Zero Install

Help Wanted!

OpenSUSE packager needed. An RPM already exists in their build service, but someone needs to get it into the main repository. If you'd like to help with this (or anything else), please introduce yourself on our friendly mailing list!

News

Jul 2010

0launch 0.49 released, with the new PackageKit support. There's a new IronPython branch, using the .NET mainloop instead of GLib, which means fewer dependencies for Windows users. 0export 0.2 released, including a new --net-install mode. And we have a lovely new logo (shown top-left).

Jun 2010

The big news this month is the new support for PackageKit - if a Zero Install program depends on an uninstalled distribution package, Zero Install can use PackageKit to install it, using the distribution's native package manager. The new 0test now has HTML output to show the test results matrix as a colourful table.

May 2010

0launch 0.48 (and 0.47) released, with support for selecting downloads by language, support for native Slackware and FreeBSD packages as dependencies. Development of the .NET version continues.

Apr 2010

0launch 0.46 released, with the new SAT solver. Feeds for pkg-config and make are now available so they can be used as build dependencies with 0compile. Distribution integration for Gentoo and FreeBSD Ports has been added. An OpenOffice.org feed is under development.

Mar 2010

0launch 0.45 released, with support for native Gentoo packages and distribution-specific package names, better support for alternative digest algorithms and better support for pathnames on Windows. A new SAT solver has been implemented, which can select the best set of versions in every situation. The feed mirror site has been greatly upgraded, with per-user and per-site lists of feeds and rankings.

Feb 2010

The Windows version is coming along nicely - please help to test it! Also, 0export 0.1 was released; this allows easy creation of bundles for off-line distribution or archiving.

Jan 2010

0launch 0.44 released. Improvements include a progress display in console mode, support for GnuPG 2, canonicalisation of architectures and some minor bug-fixes.

Dec 2009

The Sugar project has also provided experimental PackageKit integration. repo.roscidus.com now hosts Java 6 (JRE and JDK), SWT and E packages.

Nov 2009

A new Zero Install repository has been set up on repo.roscidus.com to host feeds for programs where the upstream authors don't provide one. 0launch 0.43 was released, with support for xz compression, gettings feeds over https and a Spanish translation.

Oct 2009

Lots of interesting discussion between Sugar Labs (One Laptop per Child) and Zero Install developers about using Zero Install to distribute Sugar Activities. The project has also offered us hosting to set up a repository for third-party packages (i.e. those where the upstream project isn't interested in providing packages of their own). Meanwhile, the grid.dk project has written up some instructions for using Zero Install to deploy Grid applications. deb2zero has been merged with rpm2zero to form pkg2zero.

Sep 2009

0launch 0.42 released. The new version has better internationalisation support, and is able to look up GPG key information from a server. The default service informs you if the feed is signed by a member of the Debian project, in addition to showing information from the old database. We hope to add other trust sources in the future. Distribution integration now also works with multi-arch RPMs. libglade is no longer a dependency. The experimental Windows branch is now able to run Seamonkey.

Jul 2009

No release this month, but work includes much improved internationalisation support, support for key information servers, and support for GtkBuilder.

Jun 2009

An experimental Firefox extension for Zero Install is now available.
0compile 0.18 adds a GUI to the "autocompile" feature and introduces more support for compiling legacy source code.

May 2009

0release 0.10 automatically creates binary packages along with the source releases.
Added IdeaTorrent to track popular ideas - open for voting now!

Apr 2009

0launch 0.40 released (fixes FTP support with Python 2.6).
The new 0compile autocompile feature will download source code and build and register the binary in one go, along with any dependencies.

Mar 2009

0launch 0.39 released, with support for translations, improved background updates and better support for the RPM and Fink package managers.

Jan 2009

0launch 0.38 released, with better support for sudo, and a new "0store audit" command to check the whole cache.
The 0export command is now much improved, with a simple GUI.

For more information see the mailing list archives or the release notes on gnomefiles.org. There's also a Twitter feed.