X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=829335ab28a10c0f506eaa48cc2efa052382281e;hp=2b5e3ff152b3ff55c6ffe05a14c1c62d2092d501;hb=88648fbe815c12e36e48f7d244b274c45366cad1;hpb=e5e8648e4e4bd1edb1823dc932c96a7a271b27a4

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@@ -9,43 +9,38 @@ 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 0.2.x to 0.3.x.
+for a major release like this.
 
 However, this release is smaller than the latest 0.2.x releases. The
 decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some graphical tools
-(which were only afternoon hacks anyway). But also the fact that the
+(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 ((stripped)  binary
-size of para_server increases about 50K in i386.
-
-
+Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
+now contains its own database (the object storage layer, ols) 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, intel), FreeBSD (x86_32), Solaris (sparc64).
 	- the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
-	  playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
-
+	  the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
 	- 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).
+	  mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
+	- Improved error subsystem.
+	- The earth-shaking new logo.
 
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 0.2.17 (to be announced) "isotropic threshold"