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Initialise the random seed with the current time so --shuffle produces different orders each run.
Normalise more luaotfload cache lines
Apply -utc switch for LuaTeX when using a fixed epoch value

2023-07-20

Set -kanji-internal=euc when building pLaTeX

2023-07-17

Changed

Improve stdout "Running l3build with target ..."
Quote configuration name used in stdout
Update one leftover outdated doc for unpackexe: defaults to pdftex
Building pLaTeX format now uses e-upTeX engine
Normalize more luaotfload path data (see issue #301)
Update ConTeXt settings to allow for LuaTeX and LuaMetaTeX runs
Improve doc for default stdengine

Fixed

Avoid setting TEMXFCNF for ConTeXt (issue #232)

2023-03-27

Fixed

All LuaTeX .tlg files were wrongly considered not engine-specific. Introduced in #292 which tried to fix #291.

2023-03-22

Changed

Default value of maxprintline is now 9999 (may require .tlg updates: see docs)

Fixed

Apply needed luatex-specific log normalization, even when --rerun is used (issue #291)

2023-03-08

Changed

Generalize normalization of ghostscript version in PDF-based tests
Include UNIX timestamps in generated ZIP files
Normalize pdfTeX .enc file loading

Fixed

Ensure when used, value of ps2pdfopts is surrounded by a space on both sides

2023-02-26

Changed

Run engine sanity check per config

Fixed

Restore epoch settings for dvitopdf()
Use plural form of variable ps2pdfopts consistently in code and doc, and retain compatibility with singular form ps2pdfopt (issue #275)
Remove the last trace of dropped variable stdconfig

2023-02-20

Changed

Unify testdir by dropping possibly trailing .lua passed to --config

Fixed

Ensure directories testdir and resultdir exist when --dirty is set
epoch settings with xetex

2023-02-16

Changed

Drop a redundant setup line for upTeX
Normalise more Lua stack trace data (may require .tlg rebuild)

Fixed

Ensure texmf.cnf work correctly for dvips

2022-11-10

Changed

Suppress (new) LaTeX version data at end of .log

Fixed

Allow for local override of ctanupload variable

2022-09-15

Fixed

Copying of nested directories

2022-04-19

Changed

Normalise GhostScript version in PDF-based tests
Sort list of names of difference files for failing tests.

2022-04-12

Added

Basic support for make4ht

Changed

Support bidi version string in \special lines (closes #226)

2022-03-15

Changed

When \pdfmeta_set_regression_data: is defined it is used to set metadata
Support multiple configurations in bundles

Fixed

Correctly normalize luaotfload font cache path

2022-02-24

Fixed

Creation of subdirectories in TDS structures on Unix-like systems
use form-string rather than form for all curl fields to avoid misinterpreting leading @ or < eg a description starting <p>
Check the boolean value returned by executing shell commands in l3build-upload and throw an error if this is false. This fixes the issue that previously "validation successful" was reported if curl failed.

Changed

Documentation of how to validate an upload

2021-12-14

Fixed

Use correct name for options table in multi configuration management code

2021-12-09

Added

Support for pre-constructed TDS-style sources (variable tdsdirs)
Support for injection of tokens using specialformats

Changed

If multiple configurations are present, let l3build clean run on all of them by default. (issue #214)

2021-12-06

Fixed

Place PDF files inside docfiledir in all cases

2021-11-29

Changed

Documentation improvements
Use checkengines[1] as the default for stdengine
Add sanity check for TEXMFHOME value
Double \ when writing the curl options, so that
does not need to be doubled in note and announcement texts.

Fixed

Installation of files when using MiKTeX (see #125)
Incorrect line in manifest target (see #195)
Placement of PDF files in subdirectory locations (issue #209)
Detection of engine-specific tlg files for non-standard LuaTeX based engines (issues #214)

2021-11-24

Always typeset in typesetdir (fixes #210)

2021-11-12

Changed

Documentation improvements

Fixed

Allow config names ending with 'lua', as long as they don't end with '.lua'
All documentation files are build in a consistent environment with support files visible.

2021-08-28

Fixed

Creation of zip files on Windows
Only match filename and not full path for exefiles

2021-08-27

Added

Add the --show-saves flag for l3build check to generate a list of l3build save commands to regenerate all failing tests

Changed

No longer call an external program to generate zip files and generate them directly instead. This disables the options zipexe and zipopts.
Copy TDS-style zip files to main dir

2021-05-06

Fixed

Issue when running PDF-based tests

2021-05-05

Changed

Normalise Lua function calls (issue #127) - may require .tlg update
LuaTeX from TL'21 is no longer 'off by one' in log files - may require .tlg update

Fixed

Installation now supports deeper directory levels (issue #182)
The texmfhome directory is now created before use if required
Crash caused by yyyy-mm-dd epoch format

Removed

Support for use as texlua build.lua <target>

2020-06-04

Added

Store 'raw' PDF files when testing using PDFs, to allow further checks with e.g. PDF validators

2020-03-25

Changed

Exclude sourcefiles entries from file clean-up
Adjust defaults for TeX Live 2020 LuaHBTeX usage

2020-03-16

Changed

Suppress PDF compression in DVI route
Suppress PDF ID data in DVI route
Default to dvips for (p)TeX
Refinement of /ID line suppression

2020-03-13

Changed

Refinement of PDF test normalisation

2020-03-12

Added

Option ps2pdfopt

Changed

Normalise /ID lines in PDF comparisons
Normalise %% lines in PDF comparisons

Fixed

Enable cleandir() recursively
Install files after all directory cleaning/creation

2020-02-21

Changed

Avoid temporary file when unpacking

Deprecated

os_yes: use io.popen(...,w) instead

2020-02-17

Added

Variable textfiledir
Table specialtypesetting and support data

Changed

Documentation improvements

Fixed

When checkruns > 1 and recordstatus=true, testing code would crash (issue #90)

2020-02-03

Changed

Normalise out DVI header lines

Fixed

Allow announcement field to be empty (with a warning this suppresses the CTAN announcement)

2020-01-14

Fixed

Allow for more extracted files from DocStrip

2019-11-27

Changed

\ASSERTSTR no longer needs e-TeX

Fixed

Installation of files using the --full switch

2019-11-01

Added

New \ASSERT and \ASSERTSTR functions (issue #102)

Changed

Avoid normalisation of (u)pTeX data when this is standard engine (fixes #103)
Normalise Lua data references (#107)
Extend runtest_task() to pass run number
Allow regression-test to load when e-TeX is unavailable (fixes #105)

Fixed

Location of testsuppdir when multiple configurations are used

2019-10-02

Added

docinit_hook()

Changed

Normalise out file paths in all cases

2019-09-30

Added

New flattentds variable for controlling complex TDS structures
Additional notes on texmfdir

Fixed

Copy TDS files inside subdirectories (fixes #100)

2019-09-29

Fixed

Path searching if texmfdir is set but does not exist

2019-09-28

Fixed

Typesetting when using an isolated system (use of texmfdir)

2019-09-25

Added

New texmfdir variable for more complex local additions

Fixed

Clean out all configuration test dirs (see #98)

2019-09-18

Added

checkinit_hook()

2019-09-14

Changed

Use three typesetting runs as-standard
Use pdftex not tex for unpacking

2019-08-24

Changed

Include LUAINPUTS when setting TEXINPUTS for checksearch = false, etc.

Fixed

Remove .log file before each check run: prevent inter-engine confusion

2019-07-31

Fixed

Interaction between secondary files in some tests

2019-07-30

Added

Support for non-standard file layouts via tdslocations table

Changed

Only write (x)dvipdfmx specials for XeTeX and (u)pTeX (see #94)

2019-06-27

Changed

Back out change for normalisation of LuaTeX v1.10 stack information (timing issue: will reintroduce later)

Fixed

Correct test for LuaTeX (see #93)

2019-06-26

Added

Support for HarfTeX (see #92)

Changed

Support for normalisation of LuaTeX v1.10 stack information (may require new .tlg files)

Fixed

Support for spaces in paths when typesetting (see #91)

2019-06-18

Added

Switch --show-log-on-error for use with --halt-on-error. Results in the .log file being show in full on the console to aid in non-interactive debugging.

Changed

Moved LuaTeX-specific font cache normalisation

2019-02-10

Fixed

Handling of ASCII engines
Execution of all tests by ctan target (see #85)

2019-02-06

Added

Table-based control of binary/format combinations: specialformats (see #84)
Switch --debug for chasing problems with the upload target

Changed

The uploadconfig.update field by default now automatically detects whether it needs to be true or false
The tag target now allows no tag name to allow for setting this programmatically within a build.lua script
Better support for multiple LuaTeX-like engines

Fixed

Uploading via Windows should now work

2018-12-23

Added

Switch --email for providing upload email address
Switch -F|--file for providing upload announcement from file
Switch -m|--message for providing upload announcement from command line

Changed

Enable --dry-run option for upload target
Enable tag/version to be passed as optional argument to upload target

Fixed

Packaging of some team-specific files
Handling of upload data containing newlines (Windows only)

2018-12-18

Changed

Add new upload target which uses curl with the CTAN API to send a package for release (see #1)

2018-11-08

Changed

Strip leading spaces from file loading/page number lines (see #78)

Fixed

Print test failures correctly per-config (see #77)

2018-10-30

Fixed

Substitution of spaces in Unix paths (see #76)

2018-10-25

Added

\SHOWFILE command

Changed

Better support for multiple LuaTeX engines (see #75)

Fixed

Support for spaces in directory names (fixes #76)
Support relative directories as argument to --texmfhome

2018-09-23

Changed

Entries in scriptfiles are excluded from installfiles
Use a per-config directory for running tests
Enable use of local texmf.cnf file in tests and documentation
New ctanreadme variable

2018-09-21

Changed

Normalise date lines to contain "...-..-.." rather than removing (including normalising version data in such lines): note that .tlg file updates may be required after this change
Explicitly exclude .fd file lines

2018-08-07

Changed

Suppress file name info in PDF output for included images, etc.

Fixed

Issue with creation of CTAN releases for bundles

2018-08-04

Added

ctanzip variable
--full option

Changed

Run PDF-based tests for all engines
Tweaks to PDF-based normalisation: new .tpf files will be required
The --halt-on-error|-H setting now applies to multiple configs

Fixed

Testing using .lve files
Tagging with new approach to top-level targets

2018-08-02

Added

CHANGELOG.md
--dirty option
includetests and excludetests variables for controlling which tests run
target_list table to allow control of targets without redefining main()

Changed

PDF-based testing now uses 'digested' PDF file for comparison, working from dedicated .pvt input files

Removed

--pdf|-p command line switch

2018-05-10

Changed

Revert appearance of date lines in .tlg files: this is on balance problematic

2018-05-06

Added

Variable dynamicfiles to be cleaned between each test run

Changed

Normalise dates to placeholder "YYYY-MM-DD": may require .tlg updates

Fixed

Include dot files in tree() (fixes #30)

2018-03-26

Changed

Omit ISO date lines in .tlg files

2018-03-24

Changed

Allow 'short cut' of check runs
Support for upcoming LaTeX kernel release functions

2018-03-10

Changed

Add #! line for POSIX users
Set POSIX u+x on l3build.lua

Fixed

Handling of script name with or without extension

2018-03-09

Fixed

Pass through script name correctly with new set up

2018-03-08

Added

Target tag, variable tagfiles and function update_tag()
Variables scriptfiles and scriptmanfiles to support installation of scripts

Changed

l3build can now be run as a top-level script rather than using texlua build.lua ...
Normalisation of LuaTeX-derived tlg files, in preparation for TeX Live 2018

Deprecated

Use of wrapper build.lua script to call l3build: the new top-level script approach is preferred

Removed

Target setversion and variable versionfiles

2018-02-20

Changed

Allow for checkopts adding code/files

Fixed

Creation of 'structured' CTAN releases
Quote test names correctly

2018-01-27

Added

Target uninstall
Options --first and --last

Changed

Normalisation for upcoming LuaTeX 1.07 release

Fixed

Behaviour of check on Windows when using standard fc tool

2018-01-10

Added

Target manifest for construction of file manifests automatically
Variable auxfiles
Option --dry-run for installation/cleaning
Option --texmfhome to allow customisation of installation
Option --shuffle to run tests in a random order

Changed

Sort list of tests to avoid system-dependent ordering
Split l3build into multiple files for improved maintenance

Fixed

Issue with recordstatus

Removed

Rationalise short option names: removed -d, -E, -r
Target cmdcheck: specific to LaTeX kernel work

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