v0.8.5.8

This release brings minor changes from a user's perspective but rather a lot of changes under the hood. Its main focus is code maintenance, code quality improvement, and some usability improvements.

Highlights:

check-ip-in-registry.sh:

• adapted to utilize the *fetch script for fetching, in order to avoid code duplication

*fetch:

• adapted to be used by check-ip-in-registry.sh
• avoid multiple file writes to store status in the status file

*apply:

• improved performance when compiling a new ip list to feed into ipset

*manage:

• more improvements to the report_status() function output
• warn the user if no country codes have been found in firewall rules

*common:

• implemented check_deps() function
• check for common dependencies on initialization

*install:

• compacted some code by implementing and utilizing functions check_files_exist(), copyscripts()

*run:

• create backup before the action rather than after it

most scripts:

• check dependencies in a more orderly manner, via the new check_deps() function in *common
• Code cleanup and code style improvements
• Improved console output messages and error messages

Full Changelog: v0.8.5.7...v0.8.5.8