2 This file contains the major changes between
7 - incompatible API changes:
8 * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute
9 * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions
11 * selection_make_matchsolvable
12 * selection_make_matchsolvablelist
13 * pool_whatmatchessolvable
14 * repodata_search_arrayelement
15 * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized
16 * repodata_search_uninternalized
17 * repodata_translate_dir
18 - new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better
19 control over what gets written
20 - support for filtered file lists with a custom filter
21 - dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32
24 - new configuration options:
25 * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression
26 * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression
28 * new repodata_set_kv() function
29 * new pool_solvable2id() inline function
30 * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods
32 * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script
36 * also look at suggests for package ordering
40 * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings
41 * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings
44 - fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow
48 - new configuration options:
49 * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package
51 * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information
54 * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change
56 * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of
57 one selection from another selection
58 * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,
59 SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH
60 * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap
61 * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits
65 * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.
66 cleandeps now works for "update all packages"
67 * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar
68 * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs
69 * use recommends also for ordering packages
73 * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies
74 * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings
78 * new pool_best_solvables() function
82 * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
83 * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
84 * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
87 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
88 use it in the bindings
92 * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
93 * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
94 * new matchesdep() method in bindings
95 * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
96 pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
100 * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
102 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
103 - bug fix releases, no new features
107 * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
109 * selection_make_matchdepid
110 * pool_whatcontainsdep
111 * pool_parserpmrichdep
115 * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
119 * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
120 * ordercycle introspection
122 * transaction_order_get_cycle
123 * transaction_order_get_cycleids
133 * pool_ids2whatprovides
137 * much improved package choosing code
138 * new testcase dependency format
139 * alternatives introspection
141 * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
142 * solver_alternative2str
143 * solver_alternatives_count
144 * solver_get_alternative
145 * solver_rule2pkgrule
150 * support yum style obsolete handling
154 repodata_stringify() now returns the string
156 * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
159 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
160 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
161 - API change in the bindings:
162 * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
164 * changed Datamatch results from methods to
166 * automatically delete the pool if the owner
167 object is freed (use the disown method to
168 get the old behavior).
170 * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
171 * solver_get_userinstalled