2.17.0 feature release
Changes related to launchers
* Prefix type can be set at the application level (using APP_xxx_PREFIX_TYPE)
or for all applications (using APPLICATIONS_PREFIX_TYPE), with the following valid values:
- symlinks: generate our usual symbolic links farm, the default for most application types
- none: the game is run from the read-only system directory, the default for ScummVM and ResidualVM
* Prefix path can be overridden for the current game session by setting PLAYIT_PREFIX_PATH
The default value is: ~/.cache/play.it/prefixes/${GAME_ID}
* WINE prefix path follows WINEPREFIX if it is set.
If the variable is unset, it defaults to:
~/.cache/play.it/wine/${GAME_ID}
* A single directory is used for persistent storage of user data.
It can be set using PLAYIT_PERSISTENT_USER_PATH, and defaults to:
~/.local/share/games/${GAME_ID}
* The undocumented runtime variable PREFIX_ID is no longer supported.
Changes related to archives
* New archive type "tar.bz2".
* For multi-part archives, type is optional for extra parts.
* Allow use of unzip for data extraction from mojosetup archives, if bsdtar is not available.
* Force the use of a specific tool for content extraction:
- An archive extractor can be set with ARCHIVE_xxx_EXTRACTOR
- An options strings can be set with ARCHIVE_xxx_EXTRACTOR_OPTIONS
Changes related to icons
* Icons inclusion is now done using a single function, icons_inclusion.
* The following functions are deprecated:
- icons_get_from_package
- icons_get_from_workdir
- icons_move_to
Other changes
* Drop option to do partial runs with no actual disk write.
(--dry-run option)
* New option provided to change ./play.it working path: --tmpdir
The default value is $TMPDIR, falling back on /tmp
Codebase improvements
* New layout for source files.
* Use a dedicated check to detect unexpected empty variables.