From a8df6870179dc251812d58bdac600ea9d49ec9f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Panu Matilainen Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:11:45 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Trim the main page news down to about a year --- index.md | 81 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 81 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 55cf7ac..495c6a4 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -116,85 +116,4 @@ capable of * Removal of various deprecated and/or unused APIs * Various internal code cleanups -#### RPM 4.19.0 RC1 released (Sep 04 2023) -* This is a release candidate with minor enhancements and bug fixes since BETA. -* See [draft release notes](wiki/Releases/4.19.0) for details and download information -* Highlights include: - * New `rpmspec` aliases for weak dependency queries - * More consistent behavior with `%optflags` and noarch builds - * Test-suite fixes and tweaks to the new container-based backend - * Export our libraries as a CMake `find_package()` config - * Default to C.UTF-8 locale in CMake - * Other CMake fixes and tweaks - -#### CI migrated from SemaphoreCI Classic to GitHub Actions (Aug 03 2023) -* Due to the planned [discontinuation](https://semaphoreci.com/blog/semaphore-classic-deprecation) - of SemaphoreCI Classic starting in early September 2023, we have moved to - GitHub Actions for our CI needs - (see [#2569](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/2569) for more details). - -#### RPM 4.19.0 BETA released (Aug 02 2023) -* This is a feature-complete pre-release with a number of bug fixes since ALPHA2. -* See [draft release notes](wiki/Releases/4.19.0) for details and download information -* Highlights include: - * New `sysusers.sh` script as a drop-in replacement for `systemd-sysusers(8)` - * New `%{specpartsdir}` macro for configuring the spec snippet location - * New `%{rpmversion}` macro for obtaining the running RPM version - * New Python binding usage examples - * Adoption of Linux containers in the test-suite, replacing `fakechroot(1)` - * Platform detection fixes and improvements for x86 CPUs - * Chroot handling fixes - -#### RPM 4.19.0 ALPHA2 released (Jun 09 2023) -* This is a bug fix update to address a couple of issues found by the early - adopters of ALPHA1, mostly related to some bits and pieces missed during the - CMake transition. -* See [draft release notes](wiki/Releases/4.19.0) for details and download information - -#### RPM 4.19.0 ALPHA released (Apr 13 2023) -* See [draft release notes](wiki/Releases/4.19.0) for details and download information -* Highlights include: - * New spec snippet [support](https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/dynamic_specs.html) for dynamic spec generation - * New `sysusers.d(5)` [integration](https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/users_and_groups.html) for automated user and group handling - * Memory and address-space aware build resource allocation - * Proper shell-like globbing and escaping in `%files` and CLI - * New CMake build system - * Translations [split off](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm-l10n/) - * Removal of various deprecated and/or unused APIs - * Various internal code cleanups - -#### RPM 4.18.1 released (Mar 13 2023) -* This is a bug fix release addressing a number of regressions and other issues. -* See [release notes](wiki/Releases/4.18.1) for details and download information -* Highlights include: - * Preserve packages bit-by-bit again when adding and then removing signatures - * Fix install of block and character special files - * Disable `debuginfod` server lookups during package builds - * Plugin fixes (fapolicyd and selinux) - * Various OpenPGP and macro parser fixes - -#### RPM v6 package format draft published (Jan 30 2023) -* The initial v6 format draft is now [up for discussion](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/discussions/2374) - -#### RPM 4.18.0 released (Sep 20 2022) -* See [release notes](wiki/Releases/4.18.0) for details and download information -* Highlights include: - * Big file handling rework to address a class of symlink vulnerabilities - during install, restore and erasure - * More intuitive conditional builds macro `%bcond` - * Weak dependencies accept qualifiers like `meta` and `pre` now - * New Sequoia-based OpenPGP backend - * New interactive shell for working with macros (`rpmspec --shell`) and embedded Lua (`rpmlua`) - * New `%conf` spec section for build configuration - * New `rpmuncompress` cli tool simplifies unpacking multiple sources - * Numerous macro improvements and fixes - * Numerous internal OpenPGP parser correctness and security fixes - -#### POPT 1.19 released (Sep 20 2022) -* See [release notes](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt/releases/tag/popt-1.19-release) for full details and download information -* Highlights since popt 1.18 include - * Two regressions from 1.18 fixed - * Code cleanups and fixes - * License clarification - For older news, head over to [RPM timeline](timeline.html).