sbopkg/ChangeLog-current.txt

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Tue Jan 20 04:10:53 UTC 2009
Sbopkg 0.XX.X released. This version contains the following fixes and
enhancements:
* Add in new update code by Mauro Giachero. This /greatly/ improves how the
updates are handled and virtually eliminates the need for specific
application quirks. Please note there is a new file
/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg-renames that handles a few name changes. If you
upgrade sbopkg with the new package, then this file will be automatically
installed. If not, you'll need to grab this file from the source tarball
and move it there manually. Many thanks to Mauro for the hard work in
finally getting the update code done right. :-)
* Change how selecting/unselecting items in the build queue are handled.
Now, when items are unselected, they remain in the queue but are turned
"OFF" and when the queue is processed, only those packages turned "ON"
will be built or installed.
* Improve how packages are added to the queue. The user is now prompted if
they want to replace items already in the queue or skip them. This may be
helpful if a user has saved a queue with lots of dependencies that are
then updated through the rsync process. The updates can be added to the
queue, replacing the old versions.
* Add in a nice progress gauge when running the update list rather than the
warning message. Thanks to alkos333 for the idea and initial
implementation, and thanks to Mauro Giachero for working on the CLI
version.
* Merge in a large whitespace/cleanup patch by slakmagik which greatly
improves the readability of the code; thanks to slakmagik for the patch.
* Replace the 'Clear Queue' menu item with 'Delete Queue Items' which
provides the user the ability to delete individual items in the queue or
clear the entire build queue.
* Add in ability to have a /local directory in the local SBo repository tree
on a user's system that is in parallel with other SBo directories (i.e.
/home/sbo/local). As long as this directory is maintained in an SBo style
(including user-defined categories), then sbopkg will pick them up and the
user can change their SLACKVER to 'local' and build/install packages from
there. This might be useful in testing pre-submissions to SBo or for
maintaining other software not in SBo. This was inspired by a similar
idea contributed by slakmagik. Please see the sbopkg.conf(5) man page for
more information.
* Commit a patch from slakmagik that adds a new sbopkg.conf variable LOGFILE
where the user can decide the name and location of the permanent build
log, if used; thanks to slakmagik for the patch.
* Improve the configuration file handling so that sbopkg now runs even with
a missing or deficient system-wide configuration file, as long as the
user's ~/.sbopkg.conf file is present and fills the gaps.
* Fix issue where downloaded sources with spaces in their file names would
cause an MD5SUM failure; thanks to alkos333 for the bug report, and thanks
to Mauro Giachero for improving my initial bug fix implementation.
* Commit several other patches from slakmagik that improve the handling of
the search box upon search failures; tweak the precheck log a bit; improve
the checking of root privilegs, and improve the handling of the
directory-creation checks; thanks to slakmagik for these patches.
* Fix issue where a failed download would still go through an md5sum check;
now it informs the user of the failed download and asks if the user wishes
to continue with the build queue or abort.
* Eliminate some redundant or annoying messages to the user, such as when
the backup queue is saved.
* Add 'sspm' utility script by slakmagik which makes mirroring the sbopkg
SVN repository and making a package from the local SVN mirror very easy;
this script is located in the /tools directory in the sbopkg SVN
repository; thanks to slakmagik for the script.
* Lots of other internal 'under the hood' improvements to the repository
browsing, directory check functionality, build queue, and just general
overall code cleanup.
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