Release Notes

Release Notes

Chocolatey Release Notes - Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension

Summary

This covers the release notes for the Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension (chocolateygui.extension) package, where the commercial editions of Chocolatey GUI get their enhanced functionality. Please see Install the Licensed Edition for information on how to get and install the package.

📝 NOTE

This package is available to Chocolatey for Business customers only.

Other Release Notes

Maintenance and Support contract considerations for Perpetual License customers

Please check out the Maintenance and Support contract considerations for Perpetual License customers section for more information.

Chocolatey Component Package Dependencies

Please check out the Chocolatey Component Package Dependencies section for more information about how each package version relates to the other.

1.0.1 (October 12, 2022)

Improvements

  • Update package version range for Chocolatey Licensed Extension to support 5.0.0+.

1.0.0 (March 21, 2022)

⚠️ WARNING

The dependencies of the chocolateygui.extension package have changed in this release. It now requires Chocolatey GUI v1.0.0 and Chocolatey Licensed Extension v4.0.0.

Breaking Changes

  • Add Chocolatey Licensed Extension dependency to package to ensure all required dependencies are installed during upgrade
  • Updates Chocolatey dependency for package to v1.0.0

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here:

0.4.0 (February 10, 2022)

⚠️ WARNING

The dependencies of the chocolateygui.extension package have changed in this release, and it now requires Chocolatey GUI v0.20.0.

Breaking Change

  • Change target .NET Framework version to be 4.8 - see #841

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here:

0.3.0 (September 6, 2021)

⚠️ WARNING

The dependencies of the chocolateygui.extension package have changed in this release, and it now requires Chocolatey CLI v0.11.1 and Chocolatey GUI v0.19.0.

Features

  • Add feature to allow disabling of the This PC source - see licensed #228
  • Add feature to allow disabling of "Update All" button -see licensed #240

Improvements

  • [Security] XML External Entity attack in log4net (CVE-2018-1285) see licensed #254

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here:

0.2.1 (March 29, 2021)

Bug Fix

  • Fix - Incorrect configuration database being used by Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension when running as non-administrator user - see licensed #209

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here:

0.2.0 (March 9, 2021)

Breaking Change

  • Update the default value for "NonAdmin Access to Settings" feature to be false - see #601

Features

  • Provide ability for Chocolatey GUI to respect the background service allowed commands configuration option
  • Add a feature to toggle on/off a read only view for installed packages - see licensed #201
  • Add a feature to toggle on/off the option to not attempt to download icons for packages - see licensed #199
  • Add a configuration option to specify a default for a particular source when application loads - see licensed #198

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here:

0.1.0 (January 22, 2021)

Initial preview release

Features

  • Branding - Support for branding portions of the Chocolatey GUI assets from provided assets
  • Provide ability to restrict access to Chocolatey GUI settings to only machine administrators
  • Packaging - Extension is deployable in the same way as the Chocolatey Licensed Extension
  • Provide visual indication in Chocolatey GUI when the Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension is being used

Release Video

A short video explaining what is included in this release can be found here: