2 This file contains the major changes between
7 * repo_add_rpmdb: do not copy bad solvables from the old solv file
8 * fix cleandeps updates not updating all packages
10 * bindings: support pool.matchsolvable(), pool.whatmatchessolvable()
11 pool.best_solvables() and selection.matchsolvable()
12 * experimental DISTTYPE_CONDA and REL_CONDA support
16 * fixed a couple of null pointer derefs and potential memory
18 * made disfavoring recommended packages work if strong recommends
20 * no longer disable infarch rules when they don't conflict with
23 * do favor evaluation before pruning allowing to (dis)favor
24 specific package versions
28 * do not autouninstall packages because of forcebest updates
30 * support rpm's new '^' version separator
31 * support set/get_considered_list in bindings
32 * new experimental SOLVER_FLAG_ONLY_NAMESPACE_RECOMMENDED flag
35 - fix nasty off-by-one error in repo_write
39 - incompatible API changes:
40 * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute
41 * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions
43 * selection_make_matchsolvable
44 * selection_make_matchsolvablelist
45 * pool_whatmatchessolvable
46 * repodata_search_arrayelement
47 * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized
48 * repodata_search_uninternalized
49 * repodata_translate_dir
50 - new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better
51 control over what gets written
52 - support for filtered file lists with a custom filter
53 - dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32
56 - new configuration options:
57 * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression
58 * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression
60 * new repodata_set_kv() function
61 * new pool_solvable2id() inline function
62 * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods
64 * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script
68 * also look at suggests for package ordering
72 * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings
73 * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings
76 - fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow
80 - new configuration options:
81 * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package
83 * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information
86 * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change
88 * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of
89 one selection from another selection
90 * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,
91 SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH
92 * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap
93 * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits
97 * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.
98 cleandeps now works for "update all packages"
99 * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar
100 * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs
101 * use recommends also for ordering packages
105 * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies
106 * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings
110 * new pool_best_solvables() function
114 * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
115 * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
116 * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
119 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
120 use it in the bindings
124 * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
125 * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
126 * new matchesdep() method in bindings
127 * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
128 pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
132 * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
134 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
135 - bug fix releases, no new features
139 * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
141 * selection_make_matchdepid
142 * pool_whatcontainsdep
143 * pool_parserpmrichdep
147 * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
151 * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
152 * ordercycle introspection
154 * transaction_order_get_cycle
155 * transaction_order_get_cycleids
165 * pool_ids2whatprovides
169 * much improved package choosing code
170 * new testcase dependency format
171 * alternatives introspection
173 * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
174 * solver_alternative2str
175 * solver_alternatives_count
176 * solver_get_alternative
177 * solver_rule2pkgrule
182 * support yum style obsolete handling
186 repodata_stringify() now returns the string
188 * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
191 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
192 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
193 - API change in the bindings:
194 * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
196 * changed Datamatch results from methods to
198 * automatically delete the pool if the owner
199 object is freed (use the disown method to
200 get the old behavior).
202 * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
203 * solver_get_userinstalled