Many, many changes for the first major release of Platypush after so many
years.
- [!3](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/milestone/3) All
backends, except for `http`, `nodered`, `redis` and `tcp`, are gone. Many
were already deprecated a while ago, but the change now applies to all of
them. Backends should only be components that actively listen for application
messages to process, not generic daemon threads for integrations. This had
been a source of confusion for a long time. Backends and plugins are now
merged, meaning that you won't need to configure two different sections
instead of one for many integrations (one for the stateless plugin, and one
for the background state listener). Please check the
[documentation](https://docs.platypush.tech) to verify the configuration
changes required by your integrations. This has been a long process that has
involved the rewrite of most of the integrations, and many bugs have been
fixed.
- Improved Docker support - now with a default `docker-compose.yml`, multiple
Dockerfiles for
[Alpine](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/src/branch/master/platypush/install/docker/alpine.Dockerfile),
[Debian](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/src/branch/master/platypush/install/docker/debian.Dockerfile),
[Ubuntu](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/src/branch/master/platypush/install/docker/ubuntu.Dockerfile)
and
[Fedora](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/src/branch/master/platypush/install/docker/fedora.Dockerfile)
base images. Many improvements on the `platydock` and `platyvenv` scripts
too, with better automated installation processes for optional dependencies.
- Added [official
packages](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush#system-package-manager-installation)
for
[Debian](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush#debian-ubuntu)
and [Fedora](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush#fedora).
- Added `--device-id`, `--workdir`, `--logsdir`, `--cachedir`, `--main-db`,
`--redis-host`, `--redis-port` and `--redis-queue` CLI arguments, along the
`PLATYPUSH_DEVICE_ID`, `PLATYPUSH_WORKDIR`, `PLATYPUSH_LOGSDIR`,
`PLATYPUSH_CACHEDIR`, `PLATYPUSH_DB`, `PLATYPUSH_REDIS_HOST`,
`PLATYPUSH_REDIS_PORT` and `PLATYPUSH_REDIS_QUEUE` environment variables.
- Added an _Extensions_ panel to the UI to dynamically:
- Install new dependencies directly from the Web view.
- Explore the documentation as well as the supported actions and events for
each plugin.
- Get ready-to-paste configuration snippets/templates.
- New, completely rewritten [documentation](https://docs.platypush.tech), which
now integrates the wiki, dynamically includes plugins configuration snippets
and dependencies, and adds a global filter bar for the integrations.
- [[394](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/394)] A more
intuitive way of installing extra dependencies via `pip`. Instead of a static
list that the user should check inside of `setup.py`, the syntax `pip install
'platypush[plugin1,plugin2,...]'` is now supported.
- No more need to manually create `__init__.py` in each of the `scripts`
folders that you want to use to store your custom scripts. Automatic
discovery of scripts and creation of module files has been implemented. You
can now just drop a `.py` script with your procedures, hooks or crons in the
scripts folder and it should be picked up by the application.
- The _Execute_ Web panel now supports procedures too, as well as curl snippets.
- Removed all `Response` objects outside of the root type. They are now all
replaced by Marshmallow schemas with the structure automatically generated in
the documentation.
- [`alarm`] [[340](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/340)]
Rewritten integration. It now includes a powerful UI panel to set up alarms
with custom procedures too.
- [`assistant.picovoice`]
[[304](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/304)] New
all-in-one Picovoice integration that replaces the previous `stt.picovoice.*`
integrations.
- [`youtube`]
[[337](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/337)] Full
rewrite of the plugin. It now supports Piped instances instead of the
official YouTube API. A new UI has also been designed to explore
subscriptions, playlists and channels.
- [`weather.*`]
[[308](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/308)] Removed
the `weather.darksky` integration (it's now owned by Apple and the API is
basically dead) and enhanced the `weather.openweathermap` plugin instead.
- [`camera.pi*`] The old `camera.pi` integration based on the deprecated
`picamera` module has been moved to `camera.pi.legacy`. `camera.pi` is now a
new plugin which uses the new `picamera2` API (and it's so far only
compatible with recent versions on the Raspberry Pi OS).
- Dynamically auto-generate plugins documentation in the UI from the RST
docstrings.
- New design for the configuration panel.
- Better synchronization between processes on threads on application stop -
greatly reduced the risk of hanging processes on shutdown.
- Migrated all CI/CD pipelines to [Drone
CI](https://ci-cd.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush).
- Removed `google.fit` integration, as Google has deprecated the API.
- Removed `wiimote` integration: the `cwiid` library hasn't been updated in
years, it doesn't even work well with Python 3, and I'm not in the mood of
bringing it back from the dead.
- Removed `stt.deepspeech` integration. That project has been basically
abandoned by Mozilla, the libraries are very buggy and I don't think it's
going to see new developments any time soon.
- [[297](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/297)] Removed
`spotify` backend integration based on Librespot. The project has gone
through a lot of changes, and I no longer have a Spotify premium account to
work on a new implementation. Open to contributions if somebody still wants
it.