NEWS
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-0.2.14 (to be announced) "transient singularity"
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+0.3.0 (to be announced) "solar saturation"
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+
+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.
+
+Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
+now contains its own database (the object storage layer, ols) increases
+the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
+
+ - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
+ - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
+ storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
+ - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
+ - Lyrics support.
+ - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
+ - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
+ MacOS (ppc32, intel), FreeBSD (x86_32), Solaris (sparc64).
+ - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
+ the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
+ - 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.
+ - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
+ been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
+ para_gui is still there.
+ - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
+ - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
+ mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
+ - Improved error subsystem.
+ - The earth-shaking new logo.
+
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+0.2.17 (to be announced) "isotropic threshold"
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+
+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.
+
+ - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
+ - universal chunk queueing.
+ - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
+ to Gerrit Renker).
+ - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
+ - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
+ codes.
+ - update to gengetopt-2.21.
+ - update to ortp-0.13.1.
+ - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
+ compiler characteristics.
+
+--------------------------------------
+0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
+--------------------------------------
+
+The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
+cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
+to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
+of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
+
+ - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
+ were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
+ - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
+ - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
+ jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
+ - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
+ and AFS_WRITE.
+ - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
+ to start only after a few seconds.
+ - fix osx_writer hangs
+ - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
+ - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
+
+-----------------------------------------
+0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
+
+ - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
+ startup rather than for each connection
+ - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
+ - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
+ system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
+ ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
+ become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
+ - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
+ of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
+ - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
+ correctly
+ - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
+ - documentation improvements
+ - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
+ - new man pages
+
+-------------------------------------------
+0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
+-------------------------------------------
The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
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-0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive_resolution"
+0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
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This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
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