(I got a better way)
I discovered a star
(I got a better way)
Ready, set, go!
This release has absolutely zero new features! wait fuck come back it's a joke
Some of the changes here will absolutely BREAK existing source installations!
Make sure to re-run the installer if you built from source.
Retiring Windows QuickStarter for the time being
This release brings huge changes to the dependencies I use, and I'm not quite sure how to bring them easily over to Windows yet.
Alongside the fact Batch Tagging is pretty much nonfunctional for Windows due to its use of mojo subprocesses, I've decided to spare myself the headache of building a barely working version.
So for now, native Windows builds are pretty much broken. please understand
Changelog:
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Changed Archive extraction backend from unar/lsar to libarchive
🗃 Using those two old executables was an early design choice I never really regretted that much, but they've been going a bit too long without updates and don't give me as much control over the extracted files as I'd want to.
🏎 Alongside making the code leaner, this switch also makes extracting archives a bit faster! Please try it out. -
(#71) Changed Thumbnail generation backend from ImageMagick to libjpeg+libpng
🖼 While I was on the dependency demolition train. Those two libraries are much lighter than the full Magick suite, and make for a more streamlined installation process for Linux users.
🏆 Combined with the above change, fast thumbnail generation(ie without opening the reader) should finally work properly for any kind of archive that has at least one image in it. -
(#39) Improved SSL Documentation
🔐 We've always supported SSL alongside interfaces, but it wasn't very well documented. I've dedicated a proper page to the https magic you can make happen in the docs.
👉 I've also added a way to easily configure the listening interface for Docker installs through environment variable switcheroo. -
(#74) Added a plugin for HDoujin .json files
🏷️ Thanks to @pratello for pitching this in! It's technically there since 0.5.6-EX but I didn't put it in the release notes back then.
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Switched the Docker image from a Debian to an Alpine base.
🐳 I think showing a simple image will be enough for this:
The base image was always way too large for my tastes, but I didn't have enough linux-fu to trim it down that much. Hopefully this small size will lead to more people trying this out!
Android Client now available
Check this out yo it's lit
I was expecting a Desktop client to come first, but I'm super glad the API garnered enough interest for someone to make this. It's quite feature-complete, too.
What's Next?
The issue list is getting thin, but there's still some internal to-dos in store, like improving first-time load of the index (when it generates like 300 thumbnails at once), using some more features of modern perl and mojo 8 (sub signatures would be nice) or adding SHA-1 support to the Chaika plugin.