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Revision: 1.41
Committed: Fri Mar 17 19:35:40 2006 UTC (18 years, 9 months ago) by tdb
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: LIBSTATGRAB_0_13
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1 tdb 1.21 libstatgrab NEWS
2     http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
3    
4 tdb 1.41 $Id: NEWS,v 1.40 2006/03/11 13:41:57 tdb Exp $
5 tdb 1.37
6     PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan
7 ats 1.38 to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand,
8 tdb 1.37 but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the
9     current release.
10 tdb 1.40
11 tdb 1.41 libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
12 tdb 1.40 * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
13     * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
14     * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
15     * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
16     * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
17 tdb 1.41 * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
18     * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
19     * A few minor build fixes.
20 tdb 1.37
21 tdb 1.39 libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
22 tdb 1.37 * More details added to filesystem statistics.
23     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
24     * Rework Linux partition detection.
25     * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
26     (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
27     * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
28     NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
29     * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
30     * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
31     * Support for Solaris 10.
32     * Support for FreeBSD 7.
33 tdb 1.36
34     libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
35     * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
36     * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
37     * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
38 tdb 1.33
39     libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
40 tdb 1.34 * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
41 tdb 1.35 (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
42 tdb 1.33 * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
43     * Minor fixes to saidar.
44 tdb 1.34 * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
45 ats 1.31
46 tdb 1.32 libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
47 ats 1.31
48 tdb 1.32 * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
49     by an integer.
50     * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
51     mebibytes or gibibytes.
52     * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
53     large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
54     * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
55     speeds.
56     * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
57 tdb 1.30
58     libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
59    
60     * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
61 tdb 1.27
62 tdb 1.29 libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
63 tdb 1.27
64     * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
65     * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
66     * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
67     * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
68 ats 1.28 * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
69 tdb 1.27 on Solaris.
70     * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
71     ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
72 ats 1.28 * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
73 tdb 1.27 * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
74     don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
75     * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
76 tdb 1.26
77     libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
78    
79     * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
80     naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
81     programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
82    
83     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
84     #include <statgrab.h>
85    
86     * New process stats function added to provide full details
87     on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
88     for details.
89     * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
90     statistics. These can be used with qsort.
91     * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
92     associated functions.
93     * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
94     * Lots of code tidying.
95     * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
96     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
97 tdb 1.24
98     libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
99    
100     * Added network interface information:
101     speed, duplex, up/down.
102     * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
103     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
104     * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
105     * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
106     * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
107     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
108 tdb 1.25 (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
109 tdb 1.24 * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
110    
111     * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
112 tdb 1.23
113     libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
114    
115     * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
116     * Python bindings available in extras directory.
117     * Some tidying up of code.
118 tdb 1.21
119 tdb 1.20 libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
120    
121     * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
122     (the tools are still released under the GPL)
123     * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
124     * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
125     * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
126     * Some incorrect #includes moved.
127     * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
128     statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
129 tdb 1.22 * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
130 tdb 1.20
131 tdb 1.19 libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
132 tdb 1.17
133     * Support for Linux 2.6.
134     * Support for Cygwin.
135     * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
136     * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
137     * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
138 tdb 1.18 * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
139     (after using the init function)
140 tdb 1.17
141 tdb 1.16 libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
142 tdb 1.15
143     * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
144     * FreeBSD code optimised.
145     * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
146     * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
147     * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
148     * Minor bug fixes.
149 tdb 1.16 * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
150     Linux 2.4 on amd64.
151 tdb 1.15
152 tdb 1.14 libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
153    
154     * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
155     * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
156     * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
157     * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
158     * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
159     * Minor packaging changes.
160    
161 tdb 1.13 libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
162    
163     * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
164     the current system statistics.
165     * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
166     * Documentation is now available in manpages.
167     * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
168     * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
169    
170 tdb 1.12 libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
171    
172     * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
173     * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
174     This results in it getting data for all the disks.
175 tdb 1.32 * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
176 tdb 1.12 to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
177     * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
178     been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
179    
180 tdb 1.11 libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
181    
182     * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
183     * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
184     * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
185    
186 tdb 1.10 libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
187 tdb 1.9
188     * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
189    
190 tdb 1.7 libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
191    
192     * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
193    
194 tdb 1.6 libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
195    
196     * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
197     transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
198     connected.
199    
200 tdb 1.5 libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
201    
202 tdb 1.6 * Network statistics wraparound fix.
203 tdb 1.5
204 tdb 1.4 libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
205    
206 tdb 1.6 * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
207     * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
208 tdb 1.4
209     libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
210 tdb 1.3
211 tdb 1.6 * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
212 tdb 1.3
213 tdb 1.8 libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
214 tdb 1.2
215 tdb 1.6 * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
216 tdb 1.2