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diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/1.7.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/1.7.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38485f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/1.7.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +What's New In python-apt 1.7 +============================ + +Changed +-------- +* Starting with 1.6.1 and 1.7~alpha1, the exception raised when + passing objects of a different cache to :class:`apt_pkg.DepCache` + is :class:`apt_pkg.CacheMismatchError`, and :class:`apt.cache.Cache` will + automatically remap open packages and versions to a new cache. + +* :meth:`apt_pkg.Policy.get_priority()` now accepts :class:`apt_pkg.Version` + objects in addition to :class:`apt_pkg.Package` and :class:`apt_pkg.PackageFile` + ones. + +* :attr:`apt.package.Version.policy_priority` now returns the priority + for that version rather than the highest priority for one of its + package files. + +* :meth:`apt.Cache.commit` and :meth:`apt_pkg.DepCache.commit` now use + frontend locking to run dpkg. + +Added +------ +* The class :class:`apt_pkg.PackageRecords` can now lookup custom fields + using ``records[key]`` and ``key in records``. + + +* All code is now statically typed. Some methods from :mod:`apt_pkg` + and :mod:`apt_inst` might still be missing or more strict than + necessary. + +* A new method :meth:`apt.cache.Cache.fix_broken` has been added. + +* New methods for frontend locking have been added: + :meth:`apt_pkg.pkgsystem_lock_inner`, + :meth:`apt_pkg.pkgsystem_unlock_inner`, + :meth:`apt_pkg.pkgsystem_is_locked` (starting in alpha 3). + +Deprecated +---------- +* :meth:`apt_pkg.Policy.get_priority()` accepting :class:`apt_pkg.Package` + is deprecated. |