Documentation updates for 0.4.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 47709ccfcd4c3ee3f2bf720bf9a9f85cf493a533..092bf873b373ed482e77754568dfb8fef33e6105 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ optional. The configure script will detect what is installed on your
 system and will only try to build those executables that can be built
 with your setup.
 
 system and will only try to build those executables that can be built
 with your setup.
 

-Note that no special library (not even the mp3 decoding library libmad)
-is needed for para_server if you only want to stream mp3 files.
-Also, it's fine to use para_server on a box without sound card as
-para_server only sends the audio stream to connected clients.
+Note that no mp3 library (not even the mp3 decoding library libmad)
+is needed for para_server if you only want to stream mp3 files. Also,
+it's fine to use para_server on a box without sound card as para_server
+only sends the audio stream to connected clients.

 
 -------------------------
 Install server and client
 -------------------------
 
 
 -------------------------
 Install server and client
 -------------------------
 

-Install the package on all machines, you'd like this software to run on:
+Install the paraslash package on all machines, you'd like this software
+to run on:

 
        (./configure && make) > /dev/null
 
 
        (./configure && make) > /dev/null
 


@@ -43,12 +44,14 @@ successfully, execute as root,
        make install
 
 -----------------------------------
        make install
 
 -----------------------------------

-Setup user list and create rsa keys
+Setup user list and create RSA keys

 -----------------------------------
 
 -----------------------------------
 

-If you already have your rsa keys, skip this step. If you are new
-to paraslash, you have to generate an rsa key pair for each user you
-want to allow to connect. You need at least one user.
+Note that the RSA keys for paraslash 0.3.x will not work for version
+0.4.x as the new version requires stronger (2048 bit) keys. If you
+already have your 2048 bit keys, skip this step. If you are new to
+paraslash, you have to generate a key pair for each user you want to
+allow to connect. You need at least one user.

 
 Let's assume that you'd like to run the server on host server_host
 as user foo, and that you want to connect from client_host as user bar.
 
 Let's assume that you'd like to run the server on host server_host
 as user foo, and that you want to connect from client_host as user bar.


@@ -121,11 +124,11 @@ Create the database
 
        para_client init
 
 
        para_client init
 

-This creates some empty tables under ~/.paraslash/afs_database.
-You normally don't need to look at these tables, but it's good
-to know that you can start from scratch with
+This creates some empty tables under ~/.paraslash/afs_database-0.4.
+You normally don't need to look at these tables, but it's good to
+know that you can start from scratch with

 
 

-       rm -rf ~/.paraslash/afs_database
+       rm -rf ~/.paraslash/afs_database-0.4

 
 in case something went wrong.
 
 
 in case something went wrong.
 


@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ Start streaming manually
 ------------------------
 
        para_client play
 ------------------------
 
        para_client play

-       para_client stat 2
+       para_client -- stat -n=2

 
 This starts streaming and dumps some information about the current
 audio file to stdout.
 
 This starts streaming and dumps some information about the current
 audio file to stdout.


@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ Paraslash comes with its own receiving and playing software, which
 will be described next. Try the following on client_host (assuming
 Linux/ALSA and an mp3 stream):
 
 will be described next. Try the following on client_host (assuming
 Linux/ALSA and an mp3 stream):
 

-       para_recv -l info -r 'http -i server_host' > file.mp3
+       para_recv -r 'http -i server_host' > file.mp3

        # (interrupt with CTRL+C after a few seconds)
        ls -l file.mp3 # should not be empty
        para_filter -f mp3dec -f wav < file.mp3 > file.wav
        # (interrupt with CTRL+C after a few seconds)
        ls -l file.mp3 # should not be empty
        para_filter -f mp3dec -f wav < file.mp3 > file.wav

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dff82086126d681cca83c8054a2264e8367efa5f..793e323408075ad857e2d17f0b56320b9c05be7f 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 NEWS
 ====
 
 NEWS
 ====
 

+---------------------------------------------------
+0.4.0 (to be announced) "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
+       - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
+       - mandatory rc4 encryption
+       - major audio format handler cleanups
+       - improved tag handling
+

 -------------------------------------------------
 0.3.5 (to be announced) "symplectic separability"
 -------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------
 0.3.5 (to be announced) "symplectic separability"
 -------------------------------------------------

diff --git a/README.afs b/README.afs
index ca01df6ac678a7cb3b1be14ac5957a1ddb1a4137..ef51c2944259c010b5da74814ece1becef7f6cd9 100644 (file)
--- a/README.afs
+++ b/README.afs
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ A mood consists of a unique name and its *mood definition*, which is
 a set of *mood lines* containing expressions in terms of attributes
 and other data contained in the database.
 
 a set of *mood lines* containing expressions in terms of attributes
 and other data contained in the database.
 

-A mood defines a subset of audio files called the *admissible audio
-files* for that mood. At any time, at most one mood can be *active*
-which means that para_server is going to select only files from that
-subset of admissible files.
+A mood defines a subset of audio files called the *admissible audio files*
+for that mood. At any time, at most one mood can be *active* which
+means that para_server is going to select only files from that subset
+of admissible files.

 
 So in order to create a mood definition one has to write a set of
 mood lines. Mood lines come in three flavours: Accept lines, deny
 
 So in order to create a mood definition one has to write a set of
 mood lines. Mood lines come in three flavours: Accept lines, deny

diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS
index c1743fd2fb55f810f95949d7586ff7c3376b2801..1991737b2817eceab575265133e83153336e675f 100644 (file)
--- a/REQUIREMENTS
+++ b/REQUIREMENTS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Requirements
 
 In any case you need
 
 
 In any case you need
 

+       - libosl: If you are compiling from git the osl sources should
+         have been cloned automatically. It is also available for
+         download from http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl. Or run the
+         command "git clone git://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl"

        - gcc, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3.3
          or newer is required.
        - gnu make (shipped with disto, might be called gmake)
        - gcc, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3.3
          or newer is required.
        - gnu make (shipped with disto, might be called gmake)