v23.0

What's Changed

• Features:
  • Extension Manager #76;
    • The new nzbget extension system, which makes it easy to download/update/delete
      extensions with backward compatibility with the old system;
    • extensions master list;
    • changed:
      • RPC request "configtemplates" - no longer returns script templates, but only the config template;
    • added:
      • new RPC requests:
        • "loadextensions" - loads all extensions from {ScriptDIR} and returns an array of structures in JSON/XML formats;
        • "updateextension" - downloads by url and name and installs the extension. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "deleteextension" - deletes extension by name. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "downloadextension" - downloads by url and installs the extension. Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
        • "testextension" - tries to find the right executor program for the extension, e.g. Python.
          Returns 'true' or error response in JSON/XML formats;
      • "EXTENSION MANAGER" section in webui to download/delete/update extensions;
      • Boost.Json library to work with JSON;
      • more unit tests;
    • refactored:
      • replaced raw pointers with smart pointers and const refs where possible for memory safty reasons;
    • removed:
      • testdata_FILES from Makefile.am;
      • EMail and Logger scripts;
  • Docker support #55;
  • Synology support (spk) #72;
  • QNAP support #158;
  • aarch64 mipseb mipsel ppc6xx ppc500 architectures to linux build #61 #146;
  • article read chunk size #52;
    • Added ArticleReadChunkSize config option which allows to adjust
      the buffer size for customization on different platforms, which can lead to increased performance;
  • increased the number of default connections to 8 #54;
  • automatic search for a suitable interpreter on POSIX #74;
  • certificate verification levels #150;
    • levels:
      • None: NO certificate signing check, NO certificate hostname check;
      • Minimal: certificate signing check, NO certificate hostname check;
      • Strict: certificate signing check, certificate hostname check;
    • tested on a mock nzbget NNTP nserv server with self-signed certificate and got expected results:
      • "Strict" -> test failed;
      • "Minimal" -> test failed;
      • "None" -> test passed";
• Bug fixies:
  • possible memory corruption #148;
• For developers:
  • fixed unit tests (Windows only for now) and started migration to CMake #64;
    • We are going to completely migrate to CMake as a more universal one for cross-platform development and drop autotools and MSBuild;
  • using libxml2 on Windows and vcpkg package manager to install dependencies #70;
    • libxml2 library is now used on Windows to work with xml in the same way we already do on Linux and macOS;
    • removed platform-dependent code for working with xml on Windows;