From 12c1f3293bc257a325dc4eb16dac2f385340c89e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:18:26 +0200 Subject: What's new in 0.8 document --- doc/source/whatsnew/0.8.0.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/0.8.0.rst diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/0.8.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/0.8.0.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fda53443 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/0.8.0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +What's New In python-apt 0.8 +============================ +Python-apt 0.8 is a new major release of the python bindings for the APT +package management libraries. + + +Removal of old API +------------------ +The old API that was deprecated in 0.7.100 is no longer available. Applications +that have not yet updated to the new API should do so. + +Multi-arch support +------------------ +This version of python-apt introduces multi-arch support: + + * A new class, :class:`apt_pkg.Group` has been added. + * :class:`apt_pkg.Cache` can now be indexed by ``(name, architecture)`` + tuples + +Other changes +------------- +This release of python-apt also features several other, smaller changes: + + * apt_pkg.Cache() now takes None for the progress parameter, preventing + progress reporting. + +There have been various other changes, see the changelog for a complete list +of changes. -- cgit v1.2.3