Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com>

* Updates to news file.
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VERSION DESCRIPTION VERSION DESCRIPTION
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3.0.0 - first release based on libalpm backend 3.0.0 - first release based on libalpm backend
- added internationalization (gettext) support - added internationalization (gettext) support:
- prompt to delete corrupted packages - de, fr, hu, it, pt_BR, en_GB, ru_RU translations
- switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
- improved proxy support using libdownload
- documentation - man pages updated, new conf manpages added - documentation - man pages updated, new conf manpages added
- repository mirror list updates
- added support for package changelogs - added support for package changelogs
- logging of all install scriptlet messages to pacman.log - logging of all install scriptlet messages to pacman.log
- repository mirror list updates
- orphans search (-Qe) now shows true orphans - orphans search (-Qe) now shows true orphans
- new -Qu option- show all packages that can be upgraded - new -Qu option - show all packages that can be upgraded
- new -Se option - install only dependencies
- dependency sorting on install and removal - dependency sorting on install and removal
- improved backup handling- backup array is proactive on upgrade
- new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
- check for free space before installing packages - check for free space before installing packages
- prompt to delete corrupted packages
- improved backup handling - backup array proactive on upgrade
- removed NoUpgrade lines from default pacman.conf
- new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
- improved progress and progressbar output - improved progress and progressbar output
- reduced unnecessary calling of ldconfig - reduced unnecessary calling of ldconfig
- selective loading of database to speed up certain operations - selective loading of database to speed up certain operations
- switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
- improved proxy support as a result of switch to libdownload
- debugging output improved with --debug flag - debugging output improved with --debug flag
- added 'rankmirrors' - script to show best available mirrors - pacman-optimize - now supports DBs on separate filesystem
- added 'repo-add' - the backbone script for building repos - makepkg and abs now support conf files in home directory
- added pactest testing suite - makepkg changes:
- abs - supports cvsup/csup, expanded configuration - arch field is required
- abs - supports fetching of testing repository - added -arch suffix to generated package filenames
- makepkg fixes:
- new configuration file options format - new configuration file options format
- changed default configuration
- support alternate integrity checks - support alternate integrity checks
- extract files using filetype, not extension - extract files using filetype, not extension
- added noextract array - added noextract array
- new options array format
- new option to log build process - new option to log build process
- new repackage option - repackage pkg/ w/o building - new --repackage option - repackage pkg/ without building
- user-selectable paths for doc stripping - user-selectable paths for doc stripping
- configurable source cache location - configurable source cache location
- dependencies now removed on a build success or failure - dependencies now removed on a build success or failure
- pacman-optimize - support DB's on separate filesystem - abs changes:
- supports both cvsup and csup
- expanded configuration
- added support for testing repository
- new helper scripts:
- rankmirrors - shows best available mirrors
- repo-add - adds a package to a repo database file
- repo-remove - removes a package from a repo database file
- added pactest testing suite
- MANY fixes and small inprovements everywhere
2.9.8 - Changed behaviour with original=X,current=Y,new=Z scenario 2.9.8 - Changed behaviour with original=X,current=Y,new=Z scenario
- keep old in place, install new as .pacnew - keep old in place, install new as .pacnew
- Search package provides when finding matching targets with -S - Search package provides when finding matching targets with -S