Soupault 4.3.0 release

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Date: 2022-10-24

Overview

Soupault 4.3.0 is available for download from my own server and from GitHub releases. It adds a few more Lua plugin functions and fixes a few minor bugs.

New features and improvements

New Lua plugin functions

String.starts_with(str, prefix)
Sys.split_path(path_str) for splitting native file paths (uses / on UNIX-like systems, \ on Windows).
Sys.split_path_unix (aka Sys.split_path_url) for splitting paths using the /-convention regardless of the OS (safe for URLs).

Bug fixes

--help message about the --config option now correctly mentions that it takes a path.
Removed a useless log message about build profiles when no profiles are specified (i.e., --profile option is not given).
Improved error reporting in certain unlikely situations (mainly internal errors).
When index entry comparison failure fails due to bad field values, offending entries are logged in JSON to simplify debugging.
Corrected a mistake in option spell checking logic that could sometimes lead to useless suggestions.