From 9b0c64a6463c1f8484d932a3ab537912029bf972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MinchinWeb Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 16:10:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] [post] AutoLoader 1.2.1 released --- content/20230809-autoloader-121-released.md | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/20230809-autoloader-121-released.md diff --git a/content/20230809-autoloader-121-released.md b/content/20230809-autoloader-121-released.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c63addf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/20230809-autoloader-121-released.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +title: AutoLoader Plugin 1.2.1 for Pelican Released +date: 2023-08-09 15:49 -0600 +tags: Pelican, Pelican Plugins, Releases, Python, Autoloader, CName, NoJekyll, Optimize Images, Post Stats, Static Comments, Summary (Pelican) +Category: Pelican Plugins + +*AutoLoader* is a plugin for [Pelican](http://docs.getpelican.com/), +a static site generator written in Python. + +*AutoLoader* is a "meta plugin" in that it doesn't directly affect your Pelican +site, but rather works to make your other plugins better. + + +This release of *Autoloader* is to fix a crashing bug when no plugins in the +`minchin.pelican.readers` namespace are loaded. + +I also updated a number of other plugins to blacklist v1.2.0 to avoid these +crashes. + + +This actually came about because someone emailed me a bug report. So if you +have issues, please feel free to reach out. + +## Upgrading + +The simplest way to upgrade (and install) *AutoLoader* is to use `pip`: + +~~~sh +pip install minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader --upgrade +~~~ + +## Configuration + +There are no configuration changes needed. + +## This Release + +This release is v1.2.1, released August 9, 2023. + +- **bug**: don't break if no plugins exist in the namespace you are trying to + load from. + +## Other Links + +- [all release posts]({tag}autoloader) for *autoloader* +- code, including full configuration directions, on GitHub at + [MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader) +- [full + changelog](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst) + +--- + +## Other Plugins Updated + +These plugins were updated to blacklist the previous version of *Autoloader* +(v1.2.0), and to add autoloading support if it wasn't previously in place. + +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.cname](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.cname) + v1.3.4 + - release version numbers 1.3.0 through 1.3.3 actually got "eaten" in + making the release process work as expected, and so don't represent + "proper" releases. +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.nojekyll](https://github.com/pelican-plugins/nojekyll) + v1.2.0 + - this plugin is actually hosted by the + [Pelican-Plugin](https://github.com/pelican-plugins) organization, but + remains maintained by me for the time being. +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.optimize_images](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.optimize_images) v1.2.2 +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.post_stats](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.post_stats) v1.2.0 +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.static_comments](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.static_comments) v2.1.2 +- [minchin.pelican.plugins.summary](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.summary) v1.2.1