X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ab2fa137e559741784234cf6dfc5db8a0ae9261d;hp=7c3ac3ce2a9e727f24bf0f5e5829cb1762d7545c;hb=45af9a7f2b089e3a983d320ef1d4c0b600f1fc67;hpb=e6bbb835a784a86ec3d3ca3f0420841087a8e940 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7c3ac3ce..ab2fa137 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,38 @@ ------------------------------------------------ -0.4.10 (to be announced) "heterogeneous vacuum" ------------------------------------------------ +-------------------------------------- +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" +------------------------------------------ + +Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability +improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes. - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been - depricated. It still works but has no effect and will be + 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. - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for write(), writev(), send() and friends. - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been @@ -15,7 +43,6 @@ being built. - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}. - ------------------------------------- 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality" -------------------------------------