X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=22e2ebc08ec531427afe528c6e73572b4399a766;hp=221be43e66f884ebf5250ebc9fcf715e09929afa;hb=21cbf716920892288bf0d7f29756cd915ccb1157;hpb=d157bc047237ffabf87de545b2bf01d895d8904d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 221be43e..22e2ebc0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,122 @@ NEWS ==== ---------------------------------- -0.5.2 (???) "orthogonal interior" ---------------------------------- +------------------------------------------ +current master branch "cascading gradient" +------------------------------------------ + +The highlight of this release is the new -m flag for para_afh which +lets it modify the meta tags of the given audio file(s). This feature +is supported for all audio formats. Many small cleanups and bug fixes +not mentioned here have accumulated and are also part of the release. + + - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx + opus flac aac files. + - afs commands propagate error codes to the client. + - The check command now also checks the attribute table for + inconsistencies. + - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string) + - New option --priority for para_server and para_audiod. + - New mood methods: image_id and lyrics_id. + +Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball) + +-------------------------------------- +0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum" +-------------------------------------- + +Many new features and a lot of other improvements. + + - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the + abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of + the socket specials in /var/paraslash. + - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also + usernames rather than only user IDs. + - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac. + - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly + when the meta information of the current audio changes. + - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in + the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log + messages go to /dev/null in this case. + - Web page cleanup. + - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command. + These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than + -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support + will be dropped in v0.6.0. + +Download: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2 (tarball) +./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +------------------------------------------ +0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment" +------------------------------------------ + +Another cleanup and bugfix release. + - New server command: tasks. + - Minor cleanups to daemon.c. + - New URLs for home page and git services. + - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands. + - New sender subcommand: status. + - Improved help text for server and afs commands. + - audiod memory leak fixes. + - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system. + - oss_writer improvements. + - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2 (tarball) +./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +--------------------------------------------- +0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization" +--------------------------------------------- + +Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements. + + - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler. + - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi. + - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups. + - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks + for the generated man pages. + - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many + serious bugs have been fixed. + - new audiod command: version. + - Minor improvements to the bitstream API. + - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if + none of the given patterns matched any audio file. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +---------------------------------------- +0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior" +---------------------------------------- + +The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled +network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a +fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here. + + - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple + clients. + - Connections between para_server and para_client are now + encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides + support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This + feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options + are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can + speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa. + - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem. + - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel + initial volumes, better error logging. + - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and + para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters, + writers. This broke in 0.5.0. + - ogg/vorbis latency improvements. + - Improved user manual. - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings. +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + ------------------------------------------ 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication" ------------------------------------------