X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=20e5105ffa763a873f31e63c2c1c1644caf67991;hp=5e450c69c85e2cb08193e5c36b2283fd63ec0cb5;hb=5b15980ce22a3a4244e2440f46eac19eb0ceb3ef;hpb=72f89f0b1cc84aca6e1770a6142aee3e6542967c diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5e450c69..89e1296f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,11 +1,286 @@ NEWS ==== +--------------------------------------------- +0.4.3 (to be announced) "imaginary radiation" +--------------------------------------------- + + - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter. + - The new user manual + +------------------------------------------ +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. + ---------------------------------------------- -0.2.15 (to be announced) "inductive resonance" +0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence" ---------------------------------------------- -Minor improvements and a bunch of bug fixes. +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" +----------------------------------------- + +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, 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, osl) 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, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and + 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. + - 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. + +----------------------------------------- +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. + + - 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. + - Fix streaming of large mp3 files. + - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling. + +-------------------------------------- +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 @@ -18,8 +293,10 @@ Minor improvements and a bunch of bug fixes. 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" @@ -221,7 +498,7 @@ the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups. ------------------------------------------ -0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive_resolution" +0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution" ------------------------------------------ This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are