4 -------------------------------------------------
5 0.3.5 (to be announced) "symplectic separability"
6 -------------------------------------------------
8 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
9 - improved signal handling
10 - variable fec output buffer size
12 -----------------------------------------
13 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
14 -----------------------------------------
16 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
17 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
18 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
20 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
21 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
22 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
23 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
24 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
25 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
27 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
28 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
29 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
30 - new audiod option: --config-file.
32 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
33 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
34 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
35 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
37 - More source code documentation.
40 --------------------------------------------
41 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
42 --------------------------------------------
44 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
47 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
48 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
49 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
50 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
51 - aac meta info support.
52 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
53 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
54 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
55 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
56 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
57 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
58 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
60 -----------------------------------------
61 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
62 -----------------------------------------
64 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
66 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
67 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
68 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
69 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
71 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
72 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
74 ---------------------------------------
75 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
76 ---------------------------------------
78 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
79 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
82 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
84 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
85 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
86 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
87 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
89 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
90 - Audiod performance improvements.
91 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
92 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
93 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
95 -------------------------------------
96 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
97 -------------------------------------
99 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
102 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
103 for a major release like this.
105 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
106 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
107 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
108 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
110 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
111 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
112 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
114 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
115 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
116 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
117 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
119 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
120 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
121 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
123 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
124 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
125 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
126 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
127 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
128 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
129 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
130 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
131 para_gui is still there.
132 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
133 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
134 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
135 - Improved error subsystem.
136 - The earth-shaking new logo.
138 -----------------------------------------
139 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
140 -----------------------------------------
142 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
143 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
145 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
146 - universal chunk queueing.
147 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
149 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
150 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
152 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
153 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
154 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
155 compiler characteristics.
156 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
157 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
159 --------------------------------------
160 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
161 --------------------------------------
163 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
164 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
165 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
166 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
168 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
169 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
170 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
171 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
172 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
173 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
175 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
176 to start only after a few seconds.
177 - fix osx_writer hangs
178 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
179 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
181 -----------------------------------------
182 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
183 -----------------------------------------
185 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
187 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
188 startup rather than for each connection
189 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
190 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
191 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
192 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
193 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
194 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
195 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
196 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
198 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
199 - documentation improvements
200 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
203 -------------------------------------------
204 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
205 -------------------------------------------
207 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
208 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
209 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
211 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
212 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
213 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
214 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
215 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
216 - some robustness fixes
217 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
218 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
219 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
221 ---------------------------------------
222 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
223 ---------------------------------------
225 A bunch of new features and core changes.
227 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
228 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
229 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
230 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
231 para_recv and para_filter.
232 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
233 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
234 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
235 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
236 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
237 - update to libortp-0.10.1
238 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
239 - update to autoconf-2.60
242 ------------------------------------------
243 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
244 ------------------------------------------
246 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
250 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
251 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
253 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
254 - para_play renamed to para_write
255 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
256 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
257 - compress filter speed improvements
258 - update to libortp-0.9.1
259 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
260 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
261 code for the interactive mode was removed).
262 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
263 work, but it gets no more testing.
264 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
265 reduces its size quite a bit.
266 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
267 and --enable-mysql-libs
269 ------------------------------------
270 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
271 ------------------------------------
273 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
274 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
275 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
276 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
279 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
281 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
282 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
283 more info (and some examples).
284 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
285 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
286 - the new ipc subsystem
287 - new audio file selector: playlist
288 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
289 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
290 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
291 change the selector at runtime.
292 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
296 --------------------------------------
297 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
298 --------------------------------------
300 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
301 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
302 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
303 to the new source documentation.
306 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
307 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
309 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
310 - scrollable output window
311 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
312 - fix color of command output.
313 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
314 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
315 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
318 -------------------------------------------
319 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
320 -------------------------------------------
322 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
323 a lot of small improvements.
325 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
326 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
327 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
328 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
329 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
330 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
331 of the ortp receiver.
332 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
333 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
334 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
335 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
336 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
337 and reduces code size.
340 -----------------------------------------
341 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
342 -----------------------------------------
344 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
346 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
347 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
348 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
349 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
350 read/write operations are used).
351 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
352 certain circumstances.
355 -------------------------------------------
356 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
357 -------------------------------------------
359 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
362 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
363 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
364 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
365 too early on a loaded network.
366 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
367 future time by the --start_time option.
368 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
369 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
370 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
371 only the http receiver in this case.
372 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
373 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
374 - improved ortp timings.
375 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
379 -------------------------------------------
380 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
381 -------------------------------------------
383 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
384 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
386 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
387 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
388 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
389 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
390 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
391 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
392 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
393 rather than calling find(1). The server option
394 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
395 - documentation update
397 - header file cleanup
398 - para_client code cleanup
399 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
402 ------------------------------------------
403 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
404 ------------------------------------------
406 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
407 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
408 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
409 is no longer needed).
411 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
412 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
413 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
414 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
417 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
418 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
419 sender" for more information.
420 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
421 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
423 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
425 - ogg timing improvements
426 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
427 - empty stream definitions work again
428 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
429 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
432 ---------------------------------------
433 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
434 ---------------------------------------
436 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
439 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
440 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
441 for more information.
444 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
445 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
446 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
447 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
449 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
450 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
451 new command line option: --announce_time
454 -----------------------------------------
455 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
456 -----------------------------------------
458 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
460 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
461 (including none) filters for each supported audio
462 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
463 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
464 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
465 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
466 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
467 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
469 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
470 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
471 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
472 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
473 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
474 clients that play the same stream.
477 ------------------------------------------
478 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
479 ------------------------------------------
481 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
482 for the mysql database tool.
484 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
485 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
486 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
488 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
489 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
490 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
492 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
493 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
494 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
498 ---------------------------------------
499 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
500 ---------------------------------------
502 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
503 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
505 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
506 - cleanup of the build system
507 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
508 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
510 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
511 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
513 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
514 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
515 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
516 Default: "para_client pic"
517 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
518 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
522 ------------------------------------------
523 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
524 ------------------------------------------
526 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
527 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
528 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
531 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
532 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
533 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
534 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
535 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
536 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
537 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
539 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
540 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
541 - documentation updates
542 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
543 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
544 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
545 playback time rather than streaming time
546 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
547 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
548 - switch from gzip to bzip2
551 ----------------------------------------
552 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
553 ----------------------------------------
555 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
556 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
557 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
558 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
560 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
561 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
562 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
563 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
564 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
565 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
566 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
568 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
569 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
570 mp3 files with invalid header information
571 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
572 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
576 ---------------------------------------
577 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
578 ---------------------------------------
580 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
581 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
584 - fix several memory leaks
585 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
586 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
587 rename your old database.
588 - rework ogg vorbis code
589 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
591 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
592 - simplified audio format API
593 - para_pob_ogg is gone
595 ------------------------------------
596 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
597 ------------------------------------
599 Let's slide gently into the new year.
601 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
602 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
603 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
604 README and FEATURES for more info.
605 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
606 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
608 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
609 - improved help message for sl
610 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
612 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
614 -----------------------------------------
615 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
616 -----------------------------------------
618 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
619 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
620 enhancements went also in.
622 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
623 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
624 exists, rather than returning errors
625 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
626 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
627 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
629 - si: report also server pid
630 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
631 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
633 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
634 - many small fixes and cleanups
636 ---------------------------------------
637 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
638 ---------------------------------------
640 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
641 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
642 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
643 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
644 compatible in that respect.
648 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
649 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
651 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
652 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
653 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
654 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
655 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
656 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
657 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
658 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
661 -------------------------------------------
662 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
663 -------------------------------------------
665 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
667 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
668 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
670 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
672 -----------------------------------------
673 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
674 -----------------------------------------
677 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
678 with your favorite mail reader.
679 - several small fixes
681 -------------------------------------
682 0.1.0: (2204-10-22) "rotating cortex"
683 -------------------------------------
685 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
687 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
688 - modular audio format support
689 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
690 - new server option: autoplay
692 -----------------------------------------
693 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
694 -----------------------------------------
696 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
697 and stream large audio sets happily)
698 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
700 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
701 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
702 file/config option for dbtool.
703 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
704 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
705 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
706 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
707 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
708 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
709 show silly logo on startup
710 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
711 manipulating attributes
712 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
713 - revised and beautified documentation
714 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
717 ---------------------------------------------
718 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
719 ---------------------------------------------
721 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
722 core code considerably.
723 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
724 give finer info on afs' status.
725 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
726 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
727 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
728 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
730 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
731 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
738 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
739 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
740 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
741 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
742 (reported by Thomas Forell)
743 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
744 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
745 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
746 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
747 - fix several potential buffer overflows
748 - many small fixes and cleanups
754 - easy stream_defs syntax
755 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
756 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
757 placement and the top/bottom window design
758 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
759 well as for invalid picture pointers
760 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
761 - many small fixes and cleanups
767 - sdl gui runs much faster
768 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
769 - count and display number of times the song has been played
770 - new feature: scoring
771 - command line options for sdl_gui
772 - simpler syntax of streams file
773 - decrease network traffic of stat
775 - many small fixes and cleanups
781 - new server command: ns (next stream)
782 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
784 - stat shows also id3 tag info
786 - log flodding bug fixed
787 - many small fixes and cleanups
794 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
795 - proper locking that fixes some races
796 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
797 with unsufficient permissions
798 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
799 - icecast meta data streaming
800 - many small fixes and cleanups