NEWS

   1
   2 This file contains the major changes between
   3 libsolv versions:
   4
   5 Version 0.6.28
   6 - new features:
   7   * new pool_best_solvables() function
   8
   9 Version 0.6.27
  10 - new features:
  11   * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
  12   * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
  13   * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
  14
  15 Version 0.6.26
  16 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
  17   use it in the bindings
  18
  19 Version 0.6.25
  20 - new features:
  21   * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
  22   * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
  23   * new matchesdep() method in bindings
  24   * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
  25     pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
  26
  27 Version 0.6.24
  28 - new features:
  29   * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
  30
  31 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
  32 - bug fix releases, no new features
  33
  34 Version 0.6.21
  35 - new features:
  36   * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
  37 - new functions:
  38   * selection_make_matchdepid
  39   * pool_whatcontainsdep
  40   * pool_parserpmrichdep
  41
  42 Version 0.6.20
  43 - new features:
  44   * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
  45
  46 Version 0.6.13:
  47 - new features:
  48   * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
  49   * ordercycle introspection
  50 - new functions:
  51   * transaction_order_get_cycle
  52   * transaction_order_get_cycleids
  53
  54 Version 0.6.12:
  55 - new features:
  56   * tcl bindings
  57 - new functions:
  58   * solv_chksum_cmp
  59
  60 Version 0.6.11:
  61 - new functions:
  62   * pool_ids2whatprovides
  63
  64 Version 0.6.9:
  65 - new features:
  66   * much improved package choosing code
  67   * new testcase dependency format
  68   * alternatives introspection
  69 - new functions:
  70   * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
  71   * solver_alternative2str
  72   * solver_alternatives_count
  73   * solver_get_alternative
  74   * solver_rule2pkgrule
  75   * testcase_dep2str
  76
  77 Version 0.6.5:
  78 - new features:
  79   * support yum style obsolete handling
  80
  81 Version 0.6.1:
  82 - API change:
  83   repodata_stringify() now returns the string
  84 - new features:
  85   * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
  86
  87 Version 0.6.0:
  88 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
  89 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
  90 - API change in the bindings:
  91   * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
  92     constructors
  93   * changed Datamatch results from methods to
  94     attributes
  95   * automatically delete the pool if the owner
  96     object is freed (use the disown method to
  97     get the old behavior).
  98 - new functions:
  99   * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
 100   * solver_get_userinstalled
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