
18 * bindings: add get_disabled_list() and set_disabled_list()
19 * bindings: add whatcontainsdep()
20 * bindings: make the selection filters return the self object
24 * fix favorq leaking between solver runs if the solver is reused
25 * fix SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST updateing packages without reason
26 * be more correct with multiversion packages that obsolete their
28 * allow building with swig-4.0.0
29 * lock jobs now take precedence over dup and forcebest jobs
31 * MSVC compilation support
35 * repo_add_rpmdb: do not copy bad solvables from the old solv file
36 * fix cleandeps updates not updating all packages
38 * bindings: support pool.matchsolvable(), pool.whatmatchessolvable()
39 pool.best_solvables() and selection.matchsolvable()
40 * experimental DISTTYPE_CONDA and REL_CONDA support
44 * fixed a couple of null pointer derefs and potential memory
46 * made disfavoring recommended packages work if strong recommends
48 * no longer disable infarch rules when they don't conflict with
51 * do favor evaluation before pruning allowing to (dis)favor
52 specific package versions
56 * do not autouninstall packages because of forcebest updates
58 * support rpm's new '^' version separator
59 * support set/get_considered_list in bindings
60 * new experimental SOLVER_FLAG_ONLY_NAMESPACE_RECOMMENDED flag
63 - fix nasty off-by-one error in repo_write
67 - incompatible API changes:
68 * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute
69 * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions
71 * selection_make_matchsolvable
72 * selection_make_matchsolvablelist
73 * pool_whatmatchessolvable
74 * repodata_search_arrayelement
75 * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized
76 * repodata_search_uninternalized
77 * repodata_translate_dir
78 - new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better
79 control over what gets written
80 - support for filtered file lists with a custom filter
81 - dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32
84 - new configuration options:
85 * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression
86 * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression
88 * new repodata_set_kv() function
89 * new pool_solvable2id() inline function
90 * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods
92 * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script
96 * also look at suggests for package ordering
100 * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings
101 * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings
104 - fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow
108 - new configuration options:
109 * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package
111 * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information
114 * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change
115 the whatprovides data
116 * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of
117 one selection from another selection
118 * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,
119 SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH
120 * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap
121 * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits
125 * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.
126 cleandeps now works for "update all packages"
127 * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar
128 * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs
129 * use recommends also for ordering packages
133 * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies
134 * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings
138 * new pool_best_solvables() function
142 * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
143 * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
144 * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
147 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
148 use it in the bindings
152 * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
153 * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
154 * new matchesdep() method in bindings
155 * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
156 pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
160 * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
162 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
163 - bug fix releases, no new features
167 * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
169 * selection_make_matchdepid
170 * pool_whatcontainsdep
171 * pool_parserpmrichdep
175 * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
179 * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
180 * ordercycle introspection
182 * transaction_order_get_cycle
183 * transaction_order_get_cycleids
193 * pool_ids2whatprovides
197 * much improved package choosing code
198 * new testcase dependency format
199 * alternatives introspection
201 * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
202 * solver_alternative2str
203 * solver_alternatives_count
204 * solver_get_alternative
205 * solver_rule2pkgrule
210 * support yum style obsolete handling
214 repodata_stringify() now returns the string
216 * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
219 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
220 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
221 - API change in the bindings:
222 * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
224 * changed Datamatch results from methods to
226 * automatically delete the pool if the owner
227 object is freed (use the disown method to
228 get the old behavior).
230 * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
231 * solver_get_userinstalled