Meltano

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Fixes

- [2076](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2076) Fix bug that caused Airflow to look for DAGs in plugins dir instead of dags dir
- [2077](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2077) Fix potential dependency version conflicts by ensuring Meltano venv is not inherited by invoked plugins other than Airflow
- [2075](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2075) Update Airflow configand run `initdb` every time it is invoked
- [2078](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2078) Have Airflow DAG respect non-default system database URI set through `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` env var or `--database-uri` option

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Fixes

- [2063](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/2063) Require `psycopg2-binary` instead of `psycopg2` so that build dependency `pg_config` doesn't need to be present on system

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New

- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Automatically populate `env` properties on newly added custom plugin `settings` in `meltano.yml`
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Have `meltano config <plugin> list` print default value along with setting name and env var
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Pass configuration environment variables when invoking plugins
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Set `MELTANO_EXTRACTOR_NAME`, `MELTANO_EXTRACTOR_NAMESPACE`, and `MELTANO_EXTRACT_{SETTING...}` environment variables when invoking loader or transformer
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Set `MELTANO_LOADER_NAME`, `MELTANO_LOADER_NAMESPACE`, and `MELTANO_LOAD_{SETTING...}` environment variables when invoking transformer
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Allow dbt project dir, profiles dir, target, source schema, target schema, and models to be configured like any other plugin, with defaults based on pipeline-specific environment variables
- [2029](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2029) Allow target-postgres and target-snowflake schema to be overridden through config, with default based on pipeline's extractor's namespace
- [2062](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2062) Support `--database-uri` option and `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` env var on `meltano init`
- [2062](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2062) Add support for PostgreSQL 12 as a system database by updating SQLAlchemy

Changes

- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Infer compatibility between extractor and transform based on namespace rather than name
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Determine transform dbt model name based on namespace instead of than replacing `-` with `_` in name
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Don't pass environment variables with "None" values to plugins if variables were unset
- [!1664](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/merge_requests/1664) Determine Meltano Analyze schema based on transformer's `target_schema` or loader's `schema` instead of `MELTANO_ANALYZE_SCHEMA` env var
- [2053](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2053) Bump dbt version to 0.16.1

Fixes

- [2059](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2059) Properly handle errors in before/after install hooks

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Changes

- [2028](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2028) Improve descriptions and default values of `meltano add --custom` prompts

Fixes

- [2042](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2042) Fix bug causing Connection Setup UI to fail when plugin docs URL is not set
- [2045](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2045) Hide plugin logo in UI if image file could not be found
- [2043](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2043) Use plugin name in UI when label is not set, instead of not showing anything
- [2044](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2044) Don't show button to open Log Modal on Pipelines page if pipeline has never run

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Fixes

- [2024](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2024) Have plugin venvs not inherit Meltano venv to prevent wrong versions of modules from being loaded

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New

- [2019](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2019) Ask for setting names when adding a new custom plugin

Changes

- [2011](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2011) Make tap-gitlab private_token setting optional for easier extraction of public groups and projects
- [2012](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2012) Add target-jsonl loader

Fixes

- [2010](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2010) Fix bug causing dot-separated config keys to not be nested in generated tap or target config
- [2020](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2020) Fix bug that caused `meltano select` to add `select` option to every plugin in `meltano.yml` instead of just the specified one
- [2021](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2021) Only ask for capabilities when adding a custom extractor, not a loader or other plugin