Changelog¶

For a more detailed description of the major changes that Conan 2.0 brings, compared with Conan 1.X, please read What’s new in Conan 2.0

2.0.0-beta8 (12-Jan-2023)¶

Feature: Add unix_path_package_info_legacy function for those cases in which it is used in package_info in recipes that require compatibility with Conan 1.x. In Conan 2, path conversions should not be performed in the package_info method. #12886
Feature: New serialization json and printing for conan list. #12883
Feature: Add requirements to conan new cmake_{lib,exe} #12875
Feature: Allow --no-remotes to force temporal disabling of remotes #12808
Feature: Add barebones template option to conan new. #12802
Feature: Avoid requesting package configuration if PkgID is passed. #12801
Feature: Implemented conan list *#latest and conan list *:*#latest. Basically, this command can show the latest RREVs and PREVs for all the matching references. #12781
Feature: Allow chaining of self.output write methods #12780
Fix: Make graph info filters to work on json output too #12836
Bugfix: Fix bug to pass a valid GNU triplet when using AutotoolsToolchain and cross-building on Windows. #12881
Bugfix: Ordering if same ref.name but different versions. #12801

Feature: Raise an error when a generator is both defined in generators attribute and instantiated in generate() method #12722
Feature: test_requires improvements, including allowing it in conanfile.txt #12699
Feature: Improve errors for when required_conan_version has spaces between the operator and the version #12695
Feature: ConanAPI cleanup and organization #12666

Feature: Use --confirm to not request confirmation when removing instead of --force #12636
Feature: Simplify loading conaninfo.txt for search results #12616
Feature: Renamed ConanAPIV2 to ConanAPI #12615
Feature: Refactor ConanAPI #12615
Feature: Improve conan cache path command #12554
Feature: Improve #latest and pattern selection from remove/upload/download #12572
Feature: Add build_modules to provided deprecated warning to allow migration from 1.x #12578
Feature: Lockfiles alias support #12525

Feature: Improvements in the remotes management and API #12468
Feature: Implement env_info and user_info as fake attributes in Conan 2.0 #12351
Feature: Improve settings.rm_safe() #12379
Feature: New RecipeReference equality #12506
Feature: Simplifying compress and uncompress of .tgz files #12378
Feature: conan source command does not require a default profile #12475
Feature: Created a proper LockfileAPI, with detailed methods (update, save, etc), instead of several loose methods #12502
Feature: The conan export can also produce lockfiles, necessary for users doing a 2 step (export + install–build) process #12502
Feature: Drop compat_app #12484
Fix: Fix transitive propagation of transitive_headers=True #12508
Fix: Fix transitive propagation of transitive_libs=False for static libraries #12508
Fix: Fix test_package for python_requires #12508

Feature: Do not allow doing conan create/export with uncommitted changes using revision_mode=scm #12267
Feature: Simplify conan inspect command, removing path subcommand #12263
Feature: Add –deploy argument to graph info command #12243
Feature: Pass graph object to deployers instead of ConanFile #12243
Feature: Add included_files method to conan.tools.scm.Git #12246
Feature: Improve detection of clang libcxx #12251
Feature: Remove old profile variables system in favor of Jinja2 syntax in profiles #12152
Fix: Update command to follow Conan 2.0 conventions about CLI output #12235
Fix: Fix aggregation of test trait in diamonds #12080

Feature: Decouple test_package from create. #12046
Feature: Warn if special chars in exported refs. #12053
Feature: Improvements in MSBuildDeps traits. #12032
Feature: Added support for CLICOLOR_FORCE env var, that will activate the colors in the output if the value is declared and different to 0. #12028
Fix: Call source() just once for all configurations. #12050
Fix: Fix deployers not creating output_folder. #11977
Fix: Fix build_id() removal of require. #12019
Fix: If Conan fails to load a custom command now it fails with a useful error message. #11720
Bugfix: If the ‘os’ is not specified in the build profile and a recipe, in Windows, wanted to run a command. #11728

Feature: Add traits support in MSBuildDeps. #11680
Feature: Add traits support in XcodeDeps. #11615
Feature: Let dependency define package_id modes. #
Feature: Add conan.conanrc file to setup the conan user home. #11675
Feature: Add core.cache:storage_path to declare the absolute path where you want to store the Conan packages. #11672
Feature: Add tools for checking max cppstd version. #11610
Feature: Add a post_build_fail hook that is called when a build fails. #11593
Feature: Add pre_generate and post_generate hook, covering the generation of files around the generate() method call. #11593
Feature: Brought conan config list command back and other conf improvements. #11575
Feature: Added two new arguments for all commands -v for controlling the verbosity of the output and –logger to output the contents in a json log format for log processors. #11522

Feature: New graph model to better support C and C++ binaries relationships, compilation, and linkage.
Feature: New documented public Python API, for user automation
Feature: New build system integrations, more flexible and powerful, and providing transparent integration when possible, like CMakeDeps and CMakeToolchain
Feature: New custom user commands, that can be built using the public PythonAPI and can be shared and installed with conan config install
Feature: New CLI interface, with cleaner commands and more structured output
Feature: New deployers mechanism to copy artifacts from the cache to user folders, and consume those copies while building.
Feature: Improved package_id computation, taking into account the new more detailed graph model.
Feature: Added compatibility.py extension mechanism to allow users to define binary compatibility globally.
Feature: Simpler and more powerful lockfiles to provide reproducibility over time.
Feature: Better configuration with [conf] and better environment management with the new conan.tools.env tools.
Feature: Conan cache now can store multiple revisions simultaneously.
Feature: New extensions plugins to implement profile checking, package signing, and build commands wrapping.
Feature: Used the package immutability for an improved update, install and upload flows.