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.. These may require users to change the way they use Bazaar.
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.. New commands, options, etc that users may wish to try out.
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.. Improvements to existing commands, especially improved performance
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or memory usage, or better results.
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* "bzr switch -b" in a standalone tree will now create a colocated branch.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #918197)
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* ``bzr info`` now reports when there are present (but unused) colocated
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branches. (Jelmer Vernooij, #891646)
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* Checkouts can now be into target directories that already have
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a control directory (but no branch or working tree).
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #913980)
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* New HPSS call for ``BzrDir.get_branches``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894460)
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.. Fixes for situations where bzr would previously crash or give incorrect
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or undesirable results.
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* ``bzr branch`` now fetches revisions when branching into an empty
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control directory. (Jelmer Vernooij, #905594)
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* Support scripts that don't call bzrlib.initialize() but still call run_bzr().
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #917733)
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* Test for equality instead of object identity where ROOT_PARENT is concerned.
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(Wouter van Heyst, #881142)
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.. Improved or updated documentation.
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.. Changes that may require updates in plugins or other code that uses
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* ``ControlDir`` now has a new method ``set_branch_reference`` which can
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be used for setting branch references. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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.. Major internal changes, unlikely to be visible to users or plugin
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developers, but interesting for bzr developers.
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* A new matcher ``RevisionHistoryMatches`` has been added. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``MutableTree`` has two new hooks ``pre_transform`` and
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``post_transform`` that are called for tree transform operations.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #912084)
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.. Fixes and changes that are only relevant to bzr's test framework and
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suite. This can include new facilities for writing tests, fixes to
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spurious test failures and changes to the way things should be tested.
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This is the firth (ans last) beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a 2.5.0
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release in February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but
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may cause some incompatibilities with plugins.
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This release includes many improvements in the smart server, UI polish for
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the colocated branches, enhancements to the config framework and more
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internal uses, bug fixes related to unicode and locale support and more.
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All bug fixed in previous series known at the time of this release are
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* The '.bzr/branch/email' file is no longer read to determine the users'
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identity. Instead, the 'email' setting in '.bzr/branch/branch.conf'
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should be used. (Jelmer Vernooij, #903894)
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* Uncommit no longer removes tags if they are part of the working
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trees pending merges. (Jelmer Vernooij, #905462)
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.. Improved or updated documentation.
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.. Changes that may require updates in plugins or other code that uses
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* ``Config.signature_needed``, ``Config.signing_policy``,
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``Config.gpg_signing_key``, ``Config.gpg_signing_command``,
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``Config.checking_policy`` and ``Config.post_commit`` are now deprecated.
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.. Major internal changes, unlikely to be visible to users or plugin
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developers, but interesting for bzr developers.
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* Add HPSS call for ``Branch.get_checkout_format``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894459)
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* Add HPSS call for ``Repository.pack``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894461)
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* Add HPSS calls for ``Repository.iter_files_bytes``, speeding up
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several commands including ``bzr export`` and ``bzr co --lightweight``.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #608640)
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* All bzr control directories, branch formats, repository formats and
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working tree formats now support feature flags, which are
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serialized in their respective format files. See
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``doc/developers/feature-flags.txt`` for details.
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* ``bzrlib.urlutils`` now includes ``quote`` and ``unquote`` functions,
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rather than importing them from ``urllib``. This prevents loading
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* Configuration options can be SI units by using ``int_SI_from_unicode`` as
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their ``convert_from_unicode`` helper. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* Configuration stacks can now use ``StartingPathMatcher`` to select the
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sections matching a location while respecting the order chosen by the user
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in the configuration file: from generic sections to specific
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sections. (Vincent Ladeuil, #832046).
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* Configuration stores can now save incremental changes by using
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``save_changes()`` instead of ``save()``. This reduces the number or
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required input/outputs and allows stores to be shared between
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* Add HPSS call for retrieving file contents from remote repositories.
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Should improve performance for lightweight checkouts and exports of
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from remote repositories. (Jelmer Vernooij, #368717, #762330,
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from remote repositories. (Jelmer Vernooij, #368717, #762330, #608640)
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* Allow lazy compiled patterns from ``bzrlib.lazy_regex`` to be
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pickled. (Jelmer Vernooij, #893149)
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``Repository.get_revision_signature_text``.
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(Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Add HPSS call for ``Branch.get_checkout_format``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894459)
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* Add HPSS call for ``Repository.pack``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894461)
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* Add HPSS calls for ``Repository.iter_files_bytes``, speeding up
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several commands including ``bzr export`` and ``bzr co --lightweight``.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #608640)
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* Custom HPSS error handlers can now be installed in the smart server client
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using the ``error_translators`` and ``no_context_error_translators``
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registries. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``RemoteBranch.get_config_stack`` and ``RemoteBzrDir.get_config_stack``
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will now use HPSS calls where possible. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Custom HPSS error handlers can now be installed in the smart server client
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using the ``error_translators`` and ``no_context_error_translators``
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registries. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* The registry of merge types has been moved to ``merge`` from ``option`` but
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``merge.get_merge_type_registry`` remains as an accessor. (Martin Packman)
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* All bzr control directories, branch formats, repository formats and
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working tree formats now support feature flags, which are
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serialized in their respective format files. See
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``doc/developers/feature-flags.txt`` for details.
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