Fido v1.6.1

What's Changed

Fido 1.6.1

2022-12-22

New command line options for updating signatures

• PRONOM signatures can now be updated from a web service @carlwilson [#202].
• PRONOM v104-v109 support with successful signature compilation @mistydemeo (see issue #203) [#204].
• Closed issue #100, Added Unicode support for Windows Python 2.7 [#200].
• Generated signature file now validated against XSD schema [[#197][]].
• Refactoring and cleared final PEP and FLAKE code lint warnings [[#197][]].
• Closed issue #150, trapped some of the signature compliation issues [[#197][]].
• Closed issue #179, #198: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
• Closed issue #179: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
• Closed issue #192: Fixed signature file defaults [#193].
• Update format files list by @ablwr [#185].
• Remove setuptools dependency by @sevein [#188].
• added update signature parameter to control signature download version:
• trapped regex creation exception so that sig file creation is not derailed;
• code style warnings:
  • some minor refactoring for complex methods;
  • factoring out string constants;
  • renamed some variables and methods;
  • removed some commented code;
  • tidied exit conditions; and
  • removed some unreachable code.

Thanks to contributors and @ross-spencer for testing and reporting

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.6.1

FIDO v1.6rc5

• added update signature parameter to control signature download verison:
• trapped regex creation exception so that sig file creation is not derailed;
• PRONOM/DROID signature file now downloaded from URL rather than via SOAP service;
• moved sleep between SOAP downloads so that it's only applied between actual downloads, not when processing cached results;
• code style warnings:
  • some minor refactoring for complex methods;
  • factoring out string constants;
  • renamed some variables and methods;
  • removed some commented code;
  • tidied exit conditions; and
  • removed some unreachable code.

v1.6.0 Release Candidate

Fido 1.6.0rc1

2022-03-29

New command line options for updating signatures, see

• PRONOM signatures can now be updated from a web service [#202].
• PRONOM v104 support with successful signature compilation (see issue #203) [#204].
• Closed issue #100, Added Unicode support for Windows Python 2.7 [#200].
• Generated signature file now validated against XSD schema [[#197][]].
• Refactoring and cleared final PEP and FLAKE code lint warnings [[#197][]].
• Closed issue #150, trapped some of the signature compliation issues [[#197][]].
• Closed issue #179, #198: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
• Closed issue #179: Crash on XLS format by updating olefile version to 0.46 [#195].
• Closed issue #192: Fixed signature file defaults [#193].

1.4.1 Release with PRONOM v96

Fido 1.4.1

2019-12-23
All the benefits of 1.4, plus PRONOM v96! [commit]
Small adjustment to temporary update file [commit]

1.4.0 Release with PRONOM v95

Fido 1.4.0

2019-12-23

• Python 3 support [#156]
• Update to PRONOM signatures v95 [#159]
• Fixed bug with handling of embedded containers [#164]
• Improvments to signature update code #165, #167
• Code compliance with pytlint and PEP [#161, #162]
• Minor bug fixes and typos [#166, #170, #171, #172, #174]

Fido 1.4 Release Candidate 1

Fido 1.4.0rc1

2018-11-25

• Python 3 support [#156]
• Update to PRONOM signatures v95 [#159]
• Fixed bug with handling of embedded containers [#164]
• Improvments to signature update code #165, #167
• Code compliance with pytlint and PEP [#161, #162]
• Minor bug fixes and typos [#166, #170, #171, #172, #174]

1.3.12 Release with PRONOM v94

v1.3.12-94

Merge pull request #145 from openpreserve/dev/update-versions-with-ne…

1.3.11 Release with PRONOM v94

Merge pull request #143 from openpreserve/dev/issue-139-skip-newlines

Skip/ignore newlines when parsing

1.3.10 Release with PRONOM v94

PRONOM 94 with updated container-signature file.

1.3.9 Release with PRONOM v94

Merge pull request #138 from openpreserve/bump-139

Bump to 1.3.9 in anticipation of release