2.23.4

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Changes

• 0install-win trust list is now equivalent to 0install-win config --tab=trust
• Fixed 0install catalog search crashing
• Prevent invalid feed branding icon parsing errors from causing a crash
• Improved logic for deciding when to try feed mirror
• Improved log and error output
• Portable instances are now automatically opened after creating them
• Instructions for how to switch from a portable to a deployed instance are shown when necessary instead of doing this automatically
• How to delete.txt is now placed in a write-protected subdirectory of the implementation cache directory
• Prevent pinning windows of non-integrated Zero Install instances to the taskbar
• Updated translations

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.23.4.

2.23.3

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Changes

• Improved button and popup for adding apps to "My Apps"
• Improved the "equivalent command-line" shown in the app integration window
• 0install update-all --clean asks for admin rights earlier
• When a desktop integration operation is already running 0install will wait for a few seconds for it to finish instead of failing immediately
• Interactive command-line prompts via SSH no longer crash
• Fall back to classic notifications in case modern notification platform is not available
• Removed "(Zero Install)" suffix from Windows uninstall entries
• Improved How to delete.txt file deployed in implementation cache directories
• Catch potential IndexOutOfRangeExceptions when extracting .7z archives
• Updated translations

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.23.3.

2.23.2

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Changes

• Fixed some commands failing silently when run with --background
• Updated translations

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.23.2.

2.23.1

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Changes

• Always run 0install-win commands launched from main GUI in separate processes
• Fixed 0install-win --background stealing focus
• Fixed crash when running from network/UNC path
• Switched font from Microsoft Sans Serif to Segoe UI
• Tweaked some window layouts
• Replaced "(Zero Install)" in window titles with "Powered by Zero Install" link in window
• Updated translations

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.23.1.

2.23.0

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Changes

New features

• Include summary text when searching/filtering app tiles
• Added <remove-hook> capability
• Improved filtering of suggested menu entries
• Use HTTPS for accessing default feed mirror

Command-line changes

• 0install remove: Return exit code 1 (no changes) if an app is not found in the app list
• 0install alias --remove: Return exit code 1 (no changes) if an app is not found in the app list

Bootstrapper

• Made self-update URI configurable via embedded config
• Added --no-run and --silent options

Fixes

• Fixed warning and error popups when closing main window during background icon downloads
• Fixed missing context menu icons on Windows
• Fixed removal of uninstall entries on Windows for apps with no <capabilities>
• Avoid incorrect hardlink detection on filesystems that don't provide 64-bit file IDs
• Fixed high DPI handling for splash screens

Translations

• Improved German
• Added French (partially automatic translation)
• Added Spanish, Italian, Japanse, Dutch, Polish, Portugese, Romanian, Russian and Chineese (automatic translation)

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.23.0.

2.22.0

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Changes

New features

• Update icons in "My apps" and "Catalog" views in the background
• Added support for feed-specific branding (only applied if 0install integrate is called first)
  • Apply app name and icon to progress window and tray icon
  • Show splash screen in progress window

Command-line changes

• Do not show error dialog boxes when --batch is specified
• 0install add-feed: Improved automatic stability policy suggestions
• 0install digest: Added progress bar when reading from archive

Fixes

• Fixed Windows uninstall registry entry for machine-wide app integrations
• Special-case handling for unset/default timestamps in .zip archives
• 0install import: Fixed discovering GnuPG keys next to feed files
• 0install export: Fixed handling of feeds with <feed> references

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.22.0.

2.21.0

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Changes

New features

• Staged rollouts
• Filter context menu entries to specific file extensions
• Limit verbs to single elements
• Show integrated apps in Windows "Apps & Features"
• Integrate apps using Zero Install without adding Zero Install itself to Start menu and PATH (library mode)
• Automatic self-updating
• Detect .NET Runtime, ASP.NET Core Runtime, .NET Windows Desktop Runtime and .NET SDK as <package-implementation>s on Windows

Command-line changes

• Added support for filtering by feed URI in 0install list-apps
• Added 0install list-apps --xml
• Added 0install trust commands
• Changed category names in 0instal integrate

Fixes

• Fixed potential "Access denied" error on 0install self remove
• Fixed "Access denied" warnings caused by file-system time accuracy check for write-protected directories

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.21.0.

2.20.0

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Changes

New features

• .zip and .tar.* archives are now extracted while downloading.
  This saves time and removes the need for disk space to store temporary files.
• Manifest digests are now calculated while extracting archives.
  This saves time and reduces disk IO (files don't need to be written to disk and then read again).
• Unix executable bits on Windows are now inferred from .manifest files.
  This removes the need for separate .xbit files.
• Feed validation has been improved.
  This leads to clearer error messages explaining which part of a feed cannot be processed.

Bugfixes

• Fixed pending questions sometimes not being displayed when resuming a background operation by clicking on the Zero Install tray icon
• Fixed typos

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.20.0.

2.19.2

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Changes

• Parallelized 0install update-apps
• Improved console output in "batch" mode
• "Tools - Command-line" now opens PowerShell instead of cmd
• Fixed scaling of icons on buttons for High DPI

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.19.2.

2.19.1

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Changes

• Fixed errors when extracting .7z and .tar.zst archives

Based on Zero Install .NET 2.19.1.