0.25.0 (19-July-2017)

0.25.0

This release introduces a new layout for the local cache, with dedicated export_source folder to store the source code exported with exports_sources feature, which is much cleaner than the old .c_src subfolder. A migration is included to remove from the local cache packages with the old layout.

• Feature: new conan create command that supersedes test_package for creating and testing package. It works even without the test_package folder, and have improved management for user, channel. The test_package recipe no longer defines requires
• Feature: new conan get command that display (with syntax highlight) package recipes, and any other file from conan: recipes, conaninfo.txt, manifests, etc.
• Feature: new conan alias command that creates a special package recipe, that works like an alias or a proxy to other package, allowing easy definition and transparent management of "using the latest minor" and similar policies. Those special alias packages do not appear in the dependency graph.
• Feature: new conan search --table=file.html command that will output an html file with a graphical representation of available binaries
• Feature: created default profile, that replace the [settings_default] in conan.conf and augments it, allowing to define more things like env-vars, options, build_requires, etc.
• Feature: new self.user_info member that can be used in package_info() to define custom user variables, that will be translated to general purpose variables by generators.
• Feature: conan remove learned the --outdated argument, to remove those package binaries that are outdated from the recipe, both from local cache and remotes
• Feature: conan search learned the --outdated argument, to show only those package binaries that are outdated from the recipe, both from local cache and remotes
• Feature: Automatic management CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE in CMake helper for cross-building.
• Feature: created conan_api, a python API interface to conan functionality.
• Feature: new cmake.install() method of CMake helper.
• Feature: short_paths feature now applies also to exports_sources
• Feature: SystemPackageTool now supports FreeBSD system packages
• Feature: build_requires now manage options too, also default options in package recipes
• Feature: conan build learned new --package_folder argument, useful if the build system perform the packaging
• Feature: CMake helper now defines by default CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX pointing to the current package_folder, so cmake.install() can transparently execute the packaging.
• Feature: improved command UX with --cwd arguments to allow define the current directory for the command
• Feature: improved VisualStudioBuildEnvironment
• Feature: transfers now show size (MB, KB) of download/uploaded files, and current status of transfer.
• Feature: conan new now has arguments to generate CI scripts for Gitlab CI.
• Feature: Added MinRelSize and RelWithDebInfo management in CMake helper.
• Fix: make mkdir, rmdir, relative_dirs available for import from conans module.
• Fix: improved detection of Visual Studio default under cygwin environment.
• Fix: package_files now allows symlinks
• Fix: Windows installer now includes conan_build_info tool.
• Fix: appending environment variables instead of overwriting them when they come from different origins: upstream dependencies and profiles.
• Fix: made opt-in the check of package integrity before uploads, it was taking too much time, and provide little value for most users.
• Fix: Package recipe linter removed some false positives
• Fix: default settings from conan.conf do not fail for constrained settings in recipes.
• Fix: Allowing to define package remote with conan remote add_ref before download/upload.
• Fix: removed duplicated BUILD_SHARED_LIBS in test_package
• Fix: add "rhel" to list of distros using yum.
• Bugfix: allowing relative paths in exports and exports_sources fields
• Bugfix: allow custom user generators with underscore