3.16.0

Enhancements

• EXE: Uninstalling with option "Clear Package Cache" now also performs additional clean-up to account for potentially left over files. (#1213 via #1214)
• Add installer_type: docker support to generate a Dockerfile and staged .sh installer from a constructor build (#1219).
• Add docker_image_format: tar support to build and export a portable Docker image. Requires Docker Buildx (#1219).
• EXE: Add a new error check when the chosen installation path would exceed the Windows 260-character limit, computed from the longest bundled file path. This reduces the risk of users running into confusing installation failures caused by long paths on Windows. (#1170 via #1228)
• Serialize package records and versions for info.json output. (#1250)
• Add experimental support for building Windows MSI installers (via BeeWare's Briefcase). (#1251 via #646, #967)
• Add constructor --render CLI option to render construct.yaml files. (#1263)

Bug fixes

• Skip creating ~/.conda in shell installers when register_envs is false.
  Avoids a spurious failure when $HOME is read-only. (#1215)
• PKG: Fix incorrect owner name in ownership warning messages. (#1223)
• EXE: Create temporary directories inside $INSTDIR to avoid Windows Defender errors with conda-standalone. (#1243 via #1247)

Other

• CI: Add pip to dev environment (required after conda-libmamba-solver 26.4.0 enabled sharded repodata by default). (#1229)
• CI: Pin micromamba<2.6 due to cache regression (mamba-org/mamba#4250). (#1229)
• Add the installer name, version, platform and type attributes to a .installer.info file in the main workspace directory,
  so this information can be persistently stored. (#1250)

Contributors

• @chrisburr
• @Jrice1317
• @jaimergp
• @marcoesters
• @lrandersson
• @stacynoland