Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[3.1.2] - 2024-04-13

Fixed

GitHub actions updated to the latest version in worflow file, a new token is created for codecov.

[3.1.1] - 2024-04-06

Fixed

Issue #6 : exception raised if partition information is missing for an USB HDD

[3.1.0] - 2024-03-10

Added

A new encoding parameter has been added to Disk.init() and file utility methods to let user specify the proper encoding for file and string operations.

Fixed

Encoding and parsing issues in partition data have been fixed (reported in issue #5):
- Partition mounting point containing space character was displayed improperly in the demo
- Partition label containing non-ascii character was displayed improperly in the demo
The demo won't stop if a disk does not have temperature (e.g. USB pendrive)

[3.0.0] - 2024-03-03

Added

pySMART library used in the refactored Disk.get_temperature() and Disk.get_smart_data() methods
New attributed added for NvmeAttributes() class
New attributed added for DiskSmartData() class

Changed

support of Python 3.7 removed

Fixed

LOOP disks handled without problems
Disk.get_smart_data() can be executed on a wider range of hard disks and SSDs without problems

[2.1.2] - 2024-01-02

Added

New chapter for explaining the use of create_python_env.sh

Fixed

create_python_env.sh: better error handling for non-exiting Python version

[2.1.1] - 2024-01-01

Changed

Copyright updated.

Fixed

New version number is required for new PyPI release (release 2.1.0 was deleted on PyPI)

[2.1.0] - 2024-01-01

Added

Support for Python 3.11 and 3.12
A new bash script added to create a virtual Python environment and install all dependencies.
Documentation is updated

Changed

Dependency management: requirement files for pip are using maximal version numbers
Flake8 removed

Fixed

In case of loop disks, Disk.get_temperature() method did not work and the demo stopped. Better error handling added while loop devices will be fully supported.

[2.0.0] - 2022-10-23

Added

New Partition class added to hold partition data
get_partition_list() method of Disk class returns the list of partitions
New utility functions are available,size_in_hrf() and time_in_hrf(), to display size and time in human-readable form
Demo has been extended with two additional screens (disk attributes, partition data)
Documentation has been improved and updated for the new functionality
Unit tests has been extended to cover the new functionality

Changed

Demo cannot be executed without rich Python library

[1.3.1] - 2022-10-06

Fixed

pytest coverage measurement and upload to codecov fixed

[1.3.0] - 2022-10-06

Added

Documentation extended with examples for all functions.
pyproject.toml configuration file used for all tools

[1.2.0] - 2022-10-02

Added

A new method, called get_smart_data(), has been implemented in Disk class. It returns the SMART data of the disk (feature request in issue #3 implemented). Additional classes have been defined for SMART data: DiskSmartData(), SmartAttribute(), NvmeAttributes().
Documentation, unit tests have been updated

Removed

Python 3.6 has been removed from list of the supported Python versions because the package building and isnallation is not working here.

[1.1.0] - 2022-09-25

Added

A new method, called get_temperature(), has been implemented in Disk class. It returns the temperature of the disk (feature request in issue #2 implemented).
Documentation, unit tests have been updated

[1.0.1] - 2022-09-24

Fixed

PyPI package version number fixed

[1.0.0] - 2022-09-24

First official release

Added

Planned functionality implemented
Unit tests are implemented, coverage is 100%, connected to codecov.io
The code is linted with flake8 and pylint
API documentation is created and published on readthedocs.io
Python distribution package is published on PyPI
Github workflows are implemented to automate testing and package publishing