| What's New In python-apt 2.0 | |
| ============================ | |
| Changes since 1.8. | |
| Added | |
| ----- | |
| * The method :meth:`apt_pkg.TagSection.write()` has been added | |
| * The attribute :attr:`apt_pkg.HashString.hashvalue` has been added | |
| * The constructor :class:`apt_pkg.AcquireFile` now accepts an | |
| :class:`apt_pkg.HashStringList` as the *hash* argument. | |
| * The classes :class:`apt_pkg.HashString` and :class:`apt_pkg.HashStringList` | |
| gained a new ``usable`` property. | |
| Removed | |
| ------- | |
| * The methods called `install_protect` have been removed | |
| * The `section` attribute has been removed from :class:`apt_pkg.Package` | |
| and :class:`apt.package.Package` | |
| * The method :meth:`apt_pkg.rewrite_section` has been removed | |
| * The attributes :attr:`apt_pkg.Hashes.md5`, :attr:`apt_pkg.Hashes.sha1`, :attr:`apt_pkg.Hashes.sha256` have been removed | |
| * The method :meth:`apt_pkg.Policy.get_match` has been removed. | |
| * The constructor :class:`apt_pkg.AcquireFile` no longer takes an *md5* argument. | |
| Changed | |
| ------- | |
| * In :class:`apt_pkg.SourceRecords`, the tuple view of files now always contains | |
| None where it previously contained the md5 hash. | |
| * The method :meth:`apt_pkg.Policy.get_priority()` no longer accepts :class:`apt_pkg.Package` instances. | |
| * Instances of :class:`apt_pkg.HashString` can now be compared for equality | |
| * :class:`apt.progress.base.InstallProgress` is now a context manager, use it in | |
| a ``with`` statement to avoid leaking file descriptors. | |
| Bug fixes | |
| --------- | |
| * Fixed unterminated ``char*`` array in :class:`apt_pkg.TagRemove` constructor. | |