Open Beta v8.5 | Please help testing and hardening the upcoming release

[MichaIng]

RC version	v8.5.1
v8.5.0 PR	#5510
v8.5.1 PR	#5521
Raw changelog	https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/beta/CHANGELOG.txt
Code changes	master...beta
Release date	2022-05-28

How to apply: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/BRANCH_SYSTEM.md

Related/solved issues: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3Av8.5

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Beta v8.5.1

(2022-05-28)

New software

• Prowlarr | The indexer manager of the Servarr family has been added as dietpi-software option.

Changes

• Security | It is now possible to enter the WPA-PSK WiFi key as 64-digit hexadecimal key, as e.g. returned by wpa_passphrase. It will be converted as needed, stored and applied to wpa_supplicant config automatically in this format. In case of using "dietpi-wifi.txt" on a fresh DietPi installation, please note that this requires an image with DietPi v8.5 pre-installed, i.e. dated after May 28, 2022. Many thanks to @robinemde for doing this suggestion: Use encrypted Wifi password in dietpi.txt config file #5406
• Security | It is now possible to add public SSH keys to dietpi.txt, to be applied at first boot for public key authentication with "dietpi" and "root" users. Additionally, SSH password authentication can be disabled for all users or "root" only. Have a look at AUTO_SETUP_SSH_PUBKEY and SOFTWARE_DISABLE_SSH_PASSWORD_LOGINS settings in /boot/dietpi.txt.
• DietPi-Software | Dropbear/OpenSSH: Password authentication is now disabled if set via SOFTWARE_DISABLE_SSH_PASSWORD_LOGINS setting in /boot/dietpi.txt.
• DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Updated to latest version 5.1 and shipped now as DEB package. Also the included libSDL2 libraries have been updated to latest stable versions. Additionally builds for all SBCs and architectures, including x86_64, have been added, i.e. Amiberry is now available on all platforms.
• DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Build dependencies have been reduced so that only the actually required tools and headers are installed instead of the whole Build-Essential package.

Fixes

• DietPi-VPN | Resolved an issue where applying a ProtonVPN connection or starting the killswitch could have failed, if the gettext-base package was not installed. Many thanks to @Wilford888 for reporting this issue: dietpi VPN failed to launch using ProtonVPN+ credentials #5501
• DietPi-Software | Spotifyd: Resolved an issue where fresh installs failed because of a missing parent directory. Many thanks to @C0ntroller for reporting this issue: Add -p option to mkdir for spotifyd installation #5484
• DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Resolved an issue where the install on Odroids failed as of a change in the build scripts of Hardkernel's fork. Many thanks to @MDAR for reporting this issue: DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Install fails on Odroids #5485
• DietPi-Software | Gitea: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start after a reinstall when Gitea was installed before DietPi v7.9. Many thanks to @twikedk for reporting this issue: Gitea service fails to start after update #5516
• DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Resolved an issue where web access wasn't possible, since it binds to localhost with recent vaultwarden or web vault release. We restore the previous behaviour on fresh installs and reinstalls, but preserve any stricter value that may have been manually applied, like the local IP. Many thanks to @amibumpin for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vaultwarden-update-to-1-25-web-access/13248

[MichaIng]

DietPi v8.5 has been released: #5522

Many thanks to all testers ❤️!