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This is a beta release of Munki 6.5.0: a new feature release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• Python changes (9e541a8)
  • Munki's included Python is now version 3.12.2
  • Certain added components have new versions:
    • cffi==1.16.0 (was 1.15.1)
    • pyobj-*==10.1 (was 9.1.1)
    • xattr==1.1.0 (was 0.10.1)
  • The imp module is no longer available in Python 3.12; this affected the import of middleware and repo plugins. The code has been updated to use importlib.util instead. (1850dbe)
• Managed Software Center: a new progress spinner appears in the sidebar next to the "Updates" label whe

This is a beta release of Munki 6.5.0: a new feature release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• Python changes (9e541a8)
  • Munki's included Python is now version 3.12.2
  • Certain added components have new versions:
    • cffi==1.16.0 (was 1.15.1)
    • pyobj-*==10.1 (was 9.1.1)
    • xattr==1.1.0 (was 0.10.1)
  • The imp module is no longer available in Python 3.12; this affected the import of middleware and repo plugins. The code has been updated to use importlib.util instead. (1850dbe)
• Managed Software Center: a new progress spinner appears in the sidebar next to the "Updates" label whe

This is a beta release of Munki 6.5.0: a new feature release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• Python changes
  • Munki's included Python is now version 3.12.2
  • Certain added components have new versions:
    • cffi==1.16.0 (was 1.15.1)
    • pyobj-*==10.1 (was 9.1.1)
    • xattr==1.1.0 (was 0.10.1)
  • The imp module is no longer available in Python 3.12; this affected the import of middleware and repo plugins. The code has been updated to use importlib.util instead.
• Managed Software Center: a new progress spinner appears in the sidebar next to the "Updates" label when an update is in progress.
• Source code: copyright date

This is the official release of Munki 6.4.2: a bug-fix and minor feature release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• New IgnoreMiddleware preference to ignore middleware by @patgmac in #1194. Useful if you are transitioning to/away from using middleware: you can turn it off (and possibly back on) without having to uninstall/reinstall the actual middleware.

Fixes

• The new board-id and device-id conditional facts introduced in Munki 6.4 have been renamed board_id and device_id, respectively. It turns out the previous names are illegal in NSPredicate expressions and caused a client run to be terminated unexpectedly if used in conditional_items or installable_condition. Thanks

This is the official release of Munki 6.4.1: a bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Fixes

• Placement and appearance of the "back button" (which allows you to navigate back to the previous page in certain Managed Software Center views) has been tweaked to behave more like current macOS control behavior for tool bar items. (See #1195 for discussion)
• Fix addressing #1083 -- Managed Software Center should no longer get stuck in a check loop, but rather stop and display an error when it cannot successfully retrieve the primary manifest.

A complete list of changes from the 6.4.0 release is here: v6.4.0...v6.4.1

Build info

The GUI apps and the Python framework were built under Xcode 15.1 on macOS 14.2.1. Xcode 14.3.1

This is a beta release of Munki 6.4.0: a feature and bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• 7dd42af - Some tweaks to "Aggressive Notification" behavior. Specifically, in earlier versions of Munki, Managed Software Center could display an "Aggressive Notification", but then if a background/periodic run of Munki happened while the "Aggressive Notification" was displayed, Managed Software Center would switch back into "non-aggressive" mode. This increased the likelihood that a user would not see the aggressive notification.
  In Munki 6.4.0, the "Aggressive Notification" mode is maintained while Munki is doing a background check. If after the check is complete, the Aggressive mode no longer applies, Managed Soft

This is a beta release of Munki 6.4.0 a feature and bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Changes

• 7dd42af - Some tweaks to "Aggressive Notification" behavior. Specifically, in earlier versions of Munki, Managed Software Center could display an "Aggressive Notification", but then if a background/periodic run of Munki happened while the "Aggressive Notification" was displayed, Managed Software Center would switch back into "non-aggressive" mode. This increased the likelihood that a user would not see the aggressive notification.
  In Munki 6.4.0, the "Aggressive Notification" mode is maintained while Munki is doing a background check. If after the check is complete, the Aggressive mode no longer applies, Managed Softw

This is a beta release of Munki 6.3.5, a bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Fixes

• managedsoftwareupdate:
  • A fix for an issue when one or more application items in an 'installs' list does not have a 'path' attribute and then gets used in a virtual 'blocking_applications' list: 6cf8c03
  • Better handling when an item that is a requirement for multiple other items fails to download: 9ba39af (See issues #1104 and #1188)
• Managed Software Center:
  • Address an issue where Managed Software Center may not be brought frontmost or enter "aggressive notification mode" if it's already open in the background: 5c4e47a <

This is a beta release of Munki 6.3.5, a bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Fixes

• managedsoftwareupdate:
  • A fix for an issue when one or more application items in an 'installs' list does not have a 'path' attribute and then gets used in a virtual 'blocking_applications' list: 6cf8c03
  • Better handling when an item that is a requirement for multiple other items fails to download: 9ba39af (See issues #1104 and #1188)
• Managed Software Center:
  • Address an issue where Managed Software Center may not be brough frontmost or enter "aggressive notification mode" if it's already open in the background: 5c4e47a

This is the official release of Munki 6.3.4, a bug-fix and minor change release of the Munki tools.

Fixes

• Fix for incorrect date/time displayed for force_install_after_date items when the date is after an upcoming change to/from Daylight Saving Time: faa123f Thanks to @poundbangbash for the issue report.
• Check for valid package extension (not installer item extension) when attempting to get metadata for a package: 54a85fb Thanks to @nmcspadden for the issue report. This addresses a rare issue with disk images that contain disk images.

Other changes

• Tweaks to help text for makepkginfo: bb77913
• CSS changes that now allow some descriptive

This is the official release of Munki 6.3.3, a bug-fix and minor change release of the Munki tools

Fixes

• Fix for an issue that caused app_usage_monitor to crash when Munki 6.3.2 was installed. Thanks to @sheagcraig. #1184
• Fix for Python package preinstall and postinstall scripts when package is installed on a volume other than the current startup volume. Thanks to David Vandenborn for the issue report. 268171a

Other changes

• Change to launchapp tool to normalize usernames to lowercase. Improves compatibility with organizations using Jamf Connect. Thanks to @MScottBlake. #1182
• munkiimport: When generating a pkginfo filename, if there is