Users on unsupported PVE versions now get clear guidance at every
layer — README, install time, and GitHub release notes — rather than
silently failing or getting confusing patch errors.
- README: replace bare compatibility table with a full matrix and
prominent callout blocks for PVE 7 (last v2.x), PVE 8 (EOL
2026-08-31), PVE 9+ (use v3.0), and PVE ≤6 (unsupported)
- postinst: add check_pve_version() that exits on PVE < 7, warns
loudly on PVE 7 (stay on v2.x, do not upgrade to v3.0), notes
the PVE 8 EOL date, and warns on PVE 9+ (v2.x not supported)
- build.yml release template: add a version compatibility table so
every GitHub release prominently states who should and should not
install it
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PVE 8.4 reformatted pvemanagerlib.js (tabs→spaces, structural changes),
making the existing 8.0.5-era patch fail on all 8.4.x nodes.
- Add pvemanagerlib-8.4.14_1.js.patch covering PVE 8.4.x (all hunks
verified on 8.4.14 and 8.4.19)
- Update postinst to detect pve-manager major.minor (e.g. "8.4") and
try a minor-version-specific patch before falling back to the major
patch — 8.3.x nodes keep using 8.patch, 8.4.x nodes use 8.4.patch
- Update build.yml to bundle 8.4.patch alongside the existing 8.patch
Tested live on pve01-hq (8.4.19) and pve03-hq (8.3.2) — correct patch
selected in each case, pvemanagerlib patched successfully on 8.4.19.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>