testing

What's Changed

• increase version to v24.1 by @dnzbk in #247
• tweak grammar in readme.md by @OneCDOnly in #243

New Contributors

• @OneCDOnly made their first contribution in #243

Full Changelog: v24.0...testing

v24.0

What's Changed

• Features:

  • Dark theme and new icons #214;

  • Added macOS x64 build support (macOS Mojave 10.14+) #194;

  • DEB/RPM packages support #230;

    • Instructions.

  • NewsServer Add UI - Default encryption and ports #225:

    • moved Server.Encryption between Server.Host and Server.Port;
    • made Server.Encryption to ON by default;
    • made port depend on Server.Encryption value unless user has put something up:
      • 563/443 for secure;
      • 119/80 for unsecure.

  • Improved error messages and help text in Extension Manager #166:

    • added 7-Zip exit codes decoder according to 7-Zip doc;
    • added a warning that SevenZipCmd may not be valid, in case of extension installation problems.

  • Fixed stable/test release notifications #181:

    • added automatic checking for new testing releases;
    • fixed notifications about the new stable/testing release;
    • fixed "Uncaught ReferenceError: installedRev" error.

  • Fixed and update links in webui #177:

    • fixed license links;
    • fixed links from nzbget.conf.

  • For developers:

    • Moved to CMake. Autotools and MSBuild are deprecated now and may be removed in future versions #182:
      • switched to CMake from autotools and MSBuild, which will simplify cross-platform development;
      • fixed installing/uninstalling on FreeBSD and macOS via autotools/CMake;
      • added automatic installation of Boost.Json;
      • added support for static code analyzer Clang-Tidy.
    • Revised and updated documentation #199:
      • moved CONTRIBUTING.md to docs/;
      • split INSTALLATION.md to POSIX.md, WINDOWS.md and HOW_TO_USE.md;
      • added Extensions docs;
      • added an instruction on how CPPCheck can be used with CMake.
    • Docker: support native unrar building #231.

  • Bug fixes:

    • Fixed buffer overflow in CString::AppendFmtV #208;
    • Fixed files/dirs permissions overridden by the unpacker #229;
    • Fixed dynamic addition of extension options #209;
    • Removed changing ownership at the beginning of container start #218;
    • Docker: fixed fresh install #219.

v23.0

What's Changed

• Features:
  • Extension Manager #76;
    • The new nzbget extension system, which makes it easy to download/update/delete
      extensions with backward compatibility with the old system;
    • extensions master list;
    • changed:
      • RPC request "configtemplates" - no longer returns script templates, but only the config template;
    • added:
      • new RPC requests:
        • "loadextensions" - loads all extensions from {ScriptDIR} and returns an array of structures in JSON/XML formats;
        • "updateextension" - downloads by url and name and installs the extension. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "deleteextension" - deletes extension by name. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "downloadextension" - downloads by url and installs the extension. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "testextension" - tries to find the right executor program for the extension, e.g. Python.
          Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
      • "EXTENSION MANAGER" section in webui to download/delete/update extensions;
      • Boost.Json library to work with JSON;
      • more unit tests;
    • refactored:
      • replaced raw pointers with smart pointers and const refs where possible for memory safty reasons;
    • removed:
      • testdata_FILES from Makefile.am;
      • EMail and Logger scripts;
  • Docker support #55;
  • Synology support (spk) #72;
  • QNAP support #158;
  • aarch64 mipseb mipsel ppc6xx ppc500 architectures to linux build #61 #146;
  • article read chunk size #52;
    • Added ArticleReadChunkSize config option which allows to adjust
      the buffer size for customization on different platforms, which can lead to increased performance;
  • increased the number of default connections to 8 #54;
  • automatic search for a suitable interpreter on POSIX #74;
  • certificate verification levels #150;
    • levels:
      • None: NO certificate signing check, NO certificate hostname check;
      • Minimal: certificate signing check, NO certificate hostname check;
      • Strict: certificate signing check, certificate hostname check;
    • tested on a mock nzbget NNTP nserv server with self-signed certificate and got expected results:
      • "Strict" -> test failed;
      • "Minimal" -> test failed;
      • "None" -> test passed";
• Bug fixies:
  • possible memory corruption #148;
• For developers:
  • fixed unit tests (Windows only for now) and started migration to CMake #64;
    • We are going to completely migrate to CMake as a more universal one for cross-platform development and drop autotools and MSBuild;
  • using libxml2 on Windows and vcpkg package manager to install dependencies #70;
    • libxml2 library is now used on Windows to work with xml in the same way we already do on Linux and macOS;
    • removed platform-dependent code for working with xml on Windows;

v22.0

What's Changed

• daemon:connect: don't use FIPS_mode_set with OpenSSL 3 by @ureyNZB in #3
• Feature windows build fix by @ureyNZB in #9
• Add linux build workflow. Update linux version. Modify rules for build workflows by @phnzb in #12
• UI and web links fixes, temporary disable testing/develop update channels by @phnzb in #19
• Changed the progress-block class to use a calculated width of 8.5rem by @ureyNZB in #17
• Download time with empty minutes and seconds by @ureyNZB in #16
• add version key to windows registry by @ureyNZB in #14
• change nzbget.net to nzbget.com by @ureyNZB in #13
• fix according to discription by @ureyNZB in #10
• fix python 3.x script execution windows support by @ureyNZB in #8
• Update pubkey.pem. Update windows build script to include pubkey.pem. by @phnzb in #20
• Change master ->main in workflows by @phnzb in #22
• change nzbget.net to nzbget.com part 2 by @ureyNZB in #21
• update changelog by @ureyNZB in #24
• nsi script fix for windows 11 by @ureyNZB in #26
• readme expansion by @luckedea in #30
• README.md: added project/repository status badges by @dnzbk in #31
• Add pull requests flow to README by @phnzb in #32
• feature/macos build by @dnzbk in #33
• add: macos build status badge by @dnzbk in #35
• Release v22.0 by @dnzbk in #36

New Contributors

• @ureyNZB made their first contribution in #3
• @dnzbk made their first contribution in #27
• @luckedea made their first contribution in #30

Full Changelog: v21.1...v22.0