1 Changes in dconf 0.26.0
2 ========================
6 Changes in dconf 0.25.1
7 ========================
9 - the libdbus-1 backend has been removed. dconf now always uses GDBus.
11 - support has been added for system administration frameworks to set up
12 the dconf profile via a file placed in the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or in
13 /run/dconf/. In the case of the file in /run/dconf/, it is not
14 possible to modify the proile, even via the DCONF_PROFILE environment
15 variable, which makes it slightly more difficult to evade lockdown.
17 - directory resets are now implemented properly in DConfChangeset which
18 means that reading a subkey through a changeset that contains a reset
19 for a parent directory of that key will return TRUE with a NULL value
21 - a new API dconf_client_read_full() has been added which allows
22 reading the user value, the default value, or querying what the
23 effective value would be if a changeset were to be applied.
25 - a new API has been added for listing the locks that are in effect:
26 dconf_client_list_locks()
28 - DConfClient has a new "writability-changed" signal
30 - support for reading default values and listing locks have been added
31 to the dconf commandline tool
33 - support for g_autoptr() has been added for DConfClient and
36 - the handling of reading of default values via GSettings has been made
37 more efficient. More major changes to the GSettings backend are
38 expected in the near future.
40 Changes in dconf 0.24.0
41 ========================
43 The version number was increased and a new entry was added to the NEWS.
45 Changes in dconf 0.23.2
46 ========================
48 - remove dconf-editor manpage (accidentally missed during the split)
50 - fix whitespace issues in 'dconf --help'
52 Changes in dconf 0.23.1
53 ========================
55 - dconf-editor is now in a separate package
57 - portability improvements
59 Changes in dconf 0.22.0
60 ========================
62 - fix handling of floating point keys in editor
64 - update appdata for renamed desktop file
95 Changes in dconf 0.21.0
96 ========================
98 - editor desktop file renamed to ca.desrt.dconf-editor to take advantage of
101 - prevent the service from being released more than once if we receive
102 multiple signals (which caused a hang)
109 Changes in dconf 0.20.0
110 ========================
112 Czech translation updated.
114 Changes in dconf 0.19.92
115 =========================
117 - depend on automake 1.11.2
119 - stop using ACLOCAL_FLAGS
121 - depend on released version of Vala (0.18.0)
123 Changes in dconf 0.19.91
124 =========================
126 - fix an unlikely failure in the fuzz testing of gvdb
128 - fix a thread safety issue with file-db
130 Changes in dconf 0.19.90
131 =========================
133 - dconf compile: always write little endian
135 - file-db: don't install match rules on no bus (fixes gdbus assertion)
137 - update dconf(1) manpage for 'dconf compile'
139 - fix 'make clean' on FreeBSD
141 - editor: provide appdata
143 Translations updates:
144 Ukrainian translation
145 Aragonese translation
148 Changes in dconf 0.19.3
149 ========================
151 - quite a lot of test coverage improvements
153 - Add a proper DCONF_ERROR error domain
155 - suppress GLib deprecation warnings during build
157 - engine: issue warnings about missing files only once per source
159 - engine: grok the WritabilityNotify signal from D-Bus
161 - gsettings: handle writability changes correctly
163 - engine: assorted fixes for issues found during testing
165 - portability: only link to -ldl if it is required
167 - add support for 'file-db' to profiles: this is an absolute path to a
168 immutable dconf database file
170 - add support for finding profiles in XDG_DATA_DIRS if they are not in
173 - add 'dconf compile' command for building dconf databases from
174 keyfiles in arbitrary locations (like from the build system of a
175 project that may want to install a file-db)
177 - editor: add a section separator to the app menu for consistency
179 Changes in dconf 0.19.2
180 ========================
182 - Add support for the new GSettingsBackend.read_user_value() API
184 - bump GLib version depend accordingly (2.39.1)
186 Translations updates:
192 Changes in dconf 0.18.0
193 ========================
195 Translations updates:
203 Changes in dconf 0.17.1
204 ========================
206 Documentation updates, including better coverage of profiles.
208 Translations updates:
229 Changes in dconf 0.17.0
230 ========================
232 Fix a semi-serious thread safety issue:
234 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=703073
236 Some improvements to the editor:
238 - fix some compile warnings
240 - cancel searches on escape
259 Changes in dconf 0.16.0
260 ========================
262 This release one small fix and many translation updates.
264 - Set G_LOG_DOMAIN so that 'dconf' shows in GLib log messages
291 Changes in dconf 0.15.3
292 ========================
294 This release more or less completes the rewriting of dconf-service.
295 Support for backends are now fully-realised (and we have a couple of
296 them as proof). Many small bugs (some with serious symptoms) have been
297 fixed vs. the last release.
299 - fix problem related to empty changesets (caused by empty 'dconf
300 load', for example). These are now handled properly on the server
301 side but also forbidden in the client libraries.
303 - new icons: hicolor icons have been updated and a HighContrast set
306 - loosen some assertions on the order of messages being returned from
307 the service. D-Bus violates this order in the case that the service
308 crashes and that's no reason to take the client with it as well.
310 - improve autogen.sh non-bash compatibility
312 - add some backends to the dconf-service (that were 'considered' as per
313 the last NEWS). The first backend is a null backend that allows for
314 a temporary database tied to the lifetime of the session, possibly
317 - also add a new 'keyfile' backend for the service. This is primarily
318 intended to be used with NFS (where use of mmap is not safe)
320 - add a mkdir() in the case of an empty home directory where
321 ~/.config/dconf does not already exist
323 - fix crashes in the service caused by failures to write (including
324 failures caused by the above issue being overlooked)
326 - work around an issue with a testcase hanging and failing due to a
327 GLib change to the order in which testcases are run
329 - running autoreconf on tarballs should now work
331 Translations updated:
351 663961 Cannot build without a git checkout
352 673834 dconf commandline tool doesn't initialise the locale
353 686998 add keywords to the desktop file
354 687120 gnome-ostree-3.8 triggers expected && oc->change == expected assertion
355 687310 dconf-editor should install a highcontrast app icon
356 689136 Crash in dconf_writer_real_end(): change is NULL (when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dconf does not exist)
357 690316 writer: Fix typo causing segfaults on service shutdown
358 690477 Can't build with gnome-apps-3.6 module set
359 691013 Crash on missing ~/.config/dconf and clear pointer
360 692144 needs a nicer icon
361 692186 build: autogen.sh uses /bin/sh but depends on advanced shell redirection shorthands
363 Changes in dconf 0.15.2
364 ========================
366 - update to the new GVDB API (GBytes based) and refactor a bit
368 - add a new type of "database mode" DConfChangeset and use it
370 - the service has been substantially rewritten
371 - using gdbus-codegen
372 - cache the file contents instead of read/modify/write each time
373 - new DConfWriter abstraction allows considering support for backends
374 - uses only POSIX IO (read and write syscalls) for database access
375 - workaround mmap() bug on OpenBSD
378 - Fix search order of schema dirs
379 - Translate summary and description
386 Changes in dconf 0.15.1
387 ========================
391 - fix reading default values in GSettings backend
394 - support schema overrides
395 - search improvements (search directories, values, descriptions)
396 - correctly get text from schema descriptions
397 - only write window state settings on exit and support fullscreen state
399 - dconf_rebuilder_get_parent: don't leak parent_name
406 - Brazilian Portuguese
410 - Catalan (Valencian)
442 Changes in dconf 0.13.90
443 =========================
445 The only change in this release is the addition of many translations for
448 - Traditional Chinese
459 Changes in dconf 0.13.5
460 ========================
462 - the service no longer attempts to migrate the primary dconf database from
463 its (years) old path ~/.config/dconf to the new ~/.config/dconf/user
465 - fixes for profile file parsing problems
467 - fix obscure race in GDBus handling code that could result in
468 out-of-order message delivery
471 - clean up some messages and mark strings for translations
473 - add Esperanto translation
475 - add manpages for dconf(7), dconf(1), dconf-service and dconf-editor
477 Changes in dconf 0.13.4 (since 0.13.0)
478 =======================================
480 - extensively refactored -- watch for bugs
482 - now depends on GLib 2.33.3 for g_slist_copy_deep() and
483 g_clear_pointer() with workaround for GCC
485 - API of libdconf has changed; soname bumped to libdconf.so.1
487 - installed header layout has changed
489 - there are changes to the API used between the client and the service.
490 New clients will only talk with the new service (so make sure to
491 restart it). Old clients (ie: already-running programs) will
492 continue to be able to talk to the new service version.
494 - there is a now a fairly decent test suite but it requires a full
495 D-Bus environment to run in, so it may make sense to avoid 'make
496 check' on builders for the time being
498 Changes in dconf 0.13.0
499 =======================
501 - now requiring Vala 0.18 (ie: at least 0.17.0)
503 - editor: use GtkApplication and GMenu
504 - editor: support searching for keys
506 - dconf cli: call setlocale() on startup
508 Changes in dconf 0.11.7
509 =======================
511 - engine: don't leak the lock table if a system database changes while
514 - dbus-1: call g_slist_remove_link instead of g_slist_remove
516 - editor: set 'wrap' property on default value label
520 - code cleanup, better error handling
521 - read keyfiles in a defined order (later files take precedence)
522 - don't issue warnings if a key is defined in multiple files
524 Changes in dconf 0.11.6
525 =======================
527 - new DCONF_BLAME mode for debugging spurious dconf writes at login
529 - stop hardcoding the assumption that there will be exactly one user
530 database followed by zero or more system databases
532 - allow DCONF_PROFILE to specify a profile file by absolute path
534 - dbus-1: fix multiple-key change notifications
536 - autogen.sh can now be called from out of tree
538 Changes in dconf 0.11.5
539 =======================
541 - do not install non-standard icon sizes
543 - fix a bug with getting default values when no profile is in use
545 - some general code cleanups on the client side
547 - improve Makefile compatibility: avoid using 'echo -e'
549 Changes in dconf 0.11.3
550 =======================
552 - works with (and only with) Vala 0.15.1
554 - we now have an icon for dconf-editor
556 Changes in dconf 0.11.2
557 =======================
559 - many bugfixes and improvements to the editor, most notably porting to
560 GtkGrid to avoid the GtkTable layout bug that was causing size to be
561 incorrectly allocated
563 - fix a crasher due to invalid string index of -1
565 Changes in dconf 0.10.0
566 =======================
568 The version number was increased and a new entry was added to the NEWS.
570 Changes in dconf 0.9.1
571 ======================
573 - give a g_warning() on failure to communicate with service
575 - remove unworking 'set lock' call from dconf API and commandline tool
577 - add code to exit gracefully on receipt of SIGINT, SIGHUP, SIGTERM
579 - remove "service function" logic; always use the XDG runtime directory
581 Changes in dconf 0.9.0
582 ======================
584 There has been an extremely minor incompatible change in the D-Bus API
585 of dconf this release. From a practical standpoint, this change will
586 have no effect. However, it serves as a reminder that the dconf D-Bus
587 API is private and can change from version to version (and will likely
588 change in the future).
590 As such, it is appropriate for those packaging dconf to kill all running
591 instances of dconf ('killall dconf-service') as part of their postinst
592 for the package. It will be dbus-activated again on the next use.
594 - support loading/storing of maybe types in dconf
596 - remove NFS detection hackery and rely on XDG runtime dir
598 - add proper support for change notification to DConfClient
600 - commandline tool improvements
602 - reset: reset keys or entire subpaths
604 - dump: dump entire subpaths to keyfile format
606 - load: load them back again (maybe at a different path)
608 - watch: actually works now
610 - editor improvements
612 - keys now change in editor when changed from outside
616 - show dconf-editor in applications list
618 - work around incompatible Vala bindings changes with an #if
620 - don't install the bash completion script as executable
622 - fix a warning caused by reusing a GError variable
627 Changes in dconf 0.7.5
628 ======================
630 This release corrects a serious flaw in the previous release: crashing
631 if the database did not already exist.
633 It also contains many fixes and improvements to the dconf-editor,
634 including use of GSettings to store the window geometry.
636 This is the final release before 0.8.0 which will become the first
637 release in a new stable series. Feature development will continue on
638 'master' toward 0.9 past that point.
640 Changes in dconf 0.7.4
641 ======================
643 Changes in this version:
645 - #648949: multithreading issue fixed (which actually affects all
646 GSettings-using programs since dconf is used from a helper thread in
649 - dconf commandline tool is vastly more friendly now
651 - no more aborting on unrecognised arguments
655 - bash completion support
657 - support for sysadmin lockdown
659 - the editor now properly reads installed enum xml files
661 Changes in dconf 0.7.3
662 ======================
664 This release consists almost entirely of fixes made by Robert to
665 dconf-editor. A few other trivial build fixes are included as well
666 (bumping library version dependencies to match reality, etc).
668 Changes in dconf 0.7.2
669 ======================
671 This is entirely a cleanup/fixes release. Some fixes here to make the
672 increasingly-strict toolchain happy, and also some fixes for some
673 crashers in the GSettings backend and service.
675 - remove some unused variables (new GCC gives a warning: #640566, another)
676 - add a mutex to fix multi-threading issue (#640611)
677 - don't crash if we have no D-Bus
678 - clean up symbol exports
679 - fix a crash in the service when using 'reset'
680 - drop old linker options that were for libtool
682 Changes in dconf 0.7.1
683 ======================
685 The last release contained a few problems that caused build failures on
686 some strict linkers. Those should be fixed now.
691 - new library to use dconf with libdbus-1
692 - quite a lot of improvements and bug-fixes in dconf-editor, thanks to
694 - some bug fixes in the GSettings backend (crashers caused by use if
695 custom dconf profiles)
696 - some FreeBSD build fixes
697 - increased Vala dependency to 0.11.4 (required for dconf-editor fixes)
702 - Rewrite a lot of the GSettings backend to reduce GDBus abuse. We use
703 our own worker thread now instead of trying to hijack GDBus's.
704 - disable gobject-introspection support for now
705 - drop support for GTK2 in dconf-editor
706 - Add a new torture-test case
707 - Increase dbus timeout to 2 minutes (in case the service is heavily loaded)
708 - Fix several memory leaks and other bugs
710 Changes in dconf 0.5.1
711 ======================
713 - Adjust to GDBus API changes
714 - Send correct object path in Notify on WriteMany
715 - Use printf() and exit() instead of g_error() to avoid too many crash
717 - Require gobject-introspection 0.9.5
719 - Make dconf-editor optional
720 - Drop libgee requirement for dconf-editor
721 - Tweak shared library installation to make ldconfig happy
722 - Bump .gir version to dconf-1.0
723 - Fix introspection build with recent gobject-introspection
727 =====================
729 - Include a dconf-editor
731 - allow compiling without gobject-introspection
732 - autotools/build fixups
733 - repair some broken use of tags
734 - many updates for glib API changes
735 - fix a crasher in the service
736 - prefer 'automake-1.11' if it is in the path
737 - add support for layering (ie: for system defaults)
738 - add support for multiple writers in one service
739 - add a shared memory status region to indicate if the gvdb is stale
740 this prevents dconf from having to reopen the file each time
741 - support keyfile-maintained system settings (via 'dconf update')
742 - port client library and commandline tool to vala
743 - client library no longer has unimplemented calls
744 (except for write_many_async, due to bugs in valac)
745 - gtk-doc is now complete for the client library
746 - install our own vapi
747 - support 'reset' in the GSettingsBackend
750 =====================
752 - fix crashes when the dconf database doesn't yet exist
753 - add some incomplete gtk-doc
754 - use new GVDB (note: dconf file format has incompatibly changed)
755 - implement GSettings sync()
756 - use string tags instead of sequence numbers since it was impossible
757 to have universally unique sequence numbers
758 - theoretical support for sharing dconf databases between machines with
759 different byte orders
760 - fix bug where first write was not successful when auto-starting
762 - FreeBSD build fixes
763 - client API cleanups
764 - GObject introspection support
765 - enable automake silent rules by default for tarball builds