From: Ian Jackson Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 16:56:41 +0000 (+0100) Subject: CHANGELOG: Ready for 0.6.0 X-Git-Tag: otter-0.6.0~2 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d139a3c9987c977f778cc4c70b2dd783a73ff800;p=otter.git CHANGELOG: Ready for 0.6.0 Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 7bb96f69..255257da 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Version UNRELEASED ================== -New features: +New features +------------ * Support uploading bundles of game materials, so games can be played that are not playable with Otter's provided piece libraries. @@ -12,22 +13,23 @@ New features: * New `private.table.toml` and `same-scope.table.toml` for less-public games. -Command line usage changes, etc.: +Command line usage changes, etc. +-------------------------------- - * otter(1) now takes the game name using a --game global option - rather than a per-subcommand positional argument. + * otter(1) now takes the game name using a `--game` (`-g`) global + option rather than a per-subcommand positional argument. * Library listing, piece identification, and so on, changed, including changes to `otter library-add` and `otter library-list`. + Specifically, per-game libraries mean that `library-list` now + needs the `--game` option. - * otter(1) and otterlib(!) now honour OTTER_CLI_LOG + * otter(1) and otterlib(!) now honour `OTTER_CLI_LOG` (in Rust env_logger format). * otter(1) no longer acts on change_directory server config setting (but still resolves paths in config relative to that dir). - * Per-game libraries; library-list now takes a game name. - * Much better reporting of errors, especially from otter(1). Previously even straightforward errors would result in a controlled `panic`; now a prettier message is printed. @@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ Command line usage changes, etc.: * otter(1) can be used to issue adhoc management commands supplied on the command line in JSON or RON format. -Bugfixes: +Bugfixes +-------- * Fix a serious bug with acl handling which might allow players who can access a game more access than intended. @@ -50,29 +53,43 @@ Bugfixes: * Test suite might previously fail with EBADF due to off-by-one error in fd cleanup routiine. -Documentation: +Documentation +------------- * Document uploadable bundle format. * Document game and piece spec format. - * Document shape library catalogue format (previously this was - done with rustdoc annotations on Rust structs used with serde, - which produced very hard to understand documentation. + * Document shape library catalogue format (previously this was done + with rustdoc annotations on Rust structs used with serde, which + produced incomplete and very hard to understand information). * De-emphasize docs for for amending the builtin shape libraries; - suggest making a bundles instead. + suggest making bundles instead. * Examples, of game specs, shape libs, buncdles. -Installation and deployment changes: +Installation and deployment changes +----------------------------------- * usvg is now built shipped by the otter build system. * server-config.toml can specify the path to `usvg`, `libexec`, etc. -Internal and development changes: +Compatibility notes +------------------- + + * The otter(1) command line interface has changed and many common + operations need to be specified differently. + + * The management API protocol has completely changed. Old otter(1) + clients will not work. + + * Savefiles from older versions of Otter are not loadable. + +Internal and development changes +-------------------------------- * Change CLI to server management wire protocol to binary-framed MessagePack (was newline-framed JSON). @@ -104,20 +121,10 @@ Internal and development changes: * Reset game (game spec parsing and implemnetation) is now done in the server rather than the client. - * Improvements and bugfixes to make-release and update-version + * Improvements and bugfixes to `make-release` and `update-version` scripts. Fix anomalous (but working) `Cargo.toml` version dependency syntax. -Compatibility notes: - - * The otter(1) command line interface has changed and many common - operations need to be specified differently. - - * The management API protocol has completely changed. Old otter(1) - clients will not work. - - * Savefiles from older versions of Otter are not loadable. - Version 0.5.1 =============