SecondSonConsulting/Renew v1.3

1.3

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v1.3 Change Log

New Features

• New Default Behavior: Clicking the Dialog notification will initiate the restart window
  • This can be disabled in the profile with new OptionalArguments boolean key set to false: NotificationActionEnabled [#81]
    (#81)
• Renew will now look for a configuration plist file located at /Library/Preferences/com.secondsonconsulting.renew.plist
  • An MDM profile takes precedence over a plist configuration file.
• Language support for Dutch (nl)
  • Thank you, @DevliegereM! #90
• Renew can now be used with a plist file OR a mobileconfig
  • If a mobile configuration file is not found, Renew will check for a configuration file in this location: /Library/Preferences/com.secondsonconsulting.renew.plist
  • You can still use iMazing Profile Editor to make this plist, just choose "Payload > Export as Plist"
  • Huge thanks to @drtaru for adding this feature.
• Admins can now choose additional applications to ignore assertions.
  • Huge thanks to @drtaru for adding this feature.
  • If you don't want to respect a display sleep assertion for an application, you can add that application to an OptionalArguments:IgnoreAssertions array in your configuration file.
  • The default assertions to ignore will still be used as well (obs caffeinate Amphetamine)
  • Use pmset -g to see what applications are using assertions as well as how to ignore them.

Improvements

• Argument Processing rewritten
  • Use --help to see a list of all arguments and exit codes. Also documented here: https://github.com/SecondSonConsulting/Renew/wiki/Command-Line-Arguments
  • --version now prints only the script version and exits with no logs and no other output
  • Multiple arguments are now supported. It is up to the operator to ensure conflicting arguments are not passed
    • --verbose --force-normal --dryrun is valid
    • --verbose --force-normal --force-notification is invalid, and will result in undefined behavior
  • --verboseor -v enables set -x for verbose troubleshooting output
  • --dryrun argument now does not process a deferral as well as disabling Restart prompt
  • --deadline argument now sets the deadline to the provided value for testing
    • Example: ./Renew.sh --deadline 66 will set the deadline to 66 days uptime
  • --print-configuration option will print the configuration file and exit
  • --configuration /path/to/renew.plist allows you to specify a plist file you wish to use as the configuration for that run.
    • This is intended for use in testing, though, there's nothing stopping you from using this option with a LaunchAgent or from your management tool
    • This argument overrides any MDM profile or configuration file for that run
  • --language followed by a language code will allow you to test Renew behavior for different languages (i.e. --language nl would use Dutch)
  • --help is now more reliable. Thanks @aschwanb
• We've added language support for Dutch (nl) thanks to DevliegereM and improved the German translation thanks to @ConstantinLorenz
• Renew no longer processes deferrals/events if the system has been idle from human input for over 60 minutes
• If the same program has multiple display sleep assertions (like caffeinate running twice or more), Renew will now properly ignore them if they're on the IgnoreAssertions list.
  • Thanks again to @drtaru for this improvement.

Housekeeping

• Renew is now published under the MIT open-source license
• All log messages are now also written to standard output
• Log messages are more useful in determinig what logic is being applied and why
  • #75
• Debug messages now only visible in verbose mode, and not tied to --dryrun option
• Fixed issues with --deadline argument:
  • #80