X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b29d4b828ed1245b59795927667d3c6470d10332;hp=035a23f0d1731b71fc925241a665ff6813a1668c;hb=218a175db8e7a43cad9073770ebdb24a7bdc64e8;hpb=439d8d00c44b61ea1d1eee9caca91ad71aae389e diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 035a23f0..b29d4b82 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,116 @@ +NEWS +==== + +----------------------------------------- +current master branch "magnetic momentum" +----------------------------------------- + - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the + abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of + the socket specials in /var/paraslash. + +Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball) +------------------------------------------ +0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment" +------------------------------------------ + +Another cleanup and bugfix release. + + - New server command: tasks. + - Minor cleanups to daemon.c. + - New URLs for home page and git services. + - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands. + - New sender subcommand: status. + - Improved help text for server and afs commands. + - audiod memory leak fixes. + - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system. + - oss_writer improvements. + - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2 (tarball) +./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + --------------------------------------------- -0.5.0 (to be announced) "invertible validity" +0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization" --------------------------------------------- +Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements. + + - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler. + - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi. + - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups. + - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks + for the generated man pages. + - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many + serious bugs have been fixed. + - new audiod command: version. + - Minor improvements to the bitstream API. + - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if + none of the given patterns matched any audio file. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +---------------------------------------- +0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior" +---------------------------------------- + +The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled +network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a +fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here. + + - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple + clients. + - Connections between para_server and para_client are now + encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides + support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This + feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options + are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can + speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa. + - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem. + - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel + initial volumes, better error logging. + - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and + para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters, + writers. This broke in 0.5.0. + - ogg/vorbis latency improvements. + - Improved user manual. + - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +------------------------------------------ +0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication" +------------------------------------------ + +Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul +of the build system. + + - Audiod improvements and fixes. + - Buffer tree robustness improvements. + - Cleanup of the mood subsystem. + - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder. + - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder. + - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without + openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server, + para_audiod, para_client won't be built. + - The build system now works for cross-compile setups. + - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up + builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change. + - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C, + which further improves build time. + - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified + and fixed. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature) + +---------------------------------------- +0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity" +---------------------------------------- + +Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding. + - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory. - Addblob commands can produce output. @@ -11,6 +120,15 @@ This eliminates a constant source of build bugs. - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only path names. + - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program. + The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of + the various programs of the paraslash package. + - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from + underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color. + - Overhauled web pages and the new logo. + +Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball), +./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature) -------------------------------------- 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"