Sparkle 2.3

[zorgiepoo]

• Bump minimum deployment target to macOS 10.13 (Bump minimum deployment target to macOS 10.13 #2196) (Zorg)
• Remove and preserve necessary updates in generate_appcast (Prune and preserve necessary updates in generate_appcast #2218) (Zorg)
• Move old update files no longer needed to old_updates/ in archive directory in generate_appcast (Move old updates to old_updates in generate_appcast #2228) (Zorg)
• Expose maximum-versions option (per branch) in generate_appcast to preserve in the feed (Expose maximum-versions option to preserve in feed per branch #2259) (Zorg)
• Hide automatic install check box when allowsAutomaticUpdates is disabled (Hide automatic install check box when allowsAutomaticUpdates is disabled #2202) (Jie)
• Allow developer to always force allowing automatic updates (Allow developer to always force allowing automatic updates #2266) (Zorg)
• Add -p option to sign_update to only print the signed signature (Add -p option to sign_update to only print the signed signature #2268) (Zorg)
• Fix update window going haywire during resize when release notes are hidden by disabling resizing (Update window goes haywire during resize when release notes are hidden #2200) (Zorg)
• Allow user to re-try installing/relaunching application when quit is delayed/cancelled (Allow user to re-try installing/relaunching application #2234) (Zorg)
• Add delta update attributes for validating an app hasn't been stripped from removed localizations or architectures (Add delta update attributes for validating an app hasn't been stripped #2219) (Zorg)
• Fix delta patches not applying edge case if files from source that need to be diffed are not writeable (Delta patches do not apply if source files that need to be diffed are not writeable #2211) (Zorg)
• Add delegate callback when user makes choice to install, dismiss, or skip an update (Add delegate callback when user makes choice to install / dismiss / skip an update #2250) (Zorg)
• Reject serving updates with DSA only and no EdDSA (Reject serving updates with DSA only and no EdDSA #2167) (Zorg)
• Find potential matching running apps that are translocated in the updater agent for external updaters (Find potential matching translocated running apps in updater agent #2233) (Zorg)
• Expose -[SPUStandardUserDriver activeUpdateAlert] as private API (Expose -[SPUStandardUserDriver activeUpdateAlert] as private API #2255) (Zorg)
• Add zh_CN l10n for "Version History" (added zh_CN l10n for "Version History" #2247) (kakaiikaka)
• Remove ed25519 git submodule in favor of including the dependency directly (Remove ed25519 git submodule #2244) (Zorg)
• Clean up left-over code (Clean up left-over code #2243) (Eitot)
• Update Package.resolved (Update Package.resolved #2245) (Zorg)
• Remove model translation table for system profiling (Remove model translation table for system profiling #2188) (Zorg)
• Improve documentation usage for SPUUpdater properties (Improve clarification on documentation for SPUUpdater properties #2256) (Zorg)

This release improves generate_appcast by automatically removing updates that are no longer needed in the generated appcast, and moving old update files to old_updates/ in the archives directory. New delta update attributes are also added to let Sparkle know when to skip downloading delta updates if the application has been stripped.

macOS 10.13 or later is now required (due to Xcode 14 dropping support for deploying to older OS versions).

If you're not generating appcasts automatically, remember to add <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>10.13</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion> element to <item>s in your appcast.

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This discussion was created from the release 2.3.0-beta.1.