Make monodex install cleanly and support relative config paths

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -37,18 +37,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install protoc
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
 
-      - name: Cache cargo registry, git deps, and target
+      - name: Cache cargo registry, git deps, target, and installed bins
+        id: cache-cargo
         uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
             ~/.cargo/git
+            ~/.cargo/bin
             target
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ steps.rust.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ steps.rust.outputs.version }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-
 
+      - name: Install cargo-deny
+        if: ${{ steps.cache-cargo.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+        run: cargo install --locked cargo-deny@0.19.9
+
       - name: Format check
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
@@ -58,5 +64,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check facade integrity
         run: ./scripts/check-facades.sh
 
+      - name: Cargo deny
+        run: cargo deny check bans advisories
+
       - name: Test
         run: cargo test --workspace --locked

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ PUBLISHING PROCEDURE:
 5. After publishing, the next PR author will add a new "## Unreleased" section
 -->
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.6.2 (2026-06-18)
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Monodex no longer requires OpenSSL or a C/C++ build toolchain to install. `cargo install monodex` now works on a clean machine without those system prerequisites.
+
+- `database.path` and `catalogs.<name>.path` in `monodex-config.json` now accept relative paths starting with `./` or `../`, resolved against the folder containing the config file. Bare names (like `default-db` without `./`) remain an error. Tilde (`~`) and environment variables (`$VAR`) are still not supported.
+
 - Memory sizes now use base-1000 units throughout, which may slightly affect the automatic model-instance count heuristic.
 - Improved the chunk-quality score reported by the `audit-chunks` and `dump-chunks` commands. The score now more reliably flags genuinely bad partitioner output.