Package Control 4.0.0-beta9

Fixes

• workaround for library upgrade/removal failing due to DLLs being locked on Windows OS.
• *.whl files were not being recognized / installed.
• remove python bytecode cache when deleting libraries
• restore executable bit when unzipping files on Linux/MacOS (#1655)
• fix oscrypto downloader not handling 302 redirections

Features

• add support for pre-build packages deployed via GitHub/GitLab releases
• add and improve json schemas for channels/repositories

Changes

• switch from SemVer to PEP440 version scheme to better handle pre-releases
• more relaxed evaluation of repositories by making some release keys optional
• mark various legacy dependencies as built-in for python 3.8 plugin_host
• add name mapping for some legacy dependencies to avoid naming conflicts with official PyPI packages

Package Control 4.0.0-beta8

• fix compatibility with ST3143
• fix indexer not being resumed after Package Control updates
• fix display name of installing missing libraries
• exclude example-...json files from release packages

Package Control 4.0.0-beta7

• fix HTTPConnection._set_hostport() not using its arguments

Package Control 4.0.0-beta6

• improve indexer pausing/resuming logic
• improve "Package Control Messages" behavior:
  • re-use existing any view from any window
  • background tasks (cleanup, auto upgrades) keep active view focused
• fix python 3.3 vs. 3.8 compatibility issue with HTTPConnection (#1650)

Package Control 4.0.0-beta5

• fix update timestamp parsing errors
• fix packages from custom repositories not being picked up
• fix index_files not being restored after Package Control updates
• fix RuntimeError raised by oscrypto after Package Control updates on Linux
• improve color scheme / theme recovery error messages

Package Control 4.0.0-beta4

• fix regression preventing initial bootstrapping (issue #1644)
• improve result message of unavailable packages not having been installed

Package Control 4.0.0-beta3

• display activity when installing missing packages
• fix occational events import errors

Package Control 4.0.0-beta2

Changelog

• fix index_file being set to false
• fix removed packages being re-enabled after start