Release v0.7.0

What's New

Pacsea now includes a comprehensive News Mode with advanced features:

News Sources:

Arch Linux News: Latest announcements and updates from archlinux.org
Security Advisories: Security alerts with severity indicators and affected packages
Package Updates: Track version changes for your installed packages with change detection
AUR Comments: Recent community discussions and feedback

Smart Features:

Change Detection: Automatically detects package changes (version, maintainer, dependencies)
Offline Support: Caches package data to disk for offline access and faster loading
Background Processing: Failed requests are automatically retried in the background
Streaming Updates: After initial 50 items, additional news items load automatically
AUR Balance: Ensures AUR packages are always represented alongside official packages

User Experience:

Switch to News mode or set app_start_mode = news in settings to start in News mode
Filter by type (Arch news, advisories, updates, comments)
Sort by date, title, severity, or unread status (use Shift+Tab to cycle through sort modes)
Mark items as read/unread with r key
Bookmark important items for quick access
Persistent read/unread tracking across sessions

Smart error handling: Automatically handles repeated failures gracefully without blocking your workflow
Rate limiting: Prevents server blocking with intelligent request management
Smart caching: Multi-layer caching system reduces bandwidth and speeds up loading
- Fast in-memory cache for instant access
- Persistent disk cache for offline access
Efficient updates: Only downloads changed data to minimize bandwidth usage
Background retries: Failed requests are automatically retried in the background
Better compatibility: Improved connection handling for better reliability

Enhanced footer: Multi-line keybinds display for better readability
Loading indicators: Visual feedback during data fetching with informative messages
Improved filters: Better filter chips with clickable areas
Extended keybinds: Shift+char keybind support across all panes and modes
Better alignment: Fixed text wrapping issues in updates window

Fixed updates window text alignment when package names/versions wrap to multiple lines
Fixed options menu key bindings to match display order in Package and News modes
Fixed installed_packages.txt export to respect installed_packages_mode setting
Fixed alert title showing "Connection issue" instead of "Configuration Directories" for config directory messages
Fixed Shift+Tab keybind to work in News mode (previously only worked in Package mode)
Fixed scroll position issues
Improved AUR comment date filtering (excludes invalid dates)
Enhanced date parsing to handle various date formats correctly
Fixed package date fetching for better reliability
Improved error detection and handling

Improved config directory alert detection for all languages
Added translations for config directory alerts in English, German, and Hungarian
Improved loading messages with full translation support

This release includes significant improvements to code organization, performance, and reliability.

New settings available:

app_start_mode: Set to "news" to start in News mode (default: "package")
news_filter_*: Toggle filters for Arch news, advisories, updates, AUR updates/comments
news_max_age_days: Maximum age filter for news items (default: unlimited)

Update to v0.7.0:

# For stable release
paru -S pacsea-bin   # or: yay -S pacsea-bin

# For latest from git
paru -S pacsea-git   # or: yay -S pacsea-git

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.7.0