Soplos Repo Selector

2.0.2-8 — May 2026

Documentation-only release: version history corrected across the release page, CHANGELOG and forensic audit.

• Version history: All 1.0.x release dates corrected to match the dates extracted from the internal CHANGELOG of each official package. Updated across the release page, CHANGELOG and forensic audit.

2.0.2-7 — April 2026

Minor UI polish — simplified footer text to match the modern Soplos layout standard.

• Footer UI text: Simplified to match the modern Soplos standard layout (XFCE · X11).

2.0.2-6 — March 2026

Refresh button fix, instant Sources Generator sync and independent per-suite source files.

• Refresh button: Was returning stale cached data instead of re-reading from disk; now always forces a fresh read.
• Sources Generator → Repositories sync: After generating new sources, the Repositories tab refreshes immediately instead of waiting for the filesystem watcher.

• Per-suite source files: Each suite now gets its own independent .sources file, allowing individual toggle control per suite. Old grouped files are automatically removed on first generation.

2.0.2-5 — March 2026

About dialog standardised across all desktop environments and minor CSS corrections.

• About dialog: Dark background, button heights and pill button styling are now identical across XFCE, GNOME and KDE.
• About dialog icon: App icon standardised to 48×48 pixels.
• CSS: Removed gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme setting from ThemeManager that caused subtle color differences in some environments.

2.0.2-4 — March 2026

About dialog, new keyboard shortcuts, GPG multi-directory search and several bug fixes and code cleanups.

• F1 — About dialog: Opens the About dialog with version, author, license and website.
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Keyboard shortcut to navigate to the previous tab.
• GNOME menu About: Application menu About action now opens the actual dialog instead of doing nothing.
• GPG multi-directory search: When modernising a .list repository, the signed key is now searched across all standard directories (/usr/share/keyrings/, /etc/apt/keyrings/, /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/). Fixes error when modernising repositories such as Google Chrome.

• HeaderBar CSS: Global button {} rule no longer overrides CSD window controls (close/minimize/maximize) on GNOME.
• Double repository load: Repositories were loaded twice on startup and twice after each save/modernise operation; fixed by using the cache properly.
• Bare except: clauses: Replaced with except Exception: in repo_file_manager.py.
• Email and version docstring: Email corrected to info@soploslinux.com and version docstring updated to 2.0.2.

• Dead functions: _remove_debian_file(), _open_url() and _on_get_started_clicked() removed (never called).
• Debug statements: Stale TODO comment and print() debug statements removed from production code.

2.0.2-3 — March 2026

Repository search, DEB822 moderniser, automatic backups, APT maintenance feedback, atomic privilege operations and full i18n update for all 8 languages.

• Repository Search: Real-time search bar in the Repositories tab for quick filtering by name, URL or components.
• Repository Moderniser: Converts legacy .list repositories to the modern DEB822 (.sources) format.
• Automatic Backups: A .bak backup of the original .list file is created automatically before any conversion.
• APT Maintenance Feedback: Real-time progress reporting and detailed status messages during APT operations (update, clean, autoclean).

• Atomic Operations: All privileged actions (file writing, deletions, APT tasks) grouped into a single batch — only one pkexec password prompt required.
• Safe Path Handling: Repository file operations migrated to pathlib for robust, error-free path manipulation.
• System State Detection: UI now reads directly from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ to accurately reflect active repositories.
• Third-Party Protection: Guards prevent accidental deletion of third-party repositories and their corresponding GPG keys.
• Full i18n update: All new strings manually translated into all 8 supported languages with validated .mo files.

2.0.2-2 — March 2026

DEB822 component deduplication fix and repository list UI improvements.

• DEB822 component deduplication: Fixed a bug where repository components were duplicated multiple times in generated .sources files when multiple suites shared the same block.
• Repository list UI: Added text ellipsis to repo row details to prevent excessively long component strings from forcing horizontal scrolling.

2.0.2-1 — March 2026

Improved repository detection, legacy parser fix and optimised privilege management.

• Repository Detection: Improved detection of Debian mirrors and regional repositories.
• Repository Parser: Fixed legacy parser to correctly detect commented-out/disabled repositories.
• Privilege Management: Optimised pkexec usage to group file deletions and additions into a single password prompt.

2.0.2 — January 2026

Man page, Debian copyright file and packager integration for automatic documentation in generated packages.

• Man page: Complete manual page (docs/soplos-repo-selector.1) with standard sections (NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, FILES, AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, SEE ALSO).
• Debian copyright: Machine-readable copyright file (debian/copyright) following Debian 1.0 format with full GPL-3.0+ license block.
• Packager integration: Updated soplos-packager to automatically include documentation in generated .deb packages.

2.0.1 — January 2026

Complete speed test rewrite with real TCP measurements, dynamic progress bars, live mirror updates and Sources Generator accuracy improvements.

• Speed Test Service: Complete rewrite with real TCP latency measurement via socket connections and larger downloads (2–10 MB) for accurate speed calculation.
• Parallelism: Increased from 3 to 6 workers for faster mirror testing; improved country detection from mirror URLs.
• Dynamic Progress Bars: Progress bars now animate in real-time — shows "Measuring latency…" during TCP test and live download speed during bandwidth test.
• Live Updates: Individual mirror rows update without rebuilding the entire list.

• Sources Generator: Now detects real system state — distributions, components and backports checkboxes reflect actual system configuration.
• Backports removal: Properly removes debian-backports.sources file when backports is disabled.
• Translation shadowing: Fixed UnboundLocalError with _ translation function caused by variable shadowing in tuple unpacking.
• Speed test accuracy: Fixed giving identical results regardless of geographic location; fixed progress bars not animating during mirror tests.

2.0.0 — December 2025

Complete architecture rewrite — unified cross-desktop support for GNOME, KDE and XFCE, gettext internationalisation, CSS theming engine, enhanced repository management and improved GPG key handling.

• Modular architecture: Full separation of concerns — Core, UI, Services and Utils layers with professional project structure.
• Universal desktop support: Smart detection for GNOME 48+, KDE Plasma 6 and XFCE 4.20 with complete X11 and Wayland compatibility.
• Mirror speed test integration: Integrated directly into the Sources Generator tab — no external windows.
• GPG enhancements: Fingerprint/expiry display, export and delete actions with safe validation; streamlined key import and download from URLs.
• AppStream/DEP-11 integration: Updated metadata with improved compatibility for Discover, GNOME Software and other AppStream-compatible centres.

• App ID: Changed to org.soplos.reposelector.
• i18n system: Migrated to GNU Gettext standard with .mo files; complete translation coverage for all 8 languages.
• Theming engine: CSS-based engine aligned with Soplos Welcome; automatic dark/light theme detection with improved visual consistency.

• Repository management: Improved addition, editing and removal workflows with better validation, error handling and enhanced DEB822 format support.
• Sources Generator: Fixed to preserve DEB822 block grouping and respect selected mirror; improved layout and selection bugs in the Repositories list tab.
• Screenshots: Replaced all four screenshots (Welcome, Repositories, Sources Generator, GPG Keys).

1.0.7 — August 2025 (Tyson only)

Program icon updated to new design.

• Program icon changed to new design.

1.0.6 — July 2025 (Tyson only)

AppStream icons in multiple sizes and finalised metainfo for software centre compatibility.

• AppStream icons: Added program icons in 48×48, 64×64 and 128×128 for AppStream/DEP-11 integration.

• Metainfo finalised: Metainfo file now fully complies with AppStream/DEP-11 standard for maximum compatibility in software centres.

1.0.5 — July 2025 (Tyson only)

Final metainfo corrections for proper appearance in software centres such as Plasma Discover and GNOME Software.

• Final Metainfo corrections: Metainfo file reviewed and finalised to ensure proper appearance in Plasma Discover, GNOME Software and other AppStream-compatible centres.

1.0.4 — August 2025 (Tyron only)

Program icon updated and developer credit updated.

• Program icon changed.
• Developer: Updated to Sergi Perich.

1.0.4 — July 2025 (Tyson only)

Metainfo updates for improved visibility in Plasma Discover and AppStream, and corrected screenshot references.

• Metainfo: Improved visibility and compatibility in Plasma Discover and AppStream.
• Screenshot references: Screenshot names are now consistent and correct.

1.0.3 — July 2025 (Tyron only)

Metainfo update for AppStream/DEP-11 compliance — no functional changes.

• Metainfo updated for AppStream/DEP-11 compliance.
• Minor improvements to integration and documentation. No functional changes.

1.0.3 — June 2025 (Tyson only)

Improved KDE theme detection, Wayland compatibility, startup performance and fixed unwanted blue colour with Adwaita theme.

• Improved KDE GTK theme detection: Directly reads KDE GTK configuration instead of forcing a specific theme.
• Better XDG Portal integration: Improved Wayland compatibility.

• Startup performance: Reduced loading time and memory usage.
• Custom theme compatibility: Now respects custom colours and accents; reads ~/.config/kdeglobals for KDE theme configuration.

• Blue colour issue: Resolved forced Adwaita theme that caused incorrect colours in Soplos orange environments.
• GTK configuration: Avoids overwriting user theme configurations.

1.0.2 — June 2025 (Tyron only)

Locale improvements, regional date/time format support, interface performance optimisations and minor localisation fixes.

• Regional date/time format support: Locale-specific formatting for dates and times.
• Translation reset option: Option to manually reset translations to default values.

• Interface performance: Optimisations in the graphical interface rendering.
• Error handling: Improved error messages and user-facing feedback.

• Localisation issues: Minor localisation bugs in existing languages.
• Language detection: Fixed rare failures in automatic language detection.

1.0.2 — June 2025 (Tyson only)

Automatic system theme detection, KDE dark theme support, Wayland integration improvements and stability fixes.

• Automatic system theme detection: Support for light and dark themes in KDE and GNOME via detect_kde_theme() and automatic GTK_THEME configuration.
• Improved Wayland support: Better integration with Wayland compositors; GDK_BACKEND and GTK_USE_PORTAL configured automatically.

• KDE Plasma compatibility: Precise detection of Breeze/Breeze-Dark colour schemes.
• Language detection: Improved automatic system language detection.
• Startup performance: Optimisation in initial application loading.

• Unwanted blue theme: Resolved blue tones issue in dark theme.
• Wayland issues: Better support and stability in Wayland environments.

1.0.1 — June 2025 (Tyron only)

Complete 8-language internationalisation with Tyron distribution templates, automatic language detection and fully localised interface.

• Complete i18n system: Support for 8 languages: ES, EN, FR, PT, DE, IT, RU, RO with full UI localisation.
• Automatic language detection: Based on system configuration with robust fallback system.
• Tyron distribution templates: Quick access to preconfigured repository templates for Soplos Linux Tyron.

• Fully localised interface: All components localised with clearer user-facing texts.
• Keyboard shortcuts: Consistent use of mnemonics and shortcuts across the localised interface.

• Character encoding: Fixed encoding issues in different languages.
• Locale detection: Improved system locale reading.

1.0.1 — June 2025 (Tyson only)

Complete 8-language internationalisation, GPG key management, mirror speed testing, predefined repository templates and UI improvements.

• Complete multi-language support: 8 languages (ES, EN, FR, PT, DE, IT, RU, RO) with automatic system language detection.
• GPG key management: Import, download and manage repository verification keys.
• Mirror speed test: Speed test to find the fastest mirrors with optimised performance.
• Predefined repositories: Quick access to Chrome, VSCode, Docker and OBS Studio repositories.

• User interface: More intuitive and responsive design.
• Compatibility: Better support for Wayland and X11.

• Permission issues: Better handling of sudo/pkexec.
• Repository validation: Improved syntax verification.

1.0.0 — May 2025 (Tyson only)

Initial release for Tyson — full GTK3 APT repository manager with DEB822 format support, GPG key integration and intuitive repository management.

• Complete GTK3 graphical interface — native, responsive and intuitive.
• Basic repository management: Add, edit and remove APT repositories.
• DEB822 format support: Full compatibility with modern .sources repository format.
• Secure privilege management via pkexec for all administrative operations.
• Repository syntax validation and automatic configuration backup.
• Complete management of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.
• Desktop integration via .desktop file for application menu.

1.0.0 — May 2025 (Tyron only)

Initial release for Tyron — full GTK3 APT repository manager with PolicyKit authentication, DEB822 support, i18n and system integration.

• Complete GTK3 graphical interface with Adwaita styling.
• Secure repository management with PolicyKit (pkexec) authentication.
• Enable/disable APT repositories from a responsive UI.
• Automatic package cache update after repository changes.
• i18n support with automatic system language detection.
• Validation and permission checking before applying changes.
• Automatic backup system for repository configuration files.
• Desktop integration via .desktop file and application menu entry.