Calamares 3.3.0-alpha2 released
Aug 24, 2022
This is the first announced, second actual, release of an alpha of Calamares 3.3. Calamares 3.3 represents a break in continuity, changing configuration files, promising stability for plugins, and modernising the requirements of Calamares. The alpha releases are unstable, and distributions looking to try them will need to check configuration compatibility closely. See the changelog for the 3.3 series for (some) details.
This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
- Adriaan de Groot
- Anke Boersma
- Evan James
- Shivanand
- Vitor Lopes
Core
A core TODO is moving all library code into the Calamares namespace,
dropping the CalamaresUtils namespace. Modern C++ supports nested namespaces,
so in some cases we can use those. This has a drastic effect on ABI compatibility,
though, as functions move from one namespace to another. This needs to be
completed before a 3.3.0 with ABI stability is released.
Modules
Module schemas have been updated to reflect all the incompatible changes.
All instances of configurations where @ or @@ was used to indicate where
substitutions could take place, now use ${} syntax. This has an effect on
shellprocess, branding configuration, preservefiles, and many other places.
Feedback
If you experience an issue with Calamares, please tell us all about it on the Calamares issue tracker. For a full change list, see the full list of issues closed within the current generation (which is many releases).