NEWS
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-0.3.0 (to be announced) "solar saturation"
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+--------------------------------------------
+0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
+vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
+and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
+series if no serious problems show up.
+
+ - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
+ - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
+ recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
+ vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
+ with "add -f".
+ - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
+ - the new prebuffer filter
+ - improved signal handling
+ - variable fec output buffer size
+ - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
+ - --log_color actually works
+ - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
+ - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
+ - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
+ - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
+
+-----------------------------------------
+0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
+other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
+libraries, it is built unconditionally.
+
+ - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
+ error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
+ Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
+ - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
+ for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
+ - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
+ "--loglevel info".
+ - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
+ - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
+ - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
+ - new audiod option: --config-file.
+ - gengetopt cleanups.
+ - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
+ para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
+ all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
+ man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
+ modes of operation.
+ - More source code documentation.
+ - vss timing fixes.
+
+--------------------------------------------
+0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
+amplification filter.
+
+ - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
+ - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
+ - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
+ - ogg: vorbis comment support.
+ - aac meta info support.
+ - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
+ - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
+ - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
+ used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
+ - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
+ - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
+ - better error diagnostics for para_client.
+
+-----------------------------------------
+0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
+
+ - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
+ - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
+ - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
+ also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
+ of output.
+ - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
+ - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
+
+---------------------------------------
+0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
+---------------------------------------
+
+A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
+significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
+a good sign.
+
+ - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
+ dccp sender.
+ - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
+ - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
+ for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
+ - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
+ Gerrit Renker).
+ - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
+ - Audiod performance improvements.
+ - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
+ - fix some fd and memory leaks.
+ - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
+
+-------------------------------------
+0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
+-------------------------------------
paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
for a major release like this.
-However, this release is smaller than the latest 0.2.x releases. The
-decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some graphical tools
-(which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the fact that the
-mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
+However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
+ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
+graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
+fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
-now contains its own database (the object storage layer, ols) increases
+now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
- no more restrictions on unique basenames.
Solaris (sparc64).
- the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
+ - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
- paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
- Improved error subsystem.
- The earth-shaking new logo.
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-0.2.17 (to be announced) "isotropic threshold"
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+-----------------------------------------
+0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
+-----------------------------------------
Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
- update to ortp-0.13.1.
- autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
compiler characteristics.
+ - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
+ - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
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0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
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