4 ----------------------------------------------
5 0.6.3 (to be announced) "generalized activity"
6 ----------------------------------------------
8 - The ff command now accepts a negative argument to instruct the
9 virtual streaming system to jump backwards in the current audio
10 stream. The old syntax (e.g., "ff 30-") is still supported but it
11 is deprecated and no longer documented. The compatibility code is
12 sheduled for removal after 0.7.0.
13 - para_afh: New option: --preserve to reset the modification time to
14 the value of the original file after meta data modification.
15 - Overhaul of the compress filter code. The refined algorithm should
16 reduce clipping. The meaning of --aggressiveness has changed, see the
17 updated and extended documentation of the compress filter for details.
18 - Cleanup of the audio format handler code.
19 - We now build the tree using the .ONESHELL feature of GNU make,
20 which results in a significant speedup.
21 - Two robustness fixes for FreeBSD.
22 - para_client now supports RFC4716 private keys as generated with
23 ssh-keygen -m RFC4716. In fact, this key format has been made the
24 default, and the former PEM keys will be depreciated at some point.
25 - The ogg audio format handlers learned to detect holes and now report
26 the correct duration also if ogg pages are missing in the file. This
27 affects ogg/vorbis ogg/speex and ogg/opus.
29 --------------------------------------
30 0.6.2 (2018-06-30) "elastic diversity"
31 --------------------------------------
33 The main new feature of this release is the --listen-address option
34 for para_server and para_audiod. But there are also a large number of
35 small improvements and bug fixes all over the place. The user-visible
38 - para_gui no longer waits up to one second to update the screen when
39 the geometry of the terminal changes.
40 - Minor documentation improvements.
41 - Improvements to the crypto subsystem.
42 - The server subcommand "task" has been deprecated. It still works,
43 but prints nothing. It will be removed in the next major release.
44 - Server log output is now serialized, avoiding issues with partial
46 - It is now possible to switch to a different afs database by changing
47 the server configuration and sending SIGHUP to the server process.
48 - New server options: --listen--address, --http-listen-address and
49 --dccp-listen-address. These options restrict the set of listening
50 addresses of the TCP and DCCP sockets of the server process.
51 - The help commands of server, audiod, play now support --long. By default,
52 the short help is shown.
53 - The code which merges the command line options with the config file
54 options has been consolidated.
55 - If the current audio file is renamed, the status items are now updated
57 - After the server process received SIGHUP, changes to the current audio
58 file did not trigger an update of the status items. This has been fixed.
61 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz),
62 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz.asc)
64 ----------------------------------------
65 0.6.1 (2017-09-23) "segmented iteration"
66 ----------------------------------------
68 The highlight of this release is the version 2 mood parser. But there
69 is a lot more than that, as summarized in the list below. And of
70 course we have many small usability improvements and bug fixes not
73 - A more intuitive syntax for moods ("version 2 moods"). The
74 traditional version 1 moods are still supported but are deprecated
75 now. Removal of the version 1 mood parser is scheduled for the next
77 - Flex and bison are now required to build para_server.
78 - New sort order for the ls command: -s=h sorts the ls output by hash
79 value of the audio file.
80 - autogen.sh now runs the test suite after a successful build.
81 - The contents of overview.pdf have been integrated into the user
83 - Fixed sized audio format headers for ogg/opus streams.
84 - The doxygen source browser has been disabled temporarily. The
85 API reference is still online, though.
86 - Overhaul of the source code documentation.
87 - The deprecated --full-path option of the ls command has been
88 removed. It was a no-op since 0.6.0.
89 - The wma decoder has been cleaned up and its bitstream API made
91 - The image/lyrics ID status items of the current audio file are now
92 updated on changes. This affects para_gui, which used to report the
96 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz),
97 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz.asc)
99 ---------------------------------------
100 0.5.8 (2017-09-23) "branching parabola"
101 ---------------------------------------
103 A couple of fixes for serious old bugs have accummulated in the maint
104 branch since paraslash-0.5.7 was released nine months ago. So here
105 is another 0.5.x release. As usual, all commits in the maint branch
106 have been merged into master, so the upcoming paraslash-0.6.1 also
107 contains them. For details see the git log.
110 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2),
111 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2.asc)
113 -------------------------------
114 0.6.0 (2017-04-28) "fuzzy flux"
115 -------------------------------
117 The highlights of this release are the conversion of all option parsers
118 to the lopsub library and the improved AAC support. But there are
119 many other user-visible changes all over the place. Also a lot of
120 old cruft has been removed, leading to incompatible changes. Hence
121 the new major version number.
123 - Support for Mac OS X has been removed.
124 - On Linux systems, glibc-2.17 or newer is required to build the
126 - Support for RSA public keys in ASN format (as generated by openssl
127 genrsa) has been removed. These keys have been deprecated since
128 2011, so users should have long switched to keys generated with
130 - If libgcrypt is used as the crypto library, we now require version
131 1.5.0 (released in 2011) or later.
132 - The insecure RC4 stream cipher has been removed. It was superseded
133 by aes_ctr128 three years ago but the RC4 code had been kept for
134 backwards compatibility.
135 - On Linux, abstract unix domain sockets are used unconditionally.
136 - The "install" target no longer strips executables, the new
137 install-strip target can be used to get the old behaviour.
138 - The clean targets have been renamed: clean2 is gone, and the new
139 mostlyclean removes only the executables and object files.
140 - New target: check (identical to test).
141 - The DESTDIR make variable is honored to prepend a path to the
142 installation directory. This feature is orthogonal to the --prefix
144 - Minor WMA cleanups.
145 - The aac audio format handler has been rewritten to use the mp4ff library.
146 See the manual for how to install the library on your system.
147 - New status item: max_chunk_size. The value is stored in a previously
148 unused field of the afhi object of the aft table. Although backwards
149 compatible, users are encouraged to re-add m4a files to populate
151 - No more chunk tables for aac. Chunk boundaries are determined
152 dynamically at stream time.
153 - Release and master branch tarballs are now compressed with xz rather
155 - The lopsub package is required to install the paraslash package.
156 Gengetopt is no longer needed.
157 - make dep is gone. Dependencies have been created automatically for
158 a long time and it was never necessary to run make dep manually.
159 - para_gui lost its --timeout option.
160 - Most manual pages have been extended to include an overall
161 description of the command.
162 - The --stream-delay option of para_audiod has been removed. It had
163 been a no-op for many years.
164 - The deprecated --path option of the server ls command has been
165 removed. The command now prints full paths by default, making
166 --full-path a no-op. Hence --full-path has been depreacted and is
167 scheduled for removal in v0.6.1.
168 - It is now possible to use 'CFLAGS' to override the default compiler
170 - para_fade has been renamed to para_mixer. The four modes of operation
171 (set, fade, snooze, sleep) are implemented as subcommands of the
173 - The sleep subcommand of para_mixer (former sleep mode of para_fade)
174 lost its --wake-hour and --wake-min options in favor of the new
175 --wake-time option which also accepts relative wakeup times like
177 - The new --fade-exponent option of para_mixer allows for non-linear
182 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz),
183 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz.asc)
185 -------------------------------------
186 0.5.7 (2016-12-31) "semantic density"
187 -------------------------------------
189 Mostly a bug fix release, and a bunch of internal improvements.
190 The only user-visible changes are the sanity checks for the touch
191 command and the new options to the ls command.
193 - Speedup of the base64 decoder.
194 - One of the two source browsers has been removed from the web pages.
195 The doxygen API reference still contains an HTML version of each
197 - Two race conditions in para_server have been fixed.
198 - ls -p is now deprecated in favor of -F or -b. See the help text of
199 the ls command for details.
200 - The openssl code has been adjusted to work also with openssl-1.1.
201 - The wma decoder and audio format handler now correctly decodes
202 files with unusual block sizes.
203 - We now compile with -Wformat-signedness if possible.
204 - The touch command now refuses to set an invalid image or lyrics ID.
205 - New section on contributing for the user manual.
206 - Major simplification of the error subsystem.
209 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2),
210 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2.asc)
212 -------------------------------------------
213 0.4.14 (2016-12-31) "branching oscillation"
214 -------------------------------------------
216 Many fixes for nasty bugs have accumulated over the years since 0.4.13
217 was released in 2013. This release contains all of them. It is the
218 last v0.4.x release, so v0.4.x is now end of life. The maint branch
219 of the git repository has been forwarded to v0.5.7 and will start to
220 receive important fixes for 0.5.x, which is now in maintenance mode.
222 - Fix for the "double encryption bug" with gcrypt, which caused
223 garbage to be sent to stat clients.
224 - The "prev" command of para_play now works as expected.
225 - Invalid parameters for the begin and end chunk no longer cause
226 the afh receiver of para_recv to segfault.
227 - A fix for an assertion that triggered in the FEC slice setup code.
228 - Closing the terminal with a running para_gui causes the process to
229 die, rather than using 100% of CPU time.
230 - para_gui no longer shows stale information about the previous
232 - A fix for a bug in the fec decoder which caused aborts if the buffer
234 - The assertion in the buffer tree code no longer triggers.
235 - The "afs_event: table moods, event 0: key already exists in rbtree"
236 error no longer occurs on attribute changes.
237 - A NULL pointer dereference in com_sender() has been fixed.
238 - The -i option of lsatt works as advertised.
239 - Various fixes for the build system.
242 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2),
243 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2.asc)
245 ---------------------------------------
246 0.5.6 (2016-07-10) "cascading gradient"
247 ---------------------------------------
249 The highlight of this release is the new -m flag for para_afh which
250 lets it modify the meta tags of the given audio file(s). This feature
251 is supported for all audio formats. Many small cleanups and bug fixes
252 not mentioned here have accumulated and are also part of the release.
254 - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx
256 - afs commands propagate error codes to the client.
257 - The check command now also checks the attribute table for
259 - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string)
260 - New option --priority for para_server and para_audiod.
261 - New mood methods: image_id and lyrics_id.
262 - The manual and this NEWS file have been converted to markdown.
263 - Support for the compile-time loglevel feature has been removed.
264 - Cleanup of the wma decoder and bitstream code.
265 - Improved wide-character support and fixes related to signal handling.
266 - para_gui no longer reports 100% playing time at the stream start.
270 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2),
271 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2.asc)
273 --------------------------------------
274 0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
275 --------------------------------------
277 Many new features and a lot of other improvements.
279 - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
280 abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
281 the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
282 - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also
283 usernames rather than only user IDs.
284 - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
285 - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly
286 when the meta information of the current audio changes.
287 - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in
288 the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log
289 messages go to /dev/null in this case.
291 - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command.
292 These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than
293 -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support
294 will be dropped in v0.6.0.
297 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2),
298 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc)
300 ------------------------------------------
301 0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
302 ------------------------------------------
304 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
306 - New server command: tasks.
307 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
308 - New URLs for home page and git services.
309 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
310 - New sender subcommand: status.
311 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
312 - audiod memory leak fixes.
313 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
314 - oss_writer improvements.
315 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
318 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2),
319 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc)
321 ---------------------------------------------
322 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
323 ---------------------------------------------
325 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
327 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
328 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
329 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
330 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
331 for the generated man pages.
332 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
333 serious bugs have been fixed.
334 - new audiod command: version.
335 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
336 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
337 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
340 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2),
341 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc)
343 ----------------------------------------
344 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
345 ----------------------------------------
347 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
348 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
349 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
351 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
353 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
354 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
355 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
356 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
357 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
358 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
359 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
360 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
361 initial volumes, better error logging.
362 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
363 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
364 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
365 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
366 - Improved user manual.
367 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
370 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2),
371 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc)
373 ------------------------------------------
374 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
375 ------------------------------------------
377 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
380 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
381 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
382 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
383 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
384 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
385 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
386 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
387 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
388 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
389 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
390 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
391 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
392 which further improves build time.
393 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
397 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2),
398 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc)
400 ----------------------------------------
401 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
402 ----------------------------------------
404 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
406 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
407 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
408 - Addblob commands can produce output.
409 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
410 compiled against libgcrypt.
411 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
412 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
413 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
415 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
416 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
417 the various programs of the paraslash package.
418 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
419 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
420 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
423 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2),
424 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc)
426 --------------------------------------
427 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
428 --------------------------------------
430 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
431 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
432 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
433 and fixes all over the place.
435 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
436 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
437 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
438 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
439 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
440 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
441 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
443 - Improved manual pages.
444 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
445 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
446 recompilations on changes.
447 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
448 - Improved downloads web page.
450 -----------------------------------------
451 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
452 -----------------------------------------
453 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
454 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
455 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
457 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
458 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
460 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
461 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
462 in the new "releases" branch.
463 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
464 written to the "build" directory.
465 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
466 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
468 --------------------------------------
469 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
470 --------------------------------------
472 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
473 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
474 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
475 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
476 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
479 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
480 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
481 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
483 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
484 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
485 - Documentation improvements.
486 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
487 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
488 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
489 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
491 ------------------------------------------
492 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
493 ------------------------------------------
495 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
496 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
498 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
499 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
500 removed in the next version.
501 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
502 command in the bottom window.
503 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
504 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
505 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
506 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
508 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
509 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
511 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
513 -------------------------------------
514 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
515 -------------------------------------
517 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
518 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
520 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
521 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
523 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
524 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
525 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
526 full tab completion and command line history.
527 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
528 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
529 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
530 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
531 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
532 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
533 delays on slow media.
534 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
535 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
536 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
538 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
540 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
541 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
544 --------------------------------------
545 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
546 --------------------------------------
548 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
549 are the highlights of this release.
551 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
552 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
553 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
554 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
555 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
557 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
558 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
559 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
560 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
561 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
562 - The \*.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
563 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
564 gengetopt to build the tarball.
565 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
566 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
567 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
568 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
569 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
570 - vss timeout cleanups.
571 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
573 --------------------------------------
574 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
575 --------------------------------------
577 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
580 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
581 platforms through the libao audio library.
582 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
583 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
584 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
585 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
586 runs a parallel make if possible.
587 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
588 - Documentation updates.
590 ------------------------------------------
591 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
592 ------------------------------------------
594 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
595 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
597 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
598 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
599 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
601 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
602 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
603 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
604 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
605 to installing the package.
606 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
607 - Scheduler improvements
608 - Proper exit codes for para_write
609 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
610 other improvements and fixes.
611 - aacdec error message cleanups
612 - simplified color error handling
614 --------------------------------------------
615 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
616 --------------------------------------------
618 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
620 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
622 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
623 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
624 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
625 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
626 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
627 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
628 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
630 ------------------------------------------
631 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
632 ------------------------------------------
634 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
637 - Support for the speex codec.
638 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
639 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
641 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
642 para_filter/para_audiod.
643 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
645 ----------------------------------------
646 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
647 ----------------------------------------
649 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
650 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
652 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
653 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
654 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
655 parameters for the DCCP transport.
656 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
657 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
658 and INSTALL documents.
659 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
660 - The new nonblock API.
661 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
662 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
664 ------------------------------------------
665 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
666 ------------------------------------------
668 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
669 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
670 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
671 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
673 - The new buffer tree API.
674 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
675 - UDP robustness fixes.
676 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
677 for the new buffer tree API.
678 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
679 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
680 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
681 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
682 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
684 ---------------------------------------
685 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
686 ---------------------------------------
688 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
689 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
690 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
693 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
694 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
695 - build system improvements.
696 - source code documentation updates.
698 -------------------------------------
699 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
700 -------------------------------------
702 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
703 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
705 - Always check return value of malloc().
706 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
707 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
708 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
709 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
710 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
711 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
712 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
713 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
714 - FEC: Timing improvements.
716 ----------------------------------------------
717 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
718 ----------------------------------------------
720 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
721 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
722 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
723 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
724 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
726 - stronger crypto for client authentication
727 - the database code has been moved to a library
728 - improved status item handling
729 - cleanup of the build system
730 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
731 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
732 - mandatory rc4 encryption
733 - major audio format handler cleanups
734 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
735 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
736 album_matches, year_maches, year.
738 --------------------------------------------
739 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
740 --------------------------------------------
742 Full client support for \*BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
743 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
744 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
745 series if no serious problems show up.
747 - the new oss writer (supported on \*BSD and Linux)
748 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
749 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
750 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
752 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
753 - the new prebuffer filter
754 - improved signal handling
755 - variable fec output buffer size
756 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
757 - --log_color actually works
758 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
759 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
760 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
761 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
763 -----------------------------------------
764 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
765 -----------------------------------------
767 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
768 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
769 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
771 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
772 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
773 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
774 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
775 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
776 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
778 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
779 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
780 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
781 - new audiod option: --config-file.
782 - gengetopt cleanups.
783 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
784 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
785 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
786 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
788 - More source code documentation.
791 --------------------------------------------
792 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
793 --------------------------------------------
795 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
796 amplification filter.
798 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
799 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
800 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
801 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
802 - aac meta info support.
803 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
804 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
805 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
806 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
807 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
808 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
809 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
811 -----------------------------------------
812 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
813 -----------------------------------------
815 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
817 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
818 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
819 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
820 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
822 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
823 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
825 ---------------------------------------
826 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
827 ---------------------------------------
829 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
830 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
833 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
835 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
836 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
837 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
838 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
840 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
841 - Audiod performance improvements.
842 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
843 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
844 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
846 -------------------------------------
847 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
848 -------------------------------------
850 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
853 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
854 for a major release like this.
856 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
857 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
858 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
859 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
861 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
862 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
863 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
865 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
866 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
867 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
868 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
870 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
871 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
872 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
874 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
875 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
876 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
877 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
878 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
879 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
880 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
881 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
882 para_gui is still there.
883 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
884 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
885 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
886 - Improved error subsystem.
887 - The earth-shaking new logo.
889 -----------------------------------------
890 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
891 -----------------------------------------
893 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
894 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
896 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
897 - universal chunk queueing.
898 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
900 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
901 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
903 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
904 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
905 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
906 compiler characteristics.
907 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
908 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
910 --------------------------------------
911 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
912 --------------------------------------
914 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
915 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
916 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
917 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
919 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
920 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
921 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
922 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
923 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
924 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
926 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
927 to start only after a few seconds.
928 - fix osx_writer hangs
929 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
930 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
932 -----------------------------------------
933 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
934 -----------------------------------------
936 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
938 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
939 startup rather than for each connection
940 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
941 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
942 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
943 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
944 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
945 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
946 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
947 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
949 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
950 - documentation improvements
951 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
954 -------------------------------------------
955 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
956 -------------------------------------------
958 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
959 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
960 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
962 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
963 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
964 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
965 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
966 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
967 - some robustness fixes
968 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
969 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
970 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
972 ---------------------------------------
973 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
974 ---------------------------------------
976 A bunch of new features and core changes.
978 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
979 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
980 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
981 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
982 para_recv and para_filter.
983 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
984 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
985 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
986 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
987 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
988 - update to libortp-0.10.1
989 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
990 - update to autoconf-2.60
992 ------------------------------------------
993 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
994 ------------------------------------------
996 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
999 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
1000 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
1002 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
1003 - para_play renamed to para_write
1004 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
1005 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
1006 - compress filter speed improvements
1007 - update to libortp-0.9.1
1008 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
1009 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
1010 code for the interactive mode was removed).
1011 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
1012 work, but it gets no more testing.
1013 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
1014 reduces its size quite a bit.
1015 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
1016 and --enable-mysql-libs
1018 ------------------------------------
1019 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
1020 ------------------------------------
1022 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
1023 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
1024 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
1025 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
1027 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
1029 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
1030 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
1031 more info (and some examples).
1032 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
1033 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
1034 - the new ipc subsystem
1035 - new audio file selector: playlist
1036 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
1037 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
1038 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
1039 change the selector at runtime.
1040 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
1043 --------------------------------------
1044 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
1045 --------------------------------------
1047 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
1048 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
1049 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
1050 to the new source documentation.
1053 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
1054 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
1056 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
1057 - scrollable output window
1058 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
1059 - fix color of command output.
1060 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
1061 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
1062 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
1064 -------------------------------------------
1065 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
1066 -------------------------------------------
1068 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
1069 a lot of small improvements.
1071 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
1072 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
1073 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
1074 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
1075 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
1076 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
1077 of the ortp receiver.
1078 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
1079 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
1080 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
1081 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
1082 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
1083 and reduces code size.
1085 -----------------------------------------
1086 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
1087 -----------------------------------------
1089 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
1091 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
1092 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
1093 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
1094 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
1095 read/write operations are used).
1096 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
1097 certain circumstances.
1099 -------------------------------------------
1100 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
1101 -------------------------------------------
1103 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
1105 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
1106 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
1107 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
1108 too early on a loaded network.
1109 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
1110 future time by the --start_time option.
1111 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
1112 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
1113 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
1114 only the http receiver in this case.
1115 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
1116 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
1117 - improved ortp timings.
1118 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
1121 -------------------------------------------
1122 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
1123 -------------------------------------------
1125 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
1126 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
1128 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
1129 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
1130 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
1131 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
1132 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
1133 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
1134 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
1135 rather than calling find(1). The server option
1136 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
1137 - documentation update
1139 - header file cleanup
1140 - para_client code cleanup
1141 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
1143 ------------------------------------------
1144 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
1145 ------------------------------------------
1147 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
1148 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
1149 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
1150 is no longer needed).
1152 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
1153 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
1154 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
1155 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
1158 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
1159 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
1160 sender" for more information.
1161 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
1162 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
1164 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
1166 - ogg timing improvements
1167 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
1168 - empty stream definitions work again
1169 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
1170 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
1172 ---------------------------------------
1173 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
1174 ---------------------------------------
1176 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
1179 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
1180 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
1181 for more information.
1184 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
1185 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
1186 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
1187 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
1189 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
1190 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
1191 new command line option: --announce_time
1193 -----------------------------------------
1194 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
1195 -----------------------------------------
1197 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
1199 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
1200 (including none) filters for each supported audio
1201 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
1202 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
1203 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
1204 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
1205 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
1206 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
1208 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
1209 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
1210 from [AudioCompress](http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html).
1211 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
1212 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
1213 clients that play the same stream.
1215 ------------------------------------------
1216 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
1217 ------------------------------------------
1219 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
1220 for the mysql database tool.
1222 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
1223 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
1224 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
1226 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
1227 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
1228 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
1230 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
1231 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
1232 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
1235 ---------------------------------------
1236 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
1237 ---------------------------------------
1239 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
1240 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
1242 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
1243 - cleanup of the build system
1244 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
1245 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
1247 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
1248 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
1250 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
1251 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
1252 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
1253 Default: "para_client pic"
1254 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
1255 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
1257 ------------------------------------------
1258 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
1259 ------------------------------------------
1261 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
1262 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
1263 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
1265 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
1266 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
1267 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
1268 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
1269 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
1270 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
1271 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
1273 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
1274 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
1275 - documentation updates
1276 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
1277 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
1278 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
1279 playback time rather than streaming time
1280 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
1281 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
1282 - switch from gzip to bzip2
1284 ----------------------------------------
1285 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
1286 ----------------------------------------
1288 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
1289 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
1290 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
1291 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
1293 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
1294 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
1295 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
1296 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
1297 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1298 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1299 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1301 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1302 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1303 mp3 files with invalid header information
1304 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1305 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1308 ---------------------------------------
1309 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1310 ---------------------------------------
1312 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1313 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1316 - fix several memory leaks
1317 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1318 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1319 rename your old database.
1320 - rework ogg vorbis code
1321 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1323 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1324 - simplified audio format API
1325 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1327 ------------------------------------
1328 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1329 ------------------------------------
1331 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1333 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1334 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1335 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1336 README and FEATURES for more info.
1337 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1338 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1340 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1341 - improved help message for sl
1342 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1344 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1346 -----------------------------------------
1347 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1348 -----------------------------------------
1350 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1351 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1352 enhancements went also in.
1354 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1355 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1356 exists, rather than returning errors
1357 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1358 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1359 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1360 no server is running
1361 - si: report also server pid
1362 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1363 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1365 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1366 - many small fixes and cleanups
1368 ---------------------------------------
1369 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1370 ---------------------------------------
1372 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1373 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1374 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1375 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1376 compatible in that respect.
1380 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1381 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1383 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1384 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1385 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1386 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1387 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1388 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1389 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1390 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1392 -------------------------------------------
1393 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1394 -------------------------------------------
1396 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1398 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1399 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1401 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1403 -----------------------------------------
1404 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1405 -----------------------------------------
1408 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1409 with your favorite mail reader.
1410 - several small fixes
1412 -------------------------------------
1413 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1414 -------------------------------------
1416 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1418 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1419 - modular audio format support
1420 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1421 - new server option: autoplay
1423 -----------------------------------------
1424 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1425 -----------------------------------------
1427 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1428 and stream large audio sets happily)
1429 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1431 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1432 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1433 file/config option for dbtool.
1434 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1435 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1436 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1437 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1438 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1439 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1440 show silly logo on startup
1441 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1442 manipulating attributes
1443 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1444 - revised and beautified documentation
1445 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1448 ---------------------------------------------
1449 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1450 ---------------------------------------------
1452 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1453 core code considerably.
1454 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1455 give finer info on afs' status.
1456 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1457 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1458 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1459 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1461 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1462 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1465 --------------------
1466 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1467 --------------------
1469 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1470 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1471 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1472 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1473 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1474 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1475 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1476 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1477 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1478 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1479 - many small fixes and cleanups
1485 - easy stream_defs syntax
1486 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1487 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1488 placement and the top/bottom window design
1489 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1490 well as for invalid picture pointers
1491 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1492 - many small fixes and cleanups
1498 - sdl gui runs much faster
1499 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1500 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1501 - new feature: scoring
1502 - command line options for sdl_gui
1503 - simpler syntax of streams file
1504 - decrease network traffic of stat
1506 - many small fixes and cleanups
1512 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1513 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1515 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1517 - log flodding bug fixed
1518 - many small fixes and cleanups
1524 - colors for icc_gui
1525 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1526 - proper locking that fixes some races
1527 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1528 with unsufficient permissions
1529 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1530 - icecast meta data streaming
1531 - many small fixes and cleanups