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@snonux snonux released this 02 Mar 19:02
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0.5.3
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Release 0.5.3

Release Notes

Overview

This release brings significant internal restructuring, improved packaging, and a smoother shutdown experience. Loadbars has been modularized into proper Perl packages, Debian packaging is now fully supported, and several long-standing annoyances have been resolved.

Features

  • --hasagent parameter — Explicitly control SSH agent forwarding behavior, giving users more flexibility when monitoring remote hosts.
  • Debian package support — Loadbars can now be installed as a .deb package with proper dependency tracking (including openssh-client), making deployment on Debian/Ubuntu systems straightforward.

Improvements

  • Instant process shutdown — Quitting loadbars now terminates all child processes immediately rather than waiting for timeouts, including on Debian Squeeze.
  • Modular codebase — The monolithic script has been split into dedicated Perl modules (Loadbars::Main, Loadbars::Config, Loadbars::Utils, Loadbars::HelpDispatch, Loadbars::Shared), improving maintainability.
  • Dynamic versioning — The version number is now read from a .version file rather than being hard-coded, eliminating version string drift between releases.
  • Cleaner termination output — PID tracking now uses a hash, producing more informative messages when worker processes are shut down.

Bug Fixes

  • Config file write failure no longer crashes loadbars — If ~/.loadbarsrc cannot be overwritten (e.g., permissions), loadbars now warns instead of exiting.
  • Font rendering restored — Fixed a regression where the SDL font display stopped working after the modularization refactor.
  • Minor typo fixes in documentation and help output.

Breaking Changes

  • FreeBSD support has been dropped. The linprocfs-based CPU stat collection path has been removed. Users on FreeBSD should remain on v0.5.2 or earlier.
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