New system requirements
- python-dateutil: better Python library for date handling (install the equivalent package for your Linux distribution before upgrading bauh)
- git: for AUR support.
Improvements
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AppImage
- database updater daemon dropped. Now the database is only downloaded/updated during the initialization process (if it is considered expired). Its expiration are controlled through the new settings property database.expiration (in minutes. default: 60 minutes. Use 0 so it is always updated).
- old settings properties were dropped (db_updater.interval, db_updated.enabled)
- database files (apps.db and releases.db) are now stored at ~/.cache/bauh/appimage
- displaying a warning when the cached database files could not be found
- new custom action Update database to perform a database update anytime:
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Arch
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AUR
- upgrade checking now considers modification dates as well (needed because not all AUR packages follow versioning standards)
- downgrade: using the cached package commit (if available) to determine the correct version to downgrade (otherwise only the version will be used -> old behavior)
- history: using the cached package commit (if available) to properly determine the current version (otherwise only the version will be used -> old behavior)
- the task responsible for generating the local index is displayed on the initialization dialog
- the index is not always being updated during the initialization process. It its kept for a period of time controlled by the settings property aur_idx_exp (in HOURS -> default: 1). (P.S: this index is always updated when a package is installed/upgraded)
- the index is now stored at ~/.cache/bauh/arch/aur/index.txt.
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info window
- date fields format changed to numbers (e.g: Thu Dec 17 17:19:55 2020 -> 2020-12-17 17:19:55)
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new settings property "categories_exp": it defines the expiration time (in HOURS) of the packages categories mapping file stored in disc. Default: 24 hours.
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Core
- new settings property boot.load_apps (General -> Load apps after startup) that allows the user to choose if the installed packages/suggestions should be loaded on the management panel after the initialization process. Default: true.
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Snap
- new settings property "categories_exp": it defines the expiration time (in HOURS) of the Snaps categories mapping file stored in disc. Default: 24 hours.
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Web
- now the environment settings are cached in disk for 24 hours. This period can be controlled through the new settings property environment.cache_exp (in HOURS -> default: 24). Use 0 so that they are always updated).
- now the suggestions are cached in disk for 24 hours. This period can be controlled through the new settings property suggestions.cache_exp (in hours -> default: 24 hours. Use 0 so that they are always updated).
- displaying the "Indexing suggestions" task during the initialization process
- code refactoring
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all types now display an initialization task Checking configuration file responsible to create/update the respective configuration file
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minor translation improvements
Fixes
- AppImage
- some installed applications cannot be launched by their desktop entries (regression from 0.9.10) #155. If any of your installed AppImages are affected by this issue, just reinstall them.
- Arch
- some operations are keeping the wrong substatus during specific scenarios
- not able to install a package that replaces another (regression introduced in 0.9.9)
- displaying installed packages that have been removed from AUR when AUR supported is disabled
- Flatpak
- crashing for Flatpak 1.6.5 when there are updates #145
- history: not highlighting the correct version (regression introduced 0.9.9)
- UI
- number input fields are not displaying 0