hi

i'd like to announce the release of deken-v0.9

https://github.com/pure-data/deken/releases/v0.9

the GUI-plugin can be installed via deken. just go to "Help -> Find externals" and enter "deken-plugin" as the search string.

this is the version i'd like to get into the next Pd release as the standard "find externals" implementation.

so please test!

deken-plugin ("Find externals" within Pd) =========================================

- brand-new excel-like interface - sort by library/version/uploader/date - quick link from a package to it's deken homepage (which features objectlists and more) - simple selection of multiple packages - INSTALL button - watch the installation as it unfolds - proper menu for installing pre-downloaded package files - fast SHA256 verification on all platforms - option to uninstall packages - proper menu for proper ties - advertise https://deken.puredata.info - better feedback if search returned no result - tooltip - balloons - improve guessing of deken architecture - fix version sorting - fix all bugs - fix some more bugs - implement many bugs

deken cmdline (create and upload packages) ==========================================

- ported to hy-1.0a4 - improve detection of single/double precision externals - fix detection of FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD externals - fix `==` version comparator (for finding packages of an exact version) - add `~=` version comparator (for finding packages of a compatible version) - allow mixing of libraries with version constraints and libraries without in search terms. - allow the user to specify a target directory when downloading - more output at higher verbosities - drop Python2 support - allow the user to switch off GPG-signing with a envvar - fix some more bugs - add brand new bugs

binaries a Docker image for the deken cmdline tool are available from the releases page.

with this release, the repository switched to using `main` as the primary release branch.

happy patching

dsrax IOhannes