0.9.26

Improvements

• Arch
  • not rechecking sub-dependencies of an AUR dependency to be installed
  • allowing AUR packages to be installed as dependencies of a repository package
  • always listing repository packages as primary options when multiple providers for a given dependency are available
  • installation: explicitly marking installed dependent packages as "dependencies" (--asdeps)
  • settings:
    • "Auto-define dependency providers" property renamed to "Auto-match dependency by name"
    • new property 'prefer_repository_provider': automatically picks the single package from the repositories among several external (AUR) available as the provider for a given dependency

Fixes

• General

  • not handling unicode decode errors when reading a subprocess output

• Arch

  • not upgrading a package when a dependent package relies on a specific version with epoch (e.g: alsa-plugins 1:1.2.6-1 would not be upgraded to 1:1.2.6-2 because lib32-alsa-plugins relies on 1:1.2.6)
  • not informing all the provided packages on the transaction context to the dependency sorting algorithm (could lead to a wrong installation order)
  • not displaying all possible AUR providers for a given dependency
  • not displaying any substatus when retrieving packages (pacman)

• UI:

  • settings panel: confirmation dialog icon when launched alone

UI

• new logo by DN-debug
• new dark theme (knight) based on Kimi-dark gtk by DN-debug

0.9.25

Improvements

• General

  • --reset: cleaning the temporary files as well (/tmp/bauh@$USER)
  • code refactoring

• Arch

  • AUR: letting the API perform the semantic search

Fixes

• AppImage package
  • not able to reinitialize (e.g: when settings are changed)
  • tray mode: not able to call bauh-cli to notify updates

0.9.24

Features

• Web
  • new custom action button to install apps (to improve usability since some users don't know about how to install Web apps through the search bar)

    

  • using the new Web environment specifications downloaded from bauh-files

Improvements

• General

  • handling http redirect errors
  • memory usage improvements when retrieving available custom actions
  • code refactoring

• AppImage

  • not enabled for non-x86_64 systems

• Web

  • using custom installation properties by Electron version if required (available on bauh-files). e.g: custom User-Agent for WhatsApp Web on Electron 13.6.X.
  • checking for javascript fixes based on the Electron version (saved on disk as ~/.local/share/bauh/web/fixes/electron_{branch}/{app_name}.js)
  • handling http redirect errors
  • installation form title
  • default pre-selected installation category is now "Network" (Internet)

• UI

  • only displaying a confirmation dialog for custom actions that start immediately
  • not depending on system's confirmation dialog icon

Fixes

• Web

  • wrong spelling (i18n)

• UI

  • crashing when resizing with floats instead of integers #216
  • crashing when using floats for spinner components #217
  • crashing for custom actions that can request a system backup (e.g: Arch -> Quick system upgrade)
  • initialization panel's lower components positioning

0.9.23

Features

• General

  • new configuration file /etc/bauh/gems.forbidden can be used by system administrators/distribution package managers to disable the management of supported packaging formats globally (more on that here)

• Arch

  • allowing AUR packages to be installed when bauh is launched by the root user #196
    • it creates a non-root user called bauh-aur for building the packages (useradd and runuser commands must be installed)

Improvements

• code refactoring (String formatting method)

Fixes

• Arch
  • not updating the view (GUI) status correctly after uninstalling a package whose PKGBUILD file was edited (specifically the name)
  • missing error handling when hard requirements for optional dependencies cannot be found by pacman

0.9.22

Improvements

• General

  • directory paths changed for a root user using bauh:
    • caching: /var/cache/bauh
    • configuration: /etc/bauh
    • temp dir: /tmp/bauh@root (/tmp/bauh@$USER for non-root users)
    • autostart: /etc/xdg/autostart (only used by the Web gem at the moment)
    • desktop entries: /usr/share/applications
    • custom themes: /usr/share/bauh/themes
    • symlinks/binaries : /usr/local/bin
    • shared files: /usr/local/share/bauh
  • adding the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variable if not available (following the pattern /run/user/$UID)
  • refactorings related to String formatting
  • refactorings related to shared information
  • useless code removed

• UI

  • settings panel:
    • always displaying all supported packaging technologies
    • displaying a tooltip with the missing dependencies for a supported packaging technology

      

• AppImage

  • faster reading of installed applications (subprocess call replaced by Python call)

• Flatpak

  • settings: not displaying the installation target option when bauh is launched by the root user
  • always considering system as the installation level for the root user

• Web

  • the Electron builds cache directory has been moved to the environment directory ~/.local/share/bauh/web/env/electron
  • letting the Electron client to download the Electron build file instead of bauh (to avoid wrong caching paths)

Fixes

• General

  • single thread downloader (wget) does not create the directory where the file will be stored

• AppImage

  • trying to download a file without a URL associated with #210
  • regressions:
    • not able to import AppImage files (introduced in 0.9.21)
    • not able to upgrade imported AppImage files (introduced in 0.9.21)

• Arch

  • wget as a hard requirement for Arch package management

• UI

  • settings panel:
    • not re-enabling the action buttons when a validation error is displayed

0.9.21

Fixes

• General

  • more fixes related to some backend commands hanging
  • crashing when trying to retrieve a file size without proving its URL #207

• AppImage

  • displaying updates without the associated download URL for some applications #207
  • uninstalling the application when an update/downgrade download fails #207

• Flatpak

  • not displaying update components not associated with installed packages
  • not displaying the updates size for Flatpak 1.2
  • not displaying updates for "partials" listed as installed apps/runtimes

• UI

  • upgrade summary: not displaying the icon type for some applications
  • displaying initial warnings related to supported technologies even when they are not enabled or have the required dependencies
  • crashing when QT components sizes are not integers #198

Improvements

• General

  • multi-threaded download not enabled by default since it fails for some scenarios (still can be enabled through the settings panel/file)
  • refactorings related to String concatenation

• AppImage

  • not stopping the upgrade process when one of several applications have been selected to upgrade

0.9.20

Improvements

• AppImage:

  • not displaying "imported" besides the imported application name on the table (only for the name tip)

• UI:

  • always displaying the "any file filter" (*) as the last option for file chooser components #193

Fixes

• General
  • some backend commands could hang when require user interaction
• AppImage
  • not displaying the filter for any kind of file (*) when updating imported AppImages #193
• Flatpak
  • not listing installed packages for Flatpak 1.2 #201
  • not listing updates for Flatpak 1.2
• UI
  • always requesting the password on the initialization dialog when launched by the root user #195

0.9.19

Improvements

• AppImage
  • manual installation: adding generic file filter extension (.*) since some desktop environments filters are case sensitive #185
  • installation: generating a default .desktop file for AppImages that provide empty desktop entries #186
  • hiding the app's launching output
• Arch
  • AUR: rebuild-detector integration disabled by default since it has a great impact on the overall refresh time (it can be enabled through the settings panel -> "Check reinstallation need")
• UI
  • not using native dialogs for file/directory choosing to prevent unexpected behaviors and wrong theming

Fixes

• AppImage
  • search: not matching manually installed applications
  • info button remains "clickable" after an imported Appimage is uninstalled

0.9.18

Fixes

Arch

• install/upgrade/downgrade: some dependencies not being matched during comparisons between numeric and alphanumeric versions

0.9.17

Improvements

• general: replacing subprocess commands to detect installed CLIs by Python faster calls (shutil.which)

Fixes

• Arch
  • skipping the package version epoch when checking the updates requirements