X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=5464bd7a92c2d153902afc6ab0c838edfe24c3d8;hp=377065ad53c3b320180782ebbceebdcb4d5cac35;hb=c708253b998a6253ddc5f18b9403fe27aad5e99b;hpb=be0b6d883628d8ff9043107f1ddd780838facd3d;ds=inline diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 377065ad..5464bd7a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,198 @@ NEWS ==== ------------------------------------------------- -0.2.14 (to be announced) "transient singularity" ------------------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------- +0.3.4 (to be announced) "elliptic inheritance" +---------------------------------------------- + +The new udp sender, colored logs and various other improvements. + + - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code is + both smaller and cleaner than the old ortp sender/receiver + code. As the udp sender does not depend on any special + libraries, it is built unconditionally. 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". + - 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 + - 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 @@ -12,8 +201,8 @@ until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry. - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs - - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers - and --with-mad-libs + - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers, + --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs - some robustness fixes - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay @@ -201,7 +390,7 @@ 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