This file contains the major changes between

libsolv versions:

Version 0.7.11

- ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM is now the default

- selected bug fixes:

  * fixed solv_zchunk decoding error if large chunks are used

  * treat retracted pathes as irrelevant

  * made add_update_target work with multiversion installs

Version 0.7.10

- new features:

  * new rpm_stat_database() function

  * new rpm_hash_database_state() function

Version 0.7.9

- new features:

  * support conda constrains dependencies

Version 0.7.8

- selected bug fixes:

  * support arch<->noarch package changes when creating patch

    conflicts from the updateinfo data

  * also support other rpm database types

- new features:

  * support for SOLVER_BLACKLIST jobs that block the installation

    of matched packages unless they are directly selected by an

    SOLVER_INSTALL job

  * libsolv now also parses the patch status in the updateinfo

    parser

  * new solvable_matchessolvable() function

Version 0.7.7

- selected bug fixes:

  * fix updating of too many packages in focusbest mode

  * fix handling of disabled installed packages in distupgrade

- new features

  * new POOL_FLAG_WHATPROVIDESWITHDISABLED pool flag

Version 0.7.6

- selected bug fixes:

  * fix repository priority handling for multiversion packages

  * better support of inverval deps in pool_match_dep()

  * support src rpms that have non-empty provides

- new features

  * bindings: add get_disabled_list() and set_disabled_list()

  * bindings: add whatcontainsdep()

  * bindings: make the selection filters return the self object

Version 0.7.5

- selected bug fixes:

  * fix favorq leaking between solver runs if the solver is reused

  * fix SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST updateing packages without reason

  * be more correct with multiversion packages that obsolete their

    own name

  * allow building with swig-4.0.0

  * lock jobs now take precedence over dup and forcebest jobs

- new features

  * MSVC compilation support

Version 0.7.4

- selected bug fixes:

  * repo_add_rpmdb: do not copy bad solvables from the old solv file

  * fix cleandeps updates not updating all packages

- new features:

  * bindings: support pool.matchsolvable(), pool.whatmatchessolvable()

    pool.best_solvables() and selection.matchsolvable()

  * experimental DISTTYPE_CONDA and REL_CONDA support

Version 0.7.3

- selected bug fixes:

  * fixed a couple of null pointer derefs and potential memory

    leaks

  * made disfavoring recommended packages work if strong recommends

    is enabled

  * no longer disable infarch rules when they don't conflict with

    the job

- new features:

  * do favor evaluation before pruning allowing to (dis)favor

    specific package versions

Version 0.7.2

- bug fixes:

  * do not autouninstall packages because of forcebest updates

- new features:

  * support rpm's new '^' version separator

  * support set/get_considered_list in bindings

  * new experimental SOLVER_FLAG_ONLY_NAMESPACE_RECOMMENDED flag

Version 0.7.1

- fix nasty off-by-one error in repo_write

Version 0.7.0

- soname bump to "1"

- incompatible API changes:

  * bindings: Selection.flags is now an attribute

  * repodata_lookup_num now works like the other lookup_num functions

- new functions:

  * selection_make_matchsolvable

  * selection_make_matchsolvablelist

  * pool_whatmatchessolvable

  * repodata_search_arrayelement

  * repodata_lookup_kv_uninternalized

  * repodata_search_uninternalized

  * repodata_translate_dir

- new repowriter interface to write solv files allowing better

  control over what gets written

- support for filtered file lists with a custom filter

- dropped support of (since a long time unused) REPOKEY_TYPE_U32

Version 0.6.35

- new configuration options:

  * ENABLE_ZSTD_COMPRESSION: support zstd compression

  * ENABLE_ZCHUNK_COMPRESSION: support zchunk compression

- new features:

  * new repodata_set_kv() function

  * new pool_solvable2id() inline function

  * bindings: new str2dir, dir2str, add_dirstr repodata methods

- other changes

  * new repo2solv tool replacing the old shell script

Version 0.6.34

- new features:

  * also look at suggests for package ordering

Version 0.6.33

- new features:

  * new Selection.clone() method in the bindings

  * new pool.parserpmrichdep() method in the bindings

Version 0.6.32

- fixed bug that could make fileconflict detection very slow

  in some cases

Version 0.6.31

- new configuration options:

  * ENABLE_RPMDB_LIBRPM: use librpm to read the package

    database

  * ENABLE_RPMPKG_LIBRPM: use librpm to access information

    from package headers

- new features:

  * new pool_set_whatprovides function to manually change

    the whatprovides data

  * new selection_subtract function to remove packages of

    one selection from another selection

  * new selection flags SELECTION_FILTER,

    SELECTION_WITH_DISABLED and SELECTION_WITH_BADARCH

  * new map_invertall function to invert a bitmap

  * new map_clr_at function to clear some bits

Version 0.6.30

- new features:

  * many fixes and extenstions for cleandeps, e.g.

    cleandeps now works for "update all packages"

  * support debian packages with xz compressed control.tar

  * always create dup rules for "distupgrade" jobs

  * use recommends also for ordering packages

Version 0.6.29

- new features:

  * support for REL_WITHOUT and REL_UNLESS dependencies

  * solver_get_recommendations available in bindings

Version 0.6.28

- new features:

  * new pool_best_solvables() function

Version 0.6.27

- new features:

  * allow building with libxml2 instead of libexpat

  * better handing of "forcebest with uninstall"

  * speed improvements for "name = md5sum" dependencies

Version 0.6.26

- export solvable_matchesdep function, as we now

  use it in the bindings

Version 0.6.25

- new features:

  * new SOLVER_FLAG_STRONG_RECOMMENDS flag

  * new SOLVER_FLAG_INSTALL_ALSO_UPDATES flag

  * new matchesdep() method in bindings

  * SOLVABLE_NAME selects nevr matching for

    pool_whatmatchesdep and solvable_matchesdep

Version 0.6.24

- new features:

  * new SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST flag

Version 0.6.22, 0.6.23

- bug fix releases, no new features

Version 0.6.21

- new features:

  * SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types

- new functions:

  * selection_make_matchdepid

  * pool_whatcontainsdep

  * pool_parserpmrichdep

Version 0.6.20

- new features:

  * filter Requires(pre,post) for installed packages

Version 0.6.13:

- new features:

  * SOLVER_ALLOWUNINSTALL job type

  * ordercycle introspection

- new functions:

  * transaction_order_get_cycle

  * transaction_order_get_cycleids

Version 0.6.12:

- new features:

  * tcl bindings

- new functions:

  * solv_chksum_cmp

Version 0.6.11:

- new functions:

  * pool_ids2whatprovides

Version 0.6.9:

- new features:

  * much improved package choosing code

  * new testcase dependency format

  * alternatives introspection

- new functions:

  * pool_deb_get_autoinstalled

  * solver_alternative2str

  * solver_alternatives_count

  * solver_get_alternative

  * solver_rule2pkgrule

  * testcase_dep2str

Version 0.6.5:

- new features:

  * support yum style obsolete handling

Version 0.6.1:

- API change:

  repodata_stringify() now returns the string

- new features:

  * add BREAK_ORPHANS and KEEP_ORPHANS solver flags

Version 0.6.0:

- ABI change: cleaned up and reordered knownid.h

- added support for sha224/sha384/sha512

- API change in the bindings:

  * dropped solvid arg from most Dataiterator

    constructors

  * changed Datamatch results from methods to

    attributes

  * automatically delete the pool if the owner

    object is freed (use the disown method to

    get the old behavior).

- new functions:

  * pool_add_userinstalled_jobs

  * solver_get_userinstalled