prez-pkglog v0.6.5 · Aug 2025

prez-pkglog Logger Improvements

Edit Fixed some testing stuff

What's Fixed

• Status Count: Removals now update the last install entry for the same package/manager instead of adding a new line.
• TOML Sync: TOML log is regenerated from the JSON state after each write, so both formats reflect the same record set.
• Internal Lock: Switched the logger's internal lock to RLock.

prez-pkglog v0.6.4 · Aug 2025

prez-pkglog 0.6.4

Highlights

• DNF5 Actions: Integration fixed and hardened.
• RPM Packaging: Updated to install the .actions file in the correct directory.
• CLI: Scope handling clarified, defaults to system when run as root and fallback's to user for non-root

DNF5 Integration

• Requires libdnf5-plugin-actions at runtime
• Installs actions file to /etc/dnf/libdnf5-plugins/actions.d/prez_pkglog.actions (canonical config path).
• Explicit system-scope logging from Actions:
  • post_transaction:*:in::/usr/bin/prez-pkglog install --scope system ${pkg.name} dnf
  • post_transaction:*:out::/usr/bin/prez-pkglog remove --scope system ${pkg.name} dnf

CLI & Logging

• Default scope is now system when running as root, otherwise user scope.
• If a system-scope command is invoked without privileges, the CLI falls back to user scope and proceeds.
• Status/Commands always persist the resolved scope so the logger and CLI agree where to write.

Packaging

• C++ DNF5 Plugin prez_pkglog.so continues to be installed to /%{_libdir}/dnf5/plugins/ .
• Actions file now included under /usr/share/libdnf5/plugins/actions.d/ for reference, but the plugin reads from /etc/dnf/libdnf5-plugins/actions.d/ .
• Spec adds Requires: libdnf5-plugin-actions and removes conflicting ownership of actions.conf .

CI & Maintenance

• GitHub workflows updated for the new C++ plugin path.
• Tests: Lint, type checks, and tests clean; local suite shows 214 passed, 9 skipped, 1 xfailed.
• .gitignore and .gitattributes expanded for Python/RPM/CMake artifacts and LF normalization.

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Upgrade Notes

1. Install or upgrade:

• sudo dnf install prez-pkglog (if already installed, otherwise follow the README install instructions)
• Ensure libdnf5-plugin-actions is installed

2. Initialize:

• sudo prez-pkglog setup for system scope or prez-pkglog setup for user scope

3. Verify:

• sudo dnf -y install sl && sudo dnf -y remove sl
• sudo prez-pkglog status
• Check /var/log/prez-pkglog/packages.json for entries

If Already Installed

You no longer need to maintain actions.conf yourself. The Actions plugin package owns it, this release only ships the .actions file under /etc/dnf/libdnf5-plugins/actions.d/ .

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Known Issues

• None all DNF logging is functional.

prez-pkglog v0.6.1 · July 2025

Added

Helpers for linux backends

Windows / Mac functionality improvements

Lots of refactoring....

prez-pkglog v0.5.2 · July 2025

Added

Pydantic to .spec runtime dependencies list

prez-pkglog v0.5.1 · July 2025

Quick Makefile patch for automation

prez-pkglog v0.5.0 · July 2025

Highlights

• Configuration Persistence – Settings are now auto-saved to prez_pkglog.conf; no more manual edits required.
• Thread + Process-Safe Logging – Atomic writes and file locks prevent log corruption, even under parallel installs or download events.
• Backend Overhaul – Backends live in OS-specific subdirs (linux/, macos/, windows) and are discovered dynamically at runtime.
• Improved CLI – Scope is passed correctly to the logger; new query command lets you filter your history by name, manager, or date.
• Systemd User Service – One-liner to start the downloads monitor:

systemctl --user enable --now prez-pkglog.service

Added

• Dynamic backend discovery & registration.
• Skeleton backends: APT, Pacman, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Winget.
• models.PkgEvent improvements (manager, repository).
• Man page (docs/man/prez-pkglog.1).
• Custom exception hierarchy (PrezPkglogError, ConfigError, PackageLoggingError).
• Makefile targets for mypy, wheel, sdist.
• Test fixtures (tmp_home) and 170+ test cases, including concurrency stress tests.

Changed

• CLI refactored to a single click entry-point; install/remove moved in.
• All print() replaced by logging.
• DNF backend now uses native Python API; parsing helpers hardened against malformed output.
• Logger writes via atomic tmp-file + os.replace.
• Systemd unit now sets PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1.
• README installation section updated (Copr coming soon).
• .gitignore ignores build .tmp artefacts.

Fixed

• Scope mismatch between CLI and logger.
• Hard-coded paths in Makefile & RPM spec.
• Systemd unit ran as system service; now correctly user-level.
• Numerous race-conditions in concurrent writes (thread-safe; extreme multi-process case documented).

Packaging

• RPM spec uses pyproject-rpm-macros; installs DNF plugin & user-unit.
• Arch Linux & Debian packaging templates updated to new 0.5.0 layout.

Upgrade Notes

• User installs – Run prez-pkglog setup once to generate the new config.
• Existing JSON/TOML logs are migrated automatically.
• Systemd users:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now prez-pkglog.service

Future

• Optional JSONL / SQLite log back-ends.
• log_bulk_upgrades flag to skip mass-update noise.
• Finish Windows/macOS backends.
• Further backend-parsing refactor.