NetSparkle

What's Changed

• Fix app cast bug; some versions not read properly by @Deadpikle in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/589

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.6.0-app-cast-generator...2.6.1-app-cast-generator

• Added semantic versioning compatibility to app cast generation (e.g. My app 1.0.0-alpha.exe parsing/processing)
• NOTE: You must use a 3.x beta version of NetSparkleUpdater for the core library to detect, parse, and use semantic versions properly!

Many thanks to @melsawy93 for helping on that feature.

• Fix app cast gen using wrong download link for change log (#572)

• Fixed bug with IsCriticalUpdate not getting written to the app cast properly (2142e8e0c277523ac33b2ba1d19d0e1fd9ca8483)

• See NetSparkleUpdater 2.3.0 changelog
• Allow processing a window after init (7d9169c) — see UIFactory.ProcessWindowAfterInit
• Make UIFactory icon protected instead of private (a8b0f82)
• Remove hardcoded Avalonia update window background (8ad3082)
• Add props to WPF, Avalonia UIs for easily skipping bg color (6fcddbb) — UseStaticUpdateWindowBackgroundColor (defaults to true), UpdateWindowGridBackgroundBrush (defaults to #EEEEEE)

• See NetSparkleUpdater 2.3.0 changelog
• Changed windows to use TextBlock instead of Label to allow TextBlock Attached Properties. (#476)
• Make UIFactory icon protected instead of private (a8b0f82)
• Add props to WPF, Avalonia UIs for easily skipping bg color (6fcddbb) — UseStaticUpdateWindowBackgroundColor (defaults to true), UpdateWindowGridBackgroundBrush (defaults to #EEEEEE)
• WPF - Allow processing a window after init (64bdfc3) — see UIFactory.ProcessWindowAfterInit

• See NetSparkleUpdater 2.3.0 changelog
• Bump System.Drawing.Common for .NET 5 (0c51fa5)
• Make UIFactory icon protected instead of private (a8b0f82)
• Add post-init form handling to WinForms UI (4c29b10) — see ProcessFormAfterInit in UIFactory

What's Changed

• Bump actions/checkout from 2.4.0 to 3.3.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/421
• Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 3.0.2 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/454
• net6.0+ no longer need Microsoft.Win32.Registry NuGet packages by @christophwille in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456
• Bump nitz/publish-nuget from 13cf3a0ec3840b62a0fd20d559ab1e2a63b0d75a to 60fd3adf9d9eecc3bbf8a98738734d3061347172 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/412
• Changed WPF windows to use TextBlocks instead of Labels, added CHANGELOG file by @PeterJarrettUK in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/476
• Typo fixing by @AbhineshJha in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/521
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/524
• Replace Console.WriteLine with LogWriter.PrintMessage by @mgnslndh in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/522
• Added .NET 8 compatibility
• Fix JSONConfiguration not checking path properly (#460)
• Add additional null checks in JSONConfiguration (c748174)
• Add manual redirect handling in app cast download (#464)
• Fix exception not showing user visible error on dl (af5dd8b)
• Put stack trace in error message of GetUpdateStatus (3119481)
• Fix bug with invalid date in updates window (4acd6de)
• Fix issue where dl name could be diff in some instances (b1422e9)
• Add UseLocalUriPath option to downloaders
• Bump System.Text.Json to 7.0.3
• Turn DownloadAndGetAppCastData into an async method and use GetAwaiter().GetResult() in the original. Other things of note: libraries should always go for ConfigureAwait(false) and never use .Result unless you are sure the result is already there. (7a6a8aa)
• Fix file access issues in LocalFileDownloader (b131a15)

New Contributors

• @christophwille made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456
• @AbhineshJha made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/521
• @mgnslndh made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/522

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.2.1...2.3.0

• Added/tweaked the following commands:
  • -p/--change-log-path: Path to the change log files for your software. These are expected to be in markdown format with an extension of .md. The file name of the change log files must contain the version of the software, e.g. 1.3.2.md. Example use: -p path/to/change/logs. (Note: The generator will also attempt to find change logs whose file names are formatted like so: MyApp 1.3.2.md.)
  • --change-log-name-prefix: Prefix for change log file names. By default, the generator searches for file names with the format "[Version].md". If you set this parameter to (for example) "My App Change Log", it will search for file names with the format "My App Change Log [Version].md" as well as "[Version].md".
• Changed an exception from Exception to NetSparkleException

• Add .NET 7 compatibility

• Trim version number when reading from assembly

• Add .NET 8 compatibility to app cast generator

• Allow setting critical versions from app cast generator via the --critical-versions parameter, which is a comma-separated list of version numbers that should be marked critical in the app cast.

What's Changed

• net6.0+ no longer need Microsoft.Win32.Registry NuGet packages by @christophwille in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456
• Fixed System.Drawing.Common not using 7.0.0 on .NET 7
• Fixed wrong target framework for System.Drawing.Common on .NET 7

New Contributors

• @christophwille made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.2.1...2.2.2

What's Changed

• net6.0+ no longer need Microsoft.Win32.Registry NuGet packages by @christophwille in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456
• Fixed System.Drawing.Common not using 7.0.0 on .NET 7

New Contributors

• @christophwille made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.2.1...2.2.2

What's Changed

• net6.0+ no longer need Microsoft.Win32.Registry NuGet packages by @christophwille in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456
• Updated Avalonia to 0.10.21

New Contributors

• @christophwille made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.2.1...2.2.2

What's Changed

• net6.0+ no longer need Microsoft.Win32.Registry NuGet packages by @christophwille in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456

New Contributors

• @christophwille made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/456

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.2.1...2.2.2

• Added .NET Core 3.1 target to fix backwards compatibility
• Fixed hiding release notes on WinForms UIs where buttons were also made invisible (Thanks @jamesweston)
• Fixed hiding release notes on Avalonia UI still showing release notes
• Improved UI on hiding release notes for WPF UI

• Add .NET 7 compatibility
• Fixed a bug where WinForms .NET Core lib threw an exception on reopening the update window
• Added UIFactory.ReleaseNotesGrabberOverride for easier override of the ReleaseNotesGrabber on each UI
• WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader now uses HttpClient just like everything else

What's Changed

• Parsed BaseUrl option as string rather than Uri since string is all that can be parsed from a console and we were using it as a string anyway
• Added --human-readable flag so that your app cast could look be easily readable by a human (indents, newlines)
• Bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from 1.0.2 to 1.1.3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/380
• Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 2 to 3.0.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/375

Closed Issues

• #376 Fixed command line option --base-uri not working due to Uri parsing
• #377 Added indent to appcast.xml files

New Contributors

• @Fruchtzwerg94 made their first contribution in https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/pull/376

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle/compare/2.1.2...2.1.3