Changelog¶

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[unreleased]¶

Packages are now evaluated inside of a sandbox, preventing package tables from having side effects. The functions available in the sandbox are defined in unicorn.util.sandbox_env. This does not provide much security. Do not install untrusted packages!
- As a side effect, packages available on a remote can no longer be Lua bytecode (but this was never supported to begin with).
Packages with an empty instdat can now be uninstalled.
Packages with dirs can now be uninstalled.
When attempting an HTTP request with unicorn.util.smartHttp, the function will throw an error if we receive a bad response. As a result, operations that make HTTP requests will now fail if the server sends such a response. (Reported by @Commandcracker)
When fetching a file from a package remote, the file is no longer written to /tmp. (Reported by @Commandcracker)
Logging is slightly less verbose. Debug logging can be enabled by setting the _G.UNICORN_DEBUG_DO_NOT_USE_IN_PRODUCTION_CODE variable to 1. This interface is not stable.
Recrafted is no longer officially supported. The initial support was very subpar, and went untested for so long that it broke entirely. Recrafted support will come back in a future release. (Tracked by #12)

Fix a bug where attempting to uninstall and then reinstall a package would result in an error. (Reported by @rapidradiance)

Add UnicornInstall and UnicornUninstall events with os.queueEvent.
Add the instdat.gitlab_instance field in the GitLab provider.
Add the unicorn.provider.local.nothing provider. This is useful for making packages that don’t need to contain anything; for example, packages which function as “groups” to install certain packages at once, or packages for software that is already installed.
Migrated the project to use require with a custom package.path value.
- Retroactive note: This breaks most installations of the CLI. The breakages that this change caused in the CLI are fixed in CLI version 1.2.1 or later.