X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=757e1fe218ae12112500fba31c2a7a55c200cf2a;hp=dd02a36a05f48ddd36a5721ba434a4e8c55856fb;hb=f0cb2c2e49b4353a998d6fdf823972d2516c5dcf;hpb=6570e0e4433a5e5d7987697716a1f993c96eb1bb diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index dd02a36a..757e1fe2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,23 +1,101 @@ NEWS ==== +---------------------------------------------- +0.2.17 (to be announced) "isotropic threshold" +---------------------------------------------- + +Only 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. + + - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing. + - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error + codes. + - update to gengetopt-2.20. + - 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.?.? (to be announced) "sonic convolution" +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 +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, + --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 + - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count + +--------------------------------------- +0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution" +--------------------------------------- + A bunch of new features and core changes. - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet. - - Support for m4a files via the new aac filter/ and audio - format handler. (requires libfaad) - - new writer: osxplay (thanks to Gerd Becker) - - writers are integrated in para_audiod + - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format + handler/filter (requires libfaad). + - each writer has its own command line parser, just like + para_recv and para_filter. + - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem + - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only) - para_client is integrated in para_audiod - - each writer of para_write has its own command line parser, - just like para_recv and para_filter. - random/playlist selector: improved info strings - new audiod commands: tasks, kill - - para_client/para_audioc use the error subsystem + - update to libortp-0.10.1 + - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now + - update to autoconf-2.60 ------------------------------------------ @@ -181,7 +259,7 @@ 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