4 ---------------------------------------------
5 0.5.2 (to be announced) "orthogonal interior"
6 ---------------------------------------------
8 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
9 network code are the highlights of this release.
11 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
13 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
14 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
15 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
16 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
17 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
18 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
19 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
20 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channal
21 initial volumes, better error logging.
22 - Improved user manual.
23 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
25 ------------------------------------------
26 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
27 ------------------------------------------
29 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
32 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
33 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
34 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
35 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
36 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
37 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
38 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
39 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
40 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
41 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
42 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
43 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
44 which further improves build time.
45 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
48 ----------------------------------------
49 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
50 ----------------------------------------
52 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
54 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
55 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
56 - Addblob commands can produce output.
57 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
58 compiled against libgcrypt.
59 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
60 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
61 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
63 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
64 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
65 the various programs of the paraslash package.
66 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
67 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
68 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
70 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
71 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
73 --------------------------------------
74 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
75 --------------------------------------
77 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
78 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
79 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
80 and fixes all over the place.
82 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
83 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
84 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
85 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
86 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
87 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
88 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
90 - Improved manual pages.
91 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
92 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
93 recompilations on changes.
94 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
95 - Improved downloads web page.
97 -----------------------------------------
98 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
99 -----------------------------------------
100 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
101 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
102 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
104 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
105 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
107 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
108 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
109 in the new "releases" branch.
110 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
111 written to the "build" directory.
112 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
113 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
115 --------------------------------------
116 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
117 --------------------------------------
119 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
120 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
121 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
122 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
123 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
126 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
127 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
128 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
130 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
131 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
132 - Documentation improvements.
133 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
134 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
135 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
136 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
138 ------------------------------------------
139 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
140 ------------------------------------------
142 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
143 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
145 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
146 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
147 removed in the next version.
148 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
149 command in the bottom window.
150 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
151 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
152 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
153 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
155 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
156 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
158 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
160 -------------------------------------
161 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
162 -------------------------------------
164 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
165 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
167 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
168 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
170 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
171 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
172 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
173 full tab completion and command line history.
174 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
175 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
176 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
177 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
178 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
179 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
180 delays on slow media.
181 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
182 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
183 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
185 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
187 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
188 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
191 --------------------------------------
192 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
193 --------------------------------------
195 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
196 are the highlights of this release.
198 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
199 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
200 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
201 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
202 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
204 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
205 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
206 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
207 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
208 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
209 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
210 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
211 gengetopt to build the tarball.
212 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
213 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
214 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
215 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
216 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
217 - vss timeout cleanups.
218 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
220 --------------------------------------
221 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
222 --------------------------------------
224 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
227 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
228 platforms through the libao audio library.
229 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
230 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
231 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
232 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
233 runs a parallel make if possible.
234 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
235 - Documentation updates.
237 ------------------------------------------
238 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
239 ------------------------------------------
241 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
242 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
244 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
245 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
246 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
248 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
249 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
250 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
251 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
252 to installing the package.
253 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
254 - Scheduler improvements
255 - Proper exit codes for para_write
256 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
257 other improvements and fixes.
258 - aacdec error message cleanups
259 - simplified color error handling
261 --------------------------------------------
262 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
263 --------------------------------------------
265 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
267 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
269 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
270 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
271 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
272 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
273 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
274 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
275 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
277 ------------------------------------------
278 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
279 ------------------------------------------
281 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
284 - Support for the speex codec.
285 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
286 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
288 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
289 para_filter/para_audiod.
290 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
292 ----------------------------------------
293 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
294 ----------------------------------------
296 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
297 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
299 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
300 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
301 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
302 parameters for the DCCP transport.
303 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
304 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
305 and INSTALL documents.
306 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
307 - The new nonblock API.
308 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
309 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
311 ------------------------------------------
312 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
313 ------------------------------------------
315 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
316 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
317 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
318 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
320 - The new buffer tree API.
321 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
322 - UDP robustness fixes.
323 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
324 for the new buffer tree API.
325 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
326 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
327 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
328 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
329 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
331 ---------------------------------------
332 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
333 ---------------------------------------
335 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
336 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
337 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
340 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
341 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
342 - build system improvements.
343 - source code documentation updates.
345 -------------------------------------
346 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
347 -------------------------------------
349 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
350 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
352 - Always check return value of malloc().
353 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
354 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
355 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
356 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
357 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
358 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
359 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
360 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
361 - FEC: Timing improvements.
363 ----------------------------------------------
364 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
365 ----------------------------------------------
367 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
368 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
369 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
370 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
371 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
373 - stronger crypto for client authentication
374 - the database code has been moved to a library
375 - improved status item handling
376 - cleanup of the build system
377 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
378 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
379 - mandatory rc4 encryption
380 - major audio format handler cleanups
381 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
382 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
383 album_matches, year_maches, year.
385 --------------------------------------------
386 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
387 --------------------------------------------
389 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
390 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
391 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
392 series if no serious problems show up.
394 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
395 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
396 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
397 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
399 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
400 - the new prebuffer filter
401 - improved signal handling
402 - variable fec output buffer size
403 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
404 - --log_color actually works
405 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
406 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
407 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
408 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
410 -----------------------------------------
411 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
412 -----------------------------------------
414 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
415 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
416 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
418 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
419 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
420 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
421 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
422 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
423 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
425 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
426 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
427 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
428 - new audiod option: --config-file.
429 - gengetopt cleanups.
430 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
431 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
432 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
433 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
435 - More source code documentation.
438 --------------------------------------------
439 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
440 --------------------------------------------
442 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
443 amplification filter.
445 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
446 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
447 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
448 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
449 - aac meta info support.
450 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
451 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
452 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
453 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
454 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
455 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
456 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
458 -----------------------------------------
459 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
460 -----------------------------------------
462 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
464 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
465 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
466 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
467 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
469 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
470 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
472 ---------------------------------------
473 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
474 ---------------------------------------
476 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
477 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
480 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
482 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
483 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
484 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
485 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
487 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
488 - Audiod performance improvements.
489 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
490 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
491 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
493 -------------------------------------
494 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
495 -------------------------------------
497 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
500 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
501 for a major release like this.
503 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
504 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
505 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
506 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
508 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
509 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
510 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
512 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
513 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
514 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
515 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
517 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
518 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
519 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
521 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
522 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
523 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
524 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
525 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
526 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
527 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
528 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
529 para_gui is still there.
530 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
531 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
532 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
533 - Improved error subsystem.
534 - The earth-shaking new logo.
536 -----------------------------------------
537 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
538 -----------------------------------------
540 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
541 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
543 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
544 - universal chunk queueing.
545 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
547 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
548 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
550 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
551 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
552 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
553 compiler characteristics.
554 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
555 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
557 --------------------------------------
558 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
559 --------------------------------------
561 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
562 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
563 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
564 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
566 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
567 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
568 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
569 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
570 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
571 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
573 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
574 to start only after a few seconds.
575 - fix osx_writer hangs
576 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
577 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
579 -----------------------------------------
580 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
581 -----------------------------------------
583 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
585 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
586 startup rather than for each connection
587 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
588 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
589 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
590 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
591 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
592 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
593 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
594 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
596 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
597 - documentation improvements
598 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
601 -------------------------------------------
602 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
603 -------------------------------------------
605 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
606 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
607 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
609 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
610 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
611 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
612 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
613 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
614 - some robustness fixes
615 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
616 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
617 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
619 ---------------------------------------
620 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
621 ---------------------------------------
623 A bunch of new features and core changes.
625 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
626 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
627 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
628 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
629 para_recv and para_filter.
630 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
631 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
632 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
633 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
634 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
635 - update to libortp-0.10.1
636 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
637 - update to autoconf-2.60
639 ------------------------------------------
640 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
641 ------------------------------------------
643 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
647 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
648 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
650 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
651 - para_play renamed to para_write
652 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
653 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
654 - compress filter speed improvements
655 - update to libortp-0.9.1
656 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
657 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
658 code for the interactive mode was removed).
659 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
660 work, but it gets no more testing.
661 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
662 reduces its size quite a bit.
663 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
664 and --enable-mysql-libs
666 ------------------------------------
667 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
668 ------------------------------------
670 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
671 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
672 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
673 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
676 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
678 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
679 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
680 more info (and some examples).
681 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
682 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
683 - the new ipc subsystem
684 - new audio file selector: playlist
685 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
686 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
687 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
688 change the selector at runtime.
689 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
692 --------------------------------------
693 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
694 --------------------------------------
696 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
697 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
698 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
699 to the new source documentation.
702 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
703 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
705 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
706 - scrollable output window
707 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
708 - fix color of command output.
709 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
710 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
711 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
713 -------------------------------------------
714 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
715 -------------------------------------------
717 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
718 a lot of small improvements.
720 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
721 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
722 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
723 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
724 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
725 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
726 of the ortp receiver.
727 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
728 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
729 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
730 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
731 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
732 and reduces code size.
734 -----------------------------------------
735 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
736 -----------------------------------------
738 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
740 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
741 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
742 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
743 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
744 read/write operations are used).
745 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
746 certain circumstances.
748 -------------------------------------------
749 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
750 -------------------------------------------
752 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
755 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
756 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
757 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
758 too early on a loaded network.
759 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
760 future time by the --start_time option.
761 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
762 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
763 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
764 only the http receiver in this case.
765 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
766 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
767 - improved ortp timings.
768 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
771 -------------------------------------------
772 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
773 -------------------------------------------
775 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
776 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
778 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
779 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
780 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
781 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
782 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
783 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
784 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
785 rather than calling find(1). The server option
786 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
787 - documentation update
789 - header file cleanup
790 - para_client code cleanup
791 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
793 ------------------------------------------
794 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
795 ------------------------------------------
797 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
798 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
799 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
800 is no longer needed).
802 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
803 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
804 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
805 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
808 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
809 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
810 sender" for more information.
811 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
812 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
814 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
816 - ogg timing improvements
817 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
818 - empty stream definitions work again
819 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
820 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
822 ---------------------------------------
823 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
824 ---------------------------------------
826 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
829 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
830 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
831 for more information.
834 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
835 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
836 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
837 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
839 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
840 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
841 new command line option: --announce_time
843 -----------------------------------------
844 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
845 -----------------------------------------
847 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
849 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
850 (including none) filters for each supported audio
851 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
852 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
853 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
854 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
855 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
856 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
858 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
859 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
860 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
861 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
862 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
863 clients that play the same stream.
865 ------------------------------------------
866 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
867 ------------------------------------------
869 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
870 for the mysql database tool.
872 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
873 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
874 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
876 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
877 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
878 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
880 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
881 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
882 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
885 ---------------------------------------
886 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
887 ---------------------------------------
889 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
890 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
892 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
893 - cleanup of the build system
894 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
895 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
897 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
898 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
900 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
901 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
902 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
903 Default: "para_client pic"
904 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
905 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
907 ------------------------------------------
908 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
909 ------------------------------------------
911 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
912 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
913 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
916 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
917 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
918 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
919 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
920 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
921 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
922 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
924 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
925 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
926 - documentation updates
927 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
928 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
929 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
930 playback time rather than streaming time
931 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
932 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
933 - switch from gzip to bzip2
935 ----------------------------------------
936 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
937 ----------------------------------------
939 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
940 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
941 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
942 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
944 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
945 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
946 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
947 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
948 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
949 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
950 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
952 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
953 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
954 mp3 files with invalid header information
955 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
956 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
959 ---------------------------------------
960 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
961 ---------------------------------------
963 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
964 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
967 - fix several memory leaks
968 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
969 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
970 rename your old database.
971 - rework ogg vorbis code
972 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
974 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
975 - simplified audio format API
976 - para_pob_ogg is gone
978 ------------------------------------
979 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
980 ------------------------------------
982 Let's slide gently into the new year.
984 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
985 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
986 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
987 README and FEATURES for more info.
988 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
989 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
991 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
992 - improved help message for sl
993 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
995 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
997 -----------------------------------------
998 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
999 -----------------------------------------
1001 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1002 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1003 enhancements went also in.
1005 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1006 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1007 exists, rather than returning errors
1008 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1009 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1010 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1011 no server is running
1012 - si: report also server pid
1013 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1014 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1016 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1017 - many small fixes and cleanups
1019 ---------------------------------------
1020 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1021 ---------------------------------------
1023 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1024 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1025 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1026 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1027 compatible in that respect.
1031 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1032 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1034 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1035 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1036 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1037 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1038 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1039 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1040 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1041 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1043 -------------------------------------------
1044 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1045 -------------------------------------------
1047 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1049 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1050 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1052 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1054 -----------------------------------------
1055 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1056 -----------------------------------------
1059 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1060 with your favorite mail reader.
1061 - several small fixes
1063 -------------------------------------
1064 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1065 -------------------------------------
1067 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1069 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1070 - modular audio format support
1071 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1072 - new server option: autoplay
1074 -----------------------------------------
1075 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1076 -----------------------------------------
1078 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1079 and stream large audio sets happily)
1080 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1082 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1083 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1084 file/config option for dbtool.
1085 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1086 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1087 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1088 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1089 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1090 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1091 show silly logo on startup
1092 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1093 manipulating attributes
1094 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1095 - revised and beautified documentation
1096 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1099 ---------------------------------------------
1100 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1101 ---------------------------------------------
1103 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1104 core code considerably.
1105 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1106 give finer info on afs' status.
1107 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1108 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1109 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1110 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1112 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1113 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1116 --------------------
1117 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1118 --------------------
1120 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1121 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1122 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1123 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1124 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1125 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1126 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1127 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1128 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1129 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1130 - many small fixes and cleanups
1136 - easy stream_defs syntax
1137 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1138 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1139 placement and the top/bottom window design
1140 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1141 well as for invalid picture pointers
1142 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1143 - many small fixes and cleanups
1149 - sdl gui runs much faster
1150 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1151 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1152 - new feature: scoring
1153 - command line options for sdl_gui
1154 - simpler syntax of streams file
1155 - decrease network traffic of stat
1157 - many small fixes and cleanups
1163 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1164 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1166 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1168 - log flodding bug fixed
1169 - many small fixes and cleanups
1175 - colors for icc_gui
1176 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1177 - proper locking that fixes some races
1178 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1179 with unsufficient permissions
1180 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1181 - icecast meta data streaming
1182 - many small fixes and cleanups
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