4. Changes¶

4.1. Version 0.4.0 (UNRELEASED)¶

Adds support for Python 3.11 and 3.12.
Improves get-metadata --output-field command by adding a new --filter option allowing to output only selected field values matching desired criteria.
Changes container image base to Fedora 38 and slightly optimises image size.
Drops support for Python 2.7.

Adds support for Python 3.10.
Improves download-files command to resume interrupted downloads when using HTTP downloads with pycurl engine.
Improves XRootD downloader by using vanilla XRootD package. Changes xrootdpyfs to xrootd download engine.
Improves download-files command with a new option --download-engine to select pycurl or requests engines when downloading files over HTTP.
Fixes minor issues with file index unwinding and output directory handling.

Adds new list-directory command to list content of EOS directories holding open data files.
Adds support for Python 3.9.
Improves download-files command to allow using XRootD protocol.
Improves download-files command to allow using HTTPS protocol.
Improves download-files command to optionally verify file integrity as soon as files are being downloaded.
Improves get-file-locations command to optionally output file sizes and checksums.
Improves output format colouring to better indicate notes and errors.
Fixes minor issues and improves code coverage.

Enriches download-files command to optionally download only files matching certain name, regexp, or range count.
Adds new verify-files command to verify number, size, and checksum of downloaded files.
Improves get-metadata command with respect to outputting only certain desired metadata field values.
Enriches user documentation.