X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/5039a4c529d8c62bfd770fe90347a7805f31724a..HEAD:/debian/NEWS diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index b0524c741..67275f6e4 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,58 @@ +apt (1.4~beta1) unstable; urgency=medium + + Support for GPG signatures using the SHA1 or RIPE-MD/160 hash + algorithms has been disabled. Repositories using Release files + signed in such a way will stop working. This change has been made + due to security considerations, especially with regards to possible + further breakthroughs in SHA1 breaking during the lifetime + of this APT release series. + + It is possible (but STRONGLY ADVISED AGAINST) to revert to the previous + behaviour by setting the options + APT::Hashes::SHA1::Weak "yes"; + APT::Hashes::RIPE-MD/160::Weak "yes"; + Note that setting these options only affects the verification of the overall + repository signature. + + -- Julian Andres Klode Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:19:32 +0100 + +apt (1.2~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium + + [ Automatic removal of debs after install ] + After packages are successfully installed by apt(8), + the corresponding .deb package files will be + removed from the /var/cache/apt/archives cache directory. + + This can be changed by setting the apt configuration option + "Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages" to "true". E.g: + + # echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' \ + > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01keep-debs + + Please note that the behavior of apt-get is unchanged. The + downloaded debs will be kept in the cache directory after they + are installed. To enable the behavior for other tools, you can set + "APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages" to false. + + [ Compressed indices ] + If you use Acquire::gzipIndexes, or any other compressed index targets, + those will now be compressed with the fastest supported algorithm, + currently lz4. + + -- Michael Vogt Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:22:16 +0100 + +apt (1.1~exp9) experimental; urgency=medium + + A new algorithm for pinning has been implemented, it now assigns a + pin priority to a version instead of assigning a pin to a package. + + This might break existing corner cases of pinning, if they use multiple + pins involving the same package name or patterns matching the same + package name, but should overall lead to pinning that actually works + as intended and documented. + + -- Julian Andres Klode Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:45:17 +0200 + apt (0.8.11) unstable; urgency=low * apt-get install pkg/experimental will now not only switch the