v2.0.0-beta1

Caveat

This is a pre-release to get early feedback from the community on the new features. There is ongoing work on known bugs; please check these before reporting.

Major new features

• alr install allows to install indexed or local crates under a prefix with standard gprinstall structure (under ~/.alire by default).
• By default now, dependencies are downloaded once to a shared cache, and a unique build folder is used for each release configuration, also shared across workspaces.
• alr test by default now tests the local workspace.
• alr publish will offer by default to create for you the PR against the community index.
• New switches alr publish --status|--cancel|--request-review allow complete management of release submissions from the command line.

Check our log of user-visible changes for full details.

New Contributors

• @AJ-Ianozi made their first contribution in #1141
• @reznikmm made their first contribution in #1179
• @serock made their first contribution in #1173
• @0rzech made their first contribution in #1249
• @godunko made their first contribution in #1292
• @timlag1305 made their first contribution in #1265
• @mgrojo made their first contribution in #1313
• @corinthian13 made their first contribution in #1343
• @atalii made their first contribution in #1408

What's Changed

• Bump alr and index versions to 1.2 by @mosteo in #1025
• Alire.Utils.Switches: Disable No_Exception_Propagation warning by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1030
• Update user-changes.md by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1043
• Alr.Commands.Edit: update pointer to GNAT Studio release by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1045
• Alire.Crate.Configuration: disable style checks in generated code by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1047
• Update dependencies to indexed versions by @mosteo in #1046
• Alire.Utils.Switches: add -gnateE when debug info enabled by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1057
• Fix new warnings in GNAT 12.1 by @mosteo in #1071
• Keep last_build_profile in sync with profile requested in manifest by @mosteo in #1049
• Export build-switches to TOML by @mosteo in #1072
• Allow more than one conditional action by @mosteo in #1070
• Fix bracket in alr help show by @jquorning in #1073
• Fix host arch by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1092
• Lazy index loading (1/2) by @mosteo in #1085
• Lazy index loading (2/2) by @mosteo in #1086
• Add Savannah from GNU to trusted sites by @mosteo in #1095
• Fix generated pin to parent crate by @mosteo in #1096
• Remove more unneeded full index loading/external detections by @mosteo in #1097
• Prepend projects to GPR_PROJECT_PATH by @mosteo in #1098
• Add newline before [[depends-on]] and [[pins]] by @mosteo in #1108
• Use "*" for auto dependency when pinning to parent by @mosteo in #1107
• Remove obsolescent files by @mosteo in #1105
• Fix solver user interactions related to timeouts by @mosteo in #1103
• Fix gnat_external detection on alr toolchain by @mosteo in #1104
• Remove some ambiguities that led to warnings by @mosteo in #1113
• Show providers of an abstract crate by @mosteo in #1114
• Use last build profile on alr run by @mosteo in #1080
• Alire.Solver: Refactor types for simpler updates by @mosteo in #1110
• Speed-up search of incomplete solutions by @mosteo in #1116
• Alire.Utils.Switches: remove -gnateE when debug info enabled by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1120
• Document nested crates in Best Practices by @mosteo in #1123
• Minor improvements to solver progress output by @mosteo in #1117
• Fix end of quote by @jquorning in #1124
• Honor the --force option when publishing a crate (#1083) by @stcarrez in #1130
• Emit error for all unset configuration variables by @jquorning in #1132
• workaround for gnatcoll-core#64 / gnatstudio#128 by @AJ-Ianozi in #1141
• Reason for missing releases in solution by @mosteo in #1127
• Enhancements to actions documentation/testing by @mosteo in #1128
• Migrate workflows with explicit ubuntu-18.04 to latest by @mosteo in #1154
• Fixes for external detection in Fedora by @mosteo in #1142
• Solver: fix double count of complete solution by @mosteo in #1144
• Crate_Configuration: delay creation of temp files by @mosteo in #1145
• New switches for alr build to apply profile to all dependencies by @mosteo in #1119
• Fix Ada VSC plugin for Gitpod by @mosteo in #1158
• alr test: Allow binary releases to not contain project files by @mosteo in #1159
• Add support for FreeBSD (#22) by @stcarrez in #1148
• Right trim tables by @jquorning in #1166
• Fix copy/paste error by @reznikmm in #1179
• Allow package removal by apt with --force by @mosteo in #1165
• Document steps to carry out during a release by @mosteo in #1162
• Remove too strict check for root manifest reload by @mosteo in #1168
• alr show --dependents to show which crates have another as a dependency by @mosteo in #1170
• Fail tests if complain_on_error=False but no error happens by @mosteo in #1171
• Use release profile for alr get --build by @mosteo in #1169
• Fix grouping commands and simplify descriptions by @onox in #1180
• Support openSUSE and SUSE distributions by @serock in #1173
• Allow missing configuration values until build by @mosteo in #1167
• Implement Homebrew as the system deployer for macOS. by @simonjwright in #1185
• Fix alr help edit: GNAT Studio by @jquorning in #1199
• Build switches: unconditionally add -gnatW8 by @Fabien-Chouteau in #972
• Add source code recommendations to the policies by @reznikmm in #1202
• Encode wwstrings as utf8 by @mosteo in #1220
• alr publish: warn about -dev version by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1221
• alr-commands-init.adb: make alr init interactive by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1228
• Improve user experience with better manifest errors messages by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1229
• Fix crate config conflicts errors by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1208
• Use hyphens for action usage output by @0rzech in #1249
• Update testsuite readme by @0rzech in #1252
• Update getting-started.md by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1253
• Alr.Commands.Search: unify "search" and "search --crates" behavior by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1254
• Test alr from project dir by @0rzech in #1262
• Update msys2 installer by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1284
• Fix typo. by @godunko in #1292
• Workflow to have a binary nightly build by @mosteo in #1293
• Use XDG_CACHE_DIR for cache by @timlag1305 in #1265
• Disallow dots in identifiers by @0rzech in #1267
• Add --alr testsuite option by @0rzech in #1295
• Fix "Loading crate=0.0.0" log message by @mosteo in #1106
• Clearer error for misplaced manifest in index tree by @mosteo in #1213
• Fix error when showing an unavailable binary origin by @mosteo in #1304
• Specify the initial branch for test repos. by @simonjwright in #1244
• Check remote hosts during alr index --check by @mosteo in #1309
• alire_common.gpr: remove default host os to avoid mistakes on macOS by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1298
• alr install redux: Installation of binary crates by @mosteo in #1302
• Fix the example for editor.cmd by @mgrojo in #1313
• Install a local crate by @mosteo in #1322
• Run testsuite on selfbuilds too by @mosteo in #1324
• Write Warn/Error traces to stderr by default by @mosteo in #1327
• Add Alire.Platforms.Folders.Home for FreeBSD by @JeremyGrosser in #1328
• Mention dev/build.sh and fix typos in readme by @0rzech in #1331
• Replace uses of GNAT CE with latest FSF from Alire by @mosteo in #1330
• Install indexed crates by @mosteo in #1335
• New --nested switch for alr show by @mosteo in #1333
• More explicit identifier error message by @mosteo in #1341
• Don't enable color if TERM=dumb by @mosteo in #1342
• Update: "This file is generated" by @jquorning in #1338
• Update getting-started.md by @corinthian13 in #1343
• Avoid a crash when system pkg is detected twice by @mosteo in #1350
• Actually use the cache location for shared releases by @mosteo in #1349
• Unicode documentation by @mosteo in #1332
• Test the local release with alr test by @mosteo in #1356
• Docker driver for tests in default configuration by @mosteo in #1358
• Typed variants of Alire.Config.Edit.Set by @mosteo in #1353
• Switch to ghcr.io from dockerhub by @mosteo in #1360
• Fix nightly build by @mosteo in #1365
• Bump clic dependency by @mosteo in #1363
• Config option to globally share dependencies by @mosteo in #1367
• Remove alr test --docker by @mosteo in #1366
• Fix Wide_Wide_String wrongly interpreted as String by @mosteo in #1370
• Alr init fixes by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1372
• alire-platforms-current__windows.adb: add C++ include path for msys2 by @Fabien-Chouteau in #1375
• Fixes for compilation with gcc 13.1 by @mosteo in #1381
• "Compiler version" --> "Compiled with version" by @mosteo in #1388
• Don't raise on bad external detection from output by @mosteo in #1389
• Fix unpacking of tarfiles with softlinks to subdirectories by @mosteo in #1382
• Select default toolchain automatically instead of showing assistant on 1st run by @mosteo in #1391
• Homogenize terminology of session/working folder as workspace by @mosteo in #1390
• Fix Windows testsuite for self-built alr by @mosteo in #1387
• Use a python3 venv on Linux distros by @mosteo in #1396
• Indicators in solution diff about non-source dependencies by @mosteo in #1395
• Improvements to publishing with automatic PR creation by @mosteo in #1398
• Bits from the alr share feat to be kept by @mosteo in #1399
• Support MacPorts as external provider. by @simonjwright in #1404
• Change all mentions of 'catalog' to 'index' by @mosteo in #1405
• alr publish --status by @mosteo in #1400
• dev: use env for executable shebangs by @atalii in #1408
• New alr publish --cancel by @mosteo in #1406
• New alr publish --request-review by @mosteo in #1409
• Fix nightly build by @mosteo in #1413
• Better random generation of temp file names by @mosteo in #1414
• Don't treat warnings as errors when no style checks by @mosteo in #1412
• New shared builds mechanism (mockup) by @mosteo in #1419
• Trivial safeguard in Force_Delete by @mosteo in #1422
• Refactor Alire.Shared into Alire.Toolchains by @mosteo in #1423
• Use build profile in build hash by @mosteo in #1425
• MacOS; export PATH variables for includes and libraries. by @simonjwright in #1420
• Replace rsync with GNATCOLL.VFS.Copy by @mosteo in #1427
• Debug when folder deletion fails by @mosteo in #1426
• Fix conflicting file created during alr install by @mosteo in #1429
• Add GPR externals and env. vars. to build hash computation by @mosteo in #1428
• Add compiler version to build hash by @mosteo in #1442
• Refactor config builtins by @mosteo in #1431
• Add crate environment to build hash inputs by @mosteo in #1432
• Delay syncing shared build dir until the actual build by @mosteo in #1433
• Add crate config variables to build hash by @mosteo in #1434
• Generate crate config on demand for shared dependencies by @mosteo in #1435
• Reuse hashing mechanism to regen config in sandboxed mode by @mosteo in #1438
• Include hash of dependencies in build hash by @mosteo in #1439
• Add some hardcoded externals to hash input by @mosteo in #1440
• Run delayed post-fetch actions during build by @mosteo in #1441
• New ALR_TRACEBACK_ENABLED env. var. by @mosteo in #1450
• Use the same Find function in "show" as in "show --jekyll" by @mgrojo in #1452
• Remove old release-sharing mechanism remnants by @mosteo in #1451
• Fix bug in dependency traversal order by @mosteo in #1445
• Cosmetic change to binary origin image when unavailable by @mosteo in #1446
• Cleanup after shared releases impl by @mosteo in #1448
• Fix bugs for corner cases with shared dependencies by @mosteo in #1453
• Remove spurious -g causing excess rebuilds when building alr by @mosteo in #1454
• Print UTF-8 strings using GNAT.IO in Alr.Commands subsystem by @mgrojo in #1458
• Fix location of default install prefix by @mosteo in #1461
• Omit global switches in subcommand-specific help by @mosteo in #1462
• Fix corner case related to git+file:// URLs in lockfiles by @mosteo in #1465
• Remove ".git" after cloning, with option to disable by @mosteo in #1463

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v2.0.0-beta1