X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=dcc4393b517df293c8eb90344d6471af48dab833;hp=117ce0c79b625e3a48aedb3c4b79a5bda8a13d4b;hb=7e37a7cf49df279b9ab467fa4f62dd376c791a26;hpb=cf749f79f1c353cc5aac1013aeef5ed0eb0f63ee diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 117ce0c7..dcc4393b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,226 @@ -NEWS -==== +----------------------------------------------- +0.4.6 (to be announced) "deterministic entropy" +----------------------------------------------- + + - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once + at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically + every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the + FEC group size. + - aacdec error message cleanups + - simplified color error handling + - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several + other improvements and fixes. + +-------------------------------------------- +0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization" +-------------------------------------------- + +Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices. + + - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format + handler code. + - Switching off the DCCP sender works again. + - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly. + - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups. + - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices. + - Improved documentation and error diagnostics. + - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build + to succeed in case libosl is not installed. + +------------------------------------------ +0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity" +------------------------------------------ + +Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and +bug fixes. + + - Support for the speex codec. + - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian. + - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure + considerably. + - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in + para_filter/para_audiod. + - Fixes for autoconf-2.66. + +---------------------------------------- +0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation" +---------------------------------------- + +Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user +manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements. + + - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new + --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and + --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC + parameters for the DCCP transport. + - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker). + - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS + and INSTALL documents. + - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter. + - The new nonblock API. + - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed. + - New debug mode for the internal scheduler. + +------------------------------------------ +0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion" +------------------------------------------ + +It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is +paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer +tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance +and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes. + + - The new buffer tree API. + - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker). + - UDP robustness fixes. + - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense + for the new buffer tree API. + - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams. + - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations. + - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is + given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is + automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder). + +--------------------------------------- +0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon" +--------------------------------------- + +Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug +fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular +those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well. + + - wma support. + - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output. + - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information. + - build system improvements. + - source code documentation updates. + +------------------------------------- +0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity" +------------------------------------- + +Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's +another 0.3.x release. No new features. + + - Always check return value of malloc(). + - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header. + - exit if root privileges could not be dropped. + - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices. + - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer. + - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints. + - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid. + - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats. + - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice. + - FEC: Timing improvements. + +---------------------------------------------- +0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence" +---------------------------------------------- + +Two significant changes which require the new version number: The +improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code +has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have +to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is +provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format. + + - stronger crypto for client authentication + - the database code has been moved to a library + - improved status item handling + - cleanup of the build system + - The "-V" option now also prints the git version + - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands + - mandatory rc4 encryption + - major audio format handler cleanups + - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database + - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches, + album_matches, year_maches, year. + +-------------------------------------------- +0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability" +-------------------------------------------- + +Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg +vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place +and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3 +series if no serious problems show up. + + - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux) + - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's + recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg + vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files + with "add -f". + - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker) + - the new prebuffer filter + - improved signal handling + - variable fec output buffer size + - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode + - --log_color actually works + - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch) + - update to gengetopt 2.22.2 + - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits + - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade + +----------------------------------------- +0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance" +----------------------------------------- + +The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various +other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special +libraries, it is built unconditionally. + + - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward + error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to + Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support. + - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like + for the http and the dccp senders/receivers. + - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g. + "--loglevel info". + - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker). + - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages. + - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize + - new audiod option: --config-file. + - gengetopt cleanups. + - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod, + para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains + all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The + man page of para_fade contains a description of the different + modes of operation. + - More source code documentation. + - vss timing fixes. + +-------------------------------------------- +0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity" +-------------------------------------------- + +Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new +amplification filter. + + - para_server uses the generic scheduling code. + - overhaul of the virtual streaming system. + - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional) + - ogg: vorbis comment support. + - aac meta info support. + - mp3 audio format handler cleanups. + - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream + - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is + used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream. + - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write. + - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2. + - better error diagnostics for para_client. + +----------------------------------------- +0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity" +----------------------------------------- + +The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements. + + - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table) + - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool + - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This + also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts + of output. + - major scheduler and audiod cleanups. + - more detailed and much nicer man pages. --------------------------------------- 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"