Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM v2.2.4.0

Release - v2.2.4.0

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Release Notes v2.2.4

Highlights: Smarter fuzzy search across every package list, fingerprint-auth interference detection with guided fixes, and a polished Recommended page that's now opt-in. A brand-new alpha release of Shelly.Keys companion binary for GPG keyring bootstrapping.

🐚 Features

• Shelly.Keys — new AOT-compiled CLI for one-shot GPG/pacman keyring initialization. Ships its own PKGBUILD, packaging workflow, and GlobalSettings for global keyserver configuration.
• Recommended page — a new curated landing experience for package discovery (recomend page, JSON context, refreshed UI).
• Package group search — search now resolves and lists pacman package groups alongside individual packages.
• Sortable search columns in ShellySearch — click any column header to sort results.
• Ctrl+F search shortcut wired into AurInstall, AurRemove, AurUpdate, PackageInstall, PackageManagement, PackageUpdate, and FlatpakInstall dialogs.
• Fingerprint authentication detector — new FingerprintAuthDetector + FingerprintAuthState services automatically spot sudo/fprintd PAM interference and surface a helper banner and FingerprintFixDialog with guided remediation.
• Build Date field added to AlpmPackage and shown in package details.
• ilovecandy-style bottom bar — BottomBarRegion now conditionally renders ANSI markup or an ASCII fallback based on terminal capability.

⚡ Improvements

• Smarter fuzzy matching across every list view — ListInstalled, ListAvailable, AurListInstalled, AurListUpdates now use a unified scoring filter.
• ShellySearch refactor — scoring moved into a local MatchObject method, class made sealed, fields converted to locals.
• InitializeCommand streamlined — leaner GPG config setup, optimized keyring creation, new trust-database update step, and Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8 / ThrowIfErrorString adoption.
• CLI path resolution consolidated into a single central class, restricted to .slnx, rewritten with LINQ.
• Auto-select first list item so users aren't locked out of package details.
• About dialog — added proper credit sections.
• Privileged operation hint clarifies biometric support and suggests temporarily disabling fingerprint auth.
• FingerprintAuthDetector — configurable PAM directories/service names, better include/substack handling, direct sudo hit checks, fprintd service integration, expanded tests.
• FingerprintFixDialog — simplified copy, removed security warning and issue-reference button, tightened default height.
• Recommended page is now opt-in — disabled by default, toggleable from settings.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Arch News order reversed — ArchNewsDialog now displays news items newest-first.
• JsonException: 'P' is an invalid start of a value in GetAurPackageBuild resolved.
• SearchPackagesAsync filter syntax corrected.
• Bottom of lockout view no longer visually cut off.
• AppImage .desktop — removed an invalid TryExec entry.
• Renamed firmware version → Shelly version and made it required.
• Added missing colon after Version and a missing space in installed-size output.

Changes since v2.2.3.2

• delete tryexec invaliding the AppImage .desktop file by @caroberrie in #723
• Rename firmware version to Shelly version and make required by @caroberrie in #724
• Add search to package group dropdown by @Terrabade in #726
• Refactor CLI path resolution into central class and use improved debug path by @azdanov in #725
• Add Build Date to AlpmPackage by @azdanov in #719
• Add sorting functionality to ShellySearch columns by @azdanov in #727
• Fixing bottom of lockout getting cut off visually by @caroberrie in #731
• 619 feature request keyboard shortcut for search by @VinnyQF in #733
• Improve search matching by @azdanov in #732
• 559 create cli implementation for pacmankey by @ZoeyErinBauer in #729
• About by @caroberrie in #741
• Fix first item not selected by @VinnyQF in #740
• 728 bug jsonexception p is an invalid start of a value in getaurpackagebuild by @ZoeyErinBauer in #742
• Refactor BottomBarRegion to conditionally render bar lines with ASC… by @ZoeyErinBauer in #743
• Recomendui by @caroberrie in #744
• Reverse order of fetched Arch News items in ArchNewsDialog. by @ZoeyErinBauer in #745
• Bump version to 2.2.4.0 across projects and packages. by @ZoeyErinBauer in #746

Full Changelog: v2.2.3.2...v2.2.4.0