Zero Install for Windows 2.9 released

"Bastian Eicher" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.zero-install.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Version 2.9 of the Windows version of Zero Install has been released.
Changes since version 2.8 (including intermediate patch releases) include:

Technical improvements:
 * Replaced bundled GnuPG executable with BouncyCastle library (improved
performance and more reliable error handling)
 * Store automatically imported public keys used for feed signature
verification in isolated keyring rather than common GnuPG keyring
 * Use feed mirror server as fallback source for key files and archives as
well

GUI improvements:
 * Language switcher in "Options" window
 * Redesigned Sync setup wizard (added support for Windows file shares as
server)

New command-line options:
 * 0install select/download/run --language= for specifying the preferred
language for an implementation
 * 0install list-apps to list all apps in the "My applications" list
 * 0install catalog search/refresh/add/remove/reset/list for managing
catalog sources

Command-line improvements:
 * 0install add-feed automatically sets stability policy to "testing" if a
feed only contains a "testing" implementation
 * 0install store audit/optimise/purge do not create non-existing cache dirs
 * 0install add/remove/integrate --machine (machine-wide desktop
integration) are rejected for per-user Zero Install instances
 * Show hint how to use 0install remove-feed if the Solver fails because of
a missing registered feed

OneGet improvements:
 * Separate provider 0install-Machine for machine-wide mode
 * Added -SearchMirror option
 * Return entire catalog for Find-Package with empty name
 * Perform desktop integration before download
 * Reduced volume of progress reports

New Translations:
 * Greek by Wasilis (beonex)
 * Turkish by Ozancan Karataş and Kaya Zeren

Bugfixes:
 * Fixed extracting TAR archives with hardlinks
 * Fixed handling of empty config values
 * 0install remove-all: Fixed "Collection was modified" error
 * 0alias: Fixed "ConflictException" error

Existing installations can be updated from the main GUI by clicking on the
yellow update notice.
You can also trigger an immediate update using the command line: 0install
self-update
For new installations please download here: https://0install.de/downloads/


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