2 This file contains the major changes between
7 * do not autouninstall packages because of forcebest updates
9 * support rpm's new '^' version separator
10 * support set/get_considered_list in bindings
11 * new experimental SOLVER_FLAG_ONLY_NAMESPACE_RECOMMENDED flag
14 - fix nasty off-by-one error in repo_write
18 - incompatible API changes:
19 * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute
20 * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions
22 * selection_make_matchsolvable
23 * selection_make_matchsolvablelist
24 * pool_whatmatchessolvable
25 * repodata_search_arrayelement
26 * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized
27 * repodata_search_uninternalized
28 * repodata_translate_dir
29 - new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better
30 control over what gets written
31 - support for filtered file lists with a custom filter
32 - dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32
35 - new configuration options:
36 * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression
37 * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression
39 * new repodata_set_kv() function
40 * new pool_solvable2id() inline function
41 * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods
43 * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script
47 * also look at suggests for package ordering
51 * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings
52 * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings
55 - fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow
59 - new configuration options:
60 * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package
62 * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information
65 * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change
67 * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of
68 one selection from another selection
69 * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,
70 SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH
71 * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap
72 * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits
76 * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.
77 cleandeps now works for "update all packages"
78 * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar
79 * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs
80 * use recommends also for ordering packages
84 * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies
85 * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings
89 * new pool_best_solvables() function
93 * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
94 * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
95 * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
98 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
99 use it in the bindings
103 * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
104 * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
105 * new matchesdep() method in bindings
106 * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
107 pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
111 * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
113 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
114 - bug fix releases, no new features
118 * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
120 * selection_make_matchdepid
121 * pool_whatcontainsdep
122 * pool_parserpmrichdep
126 * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
130 * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
131 * ordercycle introspection
133 * transaction_order_get_cycle
134 * transaction_order_get_cycleids
144 * pool_ids2whatprovides
148 * much improved package choosing code
149 * new testcase dependency format
150 * alternatives introspection
152 * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
153 * solver_alternative2str
154 * solver_alternatives_count
155 * solver_get_alternative
156 * solver_rule2pkgrule
161 * support yum style obsolete handling
165 repodata_stringify() now returns the string
167 * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
170 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
171 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
172 - API change in the bindings:
173 * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
175 * changed Datamatch results from methods to
177 * automatically delete the pool if the owner
178 object is freed (use the disown method to
179 get the old behavior).
181 * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
182 * solver_get_userinstalled