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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 15:18:46 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 3.38.1.upstream/3.38.1upstream
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@@ -0,0 +1,1279 @@ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +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 |