CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the l3build bundle since the start of 2018 will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, this project uses date-based 'snapshot' version identifiers.

Unreleased

Changed

• Normal Lua function calls (issue #127)

2020-06-04

Added

• Store 'raw' PDF files when testing using PDFs, to allow further checks with e.g. PDF validators

2020-03-25

Changed

• Exclude sourcefiles entries from file clean-up
• Adjust defaults for TeX Live 2020 LuaHBTeX usage

2020-03-16

Changed

• Suppress PDF compression in DVI route
• Suppress PDF ID data in DVI route
• Default to dvips for (p)TeX
• Refinement of /ID line suppression

2020-03-13

Changed

• Refinement of PDF test normalisation

2020-03-12

Added

• Option ps2pdfopt

Changed

• Normalise /ID lines in PDF comparisons
• Normalise %% lines in PDF comparisons

Fixed

• Enable cleandir() recursively
• Install files after all directory cleaning/creation

2020-02-21

Changed

• Avoid temporary file when unpacking

Deprecated

• os_yes: use io.popen(...,w) instead

2020-02-17

Added

• Variable textfiledir
• Table specialtypesetting and support data

Changed

• Documentation improvements

Fixed

• When checkruns > 1 and recordstatus=true, testing code would crash (issue #90)

2020-02-03

Changed

• Normalise out DVI header lines

Fixed

• Allow announcement field to be empty (with a warning this suppresses the CTAN announcement)

2020-01-14

Fixed

• Allow for more extracted files from DocStrip

2019-11-27

Changed

• \ASSERTSTR no longer needs e-TeX

Fixed

• Installation of files using the --full switch

2019-11-01

Added

• New \ASSERT and \ASSERTSTR functions (issue #102)

Changed

• Avoid normalisation of (u)pTeX data when this is standard engine (fixes #103)
• Normalise Lua data references (#107)
• Extend runtest_task() to pass run number
• Allow regression-test to load when e-TeX is unavailable (fixes #105)

Fixed

• Location of testsuppdir when multiple configurations are used

2019-10-02

Added

• docinit_hook()

Changed

• Normalise out file paths in all cases

2019-09-30

Added

• New flattentds variable for controlling complex TDS structures
• Additional notes on texmfdir

Fixed

• Copy TDS files inside subdirectories (fixes #100)

2019-09-29

Fixed

• Path searching if texmfdir is set but does not exist

2019-09-28

Fixed

• Typesetting when using an isolated system (use of texmfdir)

2019-09-25

Added

• New texmfdir variable for more complex local additions

Fixed

• Clean out all configuration test dirs (see #98)

2019-09-18

Added

• checkinit_hook()

2019-09-14

Changed

• Use three typesetting runs as-standard
• Use pdftex not tex for unpacking

2019-08-24

Changed

• Include LUAINPUTS when setting TEXINPUTS for checksearch = false, etc.

Fixed

• Remove .log file before each check run: prevent inter-engine confusion

2019-07-31

Fixed

• Interaction between secondary files in some tests

2019-07-30

Added

• Support for non-standard file layouts via tdslocations table

Changed

• Only write (x)dvipdfmx specials for XeTeX and (u)pTeX (see #94)

2019-06-27

Changed

• Back out change for normalisation of LuaTeX v1.10 stack information (timing issue: will reintroduce later)

Fixed

• Correct test for LuaTeX (see #93)

2019-06-26

Added

• Support for HarfTeX (see #92)

Changed

• Support for normalisation of LuaTeX v1.10 stack information (may require new .tlg files)

Fixed

• Support for spaces in paths when typesetting (see #91)

2019-06-18

Added

• Switch --show-log-on-error for use with --halt-on-error. Results in the .log file being show in full on the console to aid in non-interactive debugging.

Changed

• Moved LuaTeX-specific font cache normalisation

2019-02-10

Fixed

• Handling of ASCII engines
• Execution of all tests by ctan target (see #85)

2019-02-06

Added

• Table-based control of binary/format combinations: specialformats (see #84)
• Switch --debug for chasing problems with the upload target

Changed

• The uploadconfig.update field by default now automatically detects whether it needs to be true or false
• The tag target now allows no tag name to allow for setting this programmatically within a build.lua script
• Better support for multiple LuaTeX-like engines

Fixed

• Uploading via Windows should now work

2018-12-23

Added

• Switch --email for providing upload email address
• Switch -F|--file for providing upload announcement from file
• Switch -m|--message for providing upload announcement from command line

Changed

• Enable --dry-run option for upload target
• Enable tag/version to be passed as optional argument to upload target

Fixed

• Packaging of some team-specific files
• Handling of upload data containing newlines (Windows only)

2018-12-18

Changed

• Add new upload target which uses curl with the CTAN API to send a package for release (see #1)

2018-11-08

Changed

• Strip leading spaces from file loading/page number lines (see #78)

Fixed

• Print test failures correctly per-config (see #77)

2018-10-30

Fixed

• Substitution of spaces in Unix paths (see #76)

2018-10-25

Added

• \SHOWFILE command

Changed

• Better support for multiple LuaTeX engines (see #75)

Fixed

• Support for spaces in directory names (fixes #76)
• Support relative directories as argument to --texmfhome

2018-09-23

Changed

• Entries in scriptfiles are excluded from installfiles
• Use a per-config directory for running tests
• Enable use of local texmf.cnf file in tests and documentation
• New ctanreadme variable

2018-09-21

Changed

• Normalise date lines to contain "...-..-.." rather than removing (including normalising version data in such lines): note that .tlg file updates may be required after this change
• Explicitly exclude .fd file lines

2018-08-07

Changed

• Suppress file name info in PDF output for included images, etc.

Fixed

• Issue with creation of CTAN releases for bundles

2018-08-04

Added

• ctanzip variable
• --full option

Changed

• Run PDF-based tests for all engines
• Tweaks to PDF-based normalisation: new .tpf files will be required
• The --halt-on-error|-H setting now applies to multiple configs

Fixed

• Testing using .lve files
• Tagging with new approach to top-level targets

2018-08-02

Added

• CHANGELOG.md
• --dirty option
• includetests and excludetests variables for controlling which tests run
• target_list table to allow control of targets without redefining main()

Changed

• PDF-based testing now uses 'digested' PDF file for comparison, working from dedicated .pvt input files

Removed

• --pdf|-p command line switch

2018-05-10

Changed

• Revert appearance of date lines in .tlg files: this is on balance problematic

2018-05-06

Added

• Variable dynamicfiles to be cleaned between each test run

Changed

• Normalise dates to placeholder "YYYY-MM-DD": may require .tlg updates

Fixed

• Include dot files in tree() (fixes #30)

2018-03-26

Changed

• Omit ISO date lines in .tlg files

2018-03-24

Changed

• Allow 'short cut' of check runs
• Support for upcoming LaTeX kernel release functions

2018-03-10

Changed

• Add #! line for POSIX users
• Set POSIX u+x on l3build.lua

Fixed

• Handling of script name with or without extension

2018-03-09

Fixed

• Pass through script name correctly with new set up

2018-03-08

Added

• Target tag, variable tagfiles and function update_tag()
• Variables scriptfiles and scriptmanfiles to support installation of scripts

Changed

• l3build can now be run as a top-level script rather than using texlua build.lua ...
• Normalisation of LuaTeX-derived tlg files, in preparation for TeX Live 2018

Deprecated

• Use of wrapper build.lua script to call l3build: the new top-level script approach is preferred

Removed

• Target setversion and variable versionfiles

2018-02-20

Changed

• Allow for checkopts adding code/files

Fixed

• Creation of 'structured' CTAN releases
• Quote test names correctly

2018-01-27

Added

• Target uninstall
• Options --first and --last

Changed

• Normalisation for upcoming LuaTeX 1.07 release

Fixed

• Behaviour of check on Windows when using standard fc tool

2018-01-10

Added

• Target manifest for construction of file manifests automatically
• Variable auxfiles
• Option --dry-run for installation/cleaning
• Option --texmfhome to allow customisation of installation
• Option --shuffle to run tests in a random order

Changed

• Sort list of tests to avoid system-dependent ordering
• Split l3build into multiple files for improved maintenance

Fixed

• Issue with recordstatus

Removed

• Rationalise short option names: removed -d, -E, -r
• Target cmdcheck: specific to LaTeX kernel work