X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ab2fa137e559741784234cf6dfc5db8a0ae9261d;hp=4863abe4ddf4db3403067c0c8bd1d329020950e6;hb=45af9a7f2b089e3a983d320ef1d4c0b600f1fc67;hpb=d18892cda3a00286a2183e7b7c1723849489b626 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4863abe4..ab2fa137 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,25 @@ -------------------------------------------- -0.4.11 (to be announced "mutual diversity") -------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------- +0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity" +-------------------------------------- + +The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for +client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting +with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid +of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include +decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the +ALSA writer. + + - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client + support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream. + - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been + removed. + - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders. + - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms. + - Documentation improvements. + - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script. + - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer. + - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3. + - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code. ------------------------------------------ 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum" @@ -13,7 +32,7 @@ improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes. deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be removed in the next version. - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing - command in the bottom window. + command in the bottom window. - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for write(), writev(), send() and friends. - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been