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Adding upstream version 48.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
2025-06-22 21:00:23 +02:00

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Version 48.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-06-02
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Improve memory fragmentation after checking for updates
This release also updates translations:
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* French (Vincent Chatelain)
* Hindi (Scrambled 777)
* Japanese (Takayuki Kusano)
* Latvian (Rūdolfs Mazurs)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
Version 48.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-04-10
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Improve contrast of some app safety ratings in dark mode
* Improve error handling when fetching app reviews
This release also updates translations:
* English (United Kingdom) (Andi Chandler)
* German (Philipp Kiemle, Martin Wagner)
* Kabyle (Athmane MOKRAOUI)
* Nepali (Pawan Chitrakar)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
* Uzbek (Baxrom Raxmatov)
* Vietnamese (Cas Pascal)
Version 48.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-03-14
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Correctly show update detail text not provided in markdown
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Saratsua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Bokmål, Norwegian (Brage Fuglseth)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas i Hernandez, Francesc Busquets)
* Danish (Alan Mortensen)
* Filipino (Iverson Briones)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Andika Triwidada)
* Nepali (Pawan Chitrakar)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Romanian (Antonio Marin)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
Version 48~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-02-28
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Minor interface improvements on the updates page
* Various minor performance improvements
* Improve error handling for app launches and distribution upgrades
* Fix a crash on the app review dialog
* Fix version checks preventing some firmware updates when historical updates are also listed
* Fix a crash when copying error details
* Minor interface improvements to search
* Improvements to flatpak permissions checking for D-Bus
This release also updates translations:
* Bulgarian (twlvnn kraftwerk)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Chinese (China) (Luming Zh)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (Cheng-Chia Tseng)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* French (Vincent Chatelain)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* Hebrew (Yaron Shahrabani)
* Korean (Seong-ho Cho)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Rafael Fontenelle)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Slovenian (Martin)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 48~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-01-31
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Support installing flatpaks via a flatpak+https: link
* Fix notifying about outdated updates when in power saver mode or offline
* Prioritise verified apps in source list
This release also updates translations:
* Bulgarian (twlvnn kraftwerk)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Slovenian (Martin)
Version 48~alpha3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-01-14
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Fix downloads of firmware updates
* Fix the release process
This release also updates translations:
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Slovenian (Martin)
Version 48~alpha2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-01-04
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Fix the release process
Version 48~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2025-01-04
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Include dependencies in estimated download size
* Improve performance when loading updates
* Fix interface freeze when upvoting/downvoting reviews
* Various minor interface improvements for keyboard navigation and small screens
* Fix crash when uninstalling snaps
* Add experimental systemd-sysupdate plugin
* Warn about microphone permissions if an app has PipeWire access
This release also updates translations:
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas i Hernandez, Jordi Mas)
* Dutch (Nathan Follens)
* French (Vincent Chatelain)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti)
* Hebrew (Yaron Shahrabani)
* Kabyle (Athmane MOKRAOUI)
* Latvian (Rūdolfs Mazurs)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Rafael Fontenelle)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Serbian (Марко Костић, Милош Поповић)
* Slovak (Jose Riha)
* Slovenian (Martin)
* Thai (Aefgh Threenine)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 47.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-09-12
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Do not install example featured software lists by default (packagers should use gnome-app-list
instead)
This release also updates translations:
* Bokmål, Norwegian (Brage Fuglseth)
* Bulgarian (twlvnn kraftwerk, Alexander Shopov)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas i Hernandez)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Danish (Alan Mortensen)
* English (United Kingdom) (Bruce Cowan)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Andika Triwidada)
* Italian (Davide Ferracin)
* Kazakh (Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Juliano de Souza Camargo)
* Spanish (Daniel, Daniel Mustieles)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
* Thai (Aefgh Threenine)
* Turkish (Emin Tufan Çetin)
Version 47~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-08-30
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Update help pages and add some translations of them
* Correct tooltips of review voting buttons
* Lower power consumption when certain pages are not visible
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Bokmål, Norwegian (Brage Fuglseth)
* Chinese (China) (Luming Zh)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti, Tim Sabsch)
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Giannis Antypas)
* Hindi (Scrambled 777)
* Korean (Seong-ho Cho)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Rafael Fontenelle, Juliano de Souza Camargo)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Slovak (Matej Mrenica)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 47~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-08-02
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Shorten text in some notifications
* Fix Orca not reading the contents in Preferences dialog
* Enhance behavior of a review row
* Added plugin to ease installation of DKMS and akmods key with enabled Secure Boot
This release also updates translations:
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Efstathios Iosifidis)
* Hebrew (Yaron Shahrabani, Yosef Or Boczko)
* Hindi (Scrambled 777)
* Slovenian (Martin)
Version 47~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-06-28
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Fix a crash when updating apps when built with Mogwai
* Fix a crash when installing flatpak application
* Correct desktop/mobile hardware support detection
* Correct state of Fedora upgrade
* Several fixes in historical updates for rpm-ostree
* Fix a crash when no appstream data is found
* Correct app safety calculation
* Correct Flatpak system and user apps recognition
* Slightly speed-up rpm-ostree metadata refresh
* Show "Install All" button only for codecs
* Prefer vendor name from os release in app origin
* Make more jobs asynchronous
* Port to recent Adwaita widgets
This release also updates translations:
* Catalan (Jordi Mas i Hernandez)
* Chinese (China) (Boyuan Yang)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Dutch (Nathan Follens)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Kabyle (Athmane MOKRAOUI)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Serbian (Милош Поповић)
* Slovenian (Martin)
* Spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 46.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-03-15
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Improvements for screen readers
* Stop loading updates in a loop on Debian
This release also updates translations:
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Danish (Alan Mortensen)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* French (Vincent Chatelain)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Kukuh Syafaat)
* Korean (Seong-ho Cho)
* Latvian (Rūdolfs Mazurs)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Juliano de Souza Camargo)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
* Thai (Aefgh Threenine)
* Turkish (Emin Tufan Çetin)
Version 46~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-03-01
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Various UI text improvements
* Fix launch of some apps
* Fix invalid app state after it's uninstalled
* Fix read of app description text
* Do not ask to reboot after failed firmware update
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Bokmål, Norwegian (Brage Fuglseth)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas, Quique Serrano)
* Chinese (China) (Boyuan Yang)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Dutch (Nathan Follens)
* English (United Kingdom) (Andi Chandler)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti, Philipp Kiemle)
* Hebrew (Yaron Shahrabani)
* Indonesian (Kukuh Syafaat)
* Kazakh (Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)
* Latvian (Rūdolfs Mazurs)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Slovenian (Matej Urbančič)
* Spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
* Thai (Aefgh Threenine)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 46~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-02-09
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Show feedback for all conditions that pause automatic updates
* Various UI improvements and move to new libadwaita widgets
* Fix loading OS AppStream catalog data if it is available as YAML
* Add openSUSE Leap distro upgrade plugin
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (Juliano de Souza Camargo)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
Version 46~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2024-01-05
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Recognize links in package update descriptions
* Expose package names discreetly in the UI
* Increase speed of load of the category pages
* Improve search match with multiple words
* Recognize verified apps by Flathub
* Correct message when installing firmware updates
* Improve application safety checks
* Improve update preferences dialog
* Fix deadlock when cancelling app update
* Support user installation of local flatpak files
* Fix apps appearing unsorted and without tiles in category page
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Chinese (China) (Boyuan Yang)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (Andre Klapper)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Romanian (Florentina Mușat)
* Russian (Artur S0)
* Turkish (Emin Tufan Çetin, Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
* Vietnamese (Ngọc Quân Trần)
Version 45.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-09-15
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix a crash when downloading resources from the Internet
* Fix a crash after cancelled Restart request
* Correct safety rating for KDE apps
* Correct version history widgets visibility in the details page
This release also updates translations:
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Efstathios Iosifidis)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Kukuh Syafaat)
* Korean (Seong-ho Cho)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Slovenian (Matej Urbančič)
* Spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
* Turkish (Emin Tufan Çetin)
Version 45~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-09-01
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Fix firmware's 'Restart & Update' to ask for the restart
* Fix app getting unresponsive when loading screenshots
* Improve performance for PackageKit plugin search-by-file
* Improve app license display
* Improve search to also check for 'contains' words
* Various minor styling updates
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Chinese (China) (Luming Zh, Boyuan Yang)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Danish (Alan Mortensen)
* Dutch (Nathan Follens)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Philipp Kiemle, Christian Kirbach)
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Efstathios Iosifidis)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Andika Triwidada, Kukuh Syafaat)
* Kazakh (Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Panjabi (Amn Alam)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Russian (Artur S0, Artur So)
* Spanish (Daniel Mustieles)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 45~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-07-30
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Improve error notifications from failed GPG checks
* Disable animations in the UI according to the users accessibility settings
* Fix applying updates which require some packages to be removed to satisfy dependencies
* Stop using the software repositories dialog provided by the distribution, and always use GNOME
Softwares inbuilt dialog; this will affect Debian and Ubuntu
This release also updates translations:
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Chinese (China) (Luming Zh)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* English (United Kingdom) (Bruce Cowan)
* French (Guillaume Bernard)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Efstathios Iosifidis)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 45~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-06-30
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Indicate when OS updates includes security fixes
* Ask whether to clear app storage for Flatpak apps on uninstall
* Show a notification when system updates are downloaded
* Advertise if an installed Flatpak app has reached end of life
* Revamp Safety ratings
* Fix slow Repositories dialog open
* Fix card view and key navigation in the Explore page
* Fix a crash on startup in GNOME OS
* Fix navigation between "Other Apps by Developer" in the Details page
* Fix a crash when refining a Flatpak app
* Fix a state recover after a failed app update
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas i Hernandez)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Italian (Gianvito Cavasoli)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Russian (Aleksandr Melman)
* Slovenian (Martin)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
Version 44.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-04-21
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix firmware updates state change after update
* Fix origin reference information for PackageKit apps
* Fix a crash after dismissing firmware update warning dialog
* Fix a crash on repo removal
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
* Chinese (China) (Boyuan Yang)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (Chao-Hsiung Liao)
* Czech (Petr Kovář, Daniel Rusek)
* Dutch (Nathan Follens)
* French (Guillaume Bernard)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Slovenian (Martin)
* Vietnamese (Ngọc Quân Trần)
Version 44.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-03-16
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix missing separators in system updates dialog
This release also updates translations:
* Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Danish (Alan Mortensen)
* English (United Kingdom) (Bruce Cowan)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Korean (Seong-ho Cho)
* Polish (Piotr Drąg)
* Russian (Aleksandr Melman)
* Slovenian (Martin, Matej Urbančič)
* Swedish (Anders Jonsson)
Version 44~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-03-03
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Fix a crash during install of a firmware update
* Fix notifications of a prepared update
* Fix cancellation of an update
* Update details page on app job start/end
* Fix a crash after cancelling of a single package update
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Bokmål, Norwegian (Kjartan Maraas)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Finnish (Jiri Grönroos)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti, Philipp Kiemle)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko, Yaron Shahrabani)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Indonesian (Andika Triwidada, Kukuh Syafaat)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Spanish (Daniel, Daniel Mustieles)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 44~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-02-13
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Add a preference for only showing freely-licensed apps
* Improve design of Install/Uninstall buttons for app addons
* Fix loading flatpak bundles if a runtime is missing
* Improvements to the UI for ratings and reviews
* Fix refreshing the details page after searching for an app
* Improve choice of icons for apps where a themed icon is available
* Improve performance of downloading remote icons significantly
This release also updates translations:
* Basque (Asier Sarasua Garmendia)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Galician (Fran Dieguez)
* Georgian (Ekaterine Papava)
* German (Jürgen Benvenuti)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko, Yaron Shahrabani)
* Indonesian (Andika Triwidada)
* Lithuanian (Aurimas Černius)
* Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
* Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
* Russian (Aleksandr Melman)
* Spanish (Philip Withnall, Daniel Mustieles)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal, Emin Tufan Çetin)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
* Vietnamese (Ngọc Quân Trần)
Version 44~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-01-06
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Allow automatically removing unneeded runtimes
* Show changelogs for rpm-ostree updates
* Limit the maximum description length in context tiles
* Support a less-prominent UI for regular updates for image-based OSs
* Improvements to error notification display
* Reduce reloading/refreshing of view when installing apps
* Minor usability improvements to review lists and adding a review
* Stop using libdnf in rpm-ostree backend
* UI polish on app source chooser
* Fix distro upgrades
* Fix system-wide external AppStream support
* UI polish on Incompatible Software dialog
* Fix opening web apps
* Fix notifying about available firmware updates
* Improve scaling of Explore page on phones
* Add a placeholder to search entry
* Fix repo authentication dialog
* Periodically refresh cached app icons
* Improve labels and tooltips on Updates page
* Annotate firmware updates with their release urgency
* Adapt to GTK API deprecations
* Use the OS logo for minor update rows for image-based OSs
* Change application to app in translatable strings
* Stop notifying about unprepared critical updates
* Show the Learn More link for larger updates of image-based OSs if provided
* Add translations for more firmware device categories
This release also updates translations:
* Abkhazian (Nart Tlisha)
* Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (Cheng-Chia Tseng)
* Croatian (Goran Vidović)
* Czech (Daniel Rusek)
* French (Claude Paroz)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Zurab Kargareteli)
* German (Philipp Kiemle, Jürgen Benvenuti)
* Greek, Modern (1453-) (Kosmas Martakidis)
* Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
* Hungarian (Balázs Úr)
* Icelandic (Sveinn í Felli)
* Interlingue (Olga Smirnova)
* Italian (Gianvito Cavasoli)
* Kazakh (Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Persian (Danial Behzadi)
* Russian (Aleksandr Melman)
* Slovenian (Matej Urbančič)
* Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
* Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
Version 43.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-10-21
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix searches not completing if installing or uninstalling an app at the same time
* Notify of errors when running a flatpak app whose runtime is missing
* Fix installing local RPM packages
* Fix distribution upgrades when package conflicts are present
* Fix opening web apps from their details page
* Improve appearance of app ratings if ratings data cannot be downloaded
* Fix crash when showing offline update errors on startup
* Highlight priority of firmware updates, making security fixes more obvious
* Fix installation of pending apps in some situations
* Fix downloading of rpm-ostree app updates from the Updates page
This release also updates translations:
* Abkhazian (Nart Tlisha)
* Catalan (Jordi Mas)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (Cheng-Chia Tseng)
* Croatian (Goran Vidović)
* French (Claude Paroz)
* Friulian (Fabio Tomat)
* Georgian (Zurab Kargareteli)
* German (Philipp Kiemle, Jürgen Benvenuti)
* Icelandic (Sveinn í Felli)
* Italian (Gianvito Cavasoli)
* Kazakh (Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)
* Panjabi (A S Alam)
* Slovenian (Matej Urbančič)
Version 43.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-09-16
This is a stable release with translation updates:
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Czech
* English (United Kingdom)
* Galician
* Georgian
* German
* Hebrew
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Latvian
* Lithuanian
* Nepali
* Serbian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
Version 43~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-09-02
This is the third unstable release for GNOME 43.
* Supports video as a screenshot
* Improvements of source picker in the details page
* Fixes a bug when viewing details of a package file
* Fixes a bug when reading certain .flatpakref file
This release also updates translations:
* Abkhazian
* Basque
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Croatian
* Danish
* Dutch
* Finnish
* Galician
* Georgian
* Hebrew
* Icelandic
* Indonesian
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Persian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Russian
* Serbian
* Spanish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
Version 43~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-08-05
This is the second unstable release for GNOME 43.
* Various fixes related to changed threading model
* Various UI parts updated
* Sources dropdown had been reworked
* Fixes a rare crash when showing app details
This release also updates translations:
* Abkhazian
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Dutch
* Georgian
* Hebrew
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Lithuanian
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Russian
* Serbian
* Spanish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
Version 43~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-06-30
This is the first unstable release for GNOME 43.
* Various improvements to notifications
* Fix several crashes when handling flatpak apps
* Add Other Apps by Author section in the app details page
* Improve styling of app context lozenges
* Add Available for Distro section to the overview page (if configured by your distribution)
* Show more details about file system permissions requested by flatpak apps
* Show more types of URI from app metainfo
* Fix a few issues when using a dark mode theme
* Fix some issues with arrows in right-to-left locales
* Fix language pack installation for certain locales
* Improve debug output to make user bug reports more useful
* Add `--uninstall=ID` command line option
* Allow scrolling screenshots by clicking on next and previous screenshots
* Add support for webapps
* Allow swiping back in the shell using touch gestures
* Improved caching of downloaded metadata
* Many internal architectural changes to make the code more maintainable
* The popular-overrides GSettings key has been removed; distribution vendors wishing to mark
their apps as popular should see `doc/vendor-customisation.md` for examples of how to do this
now
* The hardcoded_popular Meson option has been renamed to hardcoded_curated.
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* English (United Kingdom)
* Finnish
* French
* Friulian
* Galician
* Georgian
* German
* Hebrew
* Hungarian
* Indonesian
* Lithuanian
* Nepali
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
Version 42.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-03-18
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Various fixes related to changed threading model
* Added several appstream-related fixes
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Bokmål, Norwegian
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Danish
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Hebrew
* Hungarian
* Japanese
* Kazakh
* Lithuanian
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Polish
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovenian
* Swedish
Version 42~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-03-04
This is the third unstable release for GNOME 42.
* Cancel ongoing update downloads when system power is low
* Numerous small user interface fixes and tweaks
* Prioritize full matches in search results
* Improvements in dark mode
* Fix disabling flatpak remotes from the Software Repositories dialog
* Threading and performance improvements which should reduce the number of user interface freezes
* Update some icons
* Check for updates when moving from a metered to a non-metered network connection
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Friulian
* Galician
* Hebrew
* Indonesian
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Russian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
Version 42~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-02-10
This is the second unstable release for GNOME 42.
* Allow --verbose to be enabled at runtime
* Condense the rows in the age rating context dialog
* Update the UI for ratings and reviews of apps
* Improve the appearance of the category page loading screen
* Drop the first run dialog
* Improvements to dark theming
* Support viewing a specific metainfo file using --show-metainfo
* Several more threading improvements
* Icon updates
* Drop the hardcoded-popular plugin in favour of an appstream file
* The background image for upgrades is now looked for using several well-known (and
distribution-specific) names in ${DATADIR}/gnome-software/backgrounds, and the previous
Fedora-specific default background image is no longer distributed. Similarly, the
upgrade-background-uri GSettings key has been removed. Distributions may need to update how
they ship background images. See doc/vendor-customisation.md.
This release also updates translations:
* Chinese (China)
* Galician
* Hebrew
* Icelandic
* Indonesian
* Japanese
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Russian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Ukrainian
Version 42~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2022-01-07
This is the first unstable release for GNOME 42.
* Various UI parts updated
* Support more markup in the application description
* Ask about package signature with PackageKit on signing issue
* Show better System Update progress
* Remove various cultural sensitivity badges
* Fix a crash when processing age ratings
* Reload application details only when not installing/removing the application
* Do not follow symlinks when calculating disk size usage
* Fix addons section, which could show addons for different application
* Fix showing a transaction in progress error when using the rpm-ostree plugin
* Dont recommend a reboot if firmware updates fail
* Fix flathub repo being considered present on Fedora 35 with filtered flathub
* Allow searching for extensions
* Fix translation of main button on updates page
* Fix codec installation process
* Add new GNOME Circle apps to the featured carousel
* Improve metadata support for snaps
* Fix update checks being missed across suspend/hibernation
* Ensure application lists are updated when repositories are enabled/installed or
disabled/removed
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Belarusian
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Croatian
* Dutch
* English (United Kingdom)
* Friulian
* Galician
* German
* Hebrew
* Icelandic
* Indonesian
* Latvian
* Lithuanian
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
Version 41.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-09-17
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Instead of showing all package-based apps as "potentially unsafe", only use that language for
3rd party ones
* Fix a bug where the "Show more" button on an app details page would flicker when the window is
resized
* Fix a bug where Software sometimes shows an Uninstall button after uninstalling something
* Add GNOME Circle apps to the featured carousel
* Fix a bug where Software would sometimes fail to execute an install/remove operation for
PackageKit software rather than showing a PolicyKit password prompt
* Fix a bug where Software would fail to upgrade the distribution via PackageKit
* Fix the hiding of rows on the Updates tab after they have been updated
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* Finnish
* French
* Galician
* German
* Hungarian
* Indonesian
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Romanian
* Russian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Ukrainian
Version 41~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-09-07
This is the third unstable release for GNOME 41.
* Tweaks to the context tiles and dialogs
* Fixes to the details page for non-desktop apps
* Re-add support for the add-ons categories
* Sort new and updated apps by release date on the category page
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Croatian
* English (United Kingdom)
* Finnish
* Galician
* Indonesian
* Kazakh
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Ukrainian
Version 41~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-08-13
This is the second unstable release for GNOME 41.
* Many parts of the user interface reworked
* Fix when the 'Launch' button is shown after an application install
* Fix appstream:// URL handling
* Fix application freeze on Flatpak application install/remove/update
* Disable automatic update downloads when in power saver mode
This release also updates translations:
* Belarusian
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Friulian
* Galician
* German
* Greek, Modern (1453-)
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Slovenian
* Ukrainian
Version 41~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-07-20
This is the first unstable release for GNOME 41.
* Many parts of the user interface reworked
* Improve error reporting from flatpak when low on disk space
* Fix issues with updating the UI when uninstalling apps with add-ons
* Dont keep rpm-ostreed alive forever
* Prevent polkit checks showing up for background operations
* Disallow submitting reviews for an app you havent installed
* Show download size in the Updates page
* Notify when restart is needed when uninstalling an app
* Fix some issues with searches not running
* Allow non-integer average star ratings for apps
* Reduce number of categories in the UI
* Improve pending updates notifications
* Refine presentation of download and installed size on details page
* Remove left over gnome-online-account dependencies
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Belarusian
* Bokmål, Norwegian
* Catalan
* Chinese (China)
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Czech
* Dutch
* English (United Kingdom)
* Finnish
* Friulian
* German
* Greek, Modern (1453-)
* Hebrew
* Italian
* Lithuanian
* Nepali
* Occitan (post 1500)
* Persian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Romanian
* Russian
* Serbian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Ukrainian
Version 40
~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-03-19
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix handling of invalid or incomplete application icons
* Fix the plugin documentation to reflect reality
* Fix the Snap plugin to actually load icons
* Set download size to 0 after the package is downloaded
Translation updates:
* British English
* Danish
* Greek
* Italian
* Norwegian Bokmål
* Polish
* Punjabi
* Serbian
Version 40~rc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-03-12
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* Implement new featured apps carousel.
* List of Flatpak repositories is updated when changed using the Flatpak command line tool.
* The loading page now shows the full color icon instead of the symbolic one.
* Show release date in version history for releases that use the 'date' attribute.
* Improved icon handling, including with hiDPI screens.
* Fixed a bug in remembering when update notifications were shown.
* Build as a dynamic rather than a static library, and rearrange installation paths.
Translation updates:
* Basque
* Catalan
* Croatian
* Czech
* Dutch
* English (United Kingdom)
* Finnish
* French
* Friulian
* Galician
* German
* Hungarian
* Indonesian
* Kazakh
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Romanian
* Serbian
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
Version 40~beta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-02-16
This is an unstable release with the following changes:
* GNOME Software now uses libappstream instead of libappstream-glib to work with appstream data
which provides information about apps and other components.
* App details pages show version history information when it's available.
* The loading page now shows the full color icon instead of the symbolic one.
* UI elements for displaying app add-ons have been tweaked to more closely match the designs.
* Installed icons and the badge showing the number of updates available were changed back to blue
from green.
* The dropdown showing the available sources of an application includes the packaging format
(e.g. Flatpak vs RPM).
* A bug was fixed that prevented installation of .flatpakref files
Translation updates:
* Catalan
* Czech
* Galician
* Indonesian
* Panjabi
* Portuguese
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
Version 40~alpha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2021-01-27
This is the first unstable release for GNOME 40.
* Small updates to how app descriptions and addons are presented on the details page
* Fix handling of pending app installations when going online
* Better support for dark themes (particularly Adwaita-Dark)
* Improvements to how app screenshots are loaded and presented
* Hide Launch button if an application (for example, Wine) cannot be launched
* Make the UI clearer when loading information from flatpakref files
* Dont update app metadata on start when download-updates is disabled
* Fix opening the updates list when clicking on an updates notification
* Fix state updates when installing flatpak apps or repos which are already installed
* Add Ctrl+Q as a keyboard shortcut for closing the window
* Rework timing and content of software update notifications
* Prevent uninstalled local apps from appearing in the installed apps list
* Support installation/uninstallation of addons for flatpak apps
* Improve presentation of age ratings for apps
* Fix a crash in the updates page
* Fix presentation of app permissions for fully sandboxed flatpak apps
* Fix deadlock on rpm-ostree systems
* Fix presentation of version number changes in right-to-left locales
* Error handling improvements for fwupd
* Performance improvements for ODRS on startup
* Improve presentation of firmware warning messages
* XML parsing performance improvements
* Automatically remove end-of-life flatpak runtimes
* Support updating flatpaks to their new name when they are renamed
* Update the GNOME Software icon
* Support more search results in the snap store
* Drop libgnome-desktop-3 dependency in favour of gsettings-desktop-schemas
This release also updates translations:
* Basque
* Bokmål, Norwegian
* Catalan
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Czech
* Friulian
* Galician
* German
* Greek, Modern (1453-)
* Hebrew
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Kabyle
* Kazakh
* Latvian
* Lithuanian
* Persian
* Portuguese
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Romanian
* Slovak
* Spanish
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
Version 3.37.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2020-09-01
This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
* Add sysprof support for profiling jobs
* Add webflow and basic auth support to flatpak plugin
* Coalesce refresh operations where possible
* Correctly mark layered rpm-ostree local packages as removable
* Fix flatpak bundle installation
* Handle invalid snap auth data
* Improve flatpak progress reporting for transactions
* Improve the heuristic for detecting old-style AppStream override files
* Many performance improvements in many areas of the code
* Only delete the firmware archive if we downloaded it to the cache
* Show a pulsing progress bar if progress is unknown
* Support loading appstream files from custom install prefix
* Use the runtime fwupd version for the user agent
This release also updates existing translations.
Version 3.36.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2020-03-11
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.36.
Version 3.35.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2020-03-04
This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
* Fix crash when viewing application details
* Fix “thrice daily” check running every 3 days
* Improve the appearance of the front page banners
* Show the correct upgrade banner contents when a reboot is requried
This release also updates existing translations.
Version 3.35.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2020-02-19
This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
* Add an info bar about automatic updates
* Avoid rpm-ostree downgrade error when doing distro upgrade
* Click on stars to open review dialog in the details view
* Fix loading of icons from AppStream YAML
* Fix weird font sizes in the batter
* Hide any in-app notifications when closing the main window
* Integrate better with snapd
* Only ignore flatpak estimated progress if >10%
* Remove color stripes on categories in the Explore page
* Remove support for Shell extensions
* Remove webapp support
* Reset star rating when loading an unrated app
* Sort applications using locale based algorithms
* Stop snaps from being automatically updated
This release also adds and updates existing translations.
Version 3.35.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-11-25
This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
* Add missing OARS content rating descriptions
* Add new plugin for restricting access to apps
* Avoid a UI crash when switching modes
* Build libmalcontent dependency on Fedora CI
* Correctly distinguish empty content ratings from missing ones
* Correctly set the application state if autoupdate is in progress
* Do not show a crazy error when installing packages
* Do not show non-applications in the installed panel
* Download Flatpak updates in the correct installation
* Expose snap channels as app alternates
* Fix a crash on 32-bit systems
* Fix langpacks autoinstall on Fedora SilverBlue
* Fix manual detach when updating removable device firmware
* Fix third party repo enabling not working
* Hide add/remove shortcut buttons for parentally filtered apps
* Improve some front page banners
* Invalidate caches when adding or removing remotes
* Make flatpak more thread-safe to fix some crashes
* Match the exact ID when refining a wildcard
* Only set the app row's buttons as destructive when they remove an app
* Remove hardcoded-featured plugin
* Remove the app folder functionality as this is now built-in to the shell
* Remove the banner editor as this is now an app on it's own
* Rework age ratings handling to avoid hard-coded list
* Set the shell extension origin correctly in all cases
* Show the channel for snaps
* Speed up the flatpak plugin in some situations
* Use plugin API to launch apps from install notification.
This release also adds and updates existing translations.
Version 3.34.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-09-09
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Add a link to the privacy policy in the review dialog
* Add and improve many overview banners
* Add support for download scheduling using Mogwai
* Allow installing locale data automatically
* Allow snaps to be shown by AppStream ID
* Don't apply drop shadow on stock symbolic icons
* Don't install queued apps when the network changes and is metered
* Fix the 'localised in my language' kudo
* Hide addons that are not available in repos
* Localize ESRB content rating strings
* Never show the installation progress bar going backwards
* Notify the user when an application can escape the sandbox
* Refactor screenshots and hide those unavailable when offline
* Select the rating systems selected based by territory
* Use smaller default size for main window when required
This release also adds and updates existing translations.
Version 3.32.4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-07-11
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix an issue that led to some packages with multiple appdata files not correctly showing up on
the updates page
* Fix various problems with flatpak branch handling that were causing issues with freedesktop.org
runtime updates
* Fix flatpak update versions to correctly show up
* Various other minor bug fixes
Version 3.32.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-05-24
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Add missing XbSilo locking, hopefully fixing a large number of reported crashes
* Fix a regression that caused the fonts category to go missing
* Show a placeholder on the details page when we don't have the actual icon
* Plug a large memory leak
* Use nicer arrows for version numbers on the updates page
* Fix an issue that led to screenshots not being correctly scaled on hidpi
* flatpak: Fix several double-uses of GErrors
* flatpak: Handle failure of a libflatpak function updating permissions
* rpm-ostree: Implement what-provides decompose
Version 3.32.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-05-07
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Avoid showing a review more than once
* Correctly update progress bar when downloading packagekit distro upgrades
* Fix a crash when closing the updates dialog before the content has loaded
* Fix CTRL+F not working right in certains conditions
* Set 022 umask to make sure flatpak system helper process can read the files we've written
* rpm-ostree: Implement getting the repo list, and enabling and disabling repos
* rpm-ostree: Implement provides search
* rpm-ostree: Make layered apps not discoverable in the UI
* Various other minor bug fixes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.32.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-04-15
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Add drop shadows to app icons
* Various fixes to initial loading screen
* Show a generic icon instead of empty space if we failed to load the app icon
* Update featured banners for Maps and Blender
* Update featured app IDs
* Fix a crash due to missing locking
* Fix missing back button under certain conditions
* Fix loading AppSteam data from .yml.gz files
* Fix an issue that caused flatpak repo to not be correctly shown when it matched an existing
packagekit repo name
* Hide the fwupd Vendor repo in the repos dialog
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.32.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-03-11
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.32. Notable changes compared to 3.30 include:
* Appstream parsing is completely rewritten and now uses the new libxmlb library, instead of
appstream-glib
* Improved handling for apps that are available from multiple sources, e.g. as a flatpak from
Flathub, as a flatpak from Fedora, and as an RPM package
* New source selection drop down on the details pages
* Flatpak apps now list the permissions they need on the details pages, and also show new
permissions when updating
* The flatpak backend received a large number of bug fixes
* The rpm-ostree backend has grown many new features and bug fixes, including support for
installing layered packages and doing distro upgrades
* Numerous fixes for error reporting, including making error messages more useful and avoiding
showing network errors from background operations
* The items in the app menu were all moved to the window menu
* New redesigned icon
Version 3.31.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-03-05
This is an unstable release in the 3.31 development series, marking the end of the development
cycle. Next release will be 3.32.0!
* Add two missing description strings for flatpak permissions
* Only show permissions for flatpak apps and not for e.g. fonts
* Fix flatpak permissions to correctly show up for available apps
* Hide various details page items that don't make sense when showing .flatpakrepo files
* Fix an issue that caused descriptions to sometimes not get correctly loaded
* Sort the items in the Source drop down
* Don't show error notifications for background download and refresh errors
* Fix an issue that could cause an explosion of "A restart is required" notifications
* Various flatpak plugin fixes to make it correctly match the data when multiple flatpak repos
are available
* Fix the rpm-ostree plugin to correctly convert remote dbus errors
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.31.90
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-02-24
This is an unstable release in the 3.31 development series, with the following improvements:
* Fix showing the installed check mark on tiles
* Fix crashes in the packagekit plugin due to missing locking
* Add back support for appstream data in /var/{cache,lib}/app-info directories that accidentally
got left out with the libxmlb rewrite
* Update the featured banner for gnome-chess
* Fix the details page alignment when only one screenshot is shown
* Move the Update button to the right hand side on the details page
* Fix enabling repos when installing codecs through the extras page
* Remove the Sundry folder and sync the apps in the Utilities folder with gnome-menus 3.31.90
* Improve various content rating texts
* Drop workarounds for locales with codesets
* Use the currently selected icon theme for stock icons
* Don't hide compulsory apps in the category views
* Use the SPDX-License-Identifier in all source files
* Remove various useless error prefixes, making flatpak and packagekit error messages shorter and
easier to read
* flatpak: Show the installation type (user, system) in the Source dropdown
* flatpak: Let apps control the name suffix/prefix they have and don't force (Nightly) suffix for
everything on the master branch
* flatpak: Various fixes for matching flatpaks to appstream entries
* flatpak: Distinguish between the same app coming from multiple remotes
* rpm-ostree: Correctly resolve installed appdata files to package names
* rpm-ostree: Hook up percentage progress for install and remove
* rpm-ostree: Implement layered package install
* rpm-ostree: Implement locally downloaded rpm install
* rpm-ostree: Show the source of the packages when installing layered packages
* rpm-ostree: Various fixes making things more robust
* snap: Use new media API
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.31.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2019-01-16
This is an unstable release in the 3.31 development series, with the following improvements:
* Show permissions for installed flatpaks, and new permissions for updates
* Use libxmlb to parse AppStream XML, making gnome-software start up faster and use less memory
* Update the app icon
* Update categories for ESRA rating system
* Improve various error messages to have more details
* Fix an issue that caused incorrect version numbers to be shown for installed flatpaks
* Fix various thread safety related crashes
* Fix row unrevealing to not leave behind 2 pixels on the updates page
* Make the refresh button to actually refresh packagekit cache
* Fix various issues that could lead to cache refresh getting stuck
* Show updates available notifications even when automatic updates are disabled
* Fix counting apps in the updates applied notification
* Improve packagekit update loading code, hopefully making it more robust
* Fix an issue that could lead to the packagekit plugin activating on rpm-ostree based systems
* Switch flatpak updates to use a single transaction, which lets us share more code (and bugs)
with the command line flatpak utility
* Fix various issues with transitioning from the "Download" state to "Restart & Update"
* Don't error out from update downloads if the ODRS server is unavailable
* Fix old updates accumulating in the OS Updates item
* Various flatpakref installation fixes
* Fix opening the details page when clicking on "Show Details" in GNOME Shell
* Fix opening shell extensions details from GNOME Tweaks
* Various fixes for initial loading state
* Add a separate "Download" step for packagekit offline updates, so that "Restart & Update" is
instant
* Fix a version comparison issue that led to package updates sometimes showing as downgrades in
the OS Updates section (this needs latest appstream-glib)
* Show the refresh button when the updates page is in the failed state
* Notify about offline updates only after they are fully downloaded
* Fix a memory corruption issue on 32-bit arches that made gnome-software very crashy
* Fix an issue with stuck back button on the details page after closing and reopening
gnome-software
* Make distro upgrades to Fedora N+2 release show up correctly
* Various flatpak plugin fixes
* Allow opening CAB files that include more than one update
* Fix critical warnings when quickly switching between category pages
* Small memory leak fixes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.31.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-10-09
This is an unstable release in the 3.31 development series, with the following improvements:
* Icon redesign
* Switch to using window menus instead of app menu
* Add a source selection drop down to details pages
* Move the search button to the left side in the header bar
* Various other minor UI tweaks
* GtkBuilder UI file changes to pave the way for an eventual GTK4 port (please file issues for
any UI layout regressions if you notice any!)
* Various internal plugin loader fixes and cleanups
* Remove the steam plugin
* Simplify the details page loading
* Fix an issue that caused icons to not get loaded for locally installed flatpaks
* Update Fedora distro upgrades text
* Avoid a critical warning in the fwupd plugin when the device vendor is not set
* Show verified developers for snaps
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.30.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-10-05
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Localize the polkit policy file
* Display ongoing app-installation at top of the list
* Update apps in display order
* Fix autoupdates triggering in a feedback loop
* Tweak the prefs dialog layout
* Various fixes to the flatpak plugin, making its state keeping more robust
* Fix flatpak errors to show up instead of a generic "Aborted" error
* Avoid triggering reboots for online updatable apps (flatpak)
* Make rpm-ostree updates work again
* Fix an issue that caused duplicate lines in 'OS Updates' on rpm-ostree based systems
* Compiler warning fixes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.30.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-09-25
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix an issue that caused duplicate lines in 'OS Updates'
* Filter the application restart notification to actual desktop apps
* Fix an issue that caused automatic updates to fail during download phase
* Avoid showing duplicates in the featured apps when an app is available as both flatpak and a
package
* Fix an issue that caused gnome-software to use 100% of CPU when doing automatic updates
* Lower IO priority for gnome-software so that other apps stay responsive during flatpak installs
* Various fixes and wording changes to automatic updates notifications
* Only show "Examine Disk" button when baobab is available
* Leak and correctness fixes in the snap plugin
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.30.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-09-04
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.30.
Version 3.29.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-08-28
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* Do not go 'back' to a previous application details panel
* Don't crash if when getting the fwupd locked status
* Download updates automatically when required
* Fix dark theme support
* Hide screenshot and support widgets when no screenshots
* Ignore non-interactive generic errors
* Implement distro upgrade downloading when using rpm-ostree
* Only update the update check timestamp when it succeeds
* Open the WiFi panel when clicking the Network Settings button
* Rotate featured apps on the overview page
* Simplify the updates panel
* Use FlatpakTransaction to install, remove and update
* Use new display name for the Snap publisher
* Use the full name for the ESRB ratings descripion
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.29.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-03-05
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* Show a better notification when a local file or URI is not supported
* snap: Use ODRS for reviews
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.28.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-05-09
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Add a warning when enabling the LVFS remote
* Show a notification when failing to open an url or a local file
* Fix multiple flatpak refreshes with new libflatpak
* Build fixes for FreeBSD
* Icon loading fixes for snap
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.28.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-04-09
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix a regression with opening results from gnome-shell search
* Show "Source: " tag in gnome-shell search when we have multiple matches
* Improve unknown license tag color scheme on details page
* Don't show installed icon on app tiles while still installing
* Fix empty items appearing under OS Updates
* Fix a regression that caused duplicate results in codec search
* Fix an issue with passing username/password to packagekit proxy
* Avoid crashing during first run with no network access
* A number of rpm-ostree fixes, making it possible to trigger offline updates
* Stop searching multiple times on search page
* Update Fedora third party repositories "Find out more..." link
* Fix an issue with in-app notifications failing with invalid markup errors
* Improve purchase failure handling for the snap store
* Fix a possible crash in snap plugin when adding screenshots
* Various other crash and correctness fixes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.28.0
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Released: 2018-03-12
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.28, with the following improvements:
* Fix the build on NixOS
* Fix purchasing not working after authentication
* Revert a commit that led to flatpak updates failing without any feedback
* Make front page featured tile corners round to match other tiles
* Fix in-app notification close button alignment
* Several fixes to make error notifications more useful
* snap: Fix invalid metadata after cancelled refine
* snap: Launch command line snaps with 'snap run'
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.27.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2018-03-05
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, marking the end of the development
cycle. Next release will be 3.28.0!
* Removal of global plugin cache, simplifying gnome-software internals
* Software Repositories dialog got another batch of improvements and UI changes
* GNOME Shell Extensions repository and fwupd repositories are now shown in the Software
Repositories dialog
* Shell extensions handling through PackageKit was improved, fixing a long standing bug where we
were unable to remove shell extension packages
* Category page rewrite that landed earlier this cycle went through UI review and got a number of
fixes
* Package version comparison in the updates dialog was fixed and should no longer incorrectly
show updates as downgrades
* Distro upgrade notifications are now rate limited to once per week
* Install buttons in codec install view that got lost in the 3.22 cycle are now back
* Various paper cuts with distro upgrades were fixed
* Various fixes to installing apps from yum repos that have enabled=0 enabled_metadata=1
* Various other correctness and warning fixes
* Distros: Minimum supported fwupd version is now 1.0.3
* Distros: We've released PackageKit 1.1.9 that has string changes to match gnome-software 3.28
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.27.90
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Released: 2018-02-14
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* The Software Sources dialog was renamed to Software Repositories and rewritten
* Fedora Workstation third party repository handling was rewritten and should be more robust
* Improved handling of metered network connections, making sure we cancel any downloads when
changing to a metered connection
* Limit the number of parallel operations depending on the installed CPU
* Improved handling of pending installs when there's no network connection
* Unused ostree and rpm plugins were dropped
* Switch from GtkSpell to gspell
* Improve alignment on the updates page
* Do not show missing screenshot error for fonts that have screenshots
* Fix various issues on Ubuntu when purchasing apps
* Fix an issue that led to duplicate categories appearing on the overview page
* Various memory leak and correctness fixes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.27.4
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Released: 2018-01-08
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add missing locking to gs_plugin_cache_remove(), fixing a possible crash
* Fix various memory leaks spotted by valgrind
* Fix a possible crash triggered by the fwupd plugin
* Do not emit critical warnings when reviewing OS Updates
* fwupd: Use the custom user-agent when downloading firmware
* overview page: Fix a crash when we have no featured apps
* packagekit: Implement repository enabling
* Fix hover CSS for "unknown" and "nonfree" license buttons
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.27.3
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Released: 2017-11-13
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* Fix crashes in the repos plugin due to missing locking
* Add translated strings for the new OARS v1.1 additions
* Work around Firefox deleting rpm/deb files downloaded to /tmp when closing
* Log errors to console when starting from command line
* Do not enable distro-upgrades when updates are disabled
* Do not require the user to keep clicking 'More reviews' after each click
* Fix a critical when updating (flatpak) packages live
* fwupd: Do not crash when trying to list a locked device
* fwupd: Prepend the vendor name to the device name if not included
* Improve SPDX ID parsing when working out if it is 'free'
* packagekit: Do not crash when getting an invalid ID from PackageKit
* packagekit: Support apt:// URLs
* Various fixes to the snap plugin
* Do not crash when closing the source dialog while it is loading
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.27.2
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Released: 2017-11-13
This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements:
* Redesigned category view
* Better notifications for completed distro upgrades
* Number of test suite fixes to pave way for continuous integration tests
* Improved support for running on low res displays
* Various fixes to internal state handling
* Allow linking to specified proprietary licenses
* Don't use versioned subdirectories under ~/.cache/gnome-software
* Only show in-app notifications for interactive user actions
* Various fixes for flatpak, fwupd, and snap support
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.26.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-11-09
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Various fixes to cancellable handling, making it more robust to cancel install/remove
operations
* Fix a common crash in Fedora distro upgrades plugin
* Fix showing N+2 Fedora upgrades
* Fix flatpak updates inadvertently triggering a reboot
* Revert plugin GType registering changes that broke app "adopting"
* Various flatpak plugin fixes
* Various snap plugin fixes
* Bump fwupd required dep to 0.9.7 and support building with new 1.0.0 API
* Avoid erroring out for operations that return more than 500 results (distro upgrades, getting
gnome-shell extensions list)
* Fix a few memory leaks
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.26.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-10-02
This is a stable release with the following changes:
* Fix memory leak in "external appstream" plugin
* Don't translate an icon name in the Punjabi translation
* Fix critical warning in the fwupd plugin if the update URI isn't set
* Fix Addon categories not showing
* Fix crash in PackageKit plugin if reporting progress with no current application
* Revert a change in the snapd plugin which can cause operations to fail or hang in some
situations
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.26.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-09-11
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.26, with the following improvements:
* Use the new fwupd API in 0.9.7 to avoid when a reboot is required
* Pass the complete proxy settings to PackageKit
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not crash when emitting an uncommon error message
* Do not show a critical warning with new versions of fwupd
* Do not show an error for a remote-less flatpakref application
* Don't refine PackageKit packages after we've been cancelled
* Fix a possible crash on 32 bit systems
* Fix GNOME Shell search results for snap applications
* Properly disable shell-extensions when not running GNOME Shell
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-08-21
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a simple donation button on the details page
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Allow plugins to say that installation cannot be cancelled
* Fix displaying the info bar for the Shell Extensions category
* Use first featured snap as the featured app
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.90
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-08-07
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a simple donation button on the details page
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not crash if the child schema is invalid
* Don't log a warning when clicking the the 'more results' search entry
* Fixed subcategory names localization
* Ensure flatpak remote names are valid
* Fix critical warning with new versions of the fwupd daemon
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-07-21
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add new rpm-ostree integration for Fedora Atomic Workstation
* Install the Flatpak runtime as part of the application install phase
* Split OS updates up into multiple sections and show the target version
* Support compatibility IDs when getting reviews from the ODRS
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Cancel plugin jobs if they take too much time
* Correctly find already installed flatpak runtimes
* Do not show an error for a flatpakref when broken remotes exist
* Don't show the screenshot section for runtimes
* Fix authentication prompt not showing when using snapd
* Make license buttons buttons actually look clickable
* Make the review moderator panel easier to use
* Only show snaps as sandboxed if snapd supports confinement
* Respect the per-user or per-system install preferences
* Return the correct installed state for user/system flatpak remotes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-06-22
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a banner designer utility
* Add the initial support to support purchasable apps
* Automatically install flatpak icon themes and GTK themes
* Restyle the updates panel to have a separate sections
* Show a notification in the updates page when the OS is end of life
* Show recently updated applications on the overview page
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Add snap self tests and provide more data to the details panel
* Allow compiling with newer versions of meson
* Do not crash when sending progress reports while refreshing
* Don't trigger systemd for every single offline update
* Ensure all related flatpak applications get installed
* Ensure we use the gnome-desktop support if enabled
* Fix searching for codecs on Ubuntu
* Show a better status messages when downloading metadata
* Show a pulsing progressbar if plugins do not report progress
* Show the PackageKit interactive dialog when required
* Support updating metadata from multiple fwupd remotes
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-05-08
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Allow AppStream to be downloaded out-of-band per-user
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not initialize plugins in every instance
* Fix the 'Show Details' context menu item in GNOME Shell
* Use headerbar in toolbar-mode in Unity
* Do not allow plugins to set the origin title in the UI
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.25.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-04-28
This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements:
* Truncate the search results if there are a large number
* Use the complete source as a search keyword
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Fall back to a stock icon for hardware drivers
* Fix a crash when removing an addon
* Fix a critical warning in the shell search provider
* Fix popular-overrides to show the correct applications
* Fix various failures to read from snapd
* Make offline updates work when online updates are available
* Never include the size of the runtime in the installed size
* Respect the install preference when for flatpakref files
* Use the developer name in preference to the project group
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.23.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-03-13
This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following bug fixes:
* Allow installing broken flatpakref files
* Do not reload the updates list when updates are in progress
* Reset the headerbar title when switching to the details page
* Unconditionally show things that are in progress in the Installed page
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.23.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-02-27
This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add support for RuntimeRepo in flatpakref files
* Allow the user to restart the currently running gnome-software instance
* Never show components without AppData files
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Initialize progress to zero right before and after processing an action
* Animate the removal of live updates
* Add YaST as a default folder in gnome-shell overview
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.23.90
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2017-02-13
This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements:
* Handle apt and snap URLs
* Show the updates panel with sections
* Sort the apps in the installed panel by kind
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Add a more detailed error message when AC power is required
* Do not hardcode the gnome-software application name
* Ensure firmware is downloaded when not cached
* Fix a rather large memory leak when loading Steam data
* Fix launching Flatpak apps after updating
* Install needed Flatpak runtimes when updating an app
* Only show the scary firmware warning for removable devices
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.23.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-12-15
This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add an --install and --interaction CLI options
* Add the installed size of the apps in the installed view
* Always set a description for each notification
* Show an in-app notification when installed plugins are changed
* Use a set of stars to show the different star ratings
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Add a missing error check to fix a common crash on LiveDVD media
* Add thread locking in GsApp to fix some common crashes
* Allow upgrading to Fedora EOL releases
* Don't allow review actions when offline
* Ensure we actually schedule firmware updates for download
* Fix the getting of PackageKit and flatpak update details
* Hide some notifications when the new app is launched or the window is closed
* Hide the screenshot placeholder for input methods and langpacks
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.23.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-11-21
This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a setting for downloading updates on metered connections
* Add content rating interface for games
* Add support for pending updates that are applied on demand
* Add support for the flatpak DefaultBranch feature
* Allow showing an application review without a display name
* Convert the modal failure dialogs to in-app notifications
* Switch to using the ODRS server hosted by GNOME
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Always get the newest screenshot for GNOME Shell extensions
* Avoid redownloading the same screenshots for different images
* Don't download updates when low on power
* Fix the growth in memory usage for every search request
* Never show a 'back' button when showing search results
* Show the search bar when the user does ctrl+f
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.22.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-11-07
This stable release fixes the following bugs:
* Large number of fixes and improvements for flatpak support
* Improved handling for flatpak repos with multiple branches
* Initial support for installing flatpakrepo files
* Fix a crash when searching for codecs
* Fix a crash when de-duplicating applications
* Speed improvements for loading appstream data
* Refactor snapd handling code using snapd-glib
* Show the search bar when the user does Ctrl+f
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.22.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-10-12
This stable release fixes the following bugs:
* Fix several issues with flatpak bundles
* Fix installing local packages
* Fix a crash when failing to get an installed flatpak ref
* Speed up loading the details and overview pages
* Switch to using the ODRS server hosted by GNOME
This release also updates translations.
Version 3.22.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-09-19
This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.22 and updates several translations.
Version 3.21.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-09-13
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a new section name in the Addons category for drivers
* Add a plugin to match a hardware modalias
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not hide the origin when installing or removing an app
* Do not show the screenshot fallback image for firmware or drivers
* Fix launching app's details from the installed notification
* Fix showing the source line in the installed panel
* Unbreak the GNOME Shell search provider
* Use the same padding as a GtkStackSwitcher
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.21.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-08-31
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add functionality to enable non-free sources
* Show the device bootloader screenshot when required
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Always return consistent results by allowing plugins to share a cache
* Ensure the search text is showing when going back to search results
* Only enable the firmware 'Install' button when the device is in the right mode
* Remove an app from the installed view when it's uninstalled
* Show percentage progress when installing firmware
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.21.90
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-08-15
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Limit the ODRS moderation queue to a specific language
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Correctly load .flatpakrepo files
* Don't get the download size for installed flatpak packages
* Fix showing the progress bar when installing apps
* Never try to modify the application name
* Only notify about upgrades once per month
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.21.4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-07-18
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a cancel button and progress information to the details page
* Add a dialog to confirm upgrade removals
* Add support for authenticating in plugins
* Add support for snaps
* Enable gtk-doc generation for documentation
* Show a new-style category list on the overview page
* Show origin information when applications are available from multiple sources
* Show sandboxing information for selected applications
* Show the star ratings in more places
* Support installing .flatpakrepo files
* Support launching applicatins using a appstream:// URL
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Allow plugins to be enabled and disabled at runtime
* Always show the 'MyLanguage' kudo when in en_US locale
* Correctly trigger systemd offline updates when only processing OS updates
* Disable app folders feature when run outside GNOME
* Do not show buttons on the search results
* Do not use deprecated CSS properties
* Do not use deprecated fwupd API
* Ensure reviews are shown in the correct order
* Fix a crash when double clicking files
* Fix several UX issues when upgrading
* Show the 'More Reviews' button in the details panel
* Try really hard to have two rows of important categories
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.21.2
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Released: 2016-05-23
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a --details-pkg option to the gnome-software binary
* Add support for flatpak packages
* Add a plugin to auto-add some license information
* Add depends, requires and conflicts at initialize time
* Add support for application key colors
* Export a set of headers to allow external plugins to be built
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not crash if plugins are badly behaved
* Do not directly load pixbufs in the AppStream plugin
* Do not unconditionally invalidate the updates list on hardware hotplug
* Find the best AppSteam component when matching any prefixes
* Fix crash due to network change before app activation
* Fix launching various KDE4 applications
* Support getting cached content from /var/cache and /usr/share
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.21.1
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Released: 2016-04-25
This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add an initial loading panel when there is no metadata
* Add an outline ostree plugin that just adds remotes as sources
* Add an unreviewable application quirk
* Add initial Steam support
* Add support for app shortcut addition/removal
* Add support for GNOME Shell extensions
* Allow free-but-unspecified SPDX tokens
* Allow widgets to use custom CSS in a generic way
* Do the PackageKit refresh as a background transaction
* Hide "Software Sources" menu when its action is disabled
* Make the distro upgrades dialog match the new mockup
* Split the 'size' property into size-installed and size-download
* Use a link instead of a button for history
* Use AppStream files for the popular, featured and extra category data
* Use dpkg-deb info to create a GsApp when double clicking on a .deb file
* Use FwupdClient from fwupd 0.7.0
* Use GdkPixbuf to parse icns files
* Use gsettings to enable/disable the 'sources' action
* Use the Fedora themed image for the upgrade banner
* When there are no trusted sources mark everything as non-3rd-party
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Actually show the error dialog for an invalid file
* Allow all functions called by g_module_symbol() to fail
* Allow popular and featured apps to match any prefix
* Do not maintain a cache of applications in the plugin loader
* Do not make the ODRS plugin depend on xdg-app
* Do not re-request the distro-upgrade when switching pages
* Do not show ratings and reviews for some component kinds
* Do not show the distro-upgrade notification if the window is open
* Do not use the header bar on Unity
* Fix a crash when double clicking package files
* Fix live installing firmware
* Get the correct icon size when installing xdg-app bundles on HiDPI
* Hide the kudo details panel for non desktop components
* Load screenshots directly if their URLs point to local files
* Lower the limits for review text
* Make all the plugins more threadsafe
* Make the provenance plugin non-specific to Fedora
* Move header bar button creation into individual pages
* Move the Install & Restart button below the upgrade banner
* Never show star ratings on the category app tiles
* Only show one modal dialog at a time
* Only show the session manager restart if there were any non-live updates
* Properly support multi-line .deb descriptions
* Show a 'Install All' button when all the updates can be installed live
* Show a modal dialog when downloading the distro-upgrade failed
* Show the upgrades banner even if there are no updates to show
* Use a cache file to respect the fedora-distro-upgrades cache-age
* Use GFile instead of a filename when converting apps
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.19.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-02-29
This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add an 'All' subcategory in the category shell
* Add ratings and review functionality for Ubuntu
* Install the xdg-app runtime as required automatically
* Show a confirmation dialog before reporting a review
* Show a guide label for the different star values
* Support installing local xdg-app bundles
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Correctly identify local packages with sources
* Do not add multiple search results for the same app
* Do not show xdg-app runtimes in the installed panel
* Escape markup before showing modal dialogs
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.19.90
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Released: 2016-02-15
This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add end-user application review functionality
* Add support for upgrading the OS from one release to another
* Add support for xdg-app and Limba bundles
* Add tags to applications, and explain them in the details page
* Update the list of featured applications on the front page
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Add a missing tag to the software center metadata file
* PackageKit support is now optional
* Temporarily remove the remove button in the sources dialog
* Use versioned user cache directories to pick up new screenshots
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.19.4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2016-01-15
This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add a link to Wikipedia to explain proprietary and public domain software
* Allow administrators to override the default popular applications
* Improve the interface for device firmware updates and some can be done live
* Make sure Characters and Disks show up in Utilities
* Show 3rd party applications in the search results
* Show a nicer installation dialog when installing local files
* Speed up the application first-start and also speed up switching pages
* Try to show if an application is free software
The following bugs are also fixed:
* Do not crash on refresh if the fwupd daemon is not available
* Fix installing web applications
* Rework several windows to fit better on small screens
* Use the correct user agent string when downloading firmware
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.18.3
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Released: 2015-11-05
This stable release fixes the following bugs:
* Use the correct user agent string when downloading firmware
* Fix a crash in the limba plugin
* Fix installing web applications
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.18.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-10-15
This stable release fixes the following bugs:
* Fix a regression that could lead to never finding any updates
* Fix an issue with getting package details for apps without AppData
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.18.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-10-13
This stable release fixes the following bugs:
* Do not force the cache refresh and delete otherwise valid packages
* Fix several potential crashes when navigating and when installing
* Get the new application icon for local packages after installation
* Improve cold start time by only parsing AppStream data once
* Make sure Characters and Disks show up in Utilities
* Only download the fwupd metadata signature once per day
* Show an empty space for no category results
* Show applications without AppData in the installed panel
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.18.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-09-21
This is the first stable release for the GNOME 3.18 desktop!
Version 3.17.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-09-15
This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements:
* Fix getting firmware updates by parsing the metadata correctly
* Make the application menu path correct in RTL locales
* Don't keep the application running forever when run as a search provider
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.17.91
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-09-03
This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements:
* Better theming for the category sidebar
* Use standard size icon in the about dialog
* Support mouse back button for going back in dialogs
* Fix incorrect alignment on the front page in RTL languages
* Misc other minor bugs fixed
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.17.90
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Released: 2015-08-19
This is an unstable release with the following bugs fixed:
* Use CSS to style the error message details
* Correctly align labels in the Add to Folder dialog
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.17.3
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Released: 2015-08-12
This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements:
* Add basic support for Limba bundles
* Automatically download new firmware metadata from LVFS
* Hide updates UI on managed systems
* Show a new notification when security updates remain unapplied
* Show installation progress when installing applications
* Use some new applications to the picked category
Bugs fixed in this release:
* Do not show applications that are not available when searching by category
* Don't crash when launching an app that has no desktop ID
* Don't show applications without AppData in the category view
* Fix a possible race and crash when loading icons
* Fix locking in the AppStream code to fix several crashes
* Use better error messages on offline update failure
* Withdraw the notification when prepared update gets invalidated
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.17.2
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Released: 2015-06-05
This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements:
* Make fwupd dependency automagic
Bugs fixed in this release:
* Fix a regression from the previous unstable release that made it impossible to install updates
* Fix a crash in the screenshot loader
* Fix a crash in the sources dialog
* Fix a crash when installing rpms that lack description
* Wrap long descriptions in the update dialog
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.17.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-05-25
This is the first unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with a number of new features:
* Support getting firmware updates through the fwupd daemon
* Use a smaller number of tiles on the front page on small monitors
* Rework internal modulesets, making it easier to edit the list of featured apps
* Revert back to using a hand-picked list of featured apps
* Several improvements to the sources dialog
* Show better human readable names when searching for font scripts
* Show a spinner while loading the data for the update history dialog
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.16.2
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Released: 2015-05-11
This release fixes the following bugs:
* Remove redundant OK button from the updates installed notification
* Display a better human readable title for printer drivers
* Show a better UI for offline update failure dialog
* Set default actions for the update done notifications
* Allow searching for packages via the API without appdata
* Fix showing webapps with non-local icons
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.16.1
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Released: 2015-04-14
This release fixes the following bugs:
* Correctly save HiDPI images to HiDPI directories
* Scroll the contents of the error message dialog
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.16.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-03-23
This stable release marks the release of GNOME 3.16!
Version 3.15.92
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2015-03-16
This unstable release adds the following features:
* React to theme changes
* Rebase the HighContrast theme
This release fixes the following bug:
* Fix HiDPI scale factor calculation
* Align section headings in all views
* Fix 'installed' overlays when using the HighContrast theme
* Fall back to showing the top level category when no sub category exists
* Fix a crash when using the pending applications feature
This release also updates translations for many languages.
Version 3.15.91
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Released: 2015-03-02
This unstable release adds the following features:
* Enable kinetic scrolling in updates dialog
This release fixes the following bug:
* Always ensure that the back entry focus widget is valid
* Don't show small screenshots on HiDPI hardware
* Fix a crash when starting GNOME Software for the first time
* Only show compatible projects when getting the featured list
Version 3.15.90
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Released: 2015-02-16
This unstable release adds the following features:
* Add a new panel for displaying session service results
* Add a new version of the Modify interface
* Require AppData for all available packages
This release fixes the following bug:
* Use the new mockups for the 3rd party source install dialogs
Version 3.15.4
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Released: 2015-01-19
This unstable release adds the following features:
* Fix searching with very small search terms
This release fixes the following bugs:
* Do case-insensitive searching of suitable keywords
* Fix a crash in the screenshot loader
* Fix a crash when clicking the back button
* Fix searching for keyworks with special chars
* Show an error message when we fail to load details about a local file
Version 3.15.2
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Released: 2014-11-24
This unstable release adds the following features:
* Show a blurred low-resolution screenshot while loading the HiDPI one
This release fixes the following bugs:
* Do not show a random white line above the star rating widget
* Do not show empty app boxes if no popular results are available
* Do not try to download local web-app icons
* Use blue stars for the user-ratings rather than gold