- Introduced `BatchOptions` for configurable batched catalog rebuilds.
- Added `rebuild_catalog_batched` in `file_backend` for batched processing with deterministic package order and progress tracking.
- Updated `rebuild_catalog` to leverage the new batched implementation with default options.
- Added integration test `test_ini_only_repo_serving_catalog` to validate functionality with an INI-only repository configuration.
- Enhanced test coverage for legacy catalog handling via `pkg5.repository`.
- Introduced `write_catalog_attrs`, `write_catalog_part`, and `write_update_log` functions for streamlined and secure file writing.
- Refactored `file_backend` to use `catalog_writer` for managing catalog updates, improving readability and maintainability.
- Updated `save_catalog_attrs`, `save_catalog_part`, and `append_update` to leverage atomic writes and ensure signature computation.
- Replaced manual serialization logic with centralized writing utilities for consistency and error resilience.
- Updated dependencies for JSON handling and signature computation.
- Replaced string-based `FileReadError`, `FileWriteError`, and `DirectoryCreateError` with structured error types using `PathBuf` and `source`.
- Updated all affected methods in `rest_backend`, `file_backend`, and tests to use the new structured error variants.
- Improved error messages for clarity and debugging by embedding file paths and sources directly into error data.
- Introduced `transformer.rs` with a structured approach for parsing and applying transformation rules.
- Added support for operations like `add`, `default`, `delete`, `drop`, `edit`, `emit`, and `set` on attributes, files, directories, and other targets.
- Implemented regex-based matching for patterns and backreference handling in transformations.
- Enhanced manifest modification functionality, including attribute/facet operations and deferred action emission.
- Added comprehensive unit tests to validate transformation rules and their applications.
- Implemented incorporation lock functionality for packages, including pre-checks, addition, and retrieval methods.
- Enhanced package installation logic to handle incorporation constraints.
- Updated dependency versions in `Cargo.toml` and `Cargo.lock`, aligning with latest compatible releases.
- Introduced new tests to verify incorporation lock behavior, including scenarios with and without locks.
- Refactored code for improved readability and added error handling improvements.
- Fixed minor typos and inconsistencies in comments and log messages.
- Introduced `ImageCatalog` for handling catalog-related operations, including initialization, building from publishers, querying, and manifest management.
- Added `InstalledPackages` for managing installed package operations, such as adding, removing, querying, and retrieving manifests.
- Defined database schemas and error types to support both modules.
- Refactored table handling, ensuring consistent transaction scoping with `redb`.
- Add `ProgressReporter` trait with `start`, `update`, and `finish` methods for customizable progress tracking during operations.
- Implement `ProgressInfo` struct for detailed progress state reporting, including operation, progress, and context information.
- Create a no-op implementation `NoopProgressReporter` for cases where progress reporting is not needed.
- Enhance `pkg6` with structured error handling using `Pkg6Error` and new diagnostic variants for I/O, JSON, FMRI, and logging errors.
- Update `Image` functionality to leverage progress reporting during catalog downloads and include robust publisher management.
- Introduce `TestProgressReporter` for unit tests to validate progress reporting integration.
- Add `obsoleted.rs` module to handle storing, metadata management, and operations for obsoleted packages.
- Implement commands for marking, listing, searching, restoring, exporting, and importing obsoleted packages (`pkg6repo`).
- Enhance `RepositoryError` with `From` implementations for various error types to manage database and serialization-related errors.
- Introduce reusable data structures for obsoleted package metadata and export representation.
- Update `Cargo.toml` and `Cargo.lock` to include new dependencies (`redb`, `bincode`, etc.).
- Document obsoleted package workflow and integration details in `doc/obsoleted_packages.md` for contributors.
- Refactor repository internals to integrate obsoleted package support without disrupting existing workflow.
- Add robust error handling, logging, and pagination for enhanced usability and scalability.
- Standardize formatting by aligning and cleaning up indentation, spacing, and line breaks across multiple modules.
- Enhance logging with improved message formatting for better context and readability.
- Simplify error handling in `pkg6dev`, `pkg6repo`, and core libraries by consolidating redundant patterns and improving clarity.
- Update test cases to reflect formatting and logging changes while extending coverage of edge cases.
- Perform general cleanup, including removing unused imports, refining comments, and ensuring consistent style.
- Modify `rebuild` and `refresh` methods to take `&self` instead of `&mut self`.
- Replace mutable repository instances in `pkg6dev`, `pkg6repo`, and core library with immutable ones.
- Introduce `debug` logging for enhanced traceability during metadata rebuild and refresh.
- Extract and simplify catalog rebuild logic into a dedicated `rebuild_catalog` method.
- General cleanup: remove redundant methods, reorganize logic, and refine comments across affected files.
- Update `FileBackend` to store files in a multi-level directory structure (`xx/yy/hash`) based on hash prefixes.
- Adjust method signatures and logic across `FileBackend`, `pkg6dev`, and `pkg6repo` to support mutable repository operations.
- Add test cases and scripts (`test_file_structure.rs`, `test_repo_operations.sh`) to validate the new file structure.
- Refactor catalog manager to use `RefCell` for interior mutability to enable lazy initialization.
- Clean up redundant and dead code, enhance comments, and replace outdated logic for file handling and metadata operations.
