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<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: no
SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-->
This is the changelog for Calamares. For each release, the major changes and
contributors are listed. Note that Calamares does not have a historical
changelog -- this log starts with version 3.2.0. The release notes on the
website will have to do for older versions.
Calamares version 3.2.61 is the last one to have updated CHANGES-3.2
in the *calamares* (e.g. development, or 3.3, branch). For changes
in the stable release branch, see CHANGES-3.2 in that branch.
# 3.2.61 (2022-08-24) #
This is the second community-maintainence release of Calamares 3.2.
It corrects a handful of bugs foud in the stable release. There
are also translation updates.
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Adriaan de Groot
- Anke Boersma
## Core ##
- The "About" and "Debug" buttons in a QWidgets-based panel were no
longer translated. This has been fixed (by re-using translations
of the same buttons from the QML module. #2030 (Thanks Anke)
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* Python code slipped in that was incompatible with
the minimum required Python version. #2033 (Thanks Adriaan)
- *locale* fixes a large regression introduced with 3.2.60, where
the location picked for many locales was not the same as in 3.2.59,
and generally peculiar (e.g. picking "English" led to "en_AG" which
is nice if you are in Bermuda, but not expected in the rest of the
world). #2008
- *luksopenswaphookcfg* Remove duplicate options. #1659 (Thanks Anke)
# 3.2.60 (2022-06-19) #
This is the first community-maintainence release of Calamares 3.2.
Somewhat ironically, all the commits in the branch come from
Adriaan de Groot -- the community is working in the 3.3 (*calamares*)
branch.
## Core ##
- No core changes
## Modules ##
- *fstab* now warns when the mount options are empty (which is non-
sensical, and indicates that the configuration is bad).
- *locale* does a better job of preserving Catalan (Valencia)
across modules; previously it dropped the *Valencia*
after the locale module unless you specifically re-selected
`ca@valencia` in the locale module. (Reported by Lliurex)
- *welcome* now has text labels on the special buttons (nominally,
this is part of the core, but the *About* button was always on the
welcome page).
# 3.2.59 (2022-05-29) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Arjen Balfoort
This is the final release of Calamares 3.2 where the release is from
the *calamares* branch -- that is, where the primary development
branch is also the branch being released regularly. Future releases
of the 3.2 series are bugfix-only, and no new feature development
or translations are expected. This is also the final release done
*as work-work* by the current maintainer.
## Core ##
- Prep-work for moving the *About Calamares* button to the panels,
rather than keeping it in the Welcome module. The about information
is somewhat more flexible now, so that a new maintainer can be added
easily without frustrating translators.
- The progress panels (both Widgets and QML) now have an About button
on them, showing the traditional *About Calamares* dialog.
- Translations for the (QML) slideshow were not being loaded correctly.
The log is now somewhat more informative when that fails.
## Modules ##
- *fstab* can now be configured to put `/tmp` on a *tmpfs*, and this can
depend on it being on an SSD or not. Options applicable to `/tmp` can
be configured separately as well. #1818 (Thanks Arjen)
- *partition* now has some support for re-using LUKS partitions.
(Thanks Arjen)
- *partition* will cycle out a LUKS key if all the key slots are in use
and a new key is added, rather than crashing the installer. (Thanks Arjen)
- *welcome* and *welcomeq* have no *About* button anymore; this is now
available from the progress panel, since it's also not-really about the
distro itself.
# 3.2.58.2 (2022-05-24)
This is a extra-quick release for an issue that shows up when using a
swap **file** on a btrfs filesystem; the installation would fail with
a Python error, raised from btrfs-progs. Reported by Evan James, Erik
Dubois, TechXero.
# 3.2.58.1 (2022-05-20)
This is a hot-fix release for a regression in the *partition* module where
it was impossible to proceed unless *Encrypt system* was checked.
# 3.2.58 (2022-05-18) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Arjen Balfoort
- Enrique Medina Gremaldos
- Evan James
## Core ##
- Internal improvements to translations-setup means that Catalan (in the
Valencian dialect), Occitan (Lenga d'Oc) and Serbian (in Latin script)
are all better supported. Thanks Enrique.
## Modules ##
- *netinstall* Now displays entries with an empty name slightly differently.
An empty name is not generally useful, but in combination with
*immutable:true* and *selected:false* can be used to introduce separators
or descriptive comments into the list of packages.
- *partition* does not offer full-disk encryption when using ZFS. ZFS and the
way Calamares sets up FDE don't mix well. (Thanks Evan)
- *partition* Various bugs related to LUKS have been fixed. (Thanks Arjen)
- *users* module now has a structured *user* key with settings specific
to the user (shell, in particular). This maintains backwards compatibility
with the *userShell* key.
- *users* module now has lists of forbidden login- and host-names, to
avoid settings that will mess up the install (e.g. using a login-name
that is one of the system's reserved names). #1944
# 3.2.57 (2022-05-04) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Arjen Balfoort (new contributor! Welcome!)
- Victor Fuentes
## Core ##
- Calamares can now be started in Serbian (Latin Script) and Catalan
(Valencia) when the LANG environment variable is set to values
that indicate those languages.
## Modules ##
- *fstab* and *luksbootkeyfile* have better support for an **un**encrypted
`/boot` partition. #1931 (thanks Arjen)
- *packagechooser* and *packagechooserq* can now be given a custom name
in the side-panel. #1932 (thanks Victor)
# 3.2.56 (2022-04-22) #
As of this release, Calamares 3.2 development is winding down. The
reason is simple: systems where the backwards-compatibility of Calamares
3.2 is important are becoming increasingly difficult to work with
for **other** reasons. Foremost among these are deprecated versions
of dependencies and tools. Calamares 3.2 branch remains open for
bugfixes and will see a few more releases, but development is now
shifting wholesale to the newer generation.
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Victor Fuentes (new contributor! Welcome!)
## Core ##
- Changes in git forced some changes on the CI tooling.
## Modules ##
- *locale* showed the wrong timezone for Dhaka, although it configured
the correct one. #1929
- *users* module sets global storage key *fullname* to the full name
of the user (e.g. what is entered in the "your full name" box on the
users page). #1923 (Thanks Victor)
# 3.2.55 (2022-04-11) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- vtriolet (new contributor! Welcome!)
## Core ##
- `readTargetFile()` did not properly return all the lines of the target
file. #1918 (thanks vtriolet)
## Modules ##
- *users* module has rearranged configuration for setting the hostname.
Legacy settings are preserved, but produce a warning. Please see
`users.conf` for details.
- *users* module has a new hostname.location setting, *Transient*, which
will force the installed system to transient-hostname-setting by removing
the file `/etc/hostname`.
- *users* module has a new hostname.template setting, which allows some
tweaking of how the hostname suggestion is constructed. In particular,
it can be configured to use the current hostname (whatever that may be).
See the example `users.conf` for details on available keys.
# 3.2.54 (2022-03-21) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically):
- Bob van der Linden (new contributor! Welcome!)
- El-Wumbus (new contributor! Welcome!)
- Evan James
- Santosh Mahto (new contributor! Welcome!)
## Core ##
- During the installation ("exec") step, while the slideshow is displayed,
there is also a button to show the scrolling installation log as it
is written. (Thanks Bob)
## Modules ##
- *fstab* module correctly handles empty UUID strings. (Thanks Evan)
- *partition* module no longer forgets configured partition-layouts.
It also respects configured partition labels better. (Thanks Santosh)
# 3.2.53 (2022-03-04) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Huang Jia Wen (new contributor! Welcome!)
## Core ##
- Automount-manipulation (to switch off KDE Plasma automounting new devices)
now logs slightly more as it works. Defaults have changed in KDE Plasma
5.24 and it turns out the automount-manipulation does not work well.
Distro's are encouraged to turn off automount in the live ISO (see #1885).
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* now knows about loongarch64 and can install suitable EFI
files for this CPU type. (Thanks Huang Jia Wen)
- Progress reporting for `pacman` from the *packages* module has been switched
off. The progress reporting works under low load, but there are many reports
of it crashing (from XeroLinux and from Evan James, who has been debugging
the issue) during a regular installation with thousands of updates. This
will be revisited in the next release.
- The *umount* module was buggy and did not actually unmount anything.
# 3.2.52 (2022-02-25) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Evan James
## Core ##
- No core changes yet
## Modules ##
- *fstab* recognizes nvme and mmc devices correctly as SSDs now. #1883
- *luksbootkeyfile* handles trailing slashes in mount point
- *partition* can be built with a new `SKIP` option, which skips
the actual formatting steps but does not fail. The old `LAME`
option is renamed `BAIL_OUT`.
- *users* has a new key *sudoersConfigureWithGroup* to allow for
different styles of sudo configuration. #1887
# 3.2.51 (2022-02-01) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Evan James
**WARNING** The *umount* module has been rewritten in C++. Check your
configuration if you previously used the copy-a-log functionality.
## Core ##
- Evan has made a start on documenting which Global Storage keys there
are and how they tie modules together. This can be found in the
`src/modules/README.md` documentation.
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* can now be configured to try to generate a unique
suffix for the bootloader-id. #1820
- *grubcfg* now has a configurable default for kernel parameters,
which allows distributions to change the value from `quiet`.
The default, if nothing is set, remains `quiet`. Use an explicitly-
empty list to specify no-arguments-at-all.
- *packagechooser* can now export its choices for use by the *netinstall*
module. This makes it possible to use *packagechooser* for large-scale
choices, followed by *netinstall* for fine-grained control. (Thanks Evan)
- When the *partition* module has a conflicting configuration for the
swap choices, it prints a warning and uses the configured choice, rather
than always using "suspend". #1881
- The *umount* module has been re-written in C++. The copy-a-log-file
functionality has been removed. Use the *preservefiles* module for that.
# 3.2.50 (2022-01-18) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Erik Dubois
- Evan James
- Johannes Kamprad
- Taejun Park (new contributor, welcome!)
**Replacement notice:** The *umount* module will be replaced by a C++
implementation in the next release. The "preserve log file" feature
will be removed in that release. Use the *preservefiles* module instead.
## Core ##
- No core changes yet
## Modules ##
- *initcpiocfg* mentioned a special kernel-name "all", which did not work,
and a special kernel-name "$uname" which cannot work. Fixed the former
and removed the "$uname" special key. (Thanks Evan)
- *luksswaphookcfg* has been converted to a C++ module.
- *networkcfg* could fail to update the NetworkManager configuration
if the SSID or username contained non-ASCII characters **and** the
default Python text-file encoding was set to ASCII. The files are
now read and written in UTF-8, explicitly. #1848
- *partition* always sets *bigtime* option on XFS filesystems, if possible.
Requires sufficiently-recent xfsprogs. #1874
- *preservefiles* was missing some necessary features, needed for it
to replace the deprecated log-file-saving functionality in the *umount*
module. (Thanks Erik and Joe for testing) #1851
- *umount* is now marked as an emergency module in the example configuration,
since it should **probably** be run as a cleanup. (Thanks Evan)
- *welcome* and *locale* could be confusing, together, and configure
the target system with a language that does not match the installer
language, even though the user did not make any explicit choice.
(Thanks Taejun) #1864
# 3.2.49.1 (2021-12-11) #
This is a hot-fix release, to fix a regression in the calculation of
swap-size. Reported by EndeavourOS (Joe Kamprad) and Xero Linux.
# 3.2.49 (2021-12-10) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Artem Grinev
- Evan James
Distributions are **specifically** reminded to update the *umount* module
configuration (and to use *preservefiles* if needed).
## Core ##
- Errors (e.g. when an installation fails for whatever reason) are displayed
in a dialog with a scrollable details panel, rather than growing up
to the size of the screen. (Thanks Artem)
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* better supports multiple installations of the same OS.
- *mount* supports btrfs subvolumes on subdirectories of / now.
- *partition* now supports "deep" btrfs subvolume names, e.g. a
separate subvolume for `/usr/local`. (Thanks Evan)
- The *umount* module now warns if the "preserve log file" feature is used.
This has been deprecated for a long time: use the *preservefiles* module
instead. A future release will turn this into an error.
# 3.2.48 (2021-12-03) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Evan James
## Core ##
- Python modules now have `warn()` and `error()` methods they can call,
alongside the existing `debug()` and `warning()` (all live in the
*libcalamares.utils* module).
- Python modules can load YAML files via `libcalamares.utils.load_yaml()`.
This may be the most useful for test-scripts.
## Modules ##
- *fstab* now has a separate, special, flags-setting for swap subvolumes
on btrfs. A swap subvolume is created if a swap **file** (not a separate
partition) is selected in the auto-partitioning page. (Thanks Evan)
- When using btrfs, the *mount* module creates subvolumes. It was not
possible to **avoid** having a subvolume name created for the root.
This is now possible. #1837
- The *packages* module now has some special settings for the `pacman`
package manager (generally used on Arch-derivatives). This allows
tweaking of the installation process, if downloads are slow or
packages may fail to install. See the `packages.conf` file for
details. (Thanks Evan)
# 3.2.47 (2021-11-19) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Evan James
- Jonas Strassel
## Core ##
- The translation for Sinhala (`si`) has reached 100%. Thank you to
හෙළබස and Sandaruwan, translators for Sinhala, for special effort
in completing that translation.
- Logging now supports Redacted names. This reduces the scope for
leaking names or other private information through the logs
(if they are posted to a pastebin). A name is redacted consistently
within one run of Calamares, but differently each time.
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* with systemd-boot now handles root subvolumes better
(Thanks Evan)
- *displaymanager* supports the *greetd* display manager, which is a
kind of meta-DM itself, supporting multiple greeters. (Thanks Jonas)
- *finishedq* now has an extra example QML file that builds the UI in
a different fashion, demonstrating how a mobile-OS customization of
Calamares would present the "all done" message.
- *fstab* has an example configuration file that mentioned `space_cache`
as an option. Since 2014 there was only one possible value, so this
option matched the default-and-only value. Newer kernels with newer
btrfs versions have a `v2` option value as well. Remove the example
option, since the kernel automatically picks the right value, while
setting it to the wrong one may prevent the system from booting.
(Thanks Evan)
- The *partition* module no longer logs recognizable disk names or
UUIDs. These are redacted in the logs. #1593
- The *partition* module, together with the new *zfs* module and changes
in *mount* and *bootloader* can install to ZFS **if** the distribution
kernel supports it. ZFS tools are required, as well as the relevant
kernel modules. See the `README.md` in the *zfs* module. (Thanks Evan)
# 3.2.46 (2021-11-09) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Philip Müller
## Core ##
- A new core class `Runner` is now responsible for running commands
either in the host or in the target system. This is invisible for
end-users, but **does** expand the API available to consumers inside
Calamares modules. In particular, Python modules can now easily read
and respond to command output. #1740
## Modules ##
- *fstab* writes a slightly different message in `/etc/crypttab`
about the root filesystem. Since Calamares itself ignores the
(previous wording of) message, it was confusing. #1811
- *packages* module has some support for reporting progress while
the packages are installed. This depends on the package-manager itself
reporting useful progress information **and** the *packages* module having
support-code to interpret that progress. A proof-of-concept for `pacman`
has been implemented. #1582
- *partition* has a number of edge-cases for LVM and LUKS resolved. #1564 #1817
- *partition* module once again always offers `/boot` as a mount-point, even
when EFI would want `/boot/efi`. (Thanks Phil)
- *summary* had a regression and showed some descriptive texts twice.
# 3.2.45 (2021-10-31) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Evan James (new contributor, welcome!)
## Core ##
- New internal convenience functions from Evan
## Modules ##
- *packagechooser* now displays screenshots nicely-scaled
rather than jagged. (#1807)
- *partition* module removes ZFS partitions directly. At install-time,
we think that the partitions should be handled separately from a
zpool that potentially includes those partitions. (Thanks Evan)
- *services-systemd* supports timers, e.g. for weekly trim on SSDs.
(Thanks Evan)
# 3.2.44.3 (2021-10-04) #
This is not a hotfix release, but a tiny-tiny incremental improvement
that fixes one hugely annoying -- user-facing message presenting
bytes as mebibytes -- bug in the partition module.
## Modules ##
- The *partition* module now consistently uses the configured EFI
partition size (defaults to 300MiB).
- Internal changes in the *summary* module to increase consistency
between *summary* and *summaryq*.
# 3.2.44.2 (2021-09-27) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Corey Lang (new contributor, welcome!)
This is a hotfix for a typo -- not a syntax error -- that affects the
*networkcfg* module. Reported and fixed by Corey.
# 3.2.44.1 (2021-09-24) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
This is a hotfix for a typo -- not a syntax error -- that affects the
*initcpiocfg* module. Reported and fixed by Anke.
# 3.2.44 (2021-09-24) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Shrinivas Vishnu Kumbhar (new contributor, welcome!)
- whorfin (new contributor, welcome!)
## Core ##
- "Log spam" has been reduced a little in the partitioning module.
## Modules ##
- *initcpiocfg* has had a number of internal code-fixes, and now adds
the `consolefont` hook by default as well. (Thanks Shrinivas)
- Both *locale* and *keyboard* have received some tweaks for configurations
in India; unless the user selects otherwise, English is preferred.
- The *luksbootkeyfile* module was reported to be too quick to declare
a timeout when applying the keyfile. The timeout has been increased
to one minute. (Thanks whorfin)
- *networkcfg* tries harder to find the live-user login for re-working
networking settings. This fixes a regression on FerenOS, where the
installer was crashing because it could not find the live-user login.
# 3.2.43 (2021-09-17) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Joe Kamprad
## Core ##
- Translations have been made more consistent. In particular, some *OK*,
*Yes*, *No* and *Cancel* buttons that were previously untranslated
or "stuck" in the language that Calamares started in, are now
changed to the current language as selected in the welcome page.
- Documentation improvements from Joe Kamprad. A *sizeLimit* of zero
(which is the default if nothing is set in the branding configuration)
disables log uploads.
## Modules ##
- The *keyboardq* module (QML-based UI for keyboard-layout-selection)
now features an interactive keyboard preview and has the
layout adjusted. (Thanks Anke)
# 3.2.42 (2021-09-06) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Artem Grinev
- Nico 'dr460nf1r3' (new contributor, welcome!)
- Waneon Kim (new contributor, welcome!)
## Core ##
- No core changes yet
## Modules ##
- BTRFS partitions are no longer listed as "check in phase 2" in
the *fstab* module. (Thanks Nico)
- The *keyboard* module (and *keyboardq*) now pick an English layout
(with Rupee) for keyboards when the language is English and locale is India,
rather than Hindi layout.
- The *localeq* module had the i18n.qml rewritten to make it easier
to customize. A bug in the layout has been fixed, and the overall
look has been updated.
- *networkcfg* now translates the "live user" on an ISO to the regular
user on the installed system, so that network configuration changes
made in the live system are automatically used after installation. #1755
- *partition* no longer allows you to delete an extended partition with
children (which led to crashes). #1749 (Thanks Artem)
- *partition* complains in more detail about the state of the UEFI
boot partition (under manual partitioning schemes). #1761
- *welcome* can now check multiple URLs to determine if internet connectivity
is available. It is still recommended to check the distro home-page or
some special "ping" page of the distro, although that has some privacy
implications; using example.com or google.com may work as well. Listing
multiple URLs will ping each of them in turn until one succeeds. #1669
- The work to make a QML version available for all view modules is almost
completed. Two new QML modules have been added *packagechooserq* and *summaryq*.
Summaryq brings the option to present the summary page in a customizable
way, with a bit more of a contemporary look. Packagechooserq adds the option
to preselect an item and displays all options in one overview.
(Thanks Anke)
# 3.2.41.1 (2021-08-05) #
This is a hotfix release for a crash in the *partition* module, reported on
KDE neon. #1746
# 3.2.41 (2021-07-31) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Camilo Higuita
## Core ##
- The (re)translation framework has been internally re-vamped to be
less resource-intensive and to work with all QObjects, not just
widgets. Consumers of the translations framework are expected to
set up the event filter on the top-level widget(s) manually. Since
Calamares and the Calamares-test-applications have been adjusted already,
no further action is needed.
## Modules ##
- When the *keyboard* module is activated, it no longer replaces
an explicit user choice (e.g. for a Belgian layout) by a guessed-for-
this-language layout (e.g. Danish if you're installing in Danish).
- Logic for handling installation lists has been moved around in the
*packages* module so that package managers can, in principle,
adjust how to handle critical and non-critical package lists.
- In the *partition* module, translation code has been simplified.
- The *usersq* module has had a fair bit of QML rewritten to make it easier
to customize the colors used by the module in a consistent way.
(Thanks Anke)
- *Welcome* now uses a translated message from the Config object,
increasing the sharing between widgets- and QML-modules.
# 3.2.40 (2021-07-14) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Anubhav Choudhary (SoK success!)
- Emmanuel Arias (new contributor! welcome!)
- Erik Dubois
- Jerrod Frost (new contributor! welcome!)
- Jia Chao (new contributor! welcome!)
- Joe Kamprad
- Lisa Vitolo (blast from the past!)
- Omer I.S. (new contributor! welcome!)
In project news, chat (instant-messaging) communications has largely
moved to Matrix and Libera.Chat. CI notifications -- issues and build
results -- are sent to Matrix only.
## Core ##
- The CMake modules for consumption by external modules (e.g. the
calamares-extensions repository, but also any other modules built
by distro's for internal use) now support consistent skip-module
behavior and reporting. #1641 (one tiny part of this change)
- In global storage, the *filesystem_use* key now has an API in
libcalamares to systematically mark filesystem (types) as "in use"
or not. This, in turn, means that modules can depend on that information
for other work (e.g. removing drivers for unused filesystems). #1635
- The "upload log file" now has a configurable log-file-size. (Thanks Anubhav)
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* can now install an aarch64 (ARM) compatible EFI GRUB. (Thanks Jia)
- *displaymanager* example configuration has been shuffled around a bit,
for better results when the live image is running XFCE. Also lists
more potential display managers. #1205 (Thanks Erik)
- *keyboard* now switches on an alternate `en_US` keyboard layout when
Arabic or Hebrew is selected as primary layout. (Thanks Omer)
- *localeq* now has a fully functional offline option (alongside the default
interactive map option, which requires internet).
- The *netinstall* module can now fall back to alternative URLs when
loading groups data. The first URL to yield a non-empty groups
collection is accepted. No changes are needed in the configuration. #1673
- *packagechooser* can now integrate with the *packages* module; that
means you can specify package names to install for a given selection,
and the regular package-installation mechanism will take care of it.
Legacy configurations that use *contextualprocess* are still supported.
See the `packagechooser.conf` file for details. #1550
- A long-neglected pull request from Lisa Vitolo for the *partition*
module -- allowing to set filesystem labels during manual partitioning --
has been revived and merged.
- The *partition* manager has had a long-standing bug with partition-flags
and manual partitioning resolved. This may help resolve some installation
issues on UEFI systems. #1724
- *usersq* is further implemented and can now be used for a successful install.
Not all warning messages available in the regular users module are implemented.
# 3.2.39.3 (2021-04-14) #
A minor bugfix tweak release. Since this contains yet **another**
autologin-related fix, and there is nothing large enough to justify
a 3.2.40 release yet, add it to the growing tail of 3.2.39. (Reported
by Joe Kamprad, #1672). Also fixes a regression from 3.2.28 in
localized packages (e.g. *package-LOCALE* did not work).
# 3.2.39.2 (2021-04-02) #
This is **another** hotfix release for issues around autologin ..
autoLogin, really, since the whole problem is that internal capitalization
changed. An unrelated bug in writing /etc/default/keyboard was
also fixed. (Reported by pcrepix, #1668)
# 3.2.39.1 (2021-03-30) #
This hotfix release corrects a regression in the *displaymanager*
module caused by changes in the *users* module; autologin was
internally renamed and no longer recognized by the *displaymanager*
module. (Reported by Erik Dubois, #1665)
# 3.2.39 (2021-03-19) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Matti Hyttinen
## Core ##
- A *packages* service has been added to the core, for use by
*netinstall* module and any others that need to set up
package information for the *packages* module.
## Modules ##
- The *mount* module has gained a configurable setup for btrfs volumes.
If your distro has a default-to-btrfs setup, it can skip the hard-
coded setup (which Calamares has had for a long time with @home
and similar) and introduce a custom btrfs configuration through the
`mount.conf` file. See issues #1659 and #1661 for warnings about
using this in production.
- *netinstall* now supports fallbacks for the groups data.
Instead of a single URL, multiple URLs may be specified in
a list and Calamares goes through them until one is successfully
retrieved. Older configurations with a single string are
treated like a one-item list. #1579
- The *usersq* module now connects to the internal configuration
object and may be usable for regular installations.
# 3.2.38.1 (2021-03-15) #
This hotfix release is for this item in the release notes of 3.2.38:
- The .desktop file for Calamares now makes a longer trip, calling
`sh -c "pkexec calamares"`; distributions may still need to adjust.
The change had been lost while updating other files. It has been restored
in `calamares.desktop` and `calamares.desktop.in`. (Reported by Erik)
Other minor changes and fixes:
- presets in the *users* module show the hostname, too,
- translations update for Korean, Ukranian and Chinese (zh_TW).
# 3.2.38 (2021-03-14) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Anubhav Choudhary
- Neal Gompa
## Core ##
- Uploading your log files (in case of installation failure) has been
expanded and is now more configurable. Users should still take care
when uploading logs, and distro's should configure a URL with
no public viewing of those logs. (Thanks Anubhav)
- The .desktop file for Calamares now makes a longer trip, calling
`sh -c "pkexec calamares"`; distributions may still need to adjust.
## Modules ##
- A new QML-based *finishedq* module has been added. (Thanks Anke)
- The *packages* module no longer supports *urpmi*; no Calamares-
consumers with that package manager seem to exist. (Thanks Neal)
- The *users* module now can set a fixed username and prevent editing.
The *presets* configuration entry in `users.conf` can set a *loginName*
and a *fullName* and (independently) enable or disable editing of
that value. You can, for instance, set *loginName* to "manjaro" if
you like; the user can change it afterwards. You could set the
*loginName* to "oem" and prevent editing it as well. #942
# 3.2.37 (2021-02-23) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- benne-dee
## Core ##
- Calamares has a table of 'best guess' languages for each country
and when GeoIP is enabled, it will automatically select that
country's language as default -- the user can of course pick
a different one. The 'best guess' is based on Unicode / ISO
data, which is sometimes dubious. Based on some personal notes,
the 'best guess' language for Belarus has been changed to Russian.
- Calamares has a table of 'best guess' keyboard mappings,
allowing native language input. However, usernames and
passwords should be in US-ASCII (this is a limitation of
the login system -- **some** parts of the system will support
non-ASCII input, but it's better safe than sorry).
Add Greek to the list of languages that needs US-ASCII
in addition to native input.
- The CI infrastructure now builds Calamares and Calamares-extensions
on a nightly basis.
## Modules ##
- The *netinstall* module has a YAML schema, allowing packagers
to validate and verify their netinstall configurations before
shipping an ISO (or writing bug reports). Thanks benne-dee.
- The *finished* module has been heavily refactored, opening
the way to a QML-based version of the same module. This is
also preparatory work for allowing packagers (e.g. PostmarketOS)
to customize the messages on the finished page.
# 3.2.36 (2021-02-03) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anubhav Choudhary
- benne-dee
- Gaël PORTAY
- Jonas Strassel
- Kevin Kofler
- Matti Hyttinen
- Neal Gompa
## Core ##
- It is now possible to hide the *next* and *back* buttons during
the "exec" phase of installation. Thanks Anubhav.
- The Calamares CI has migrated to GitHub actions. Thanks Jonas.
## Modules ##
- *bootloader* now uses the current file names for the UEFI Secure Boot
shim instead of obsolete ones.
- The *mount* module creates swap in its own subvolume, if btrfs is used.
Thanks Matti.
- *partition* includes more information about what it will do, including
GPT partition types (in human-readable format, if possible). Thanks Gaël.
- Some edge-cases with overlay filesystems have been resolved in the
*partition* module. Thanks Gaël.
- During the creation of filesystems and partitions, automounting is
turned off (if DBus is available, and the host system supports
KDE Solid automount control). This should reduce the number of
failed installations if automount grabs partitions while they are
being created. The code is prepared to handle other ways to control
automount-behavior as well.
# 3.2.35.1 (2020-12-07) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anubhav Choudhary
- Matti Hyttinen
Some strange string artifacts appeared, leading to `{1?}` being
displayed in various user-facing messages. These have been removed
and the translations updated.
## Modules ##
- The *initcpiocfg* module would sometimes configure the system to ask
for a passphrase, when none is needed.
# 3.2.35 (2020-11-30) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Clarissa Borges
- Matti Hyttinen
A new kind of issue template has been added for Calamares,
for reporting (and adding tests for) usability issues. Thanks
to Clarissa for leading that effort.
## Core ##
- No core changes yet
## Modules ##
- The *partition* module now supports a not-full-disk-encryption setup,
where `/boot` is not encrypted, but the rest of the system is.
- The *plasmalnf* module has been substantially rewritten, so that it
can support a QML version of the module in future. The UI has changed
a little, and now displays more themes than before.
# 3.2.34 (2020-11-16) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Artem Grinev
- Gaël PORTAY
## Core ##
- No core changes yet
## Modules ##
- The *keyboard* module had a regression in which it no-longer painted
the keycaps in the keyboard preview. (reported by Vinnie)
- The *plasmalnf* module did not set all of the look-and-feel values
in the target system. (reported by Bluestar Linux)
- In the *users* module, warnings about the strength of the password
are now correctly pluralized when possible.
- In the *users* module, if ICU is installed, the user's full name is
automatically transliterated to US-ASCII (for some locales; this will
need tweaking) so that the login name is acceptable. (Thanks Artem)
# 3.2.33 (2020-11-09) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Andrius Štikonas
- Artem Grinev
- Gaël PORTAY
- Matti Hyttinen
- TTran Me
## Core ##
- Calamares now sets the C++ standard for compilation to C++17; this
is for better compatibility and fewer warnings when building with
modern KDE Frameworks and KPMcore 4.2.0.
- Vietnamese translations have been added. Welcome! (Thanks TTran)
## Modules ##
- The *initcpiocfg* module should support plymouth with encryption
now. (Thanks Matti)
- The *keyboard* and *keyboardq* modules now share backend code
and handle non-ASCII layouts better (for setting passwords
and usernames). (Thanks Artem)
- Various cleanups and documentation improvements in the *partition*
module, and configurable GPT name for swap. (Thanks Gaël)
- A long-standing bug related to GPT partition flags in the
*partition* module has been resolved. #1327 #1267
- The *users* module now has a more detailed way to specify
user groups -- which may be system groups rather than user-GIDs.
A new option in each group can require that the group already
exists in the target system, allowing for better consistency checks
with the squashfs. #1523
# 3.2.32.1 (2020-10-17) #
This is a release to address source-incompatible changes in KPMcore 4.2.0,
which was released just before Calamares 3.2.32 and had not yet been
compile-tested. There is also one changed message in the translations,
reported by Yuri Chornoivan.
# 3.2.32 (2020-10-16) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Fabian Tomat
- Gaël PORTAY
## Core ##
- When doing GeoIP lookups, Calamares pretends to be Firefox.
This resolves an issue where the GeoIP provider was refusing
QNAM connections with the default User-Agent.
- New translation available, Friulian. Welcome!
## Modules ##
- The *netinstall* module has some tricky configuration files;
it now complains about more cases of bad syntax or poor structure.
- The *partition* module can now be constrained to work only with
a particular kind of partition table. (thanks Gaël)
- The *partition* module is a little more resilient to variations
in btrfs notation from os-prober.
- The *shellprocess* module now supports having a different progress
message (other than "Shell Processes Job") through the config file.
# 3.2.31 (2020-10-06) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Corentin Noël
- kadler15 (new contributor! hi!)
## Core ##
- At the start of the *exec* phase, an overview is given of the
various job weights, which allows you to tweak the overall
progress reporting during the installation.
- Problems with running Calamares on a 1-core single CPU have been resolved.
## Modules ##
- The *keyboard* module now recognizes Turkish "F" layout and
will set the vconsole keyboard layout correctly even if xkb
keymaps are not found.
- The *machineid* module, which generates UUIDs for systemd and dbus
and can generate entropy files (filled from `/dev/urandom` in the host
system) now supports more than one entropy file; generate them as needed
(or copy a fixed value to all, depending on *entropy-copy*). Deprecate
*entropy* (which generates a specific output file) as too inflexible.
- In the *partition* module, swap can now be chosen as *file*, which is
**not** create a swap partition, but write a `/swapfile` in the root
directory, 512MiB large, and set that as swap. There is as yet no
"smarts" about the size of the swap file.
- Multiple problems in the *partition* module around partition
sizing have been resolved by Corentin Noël.
- The *preservefiles* module documentation did not match the functionality,
and when used, didn't work right. #1521 (thanks kadler15)
- Progress reporting from the *unpackfs* module has been revamped:
it reports more often now, so that it is more obvious that files
are being transferred even when the percentage progress does not
change.
- The *unpackfs* module now supports a *weight* setting for each
of the unpack entries. For a single entry this does not matter,
but if there are multiple entries it allows tweaking the relative
progress between each entry.
# 3.2.30 (2020-09-03) #
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Anke Boersma
- Asif Mahmud Shimon
- Manzoor Ahmed Munawar
- Sai Kamal
- Victor Ibragimov