What's Changed
Fido 1.6.1
2022-12-22
New command line options for updating signatures
- PRONOM signatures can now be updated from a web service @carlwilson [#202].
- PRONOM v104-v109 support with successful signature compilation @mistydemeo (see issue #203) [#204].
- Closed issue #100, Added Unicode support for Windows Python 2.7 [#200].
- Generated signature file now validated against XSD schema [[#197][]].
- Refactoring and cleared final PEP and FLAKE code lint warnings [[#197][]].
- Closed issue #150, trapped some of the signature compliation issues [[#197][]].
- Closed issue #179, #198: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
- Closed issue #179: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
- Closed issue #192: Fixed signature file defaults [#193].
- Update format files list by @ablwr [#185].
- Remove setuptools dependency by @sevein [#188].
- added update signature parameter to control signature download version:
- trapped regex creation exception so that sig file creation is not derailed;
- code style warnings:
- some minor refactoring for complex methods;
- factoring out string constants;
- renamed some variables and methods;
- removed some commented code;
- tidied exit conditions; and
- removed some unreachable code.
Thanks to contributors and @ross-spencer for testing and reporting
Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.6.1