9001/copyparty v0.12.1

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 <&ed> copyparty became a file manager, trying to think of a release name
 <&ed> "far out", pun on far manager, there we go
<+des> ed: filed
<+des> fil-ed

• latest stable release: v0.11.47
• latest important update: v0.11.20 (but skip right to v0.11.47 or this version)
• latest gzip edition of the sfx is v0.11.18

upgrade notes

• permission a no longer exists; is automatically translated to r + w
• new argument --no-del disables all delete operations
• new argument --no-mv disables all move/rename operations
• new argument --no-voldump disables the volume/permission summary on startup

new features

• file manager! cut/paste, rename, delete files
  • new permission m (move) allows renaming files in (and moving files out of) that volume
  • new permission d (delete) allows deleting things in that volume
  • hotkeys ctrl-X, ctrl-V to cut/paste, F2 to rename, ctrl-K to delete
  • tags follow the files when moved; thumbnails just regenerate
• select files/folders in the browser using the keyboard
  • click a file row and use cursor-keys to navigate
  • ctrl-cursor to also scroll the viewport
  • shift-cursors to expand selection
  • spacebar and ctrl-A toggles selection
• periodic volume rescan
  • detect and index files coming into volumes from the outside (sftp, rsync, ...)
  • will probably get an inotify alternative at some point but this is more reliable
• list all volumes and permissions on startup
• print server IPs on macos and windows too

bugfixes

• tags are displayed for symlinked/dupe files
• mkdir defaults to 755, used to be the python-default 777, sorry
• ensure that the multiprocessing workers start correctly (and crash otherwise)
• more reliable db backups on upgrade, using the native sqlite3 backup feature
• signal handler; macos could get stuck on shutdown
• other minor stuff
  • centos7 support fixes
  • missing mojibake support (centralized most of it)
  • better support for buggy windows smb drives
  • edgecases with relative symlinks

other changes

• replaced the md-editor toasts with the new general-purpose ones