Release version 0.9.0

- Introduce `test-nix-flake-e2e.yml` workflow to run a full Arch-based virgin
  environment test with Nix flakes enabled and shared Docker caches
- Ensure pkgmgr self-installation and flake-based installer path are exercised
- Update .gitignore with additional build artifacts, Debian packaging files,
  and pkgmgr output directories

.github/workflows/test-nix-flake-e2e.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Test Virgin
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+      - develop
+      - "*"
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test-virgin:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Show Docker version
+        run: docker version
+
+      - name: Virgin Arch pkgmgr flake test
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          echo ">>> Starting virgin ArchLinux container test (with shared caches)..."
+
+          docker run --rm \
+            -v "$PWD":/src \
+            -v pkgmgr_nix_store:/nix \
+            -v pkgmgr_nix_cache:/root/.cache/nix \
+            -v pkgmgr_repos:/root/Repositories \
+            -v pkgmgr_pip_cache:/root/.cache/pip \
+            -w /src \
+            archlinux:latest \
+            bash -lc '
+              set -euo pipefail
+
+              echo ">>> Updating and upgrading Arch system..."
+              pacman -Syu --noconfirm git python python-pip nix >/dev/null
+
+              echo ">>> Creating isolated virtual environment for pkgmgr..."
+              python -m venv /tmp/pkgmgr-venv
+
+              echo ">>> Activating virtual environment..."
+              source /tmp/pkgmgr-venv/bin/activate
+
+              echo ">>> Upgrading pip (cached)..."
+              python -m pip install --upgrade pip >/dev/null
+
+              echo ">>> Installing pkgmgr from current source tree (cached pip)..."
+              python -m pip install /src >/dev/null
+
+              echo ">>> Enabling Nix experimental features..."
+              export NIX_CONFIG="experimental-features = nix-command flakes"
+
+              echo ">>> Running: pkgmgr update pkgmgr --clone-mode shallow --no-verification"
+              pkgmgr update pkgmgr --clone-mode shallow --no-verification
+
+              echo ">>> Running: pkgmgr version"
+              pkgmgr version pkgmgr
+
+              echo ">>> Virgin Arch test completed successfully."
+            '

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 
 # Prevents unwanted files from being committed to version control.
 
-# Custom Config file
-config/config.yaml
-
 # Python bytecode
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
@@ -17,6 +14,16 @@ venv/
 dist/
 build/*
 *.egg-info/
+pkg
+
+package-manager-*
+
+# debian 
+debian/package-manager/
+debian/debhelper-build-stamp
+debian/files
+debian/.debhelper/
+debian/package-manager.substvars
 
 # Editor files
 .vscode/
@@ -31,11 +38,3 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Ignore logs
 *.log
-package-manager-*
-
-# debian 
-debian/package-manager/
-debian/debhelper-build-stamp
-debian/files
-debian/.debhelper/
-debian/package-manager.substvars

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.9.0] - 2025-12-10
+
+* Introduce a virgin Arch-based Nix flake E2E workflow that validates pkgmgr’s full flake installation path using shared caches for faster and reproducible CI runs.
+
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2025-12-10
 
 * **v0.7.15 — Installer & Command Resolution Improvements**

PKGBUILD

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <info@veen.world>
 
 pkgname=package-manager
-pkgver=0.8.0
+pkgver=0.9.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Local-flake wrapper for Kevin's package-manager (Nix-based)."
 arch=('any')

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+package-manager (0.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Introduce a virgin Arch-based Nix flake E2E workflow that validates pkgmgr’s full flake installation path using shared caches for faster and reproducible CI runs.
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:38:07 +0100
+
 package-manager (0.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * **v0.7.15 — Installer & Command Resolution Improvements**

flake.nix

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         rec {
           pkgmgr = pyPkgs.buildPythonApplication {
             pname   = "package-manager";
-            version = "0.8.0";
+            version = "0.9.0";
 
             # Use the git repo as source
             src = ./.;

package-manager.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           package-manager
-Version:        0.8.0
+Version:        0.9.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper that runs Kevin's package-manager via Nix flake
 
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ echo ">>> package-manager removed. Nix itself was not removed."
 /usr/lib/package-manager/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 0.9.0-1
+- Introduce a virgin Arch-based Nix flake E2E workflow that validates pkgmgr’s full flake installation path using shared caches for faster and reproducible CI runs.
+
 * Wed Dec 10 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 0.8.0-1
 - **v0.7.15 — Installer & Command Resolution Improvements**
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "package-manager"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "Kevin's package-manager tool (pkgmgr)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"