This change is actually already done, I just wanted to make sure that it gets more user awareness and gets into release notes. On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 6:33 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Fish_3.0 > > == Summary == > Update [https://fishshell.com/ Fish] to 3.0. > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:ignatenkobrain|Igor Gnatenko]] > * Email: ignatenkobrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > == Detailed Description == > Not only update it in F30 but also provide new version as opt-in for > F28 and F29. > > == Benefit to Fedora == > The new version of Fish has quite some number of bugfixes, features > and performance improvements. > > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: Put fish 3.0 into a module (that means it will be > available for F28 and F29) and mark it as default in Rawhide. > * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/8077 #8077] > * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > * Process and job expansion has largely been removed. <code>%</code> > will no longer perform these expansions, except for <code>%self</code> > for the PID of the current shell. Additionally, job management > commands (<code>disown</code>, <code>wait</code>, <code>bg</code>, > <code>fg</code> and <code>kill</code>) will expand job specifiers > starting with <code>%</code> > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4230 #4230], > [https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1202 #1202]). > * <code>set x[1] x[2] a b</code>, to set multiple elements of an array > at once, is no longer valid syntax > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4236 #4236]). > * A literal <code>{}</code> now expands to itself, rather than > nothing. This makes working with <code>find -exec</code> easier > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1109 #1109], > [https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4632 #4632]). > * Literally accessing a zero-index is now illegal syntax and is caught > by the parser ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4862 > #4862]). (fish indices start at 1) > * Successive commas in brace expansions are handled in less surprising > manner. For example, <code>{,,,}</code> expands to four empty strings > rather than an empty string, a comma and an empty string again > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/3002 #3002], > [https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4632 #4632]). > * <code>for</code> loop control variables are no longer local to the > <code>for</code> block > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1935 #1935]). > * Variables set in <code>if</code> and <code>while</code> conditions > are available outside the block > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4820 #4820]). > * Local exported (<code>set -lx</code>) vars are now visible to > functions ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1091 > #1091]). > * The new <code>math</code> builtin (see below) does not support > logical expressions; <code>test</code> should be used instead > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4777 #4777]). > * Range expansion will now behave sensibly when given a single > positive and negative index (<code>$foo[5..-1]</code> or > <code>$foo[-1..5]</code>), clamping to the last valid index without > changing direction if the list has fewer elements than expected. > * <code>read</code> now uses <code>-s</code> as short for > <code>--silent</code> (à la <code>bash</code>); <code>--shell</code>'s > abbreviation (formerly <code>-s</code>) is now <code>-S</code> instead > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4490 #4490]). > * <code>cd</code> no longer resolves symlinks. fish now maintains a > virtual path, matching other shells > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/3350 #3350]). > * <code>source</code> now requires an explicit <code>-</code> as the > filename to read from the terminal > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2633 #2633]). > * Arguments to <code>end</code> are now errors, instead of being > silently ignored. > * The names <code>argparse</code>, <code>read</code>, > <code>set</code>, <code>status</code>, <code>test</code> and > <code>[</code> are now reserved and not allowed as function names. > This prevents users unintentionally breaking stuff > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/3000 #3000]). > * The <code>fish_user_abbreviations</code> variable is no longer used; > abbreviations will be migrated to the new storage format > automatically. > * The <code>FISH_READ_BYTE_LIMIT</code> variable is now called > <code>fish_byte_limit</code> > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4414 #4414]). > * Environment variables are no longer split into arrays based on the > record separator character on startup. Instead, variables are not > split, unless their name ends in PATH, in which case they are split on > colons ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/436 #436]). > * The <code>history</code> builtin's <code>--with-time</code> option > has been removed; this has been deprecated in favor of > <code>--show-time</code> since 2.7.0 > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4403 #4403]). > * The internal variables <code>__fish_datadir</code> and > <code>__fish_sysconfdir</code> are now known as > <code>__fish_data_dir</code> and <code>__fish_sysconf_dir</code> > respectively. > > == How To Test == > 0. Make sure to have modular repositories enabled > 1. Run dnf module install fish:3 > 2. Try out normal workload in fish > > == User Experience == > * fish now supports <code>&&</code> (like <code>and</code>), > <code>||</code> (like <code>or</code>), and <code>!</code> (like > <code>not</code>), for better migration from POSIX-compliant shells > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4620 #4620]). > * fish may be started in private mode via <code>fish --private</code>. > Private mode fish sessions do not have access to the history file and > any commands evaluated in private mode are not persisted for future > sessions. A session variable <code>$fish_private_mode</code> can be > queried to detect private mode and adjust the behavior of scripts > accordingly to respect the user's wish for privacy. > * A new <code>wait</code> command for waiting on backgrounded > processes ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4498 > #4498]). > * <code>alias</code> has a new <code>--save</code> option to save the > generated function immediately > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4878 #4878]). > * <code>funced</code> has a new <code>--save</code> option to > automatically save the edited function after successfully editing > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4668 #4668]). > * <code>history search</code> supports globs for wildcard searching > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/3136 #3136]) and has > a new <code>--reverse</code> option to show entries from oldest to > newest ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4375 #4375]). > * <code>set</code> has new <code>--append</code> and > <code>--prepend</code> options > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1326 #1326]). > * <code>set</code> has a new <code>--show</code> option to show lots > of information about variables > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4265 #4265]). > * <code>string match</code> with an empty pattern and > <code>--entire</code> in glob mode now matches everything instead of > nothing ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4971 > #4971]). > * <code>string split</code> supports a new <code>--no-empty</code> > option to exclude empty strings from the result > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/4779 #4779]). > * <code>string</code> has new subcommands <code>split0</code> and > <code>join0</code> for working with NUL-delimited output. > * <code>string</code> no longer stops processing text after NUL > characters ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4605 > #4605]) > * <code>string escape</code> has a new <code>--style regex</code> > option for escaping strings to be matched literally in > <code>string</code> regex operations. > * <code>test</code> now supports floating point values in numeric comparisons. > * Pressing Ctrl-C while running a script now reliably terminates fish > ([https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/5253 #5253]). > > See https://fishshell.com/release_notes.html for more. > > == Dependencies == > N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > == Contingency Plan == > * Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A > * Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > == Documentation == > https://fishshell.com/release_notes.html > > > > -- > Ben Cotton > Fedora Program Manager > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis > _______________________________________________ > devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
