AboutCode v3.1.3

Bump to version 3.1.3 (almost exactly the same as 3.1.2)

AboutCode v3.1.2

• New --vartext option for attrib
• Add support for checksum_sha256 and author_file
• check command will not count INFO message as error when --verbose is set
• Update track_change to track_changes
• New --filter and --mapping-output options for inventory

AboutCode v3.1.1

• No support of multiple occurrence keys in the input
• Updated the specification document
• Fixed bug that cause template processing error in attrib

AboutCode v3.1.0

• Fixed JSON input from AboutCode manger export and ScanCode output
• Added a new option mapping-file to support using a custom file for mapping
• Change the name of the option --show-all to --verbose
• Better error handling for copying file with permission issue
• Support timestamp in attribution output

AboutCode v3.0.2

• Code version updated
• Help text enhancement

AboutCode v3.0.1

Some highlights:

• Fix Python2/Python3 compatibility for the api module
• Update ABOUT files
• Code cleanup
• Code enhancement

Key name changes:

• home_url is replaced by homepage_url

CLI API changes

• --validate-about-resource option is removed

AboutCode v3.0.0

This is the final release v3.0.0

Some highlights:

• project renamed to aboutcode-toolkit
• ABOUT files are now YAML formatted.
• There is new support for license expressions.
• Support JSON input and output format: #246 and #277
• Support for Python 2 and Python 3 #280
• Improved help texts and USAGE texts
• Updated the SPECIFICATION.rst
• Published on Pypi as a wheel

Key name changes:

• about_file is replaced by about_file_path
• dje_license_key is replaced by license_expression
• version is no longer a required field

CLI API changes

• Break down the three major functions: inventory, genabout and genattrib into 3 subcommands:
  i.e. about inventory, about generate and about attrib

• A new check subcommand is available to validate ABOUT files #281

• Some options changes

  • --extract_license is now --fetch-license
  • --license_text_location is now --license-notice-text-location

AboutCode v3.0.0.dev5

This is a minor update from the previous v3.0.0.dev4

• Updates documentation
• Update test code and files
• Code enhancement

AboutCode v3.0.0.dev4

ABOUT files is now YAML formatted.
Supported license expression.
Supported JSON input and output format: #246 and #277
Support Python 3: #280
Refined help texts
Refined USAGE texts
Refined SPECs

Input key changes:

about_file is replaced by about_file_path
dje_license_key is replaced by license_expression
version is no longer a required field

API Updated:

• Break down the 3 major functions: inventory, genabout and genattrib into 3 subcommands:
  i.e.
  about inventory, about generate and about attrib

• A new check subcommand: #281

• Some options changes
  --extract_license becomes --fetch-license
--license_text_location becomes --license-notice-text-location

etc...

AboutCode v2.3.2

A minor update to update the "UsingAboutCodetoDocumentYourSoftwareAssets.pdf"