NEWS

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