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@@ -1,22 +1,69 @@ Version 0.4.0 - * Rename the cfg-add command to rep-add (the add alias stays the same) and - cfg-fetch to rep-fetch (the fetch alias stays the same). + * Support for repository signing and authentication. - * The pkg-build command now offers to automatically update dependent + The rep-create command can now sign the repository with rep-fetch(fetch) + and rep-info authenticating it. See the bpkg-repository-signing(1) help + topic for details. + + * Support for system packages. + + Now a package can be "built" as available from the system rather than + compiling it from source. To specify a system package the new sys: package + scheme is used, for example: + + bpkg build sys:libsqlite3 + + Currently, if no version is specified for a system package, then it is + considered to be unknown but satisfying any dependency constraint (such a + wildcard version is displayed as '*'). In the future bpkg will support + querying system package managers (rpm, dpkg, pkg-config) for the installed + version. + + See the pkg-build(build) man page for details. + + * Support for stub packages. + + A stub is a package without source code. It has the special upstream + version 0 (with a possible revision, for example 0+1) and can only be + built as a system package. + + * Support for build-time dependencies. + + Now a depends: value in the package manifest that starts with '*' is + recognized as a built-time dependency. Currently, build-time dependencies + are treated in the same way as normal (run-time) ones except that the + 'build2' and 'bpkg' names are recognized as special. They can be used to + specify a constraint (usually the required minimum version) on the build2 + build system and package manager, respectively. In the future, the + semantics for build-time dependencies will be extended, for example, to + verify that they can be executed on the build machine and/or to build them + in a separate configuration in case of cross-compilation. + + * The pkg-build(build) command now offers to automatically update dependent packages that were reconfigured. - It also supports the following new options: --drop-prerequisite|-D, - --update-dependent|-U, --leave-dependent|-L, as well as the -K alias for - --keep-prerequisite. See the command's man page for details. + It also supports the following new options: + + --drop-prerequisite|-D + --update-dependent|-U + --leave-dependent|-L + + As well as the -K alias for --keep-prerequisite. See the command's man + page for details. + + * The pkg-drop(drop) command now supports the following new options: + + --keep-dependent|-K, + --drop-prerequisite|-D + --keep-prerequisite + + See the command's man page for details. - * The pkg-drop command now supports the following new options: - --keep-dependent|-K, --drop-prerequisite|-D, and --keep-prerequisite. See - the command's man page for details. + * The cfg-add command was renamed to rep-add (the add alias stays the same) + and cfg-fetch to rep-fetch (the fetch alias stays the same). - * Add support for repository authentication. The rep-create command can now - sign the repository, and rep-fetch and rep-info commands can authenticate - the repository being fetched. + * The new -V option is an alias for --verbose 3 (show all commands). Version 0.3.0 |