Debreate - Debian Package Builder Debreate

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- support Python 3
  - drop support for Python 2
- support wxPython 4
  - drop support for wxPython 2.7 & 3
- logging improvements
- Test modes:
  - 'alpha'
    - Enables features that aren't ready for release
- added Creative Commons & OpenGameArt.org license templates
- build page options stored in user config instead of project
- Some code merged from unstable branch
- Rename log level argument value from 'warning' to 'warn'
- Force main window to show on primary display at initial startup
- User Interface:
  - Changed layout of menu launcher page
  - Use bitmap buttons on copyright page
  - Added 'refresh' & 'open directory' buttons to copyright page
  - Update some bitmap images
  - Show source directory in file list
  - Option to preserve top-level directories in file list
  - Use checkbox for changelog target instead of radio button
  - Change layout of menu launcher page
  - added 'Collapse' option to file tree context menu
- Help reference:
  - Link to Debian manual page for overriding Lintian tags
  - Link to unofficial page for writing manual pages
- Working on fixing marking project dirty (WIP)
- Lintian tags are listed in data/lintian/tags
- Leave trailing newline character (\n) in md5sums file to prevent read error by Lintian
- Menu 'Help -> Help' renamed to 'Help -> Manual'
- Help manual now cached & displayed from https://debreate.wordpress.com/manual/
- Added menu option to clear local cache directory
- Made auto-link help dialog read-only
- Files' relative paths are preserved when opening project
- Toggle visibility of hidden items in directory tree
- Symbolic links are displayed in green on Files page
- Added option to not follow symbolic links when copying files to build package
- Fixed problems with items in file list not being added/removed properly
- Fixed default value of auto-link target
- Fixed auto-link executables function
- Importing into auto-link executables list scans for nested executables
- Added "Provides" option to dependencies & conflicts page
- added "MIME Type" field to menu
- build checks for file conflicts
- unhandled exceptions in main thread causes app to close
- added option to clean up file permissions on build page
- no longer depends on external 'md5sum' command

0.7.13
- Fixes:
  - Fix app won't start if config file is empty
  - Use 'Save as' dialog for save action if project doesn't fully open
    - E.g. 'Cancel' was pressed before all files were imported
- General:
  - Only center progress dialogs on parent if not manually moved by user
  - Use more custom message dialogs
  - Show confirmation dialog in Quick Build when overwriting file
  - Files can be dropped onto some text areas from system file manager
    - Equivalent to opening file's contents into text area
  - Menu option: Options ➜ Update dist names cache
    - Attempts to retrieve list of dist names for changelog
  - Removed custom open/save dialogs
- License templates generation:
  - Full license templates can be generated
  - License templates shipped with app:
    - BSD-2-Clause
    - BSD-4-Clause
    - BSL-1.0
    - CC0
    - EPL-1.0
    - ISC
    - MIT-X
    - OFL-1.1
    - Zlib-PNG
  - Custom license templates can be placed in user's "local" directory
    - $HOME/.local/share/debreate/templates/licenses
    - These take precedence over system & app templates
- Files & folders:
  - Drag & drop support added
    - Files/Folders can be dragged from system file manager or directory tree
  - Relative paths are preserved when adding directories to the file list
  - Option to list only top-level directory or individual files in file list
  - Directory tree changes:
    - Executable files are displayed in red
    - Some mime types use a unique bitmap icon
    - Files/Folders can be renamed or moved to trash
      - 'gvfs-trash' command required for trash
    - Double-click action changes:
      - Single selected file or multiple selected files/folders:
        - Adds selection to file list
      - Single selected folder expands contents
    - Enter/Return keys have similar behavior to double-click
    - Single "Add" option in context menu
    - Folders can be expanded/collapsed from context menu
      - Expand/Collapse menu only appears if all selected items are folders
- Changelog formatting:
  - Option to preserve indentation of regular lines
  - Lines beginning with one of *, -, +, or # are added as new section
- Build options:
  - 'Create md5sums file' set to True by default
  - New option to strip binary files before packaged (enabled by default)
- Installation from .deb package:
  - Added postinst script to compile source to Python bytecode

0.7.12
- Fixes:
  - Added fixed & updated modules from unstable branch
  - Fix first run window not closing
  - Fix opening projects from command line
  - Fix problems with add/remove/delete in dependency list
  - Fix progress dialogs cannot be cancelled
  - Fix Quick Build
- Code Cleanup:
  - Removed old/unused code & comments
  - Removed some unused/deprecated modules & classes
- New Features:
  - About dialog:
    - Displays system information (Python & wxPython versions)
  - Added manpage
  - Command line:
    - 'legacy': Forces wx 2.8 if available
    - 'compile': Compiles Python source files (.py) into bytecode (.pyc)
    - 'clean': Removes compiled Python bytecode from Debreate directory
    - '-h|--help': Displays output of 'man debreate'
      - installed: Uses default manpath
      - portable: Uses sub-directory man/man1
    - '-v|--version': displays Debreate version
    - '-l=|--log-level=': sets the logger verbosity
      - Value can be one of 'info|0', 'warning|1', 'error|2', or 'debug|3'
      - Default level is 'error' (2)
    - '-i=|--log-interval=': is reserved for 0.8.0 (currently does nothing)
  - Logger added for outputting messages to text log
  - Menu options:
    - Enable/Disable tooltips (wx 3.0 only)
    - Open logs directory in system file manager
      - requires 'xdg-open' command
  - Page Build:
    - Option to install packages after build uses gdebi
      - 'gdebi-gtk' or 'gdebi-kde' command required
  - Page Changelog:
    - New 'urgency' options 'medium' & 'emergency'
  - Page Control:
    - Added 'arm64' to architectures
  - Page Files:
    - File import progress dialog shows task count
    - File list can be refreshed
      - Updates missing files status & executable status
    - Missing files marked by red-orange background
  - Page Menu/Launcher:
    - Optionally use custom filename for menu launcher
  - wx 3.0 compatibility for newer systems
    - wx 2.8 compatibility is retained
- Debreate Installation:
  - Added Debian maintainer scripts for (un)installation
    - postrm: Cleans up any residual files in /usr/share/debreate
  - MIME type association for system "Open with..."
    - .deb installation associates .dbp files (application/x-dbp)
    - Icons for .dbp files added to Gnome icons directory
- Misc:
  - Added/Altered some helper scripts for source management
    - add-changes: adds new changes to changelog
    - scripts_globals: contains variables for other scripts
    - update-debian-changelog:
      - Merges changes from changelog into debian changelog
    - update-locale: scans source & updates .pot & .po gettext files
      - Optionally compiles .mo binaries if 'compile' argument is used
    - update-version:
      - Set version information using 'INFO' file
  - Added 'open', 'save', & 'preview' buttons to depends page
  - License changed to MIT (see docs/LICENSE.txt)
  - Merged new about dialog from 'unstable' branch
  - Merged some modules from 'unstable' branch
  - Replace some confirmation dialogs with ConfirmationDialog class
  - Replace some selection controls with check boxes
  - Scripts' text input areas are disabled when unchecked
  - Show which required fields are empty in build dialog
  - Use custom hyperlink controls
  - Use GitHub URL to check for updates
  - Use monospaced font for some multi-line text input fields
  - Use Python modules in place of some system calls
  - Wizard buttons disable on first & last pages
- Translations:
  - Add Russian Gettext locale
  - Update Spanish (es) Gettext locale

0.7.11
- Add template generation for copyright
- Create generic Makefile
- Increment version with 'update-version.py' script
- Change some string formatting methods (use 'string.format()')

0.7.10
- add fields to default paths in 'files' section
- BUGFIX: Rename module "_md5" to "db_md5" to avoid required use of ".new()"

0.7.9
- fixed _md5 module to work with older & newer versions of python

0.7.8
- fixed bug: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'MD5'

0.7.7
- fixed some incompatibilities with python 2.6

0.7.6
- added log to build section
- removed summary from build section
- added option to check for update from Help menu
- added option to install package after build
- fixed some unicode problems in about dialog
- fixed more unicode problems in Files section
- fixed missing icon on first run dialog

0.7.5
- fixed error creating changelog when spaces in build path
- fixed error creating deb when spaces in build path
- fixed unicode errors when saving project, control, and launcher
- fixed unicode errors when building deb
- added Quick Build option for building from preexisting tree

0.7.4
- file list is no longer editable
- fixed progress dialog freezes when adding empty directory to file list
- changed layout of Control section
- removed colors from certain text fields
- finished most of locale support
- removed convert to RPM
- fixed program frozen while help file open
- fixed error when starting fresh project

0.7.3
- changed lintian tags explanation link
- added Ubuntu Policy Manual link
- added help documentation
- fixed error on save menu launcher file
- removed unnecessary fields from Control section

0.7.2
- Fixed build error caused by existing "doc" folder

0.7.1
- Changed config directory to ~/.config/debreate
- Removed "mode" and "sounds" options
- Added "Page" menu to switch between pages
- Config file moved to ~/.config/debreate
- Changed changelog.Debian.gz to changelog.gz
- Error message for failed build from non-ASCII characters
- Fixed opening and saving menu entry details

0.7.0-0alpha6
- Fixed: Opening reference links freezes application
- Workaround: Hitting "Delete" removes dependencies
- Fixed: About dialog, can't see link after click
- Added partial language support
- Added partial Spanish translation

0.7.0-0alpha5
- Checks for errors in produced .deb with lintian
- Repairs file and executable permissions
- Bug fix: Version field doesn't re-enable after changing modes
- Changed "Section" default values to be in accordance
      with Debian Policy Manual
- Fixed changelog creation
- Fixed text colors on Control page for dark themes
- Put correct options in "Sections" under Control page
- Fixed enabling/disabling some checkboxes if md5sum
      and lintian aren't installed

0.7.0-0alpha4
- Fixed md5sums creaton
- Fixed some packaging errors: changelog is compressed to changelog.Debian.gz
- Added option to create copyright
- Changed tabbed interface to wizard style
- Added "debianize source" wizard

0.7.0-0alpha3
- Automatic date creation in changelog
- Added support for changelog creation
- bugfix: Can't save projects when files have sub-dir
- Re-enabled md5sums
- Enabled previewing .desktop (Menu) config
- bugfix: Semi-colons in project files under Menu ➜ Categories
- Changed "Type" field under "Menu" to be customizable
- Added more functionality to custom save dialog