4 -----------------------------------------------
5 0.5.4 (to be announced) "exponential alignment"
6 -----------------------------------------------
8 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
10 - New server command: tasks.
11 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
12 - New URLs for home page and git services.
13 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
14 - New sender subcommand: status.
15 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
16 - audiod memory leak fixes.
17 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
18 - oss_writer improvements.
19 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
21 Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball)
23 ---------------------------------------------
24 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
25 ---------------------------------------------
27 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
29 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
30 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
31 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
32 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
33 for the generated man pages.
34 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
35 serious bugs have been fixed.
36 - new audiod command: version.
37 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
38 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
39 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
41 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
42 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
44 ----------------------------------------
45 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
46 ----------------------------------------
48 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
49 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
50 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
52 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
54 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
55 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
56 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
57 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
58 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
59 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
60 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
61 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
62 initial volumes, better error logging.
63 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
64 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
65 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
66 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
67 - Improved user manual.
68 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
70 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
71 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
73 ------------------------------------------
74 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
75 ------------------------------------------
77 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
80 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
81 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
82 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
83 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
84 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
85 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
86 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
87 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
88 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
89 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
90 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
91 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
92 which further improves build time.
93 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
96 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
97 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
99 ----------------------------------------
100 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
101 ----------------------------------------
103 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
105 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
106 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
107 - Addblob commands can produce output.
108 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
109 compiled against libgcrypt.
110 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
111 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
112 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
114 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
115 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
116 the various programs of the paraslash package.
117 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
118 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
119 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
121 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
122 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
124 --------------------------------------
125 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
126 --------------------------------------
128 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
129 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
130 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
131 and fixes all over the place.
133 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
134 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
135 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
136 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
137 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
138 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
139 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
141 - Improved manual pages.
142 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
143 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
144 recompilations on changes.
145 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
146 - Improved downloads web page.
148 -----------------------------------------
149 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
150 -----------------------------------------
151 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
152 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
153 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
155 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
156 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
158 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
159 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
160 in the new "releases" branch.
161 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
162 written to the "build" directory.
163 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
164 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
166 --------------------------------------
167 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
168 --------------------------------------
170 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
171 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
172 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
173 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
174 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
177 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
178 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
179 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
181 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
182 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
183 - Documentation improvements.
184 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
185 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
186 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
187 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
189 ------------------------------------------
190 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
191 ------------------------------------------
193 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
194 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
196 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
197 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
198 removed in the next version.
199 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
200 command in the bottom window.
201 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
202 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
203 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
204 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
206 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
207 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
209 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
211 -------------------------------------
212 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
213 -------------------------------------
215 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
216 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
218 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
219 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
221 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
222 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
223 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
224 full tab completion and command line history.
225 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
226 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
227 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
228 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
229 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
230 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
231 delays on slow media.
232 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
233 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
234 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
236 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
238 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
239 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
242 --------------------------------------
243 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
244 --------------------------------------
246 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
247 are the highlights of this release.
249 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
250 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
251 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
252 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
253 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
255 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
256 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
257 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
258 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
259 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
260 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
261 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
262 gengetopt to build the tarball.
263 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
264 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
265 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
266 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
267 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
268 - vss timeout cleanups.
269 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
271 --------------------------------------
272 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
273 --------------------------------------
275 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
278 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
279 platforms through the libao audio library.
280 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
281 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
282 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
283 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
284 runs a parallel make if possible.
285 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
286 - Documentation updates.
288 ------------------------------------------
289 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
290 ------------------------------------------
292 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
293 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
295 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
296 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
297 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
299 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
300 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
301 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
302 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
303 to installing the package.
304 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
305 - Scheduler improvements
306 - Proper exit codes for para_write
307 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
308 other improvements and fixes.
309 - aacdec error message cleanups
310 - simplified color error handling
312 --------------------------------------------
313 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
314 --------------------------------------------
316 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
318 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
320 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
321 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
322 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
323 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
324 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
325 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
326 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
328 ------------------------------------------
329 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
330 ------------------------------------------
332 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
335 - Support for the speex codec.
336 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
337 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
339 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
340 para_filter/para_audiod.
341 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
343 ----------------------------------------
344 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
345 ----------------------------------------
347 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
348 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
350 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
351 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
352 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
353 parameters for the DCCP transport.
354 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
355 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
356 and INSTALL documents.
357 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
358 - The new nonblock API.
359 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
360 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
362 ------------------------------------------
363 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
364 ------------------------------------------
366 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
367 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
368 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
369 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
371 - The new buffer tree API.
372 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
373 - UDP robustness fixes.
374 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
375 for the new buffer tree API.
376 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
377 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
378 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
379 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
380 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
382 ---------------------------------------
383 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
384 ---------------------------------------
386 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
387 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
388 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
391 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
392 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
393 - build system improvements.
394 - source code documentation updates.
396 -------------------------------------
397 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
398 -------------------------------------
400 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
401 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
403 - Always check return value of malloc().
404 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
405 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
406 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
407 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
408 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
409 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
410 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
411 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
412 - FEC: Timing improvements.
414 ----------------------------------------------
415 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
416 ----------------------------------------------
418 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
419 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
420 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
421 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
422 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
424 - stronger crypto for client authentication
425 - the database code has been moved to a library
426 - improved status item handling
427 - cleanup of the build system
428 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
429 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
430 - mandatory rc4 encryption
431 - major audio format handler cleanups
432 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
433 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
434 album_matches, year_maches, year.
436 --------------------------------------------
437 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
438 --------------------------------------------
440 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
441 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
442 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
443 series if no serious problems show up.
445 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
446 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
447 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
448 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
450 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
451 - the new prebuffer filter
452 - improved signal handling
453 - variable fec output buffer size
454 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
455 - --log_color actually works
456 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
457 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
458 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
459 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
461 -----------------------------------------
462 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
463 -----------------------------------------
465 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
466 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
467 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
469 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
470 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
471 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
472 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
473 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
474 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
476 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
477 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
478 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
479 - new audiod option: --config-file.
480 - gengetopt cleanups.
481 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
482 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
483 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
484 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
486 - More source code documentation.
489 --------------------------------------------
490 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
491 --------------------------------------------
493 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
494 amplification filter.
496 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
497 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
498 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
499 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
500 - aac meta info support.
501 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
502 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
503 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
504 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
505 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
506 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
507 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
509 -----------------------------------------
510 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
511 -----------------------------------------
513 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
515 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
516 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
517 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
518 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
520 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
521 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
523 ---------------------------------------
524 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
525 ---------------------------------------
527 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
528 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
531 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
533 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
534 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
535 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
536 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
538 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
539 - Audiod performance improvements.
540 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
541 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
542 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
544 -------------------------------------
545 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
546 -------------------------------------
548 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
551 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
552 for a major release like this.
554 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
555 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
556 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
557 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
559 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
560 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
561 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
563 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
564 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
565 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
566 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
568 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
569 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
570 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
572 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
573 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
574 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
575 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
576 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
577 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
578 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
579 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
580 para_gui is still there.
581 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
582 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
583 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
584 - Improved error subsystem.
585 - The earth-shaking new logo.
587 -----------------------------------------
588 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
589 -----------------------------------------
591 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
592 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
594 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
595 - universal chunk queueing.
596 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
598 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
599 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
601 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
602 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
603 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
604 compiler characteristics.
605 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
606 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
608 --------------------------------------
609 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
610 --------------------------------------
612 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
613 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
614 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
615 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
617 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
618 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
619 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
620 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
621 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
622 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
624 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
625 to start only after a few seconds.
626 - fix osx_writer hangs
627 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
628 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
630 -----------------------------------------
631 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
632 -----------------------------------------
634 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
636 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
637 startup rather than for each connection
638 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
639 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
640 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
641 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
642 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
643 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
644 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
645 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
647 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
648 - documentation improvements
649 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
652 -------------------------------------------
653 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
654 -------------------------------------------
656 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
657 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
658 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
660 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
661 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
662 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
663 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
664 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
665 - some robustness fixes
666 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
667 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
668 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
670 ---------------------------------------
671 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
672 ---------------------------------------
674 A bunch of new features and core changes.
676 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
677 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
678 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
679 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
680 para_recv and para_filter.
681 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
682 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
683 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
684 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
685 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
686 - update to libortp-0.10.1
687 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
688 - update to autoconf-2.60
690 ------------------------------------------
691 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
692 ------------------------------------------
694 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
698 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
699 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
701 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
702 - para_play renamed to para_write
703 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
704 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
705 - compress filter speed improvements
706 - update to libortp-0.9.1
707 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
708 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
709 code for the interactive mode was removed).
710 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
711 work, but it gets no more testing.
712 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
713 reduces its size quite a bit.
714 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
715 and --enable-mysql-libs
717 ------------------------------------
718 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
719 ------------------------------------
721 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
722 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
723 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
724 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
727 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
729 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
730 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
731 more info (and some examples).
732 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
733 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
734 - the new ipc subsystem
735 - new audio file selector: playlist
736 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
737 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
738 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
739 change the selector at runtime.
740 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
743 --------------------------------------
744 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
745 --------------------------------------
747 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
748 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
749 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
750 to the new source documentation.
753 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
754 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
756 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
757 - scrollable output window
758 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
759 - fix color of command output.
760 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
761 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
762 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
764 -------------------------------------------
765 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
766 -------------------------------------------
768 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
769 a lot of small improvements.
771 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
772 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
773 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
774 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
775 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
776 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
777 of the ortp receiver.
778 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
779 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
780 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
781 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
782 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
783 and reduces code size.
785 -----------------------------------------
786 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
787 -----------------------------------------
789 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
791 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
792 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
793 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
794 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
795 read/write operations are used).
796 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
797 certain circumstances.
799 -------------------------------------------
800 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
801 -------------------------------------------
803 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
806 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
807 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
808 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
809 too early on a loaded network.
810 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
811 future time by the --start_time option.
812 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
813 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
814 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
815 only the http receiver in this case.
816 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
817 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
818 - improved ortp timings.
819 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
822 -------------------------------------------
823 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
824 -------------------------------------------
826 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
827 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
829 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
830 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
831 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
832 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
833 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
834 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
835 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
836 rather than calling find(1). The server option
837 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
838 - documentation update
840 - header file cleanup
841 - para_client code cleanup
842 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
844 ------------------------------------------
845 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
846 ------------------------------------------
848 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
849 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
850 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
851 is no longer needed).
853 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
854 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
855 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
856 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
859 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
860 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
861 sender" for more information.
862 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
863 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
865 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
867 - ogg timing improvements
868 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
869 - empty stream definitions work again
870 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
871 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
873 ---------------------------------------
874 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
875 ---------------------------------------
877 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
880 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
881 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
882 for more information.
885 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
886 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
887 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
888 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
890 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
891 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
892 new command line option: --announce_time
894 -----------------------------------------
895 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
896 -----------------------------------------
898 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
900 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
901 (including none) filters for each supported audio
902 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
903 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
904 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
905 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
906 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
907 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
909 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
910 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
911 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
912 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
913 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
914 clients that play the same stream.
916 ------------------------------------------
917 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
918 ------------------------------------------
920 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
921 for the mysql database tool.
923 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
924 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
925 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
927 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
928 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
929 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
931 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
932 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
933 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
936 ---------------------------------------
937 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
938 ---------------------------------------
940 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
941 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
943 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
944 - cleanup of the build system
945 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
946 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
948 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
949 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
951 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
952 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
953 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
954 Default: "para_client pic"
955 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
956 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
958 ------------------------------------------
959 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
960 ------------------------------------------
962 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
963 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
964 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
967 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
968 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
969 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
970 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
971 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
972 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
973 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
975 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
976 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
977 - documentation updates
978 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
979 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
980 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
981 playback time rather than streaming time
982 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
983 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
984 - switch from gzip to bzip2
986 ----------------------------------------
987 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
988 ----------------------------------------
990 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
991 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
992 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
993 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
995 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
996 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
997 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
998 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
999 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1000 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1001 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1003 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1004 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1005 mp3 files with invalid header information
1006 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1007 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1010 ---------------------------------------
1011 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1012 ---------------------------------------
1014 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1015 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1018 - fix several memory leaks
1019 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1020 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1021 rename your old database.
1022 - rework ogg vorbis code
1023 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1025 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1026 - simplified audio format API
1027 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1029 ------------------------------------
1030 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1031 ------------------------------------
1033 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1035 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1036 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1037 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1038 README and FEATURES for more info.
1039 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1040 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1042 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1043 - improved help message for sl
1044 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1046 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1048 -----------------------------------------
1049 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1050 -----------------------------------------
1052 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1053 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1054 enhancements went also in.
1056 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1057 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1058 exists, rather than returning errors
1059 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1060 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1061 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1062 no server is running
1063 - si: report also server pid
1064 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1065 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1067 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1068 - many small fixes and cleanups
1070 ---------------------------------------
1071 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1072 ---------------------------------------
1074 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1075 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1076 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1077 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1078 compatible in that respect.
1082 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1083 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1085 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1086 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1087 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1088 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1089 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1090 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1091 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1092 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1094 -------------------------------------------
1095 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1096 -------------------------------------------
1098 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1100 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1101 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1103 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1105 -----------------------------------------
1106 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1107 -----------------------------------------
1110 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1111 with your favorite mail reader.
1112 - several small fixes
1114 -------------------------------------
1115 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1116 -------------------------------------
1118 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1120 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1121 - modular audio format support
1122 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1123 - new server option: autoplay
1125 -----------------------------------------
1126 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1127 -----------------------------------------
1129 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1130 and stream large audio sets happily)
1131 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1133 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1134 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1135 file/config option for dbtool.
1136 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1137 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1138 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1139 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1140 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1141 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1142 show silly logo on startup
1143 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1144 manipulating attributes
1145 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1146 - revised and beautified documentation
1147 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1150 ---------------------------------------------
1151 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1152 ---------------------------------------------
1154 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1155 core code considerably.
1156 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1157 give finer info on afs' status.
1158 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1159 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1160 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1161 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1163 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1164 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1167 --------------------
1168 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1169 --------------------
1171 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1172 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1173 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1174 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1175 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1176 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1177 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1178 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1179 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1180 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1181 - many small fixes and cleanups
1187 - easy stream_defs syntax
1188 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1189 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1190 placement and the top/bottom window design
1191 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1192 well as for invalid picture pointers
1193 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1194 - many small fixes and cleanups
1200 - sdl gui runs much faster
1201 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1202 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1203 - new feature: scoring
1204 - command line options for sdl_gui
1205 - simpler syntax of streams file
1206 - decrease network traffic of stat
1208 - many small fixes and cleanups
1214 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1215 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1217 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1219 - log flodding bug fixed
1220 - many small fixes and cleanups
1226 - colors for icc_gui
1227 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1228 - proper locking that fixes some races
1229 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1230 with unsufficient permissions
1231 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1232 - icecast meta data streaming
1233 - many small fixes and cleanups