2 This file contains the major changes between
6 - added support for ed25519 signatures
8 * Support blacklisted packages in solver_findproblemrule()
9 * Support rules with multiple negative literals in choice rule
11 * Also detect rpmdb.sqlite in /usr/share/rpm
14 - fix solvable swapping messing up uninternalized idarrays
17 - conda: support packages.conda repositories
18 - conda: de-priorize track features
19 - allow win32 to build shared lib
21 * fix ruleinfo of complex dependencies returning the wrong origin
24 - ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM is now the default
26 * fixed solv_zchunk decoding error if large chunks are used
27 * treat retracted pathes as irrelevant
28 * made add_update_target work with multiversion installs
32 * new rpm_stat_database() function
33 * new rpm_hash_database_state() function
37 * support conda constrains dependencies
41 * support arch<->noarch package changes when creating patch
42 conflicts from the updateinfo data
43 * also support other rpm database types
45 * support for SOLVER_BLACKLIST jobs that block the installation
46 of matched packages unless they are directly selected by an
48 * libsolv now also parses the patch status in the updateinfo
50 * new solvable_matchessolvable() function
54 * fix updating of too many packages in focusbest mode
55 * fix handling of disabled installed packages in distupgrade
57 * new POOL_FLAG_WHATPROVIDESWITHDISABLED pool flag
61 * fix repository priority handling for multiversion packages
62 * better support of inverval deps in pool_match_dep()
63 * support src rpms that have non-empty provides
65 * bindings: add get_disabled_list() and set_disabled_list()
66 * bindings: add whatcontainsdep()
67 * bindings: make the selection filters return the self object
71 * fix favorq leaking between solver runs if the solver is reused
72 * fix SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST updateing packages without reason
73 * be more correct with multiversion packages that obsolete their
75 * allow building with swig-4.0.0
76 * lock jobs now take precedence over dup and forcebest jobs
78 * MSVC compilation support
82 * repo_add_rpmdb: do not copy bad solvables from the old solv file
83 * fix cleandeps updates not updating all packages
85 * bindings: support pool.matchsolvable(), pool.whatmatchessolvable()
86 pool.best_solvables() and selection.matchsolvable()
87 * experimental DISTTYPE_CONDA and REL_CONDA support
91 * fixed a couple of null pointer derefs and potential memory
93 * made disfavoring recommended packages work if strong recommends
95 * no longer disable infarch rules when they don't conflict with
98 * do favor evaluation before pruning allowing to (dis)favor
99 specific package versions
103 * do not autouninstall packages because of forcebest updates
105 * support rpm's new '^' version separator
106 * support set/get_considered_list in bindings
107 * new experimental SOLVER_FLAG_ONLY_NAMESPACE_RECOMMENDED flag
110 - fix nasty off-by-one error in repo_write
114 - incompatible API changes:
115 * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute
116 * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions
118 * selection_make_matchsolvable
119 * selection_make_matchsolvablelist
120 * pool_whatmatchessolvable
121 * repodata_search_arrayelement
122 * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized
123 * repodata_search_uninternalized
124 * repodata_translate_dir
125 - new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better
126 control over what gets written
127 - support for filtered file lists with a custom filter
128 - dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32
131 - new configuration options:
132 * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression
133 * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression
135 * new repodata_set_kv() function
136 * new pool_solvable2id() inline function
137 * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods
139 * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script
143 * also look at suggests for package ordering
147 * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings
148 * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings
151 - fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow
155 - new configuration options:
156 * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package
158 * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information
161 * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change
162 the whatprovides data
163 * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of
164 one selection from another selection
165 * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,
166 SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH
167 * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap
168 * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits
172 * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.
173 cleandeps now works for "update all packages"
174 * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar
175 * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs
176 * use recommends also for ordering packages
180 * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies
181 * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings
185 * new pool_best_solvables() function
189 * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat
190 * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"
191 * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies
194 - export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now
195 use it in the bindings
199 * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag
200 * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag
201 * new matchesdep() method in bindings
202 * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for
203 pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep
207 * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag
209 Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23
210 - bug fix releases, no new features
214 * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types
216 * selection_make_matchdepid
217 * pool_whatcontainsdep
218 * pool_parserpmrichdep
222 * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages
226 * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type
227 * ordercycle introspection
229 * transaction_order_get_cycle
230 * transaction_order_get_cycleids
240 * pool_ids2whatprovides
244 * much improved package choosing code
245 * new testcase dependency format
246 * alternatives introspection
248 * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled
249 * solver_alternative2str
250 * solver_alternatives_count
251 * solver_get_alternative
252 * solver_rule2pkgrule
257 * support yum style obsolete handling
261 repodata_stringify() now returns the string
263 * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags
266 - ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h
267 - added support for sha224/sha384/sha512
268 - API change in the bindings:
269 * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator
271 * changed Datamatch results from methods to
273 * automatically delete the pool if the owner
274 object is freed (use the disown method to
275 get the old behavior).
277 * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs
278 * solver_get_userinstalled