0.6.0 - 2025-06-07

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Added

• A new optional field, support_modules, has been added to application layer specifications. This field allows application layers to embed copies of common unpackaged support libraries without needing to duplicate that code in the source tree (proposed in #202).
• The lock subcommand now accepts an --if-needed option that skips locking layers that already have a valid layer lock (added in #200).

Changed

• Added a --lock-if-needed option to the build subcommand that ensures layers are only locked if they don't already have valid transitive environment locks. --lock is now a deprecated alias for this option rather than being equivalent to running the lock subcommand (proposed in #196).
• Changes to lock inputs that only affect the implicit layer versioning are now tracked separately from changes to the additional inputs that affect the result of the transitive dependency lock generation step. These changes are now ignored for layers that do not use implicit layer versioning (proposed in #201).
• Prefer the creation of hardlinks over full copies when locally exporting environments. Depending on the filesystem, this can make local exports significantly faster when the installed packages contain large files (proposed in #205).

Fixed

• Launch module existence checks are now skipped for layers that will not be built for the target build platform (reported in #204).