Improved compatibility with the open CodeReef platform

We improved the compatibility with the open CodeReef platform (https://codereef.ai/static/docs) and fixed minor issues:

• ck webhelp now shows published components at the CodeReef portal
• ck webapi now shows module API at the CodeReef portal
• Added "ck codereef " to show information about published components at the CodeReef portal
• fixed repo update
• added backward compatibility for the search via ElasticSearch
• [experimental] prototyped automatic downloading of stable CK components from the CodeReef portal (https://codereef.ai/portal)
• do not ask for "web support" by default when adding actions
• Allowed ' character in names of CK entries
• Added 2020
• Simplified Readme

fixed bug with Python 2.7 installation and added a few new productivity functions

• V1.11.4
  • fixed problem when ck-python.cfg contains non-existent python
  • fixed problem with allowed action_names (should not start with number but can have numbers in the middle)
  • fixed problem with ElasticSearch when renaming entries
  • Added key "use_git_instead_of_https" to kernel cfg to substitute https:// with git@ in repositories
  • fixed problem with pip installation using Python 2.7 (thanks to @alered01 from Arm)
  • added possibility to log all used CK entries to find out all dependencies
    turn on: ck set kernel --var.log_ck_entries={file}
    turn off: ck set kernel --var.log_ck_entries=""

improved installation procedure and new productivity functions

New in this release:

• minor clean up of the API doc
• now copying default repo to $HOME/.ck/{version} to be able to always find it
• added possibility to split dirs for the whole repo
  (to be able to exchange repos with split directories)
• added commands "private", "recache", "split_all_dirs" to ck add/update repo
• added try/catch around encode/decode routines to better support non-UTF locale
• can use wildcards when searching for UIDs
• added repo_module_uoa to be able to execute module from a specific repository

bug fix with installation via LinuxBrew

Enhancements in this version:

• fixed typo
• added possibility to force index data for specific repos via local kernel meta:
  "index_repos":[list of repo UIDs and aliases]
• bug fix for split directories if UID is used for an entry with alias
• fixed link to CK slack channel
• added zip_safe=False (to fix problems when installed via LinuxBrew)

Many enhancements for server/cloud deployment

Changes in this version:

• added possibility to add sub-directory for all entries of a given module based on first N characters of an entry name; this is needed to handle millions of entries; it can be configured via local kernel meta: "split_dirs":{"module UOA":N}
• fixed ck.bat on Windows (if CK_ROOT has spaces)
• improved "ck help" function
• added support for the latest ElasticSearch via Python client
• improved CK search via ElasticSearch
• added possibility to auto convert all entry names to lower case; it can be configured via local kernel meta: "force_lower":"yes"
• added check for allowed entry names; it can be configured as RE via local kernel meta:
  "allowed_entry_names": "^[A-Za-z0-9_@. -]*$"
• added check for allowed action names in modules; it can be configured as RE via local kernel meta:
  "allowed_action_names": "^[A-Za-z_-]*$"
• added possibility to index data for only specific modules via local kernel meta:
  "index_modules":[list of module UIDs and aliases]
• removed AUTHORS.txt as non-standard (leaving CONTRIBUTIONS.txt)
• added possibility to skip SSL certificate check for remote repositories
• added CK kernel functions save_state(), restore_state, reinit to let multiple CK instances co-exist

fixed major bug with kernel version checking

• fixed major bug with kernel version checking (otherwise some modules are not working properly).

started new functionality (fixing python number and automatically downloading missing components)

• added support for setuptools
• added report on Python executable used by CK
• recording python executable to ck-python.cfg during installation - it can now be used by default when calling CK CLI
• added experimental functionality to automatically download missing components from cKnowledge.org. It is turned off by default. To turn it on use "ck set kernel var.download_missing_components=yes"

major installation bug fix

Fixed major installation bug (non UTF-8 character).

Fixed pip installation from Anaconda; minor updates

• fixed CK execution with Anaconda python (Linux and MacOS) when installed via pip:
  pip install ck
  or
  pip install ck --user
• improved OpenME to call CK in dynamic websites
• added passing of $_SESSION, $_POST, $_GET to CK via OpenME
• added "Access-Control-Allow-Origin=*" to module:web to be able to access CK from local web pages
• added possibility to change default repo using "CK_DEFAULT_REPO" env var
• added flag --module_version to use different Python module (module{.{module_version}}.py)

minor improvements and fixes

• allowed local widget to fetch data from cKnowledge.org (or other) website: #93
• automatically print API of redirected functions (ck --help)
• improved module API printing
• added pypi download stats
• fixed minor problem with "ck renew repo" - now takes already existing UID instead of generating a new one