-NEWS
-====
+-----------------------------------------------
+0.4.6 (to be announced) "deterministic entropy"
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, enhancements for para_gui and a fair
+amount of other bug fixes.
+
+ - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
+ at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
+ every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
+ FEC group size.
+ - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
+ before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
+ less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
+ - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
+ - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
+ other improvements and fixes.
+ - aacdec error message cleanups
+ - simplified color error handling
+
+--------------------------------------------
+0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
+
+ - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
+ handler code.
+ - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
+ - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
+ - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
+ - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
+ - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
+ - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
+ to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
--------------------------------------------------
-0.3.3 (to be announced) "axiomatic perspectivity"
--------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------
+0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
+------------------------------------------
+
+Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
+bug fixes.
+
+ - Support for the speex codec.
+ - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
+ - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
+ considerably.
+ - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
+ para_filter/para_audiod.
+ - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
+
+----------------------------------------
+0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
+----------------------------------------
+
+Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
+manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
+
+ - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
+ --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
+ --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
+ parameters for the DCCP transport.
+ - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
+ - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
+ and INSTALL documents.
+ - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
+ - The new nonblock API.
+ - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
+ - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
+
+------------------------------------------
+0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
+------------------------------------------
+
+It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
+paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
+tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
+and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
+
+ - The new buffer tree API.
+ - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
+ - UDP robustness fixes.
+ - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
+ for the new buffer tree API.
+ - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
+ - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
+ - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
+ given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
+ automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
+
+---------------------------------------
+0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
+---------------------------------------
+
+Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
+fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
+those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
+
+ - wma support.
+ - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
+ - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
+ - build system improvements.
+ - source code documentation updates.
+
+-------------------------------------
+0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
+-------------------------------------
+
+Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
+another 0.3.x release. No new features.
+
+ - Always check return value of malloc().
+ - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
+ - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
+ - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
+ - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
+ - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
+ - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
+ - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
+ - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
+ - FEC: Timing improvements.
+
+----------------------------------------------
+0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
+----------------------------------------------
+
+Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
+improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
+has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
+to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
+provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
+
+ - stronger crypto for client authentication
+ - the database code has been moved to a library
+ - improved status item handling
+ - cleanup of the build system
+ - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
+ - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
+ - mandatory rc4 encryption
+ - major audio format handler cleanups
+ - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
+ - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
+ album_matches, year_maches, year.
+
+--------------------------------------------
+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"
+-----------------------------------------
-Internal code cleanups and improved tag handling.
+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"
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