Changelog¶

Pax25¶

Added support for a configuration file, with associated commands to manage
Factored out several CLI commands into separate command factories for easy inclusion into other apps
Fixed an issue that would cause redundant disambiguation checks in the autocomplete dictionary
Changed the sudo flag on interfaces to automatically privilege inbound connections.
Removed the 'is_admin' function from applications and replaced it with the is_admin property on connections.

Fixed an issue where connection privileges did not transfer to loopback connections.

Added the 'Exec' contributed application, which allows you to connect to a subprocess and use that as the application.

The monitoring service can now save its state with an optional memory file, allowing you to retain information about heard stations between restarts.
The UCommand enum was changed to UFrameType to more closely match convention with SFrameType. Similarly, the field for Unnumbered's command was renamed to frame_type.

Instead of letting ctrl+k re-foreground, make a dedicated foreground command. Avoids issues where you have to send a return to the remote connection to actually see what's happened since you backgrounded it.

Background the current connection with ctrl+k. Bring it back to the foreground by hitting ctrl+k again.
Use the disconnect command to close out the current remote connection in the CLI.

Add 'whoami' command
Add 'shutdown' command
Use dedicated threads for reading from blocking sources like files and serial
Migrate from dataclasses to NamedTuples for better performance when handling frame data.
Added the ability to make beacons change their content per interface, and optionally skip specific interfaces.
Added better ctrl+c signal handling in the file interface.
Added documentation on reference stations, and improved documentation on station setup
Improved flexibility of parsers so they can know what command they're being invoked for
Fix an issue that prevented setting overrides on the serial interface from working
Fix an issue that would cause prompts in the CLI to crash after disconnection.
Added better logging to the frame router.

This release is possible the first truly practical release.

Interfaces now are installed via an .install class method. The interfaces key of the Station Configuration dict has been removed. See the revised tutorial for details.
App registration has been moved to the connection service.
(Development) Coverage requirements bumped from 90% to 95%.
The bulletin board has been refactored to use the command routing system.
You can now jump to internal applications from the CLI.
Added the 'apps' command to list internally available applications.
Added task_collect function to the station object to collect asyncio tasks that would otherwise be orphaned.
Added 'Disconnect Mode' support.
Added Idle timeouts.
Beacons are now more flexible, allowing per interface custom behavior.

Removed functionality that tried to make auto-detecting what interface to connect over too clever.
Added the ability to select a specific port/interface to connect over when connecting outbound.
Added the 'PORTS' command to list all gateway interfaces available to the user.
Add the ability to specify custom parsers for commands.
Parsers can raise ParseError to give a useful error message when handed nonsense arguments.

Switched from black, isort and pylint to ruff.
Modified code to comply with ruff's recommendations. Should be semantically equivalent.
Corrected authorship note in documentation.

Added real protocol support
Added serial KISS interface
Added UDP interface
Changed Application building API to be synchronous only, for simpler development
Added help and command router utilities to assist in building applications
Added digipeater service
Broke connection tracking into its own separate service
Added frame matching functionality
Renamed 'Frame Queue' to 'Frame Router' since it does not do any queuing, but rather routes frames immediately
Added AX.25 frame management utilities
Added KISS utilities
Fixed several inaccuracies in documentation, especially in the glossary.

Initial release, with support for: