Version 3.27.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-11-13 This is an unstable release in the 3.27 development series, with the following improvements: * Redesigned category view * Better notifications for completed distro upgrades * Number of test suite fixes to pave way for continous integration tests * Improved support for running on low res displays * Various fixes to internal state handling * Allow linking to specified proprietary licenses * Don't use versioned subdirectories under ~/.cache/gnome-software * Only show in-app notifications for interactive user actions * Various fixes for flatpak, fwupd, and snap support This release also updates translations. Version 3.26.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-11-09 This is a stable release with the following changes: * Various fixes to cancellable handling, making it more robust to cancel install/remove operations * Fix a common crash in Fedora distro upgrades plugin * Fix showing N+2 Fedora upgrades * Fix flatpak updates inadvertently triggering a reboot * Revert plugin GType registering changes that broke app "adopting" * Various flatpak plugin fixes * Various snap plugin fixes * Bump fwupd required dep to 0.9.7 and support building with new 1.0.0 API * Avoid erroring out for operations that return more than 500 results (distro upgrades, getting gnome-shell extensions list) * Fix a few memory leaks This release also updates translations. Version 3.26.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-10-02 This is a stable release with the following changes: * Fix memory leak in "external appstream" plugin * Don't translate an icon name in the Punjabi translation * Fix critical warning in the fwupd plugin if the update URI isn't set * Fix Addon categories not showing * Fix crash in PackageKit plugin if reporting progress with no current application * Revert a change in the snapd plugin which can cause operations to fail or hang in some situations This release also updates translations. Version 3.26.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-09-11 This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.26, with the following improvements: * Use the new fwupd API in 0.9.7 to avoid when a reboot is required * Pass the complete proxy settings to PackageKit The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not crash when emitting an uncommon error message * Do not show a critical warning with new versions of fwupd * Do not show an error for a remote-less flatpakref application * Don't refine PackageKit packages after we've been cancelled * Fix a possible crash on 32 bit systems * Fix GNOME Shell search results for snap applications * Properly disable shell-extensions when not running GNOME Shell This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-08-21 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a simple donation button on the details page The following bugs are also fixed: * Allow plugins to say that installation cannot be cancelled * Fix displaying the info bar for the Shell Extensions category * Use first featured snap as the featured app This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-08-07 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a simple donation button on the details page The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not crash if the child schema is invalid * Don't log a warning when clicking the the 'more results' search entry * Fixed subcategory names localization * Ensure flatpak remote names are valid * Fix critical warning with new versions of the fwupd daemon This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-07-21 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Add new rpm-ostree integration for Fedora Atomic Workstation * Install the Flatpak runtime as part of the application install phase * Split OS updates up into multiple sections and show the target version * Support compatibility IDs when getting reviews from the ODRS The following bugs are also fixed: * Cancel plugin jobs if they take too much time * Correctly find already installed flatpak runtimes * Do not show an error for a flatpakref when broken remotes exist * Don't show the screenshot section for runtimes * Fix authentication prompt not showing when using snapd * Make license buttons buttons actually look clickable * Make the review moderator panel easier to use * Only show snaps as sandboxed if snapd supports confinement * Respect the per-user or per-system install preferences * Return the correct installed state for user/system flatpak remotes This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-06-22 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a banner designer utility * Add the initial support to support purchasable apps * Automatically install flatpak icon themes and GTK themes * Restyle the updates panel to have a separate sections * Show a notification in the updates page when the OS is end of life * Show recently updated applications on the overview page The following bugs are also fixed: * Add snap self tests and provide more data to the details panel * Allow compiling with newer versions of meson * Do not crash when sending progress reports while refreshing * Don't trigger systemd for every single offline update * Ensure all related flatpak applications get installed * Ensure we use the gnome-desktop support if enabled * Fix searching for codecs on Ubuntu * Show a better status messages when downloading metadata * Show a pulsing progressbar if plugins do not report progress * Show the PackageKit interactive dialog when required * Support updating metadata from multiple fwupd remotes This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-05-08 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Allow AppStream to be downloaded out-of-band per-user The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not initialize plugins in every instance * Fix the 'Show Details' context menu item in GNOME Shell * Use headerbar in toolbar-mode in Unity * Do not allow plugins to set the origin title in the UI This release also updates translations. Version 3.25.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-04-28 This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series, with the following improvements: * Truncate the search results if there are a large number * Use the complete source as a search keyword The following bugs are also fixed: * Fall back to a stock icon for hardware drivers * Fix a crash when removing an addon * Fix a critical warning in the shell search provider * Fix popular-overrides to show the correct applications * Fix various failures to read from snapd * Make offline updates work when online updates are available * Never include the size of the runtime in the installed size * Respect the install preference when for flatpakref files * Use the developer name in preference to the project group This release also updates translations. Version 3.23.92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-03-13 This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following bug fixes: * Allow installing broken flatpakref files * Do not reload the updates list when updates are in progress * Reset the headerbar title when switching to the details page * Unconditionally show things that are in progress in the Installed page This release also updates translations. Version 3.23.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-02-27 This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements: * Add support for RuntimeRepo in flatpakref files * Allow the user to restart the currently running gnome-software instance * Never show components without AppData files The following bugs are also fixed: * Initialize progress to zero right before and after processing an action * Animate the removal of live updates * Add YaST as a default folder in gnome-shell overview This release also updates translations. Version 3.23.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-02-13 This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements: * Handle apt and snap URLs * Show the updates panel with sections * Sort the apps in the installed panel by kind The following bugs are also fixed: * Add a more detailed error message when AC power is required * Do not hardcode the gnome-software application name * Ensure firmware is downloaded when not cached * Fix a rather large memory leak when loading Steam data * Fix launching Flatpak apps after updating * Install needed Flatpak runtimes when updating an app * Only show the scary firmware warning for removable devices This release also updates translations. Version 3.23.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-12-15 This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements: * Add an --install and --interaction CLI options * Add the installed size of the apps in the installed view * Always set a description for each notification * Show an in-app notification when installed plugins are changed * Use a set of stars to show the different star ratings The following bugs are also fixed: * Add a missing error check to fix a common crash on LiveDVD media * Add thread locking in GsApp to fix some common crashes * Allow upgrading to Fedora EOL releases * Don't allow review actions when offline * Ensure we actually schedule firmware updates for download * Fix the getting of PackageKit and flatpak update details * Hide some notifications when the new app is launched or the window is closed * Hide the screenshot placeholder for input methods and langpacks This release also updates translations. Version 3.23.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-11-21 This is an unstable release in the 3.23 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a setting for downloading updates on metered connections * Add content rating interface for games * Add support for pending updates that are applied on demand * Add support for the flatpak DefaultBranch feature * Allow showing an application review without a display name * Convert the modal failure dialogs to in-app notifications * Switch to using the ODRS server hosted by GNOME The following bugs are also fixed: * Always get the newest screenshot for GNOME Shell extensions * Avoid redownloading the same screenshots for different images * Don't download updates when low on power * Fix the growth in memory usage for every search request * Never show a 'back' button when showing search results * Show the search bar when the user does ctrl+f This release also updates translations. Version 3.22.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-11-07 This stable release fixes the following bugs: * Large number of fixes and improvements for flatpak support * Improved handling for flatpak repos with multiple branches * Initial support for installing flatpakrepo files * Fix a crash when searching for codecs * Fix a crash when de-duplicating applications * Speed improvements for loading appstream data * Refactor snapd handling code using snapd-glib * Show the search bar when the user does Ctrl+f This release also updates translations. Version 3.22.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-10-12 This stable release fixes the following bugs: * Fix several issues with flatpak bundles * Fix installing local packages * Fix a crash when failing to get an installed flatpak ref * Speed up loading the details and overview pages * Switch to using the ODRS server hosted by GNOME This release also updates translations. Version 3.22.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-09-19 This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.22 and updates several translations. Version 3.21.92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-09-13 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a new section name in the Addons category for drivers * Add a plugin to match a hardware modalias The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not hide the origin when installing or removing an app * Do not show the screenshot fallback image for firmware or drivers * Fix launching app's details from the installed notification * Fix showing the source line in the installed panel * Unbreak the GNOME Shell search provider * Use the same padding as a GtkStackSwitcher This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.21.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-08-31 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Add functionality to enable non-free sources * Show the device bootloader screenshot when required The following bugs are also fixed: * Always return consistent results by allowing plugins to share a cache * Ensure the search text is showing when going back to search results * Only enable the firmware 'Install' button when the device is in the right mode * Remove an app from the installed view when it's uninstalled * Show percentage progress when installing firmware This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.21.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-08-15 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Limit the ODRS moderation queue to a specific language The following bugs are also fixed: * Correctly load .flatpakrepo files * Don't get the download size for installed flatpak packages * Fix showing the progress bar when installing apps * Never try to modify the application name * Only notify about upgrades once per month This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.21.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-07-18 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a cancel button and progress information to the details page * Add a dialog to confirm upgrade removals * Add support for authenticating in plugins * Add support for snaps * Enable gtk-doc generation for documentation * Show a new-style category list on the overview page * Show origin information when applications are available from multiple sources * Show sandboxing information for selected applications * Show the star ratings in more places * Support installing .flatpakrepo files * Support launching applicatins using a appstream:// URL The following bugs are also fixed: * Allow plugins to be enabled and disabled at runtime * Always show the 'MyLanguage' kudo when in en_US locale * Correctly trigger systemd offline updates when only processing OS updates * Disable app folders feature when run outside GNOME * Do not show buttons on the search results * Do not use deprecated CSS properties * Do not use deprecated fwupd API * Ensure reviews are shown in the correct order * Fix a crash when double clicking files * Fix several UX issues when upgrading * Show the 'More Reviews' button in the details panel * Try really hard to have two rows of important categories This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.21.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-05-23 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a --details-pkg option to the gnome-software binary * Add support for flatpak packages * Add a plugin to auto-add some license information * Add depends, requires and conflicts at initialize time * Add support for application key colors * Export a set of headers to allow external plugins to be built The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not crash if plugins are badly behaved * Do not directly load pixbufs in the AppStream plugin * Do not unconditionally invalidate the updates list on hardware hotplug * Find the best AppSteam component when matching any prefixes * Fix crash due to network change before app activation * Fix launching various KDE4 applications * Support getting cached content from /var/cache and /usr/share This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.21.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-04-25 This is an unstable release in the 3.21 development series, with the following improvements: * Add an initial loading panel when there is no metadata * Add an outline ostree plugin that just adds remotes as sources * Add an unreviewable application quirk * Add initial Steam support * Add support for app shortcut addition/removal * Add support for GNOME Shell extensions * Allow free-but-unspecified SPDX tokens * Allow widgets to use custom CSS in a generic way * Do the PackageKit refresh as a background transaction * Hide "Software Sources" menu when its action is disabled * Make the distro upgrades dialog match the new mockup * Split the 'size' property into size-installed and size-download * Use a link instead of a button for history * Use AppStream files for the popular, featured and extra category data * Use dpkg-deb info to create a GsApp when double clicking on a .deb file * Use FwupdClient from fwupd 0.7.0 * Use GdkPixbuf to parse icns files * Use gsettings to enable/disable the 'sources' action * Use the Fedora themed image for the upgrade banner * When there are no trusted sources mark everything as non-3rd-party The following bugs are also fixed: * Actually show the error dialog for an invalid file * Allow all functions called by g_module_symbol() to fail * Allow popular and featured apps to match any prefix * Do not maintain a cache of applications in the plugin loader * Do not make the ODRS plugin depend on xdg-app * Do not re-request the distro-upgrade when switching pages * Do not show ratings and reviews for some component kinds * Do not show the distro-upgrade notification if the window is open * Do not use the header bar on Unity * Fix a crash when double clicking package files * Fix live installing firmware * Get the correct icon size when installing xdg-app bundles on HiDPI * Hide the kudo details panel for non desktop components * Load screenshots directly if their URLs point to local files * Lower the limits for review text * Make all the plugins more threadsafe * Make the provenance plugin non-specific to Fedora * Move header bar button creation into individual pages * Move the Install & Restart button below the upgrade banner * Never show star ratings on the category app tiles * Only show one modal dialog at a time * Only show the session manager restart if there were any non-live updates * Properly support multi-line .deb descriptions * Show a 'Install All' button when all the updates can be installed live * Show a modal dialog when downloading the distro-upgrade failed * Show the upgrades banner even if there are no updates to show * Use a cache file to respect the fedora-distro-upgrades cache-age * Use GFile instead of a filename when converting apps This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.19.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-02-29 This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements: * Add an 'All' subcategory in the category shell * Add ratings and review functionality for Ubuntu * Install the xdg-app runtime as required automatically * Show a confirmation dialog before reporting a review * Show a guide label for the different star values * Support installing local xdg-app bundles The following bugs are also fixed: * Correctly identify local packages with sources * Do not add multiple search results for the same app * Do not show xdg-app runtimes in the installed panel * Escape markup before showing modal dialogs This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.19.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-02-15 This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements: * Add end-user application review functionality * Add support for upgrading the OS from one release to another * Add support for xdg-app and Limba bundles * Add tags to applications, and explain them in the details page * Update the list of featured applications on the front page The following bugs are also fixed: * Add a missing tag to the software center metadata file * PackageKit support is now optional * Temporarily remove the remove button in the sources dialog * Use versioned user cache directories to pick up new screenshots This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.19.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-01-15 This is an unstable release in the 3.19 development series, with the following improvements: * Add a link to Wikipedia to explain proprietary and public domain software * Allow administrators to override the default popular applications * Improve the interface for device firmware updates and some can be done live * Make sure Characters and Disks show up in Utilities * Show 3rd party applications in the search results * Show a nicer installation dialog when installing local files * Speed up the application first-start and also speed up switching pages * Try to show if an application is free software The following bugs are also fixed: * Do not crash on refresh if the fwupd daemon is not available * Fix installing web applications * Rework several windows to fit better on small screens * Use the correct user agent string when downloading firmware This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.18.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-11-05 This stable release fixes the following bugs: * Use the correct user agent string when downloading firmware * Fix a crash in the limba plugin * Fix installing web applications This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.18.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-10-15 This stable release fixes the following bugs: * Fix a regression that could lead to never finding any updates * Fix an issue with getting package details for apps without AppData This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.18.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-10-13 This stable release fixes the following bugs: * Do not force the cache refresh and delete otherwise valid packages * Fix several potential crashes when navigating and when installing * Get the new application icon for local packages after installation * Improve cold start time by only parsing AppStream data once * Make sure Characters and Disks show up in Utilities * Only download the fwupd metadata signature once per day * Show an empty space for no category results * Show applications without AppData in the installed panel This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.18.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-09-21 This is the first stable release for the GNOME 3.18 desktop! Version 3.17.92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-09-15 This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements: * Fix getting firmware updates by parsing the metadata correctly * Make the application menu path correct in RTL locales * Don't keep the application running forever when run as a search provider This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.17.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-09-03 This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements: * Better theming for the category sidebar * Use standard size icon in the about dialog * Support mouse back button for going back in dialogs * Fix incorrect alignment on the front page in RTL languages * Misc other minor bugs fixed This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.17.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-08-19 This is an unstable release with the following bugs fixed: * Use CSS to style the error message details * Correctly align labels in the Add to Folder dialog This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.17.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-08-12 This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements: * Add basic support for Limba bundles * Automatically download new firmware metadata from LVFS * Hide updates UI on managed systems * Show a new notification when security updates remain unapplied * Show installation progress when installing applications * Use some new applications to the picked category Bugs fixed in this release: * Do not show applications that are not available when searching by category * Don't crash when launching an app that has no desktop ID * Don't show applications without AppData in the category view * Fix a possible race and crash when loading icons * Fix locking in the AppStream code to fix several crashes * Use better error messages on offline update failure * Withdraw the notification when prepared update gets invalidated This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.17.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-06-05 This is an unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with the following improvements: * Make fwupd dependency automagic Bugs fixed in this release: * Fix a regression from the previous unstable release that made it impossible to install updates * Fix a crash in the screenshot loader * Fix a crash in the sources dialog * Fix a crash when installing rpms that lack description * Wrap long descriptions in the update dialog This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.17.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-05-25 This is the first unstable release in the 3.17 development series, with a number of new features: * Support getting firmware updates through the fwupd daemon * Use a smaller number of tiles on the front page on small monitors * Rework internal modulesets, making it easier to edit the list of featured apps * Revert back to using a hand-picked list of featured apps * Several improvements to the sources dialog * Show better human readable names when searching for font scripts * Show a spinner while loading the data for the update history dialog This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.16.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-05-11 This release fixes the following bugs: * Remove redundant OK button from the updates installed notification * Display a better human readable title for printer drivers * Show a better UI for offline update failure dialog * Set default actions for the update done notifications * Allow searching for packages via the API without appdata * Fix showing webapps with non-local icons This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.16.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-04-14 This release fixes the following bugs: * Correctly save HiDPI images to HiDPI directories * Scroll the contents of the error message dialog This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.16.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-03-23 This stable release marks the release of GNOME 3.16! Version 3.15.92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-03-16 This unstable release adds the following features: * React to theme changes * Rebase the HighContrast theme This release fixes the following bug: * Fix HiDPI scale factor calculation * Align section headings in all views * Fix 'installed' overlays when using the HighContrast theme * Fall back to showing the top level category when no sub category exists * Fix a crash when using the pending applications feature This release also updates translations for many languages. Version 3.15.91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-03-02 This unstable release adds the following features: * Enable kinetic scrolling in updates dialog This release fixes the following bug: * Always ensure that the back entry focus widget is valid * Don't show small screenshots on HiDPI hardware * Fix a crash when starting GNOME Software for the first time * Only show compatible projects when getting the featured list Version 3.15.90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-02-16 This unstable release adds the following features: * Add a new panel for displaying session service results * Add a new version of the Modify interface * Require AppData for all available packages This release fixes the following bug: * Use the new mockups for the 3rd party source install dialogs Version 3.15.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2015-01-19 This unstable release adds the following features: * Fix searching with very small search terms This release fixes the following bugs: * Do case-insensitive searching of suitable keywords * Fix a crash in the screenshot loader * Fix a crash when clicking the back button * Fix searching for keyworks with special chars * Show an error message when we fail to load details about a local file Version 3.15.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2014-11-24 This unstable release adds the following features: * Show a blurred low-resolution screenshot while loading the HiDPI one This release fixes the following bugs: * Do not show a random white line above the star rating widget * Do not show empty app boxes if no popular results are available * Do not try to download local web-app icons * Use blue stars for the user-ratings rather than gold