1 -------------------------------------------
2 0.4.8 (to be announced) "nested assignment"
3 -------------------------------------------
5 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
6 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
7 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
8 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
9 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
10 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
12 --------------------------------------
13 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
14 --------------------------------------
16 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
19 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
20 platforms through the libao audio library.
21 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
22 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
23 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
24 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
25 runs a parallel make if possible.
26 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
27 - Documentation updates.
29 ------------------------------------------
30 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
31 ------------------------------------------
33 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
34 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
36 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
37 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
38 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
40 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
41 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
42 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
43 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
44 to installing the package.
45 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
46 - Scheduler improvements
47 - Proper exit codes for para_write
48 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
49 other improvements and fixes.
50 - aacdec error message cleanups
51 - simplified color error handling
53 --------------------------------------------
54 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
55 --------------------------------------------
57 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
59 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
61 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
62 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
63 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
64 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
65 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
66 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
67 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
69 ------------------------------------------
70 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
71 ------------------------------------------
73 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
76 - Support for the speex codec.
77 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
78 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
80 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
81 para_filter/para_audiod.
82 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
84 ----------------------------------------
85 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
86 ----------------------------------------
88 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
89 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
91 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
92 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
93 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
94 parameters for the DCCP transport.
95 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
96 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
97 and INSTALL documents.
98 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
99 - The new nonblock API.
100 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
101 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
103 ------------------------------------------
104 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
105 ------------------------------------------
107 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
108 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
109 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
110 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
112 - The new buffer tree API.
113 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
114 - UDP robustness fixes.
115 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
116 for the new buffer tree API.
117 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
118 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
119 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
120 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
121 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
123 ---------------------------------------
124 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
125 ---------------------------------------
127 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
128 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
129 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
132 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
133 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
134 - build system improvements.
135 - source code documentation updates.
137 -------------------------------------
138 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
139 -------------------------------------
141 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
142 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
144 - Always check return value of malloc().
145 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
146 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
147 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
148 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
149 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
150 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
151 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
152 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
153 - FEC: Timing improvements.
155 ----------------------------------------------
156 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
157 ----------------------------------------------
159 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
160 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
161 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
162 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
163 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
165 - stronger crypto for client authentication
166 - the database code has been moved to a library
167 - improved status item handling
168 - cleanup of the build system
169 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
170 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
171 - mandatory rc4 encryption
172 - major audio format handler cleanups
173 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
174 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
175 album_matches, year_maches, year.
177 --------------------------------------------
178 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
179 --------------------------------------------
181 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
182 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
183 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
184 series if no serious problems show up.
186 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
187 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
188 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
189 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
191 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
192 - the new prebuffer filter
193 - improved signal handling
194 - variable fec output buffer size
195 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
196 - --log_color actually works
197 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
198 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
199 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
200 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
202 -----------------------------------------
203 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
204 -----------------------------------------
206 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
207 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
208 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
210 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
211 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
212 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
213 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
214 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
215 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
217 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
218 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
219 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
220 - new audiod option: --config-file.
221 - gengetopt cleanups.
222 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
223 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
224 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
225 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
227 - More source code documentation.
230 --------------------------------------------
231 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
232 --------------------------------------------
234 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
235 amplification filter.
237 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
238 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
239 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
240 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
241 - aac meta info support.
242 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
243 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
244 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
245 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
246 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
247 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
248 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
250 -----------------------------------------
251 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
252 -----------------------------------------
254 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
256 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
257 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
258 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
259 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
261 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
262 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
264 ---------------------------------------
265 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
266 ---------------------------------------
268 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
269 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
272 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
274 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
275 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
276 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
277 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
279 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
280 - Audiod performance improvements.
281 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
282 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
283 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
285 -------------------------------------
286 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
287 -------------------------------------
289 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
292 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
293 for a major release like this.
295 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
296 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
297 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
298 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
300 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
301 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
302 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
304 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
305 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
306 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
307 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
309 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
310 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
311 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
313 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
314 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
315 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
316 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
317 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
318 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
319 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
320 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
321 para_gui is still there.
322 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
323 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
324 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
325 - Improved error subsystem.
326 - The earth-shaking new logo.
328 -----------------------------------------
329 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
330 -----------------------------------------
332 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
333 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
335 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
336 - universal chunk queueing.
337 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
339 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
340 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
342 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
343 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
344 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
345 compiler characteristics.
346 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
347 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
349 --------------------------------------
350 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
351 --------------------------------------
353 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
354 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
355 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
356 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
358 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
359 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
360 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
361 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
362 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
363 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
365 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
366 to start only after a few seconds.
367 - fix osx_writer hangs
368 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
369 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
371 -----------------------------------------
372 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
373 -----------------------------------------
375 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
377 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
378 startup rather than for each connection
379 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
380 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
381 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
382 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
383 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
384 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
385 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
386 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
388 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
389 - documentation improvements
390 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
393 -------------------------------------------
394 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
395 -------------------------------------------
397 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
398 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
399 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
401 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
402 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
403 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
404 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
405 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
406 - some robustness fixes
407 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
408 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
409 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
411 ---------------------------------------
412 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
413 ---------------------------------------
415 A bunch of new features and core changes.
417 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
418 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
419 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
420 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
421 para_recv and para_filter.
422 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
423 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
424 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
425 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
426 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
427 - update to libortp-0.10.1
428 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
429 - update to autoconf-2.60
432 ------------------------------------------
433 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
434 ------------------------------------------
436 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
440 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
441 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
443 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
444 - para_play renamed to para_write
445 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
446 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
447 - compress filter speed improvements
448 - update to libortp-0.9.1
449 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
450 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
451 code for the interactive mode was removed).
452 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
453 work, but it gets no more testing.
454 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
455 reduces its size quite a bit.
456 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
457 and --enable-mysql-libs
459 ------------------------------------
460 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
461 ------------------------------------
463 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
464 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
465 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
466 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
469 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
471 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
472 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
473 more info (and some examples).
474 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
475 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
476 - the new ipc subsystem
477 - new audio file selector: playlist
478 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
479 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
480 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
481 change the selector at runtime.
482 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
486 --------------------------------------
487 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
488 --------------------------------------
490 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
491 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
492 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
493 to the new source documentation.
496 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
497 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
499 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
500 - scrollable output window
501 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
502 - fix color of command output.
503 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
504 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
505 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
508 -------------------------------------------
509 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
510 -------------------------------------------
512 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
513 a lot of small improvements.
515 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
516 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
517 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
518 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
519 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
520 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
521 of the ortp receiver.
522 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
523 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
524 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
525 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
526 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
527 and reduces code size.
530 -----------------------------------------
531 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
532 -----------------------------------------
534 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
536 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
537 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
538 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
539 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
540 read/write operations are used).
541 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
542 certain circumstances.
545 -------------------------------------------
546 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
547 -------------------------------------------
549 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
552 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
553 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
554 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
555 too early on a loaded network.
556 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
557 future time by the --start_time option.
558 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
559 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
560 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
561 only the http receiver in this case.
562 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
563 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
564 - improved ortp timings.
565 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
569 -------------------------------------------
570 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
571 -------------------------------------------
573 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
574 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
576 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
577 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
578 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
579 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
580 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
581 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
582 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
583 rather than calling find(1). The server option
584 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
585 - documentation update
587 - header file cleanup
588 - para_client code cleanup
589 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
592 ------------------------------------------
593 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
594 ------------------------------------------
596 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
597 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
598 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
599 is no longer needed).
601 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
602 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
603 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
604 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
607 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
608 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
609 sender" for more information.
610 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
611 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
613 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
615 - ogg timing improvements
616 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
617 - empty stream definitions work again
618 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
619 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
622 ---------------------------------------
623 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
624 ---------------------------------------
626 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
629 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
630 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
631 for more information.
634 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
635 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
636 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
637 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
639 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
640 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
641 new command line option: --announce_time
644 -----------------------------------------
645 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
646 -----------------------------------------
648 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
650 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
651 (including none) filters for each supported audio
652 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
653 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
654 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
655 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
656 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
657 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
659 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
660 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
661 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
662 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
663 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
664 clients that play the same stream.
667 ------------------------------------------
668 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
669 ------------------------------------------
671 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
672 for the mysql database tool.
674 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
675 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
676 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
678 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
679 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
680 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
682 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
683 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
684 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
688 ---------------------------------------
689 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
690 ---------------------------------------
692 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
693 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
695 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
696 - cleanup of the build system
697 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
698 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
700 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
701 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
703 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
704 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
705 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
706 Default: "para_client pic"
707 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
708 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
712 ------------------------------------------
713 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
714 ------------------------------------------
716 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
717 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
718 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
721 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
722 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
723 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
724 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
725 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
726 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
727 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
729 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
730 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
731 - documentation updates
732 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
733 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
734 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
735 playback time rather than streaming time
736 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
737 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
738 - switch from gzip to bzip2
741 ----------------------------------------
742 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
743 ----------------------------------------
745 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
746 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
747 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
748 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
750 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
751 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
752 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
753 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
754 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
755 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
756 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
758 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
759 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
760 mp3 files with invalid header information
761 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
762 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
766 ---------------------------------------
767 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
768 ---------------------------------------
770 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
771 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
774 - fix several memory leaks
775 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
776 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
777 rename your old database.
778 - rework ogg vorbis code
779 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
781 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
782 - simplified audio format API
783 - para_pob_ogg is gone
785 ------------------------------------
786 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
787 ------------------------------------
789 Let's slide gently into the new year.
791 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
792 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
793 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
794 README and FEATURES for more info.
795 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
796 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
798 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
799 - improved help message for sl
800 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
802 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
804 -----------------------------------------
805 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
806 -----------------------------------------
808 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
809 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
810 enhancements went also in.
812 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
813 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
814 exists, rather than returning errors
815 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
816 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
817 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
819 - si: report also server pid
820 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
821 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
823 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
824 - many small fixes and cleanups
826 ---------------------------------------
827 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
828 ---------------------------------------
830 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
831 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
832 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
833 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
834 compatible in that respect.
838 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
839 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
841 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
842 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
843 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
844 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
845 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
846 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
847 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
848 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
851 -------------------------------------------
852 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
853 -------------------------------------------
855 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
857 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
858 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
860 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
862 -----------------------------------------
863 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
864 -----------------------------------------
867 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
868 with your favorite mail reader.
869 - several small fixes
871 -------------------------------------
872 0.1.0: (2204-10-22) "rotating cortex"
873 -------------------------------------
875 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
877 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
878 - modular audio format support
879 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
880 - new server option: autoplay
882 -----------------------------------------
883 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
884 -----------------------------------------
886 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
887 and stream large audio sets happily)
888 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
890 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
891 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
892 file/config option for dbtool.
893 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
894 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
895 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
896 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
897 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
898 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
899 show silly logo on startup
900 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
901 manipulating attributes
902 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
903 - revised and beautified documentation
904 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
907 ---------------------------------------------
908 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
909 ---------------------------------------------
911 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
912 core code considerably.
913 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
914 give finer info on afs' status.
915 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
916 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
917 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
918 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
920 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
921 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
928 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
929 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
930 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
931 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
932 (reported by Thomas Forell)
933 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
934 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
935 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
936 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
937 - fix several potential buffer overflows
938 - many small fixes and cleanups
944 - easy stream_defs syntax
945 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
946 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
947 placement and the top/bottom window design
948 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
949 well as for invalid picture pointers
950 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
951 - many small fixes and cleanups
957 - sdl gui runs much faster
958 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
959 - count and display number of times the song has been played
960 - new feature: scoring
961 - command line options for sdl_gui
962 - simpler syntax of streams file
963 - decrease network traffic of stat
965 - many small fixes and cleanups
971 - new server command: ns (next stream)
972 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
974 - stat shows also id3 tag info
976 - log flodding bug fixed
977 - many small fixes and cleanups
984 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
985 - proper locking that fixes some races
986 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
987 with unsufficient permissions
988 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
989 - icecast meta data streaming
990 - many small fixes and cleanups