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v26.7.9

cheshire-cat-ai/corev26.7.9Jul 9, 2026by ROBERT-MCDOWELL

AI Summary

A maintenance release focusing on dependency management and installation workflows, specifically addressing Windows compatibility issues and update procedures.

Key Highlights

  • Added requirements.txt to sdist manifest for setup-time dependency loading
  • Fixed README directory path for E2A-SML
  • Updated installation instructions to delete ./tmp and ./run folders
  • Fixed Windows DLL errors by reinstalling ffmpeg and calibre

Breaking Changes

  • Installation requires deletion of ./tmp and ./run folders
  • Windows users may need to uninstall Miniforge3/scoop or ffmpeg/calibre to resolve installation errors

New Features

  • Setup-time dependency loading via sdist manifest

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

* v26.6.30 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1956
* v26.7.7 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1961
* v26.7.7 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1963
* v26.7.7 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1964
* v26.7.7 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1962
* Fix directory path in README for E2A-SML by @DrewThomasson in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1953
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1966
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1967
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1968
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1969
* Include `requirements.txt` in sdist manifest for setup-time dependency loading by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL with @Copilot in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1970
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1972
* v26.7.8 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1973
* v26.7.9 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1975
* v26.7.9 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/1976

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/compare/v26.7.8...v26.7.9

!!! IMPORTANT !!!

IF YOU UPDATE with "git pull" DELETE THE CONTENT OF ./tmp and ./run FOLDER BEFORE INSTALLING THIS VERSION.
after that if you stilll have errors on installation, remove Miniforge3 and scoop if possible (windows only) from your user root directory.

NOTE: if you are on windows and crash with DLL missing etc.... just uninstall completely ffmpeg and calibre then reinstall E2A.