4 --------------------------------------------
5 0.3.1 (to be announced) "liquid interaction"
6 --------------------------------------------
9 -------------------------------------
10 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
11 -------------------------------------
13 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
16 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
17 for a major release like this.
19 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
20 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
21 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
22 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
24 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
25 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
26 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
28 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
29 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
30 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
31 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
33 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
34 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
35 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
37 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
38 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
39 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
40 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
41 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
42 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
43 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
44 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
45 para_gui is still there.
46 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
47 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
48 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
49 - Improved error subsystem.
50 - The earth-shaking new logo.
52 -----------------------------------------
53 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
54 -----------------------------------------
56 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
57 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
59 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
60 - universal chunk queueing.
61 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
63 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
64 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
66 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
67 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
68 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
69 compiler characteristics.
70 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
71 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
73 --------------------------------------
74 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
75 --------------------------------------
77 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
78 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
79 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
80 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
82 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
83 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
84 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
85 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
86 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
87 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
89 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
90 to start only after a few seconds.
91 - fix osx_writer hangs
92 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
93 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
95 -----------------------------------------
96 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
97 -----------------------------------------
99 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
101 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
102 startup rather than for each connection
103 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
104 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
105 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
106 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
107 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
108 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
109 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
110 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
112 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
113 - documentation improvements
114 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
117 -------------------------------------------
118 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
119 -------------------------------------------
121 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
122 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
123 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
125 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
126 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
127 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
128 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
129 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
130 - some robustness fixes
131 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
132 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
133 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
135 ---------------------------------------
136 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
137 ---------------------------------------
139 A bunch of new features and core changes.
141 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
142 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
143 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
144 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
145 para_recv and para_filter.
146 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
147 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
148 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
149 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
150 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
151 - update to libortp-0.10.1
152 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
153 - update to autoconf-2.60
156 ------------------------------------------
157 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
158 ------------------------------------------
160 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
164 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
165 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
167 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
168 - para_play renamed to para_write
169 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
170 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
171 - compress filter speed improvements
172 - update to libortp-0.9.1
173 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
174 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
175 code for the interactive mode was removed).
176 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
177 work, but it gets no more testing.
178 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
179 reduces its size quite a bit.
180 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
181 and --enable-mysql-libs
183 ------------------------------------
184 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
185 ------------------------------------
187 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
188 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
189 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
190 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
193 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
195 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
196 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
197 more info (and some examples).
198 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
199 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
200 - the new ipc subsystem
201 - new audio file selector: playlist
202 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
203 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
204 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
205 change the selector at runtime.
206 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
210 --------------------------------------
211 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
212 --------------------------------------
214 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
215 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
216 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
217 to the new source documentation.
220 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
221 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
223 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
224 - scrollable output window
225 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
226 - fix color of command output.
227 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
228 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
229 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
232 -------------------------------------------
233 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
234 -------------------------------------------
236 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
237 a lot of small improvements.
239 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
240 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
241 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
242 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
243 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
244 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
245 of the ortp receiver.
246 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
247 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
248 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
249 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
250 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
251 and reduces code size.
254 -----------------------------------------
255 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
256 -----------------------------------------
258 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
260 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
261 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
262 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
263 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
264 read/write operations are used).
265 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
266 certain circumstances.
269 -------------------------------------------
270 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
271 -------------------------------------------
273 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
276 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
277 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
278 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
279 too early on a loaded network.
280 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
281 future time by the --start_time option.
282 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
283 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
284 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
285 only the http receiver in this case.
286 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
287 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
288 - improved ortp timings.
289 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
293 -------------------------------------------
294 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
295 -------------------------------------------
297 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
298 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
300 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
301 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
302 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
303 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
304 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
305 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
306 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
307 rather than calling find(1). The server option
308 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
309 - documentation update
311 - header file cleanup
312 - para_client code cleanup
313 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
316 ------------------------------------------
317 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
318 ------------------------------------------
320 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
321 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
322 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
323 is no longer needed).
325 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
326 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
327 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
328 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
331 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
332 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
333 sender" for more information.
334 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
335 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
337 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
339 - ogg timing improvements
340 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
341 - empty stream definitions work again
342 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
343 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
346 ---------------------------------------
347 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
348 ---------------------------------------
350 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
353 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
354 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
355 for more information.
358 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
359 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
360 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
361 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
363 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
364 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
365 new command line option: --announce_time
368 -----------------------------------------
369 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
370 -----------------------------------------
372 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
374 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
375 (including none) filters for each supported audio
376 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
377 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
378 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
379 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
380 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
381 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
383 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
384 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
385 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
386 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
387 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
388 clients that play the same stream.
391 ------------------------------------------
392 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
393 ------------------------------------------
395 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
396 for the mysql database tool.
398 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
399 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
400 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
402 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
403 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
404 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
406 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
407 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
408 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
412 ---------------------------------------
413 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
414 ---------------------------------------
416 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
417 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
419 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
420 - cleanup of the build system
421 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
422 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
424 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
425 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
427 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
428 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
429 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
430 Default: "para_client pic"
431 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
432 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
436 ------------------------------------------
437 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
438 ------------------------------------------
440 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
441 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
442 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
445 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
446 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
447 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
448 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
449 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
450 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
451 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
453 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
454 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
455 - documentation updates
456 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
457 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
458 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
459 playback time rather than streaming time
460 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
461 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
462 - switch from gzip to bzip2
465 ----------------------------------------
466 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
467 ----------------------------------------
469 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
470 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
471 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
472 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
474 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
475 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
476 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
477 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
478 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
479 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
480 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
482 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
483 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
484 mp3 files with invalid header information
485 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
486 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
490 ---------------------------------------
491 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
492 ---------------------------------------
494 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
495 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
498 - fix several memory leaks
499 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
500 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
501 rename your old database.
502 - rework ogg vorbis code
503 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
505 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
506 - simplified audio format API
507 - para_pob_ogg is gone
509 ------------------------------------
510 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
511 ------------------------------------
513 Let's slide gently into the new year.
515 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
516 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
517 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
518 README and FEATURES for more info.
519 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
520 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
522 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
523 - improved help message for sl
524 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
526 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
528 -----------------------------------------
529 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
530 -----------------------------------------
532 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
533 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
534 enhancements went also in.
536 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
537 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
538 exists, rather than returning errors
539 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
540 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
541 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
543 - si: report also server pid
544 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
545 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
547 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
548 - many small fixes and cleanups
550 ---------------------------------------
551 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
552 ---------------------------------------
554 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
555 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
556 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
557 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
558 compatible in that respect.
562 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
563 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
565 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
566 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
567 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
568 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
569 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
570 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
571 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
572 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
575 -------------------------------------------
576 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
577 -------------------------------------------
579 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
581 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
582 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
584 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
586 -----------------------------------------
587 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
588 -----------------------------------------
591 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
592 with your favorite mail reader.
593 - several small fixes
595 -------------------------------------
596 0.1.0: (2204-10-22) "rotating cortex"
597 -------------------------------------
599 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
601 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
602 - modular audio format support
603 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
604 - new server option: autoplay
606 -----------------------------------------
607 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
608 -----------------------------------------
610 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
611 and stream large audio sets happily)
612 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
614 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
615 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
616 file/config option for dbtool.
617 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
618 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
619 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
620 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
621 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
622 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
623 show silly logo on startup
624 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
625 manipulating attributes
626 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
627 - revised and beautified documentation
628 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
631 ---------------------------------------------
632 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
633 ---------------------------------------------
635 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
636 core code considerably.
637 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
638 give finer info on afs' status.
639 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
640 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
641 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
642 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
644 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
645 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
652 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
653 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
654 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
655 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
656 (reported by Thomas Forell)
657 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
658 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
659 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
660 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
661 - fix several potential buffer overflows
662 - many small fixes and cleanups
668 - easy stream_defs syntax
669 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
670 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
671 placement and the top/bottom window design
672 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
673 well as for invalid picture pointers
674 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
675 - many small fixes and cleanups
681 - sdl gui runs much faster
682 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
683 - count and display number of times the song has been played
684 - new feature: scoring
685 - command line options for sdl_gui
686 - simpler syntax of streams file
687 - decrease network traffic of stat
689 - many small fixes and cleanups
695 - new server command: ns (next stream)
696 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
698 - stat shows also id3 tag info
700 - log flodding bug fixed
701 - many small fixes and cleanups
708 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
709 - proper locking that fixes some races
710 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
711 with unsufficient permissions
712 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
713 - icecast meta data streaming
714 - many small fixes and cleanups