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1 < libstatgrab 1.3 (10 March 2003)
1 > libstatgrab NEWS
2 > http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
3  
4 < * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel
4 > $Id$
5  
6 < libstatgrab 1.2 (3 March 2003)
6 > PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan
7 >       to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand,
8 >       but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the
9 >       current release.
10  
11 < * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9)
11 > libstatgrab 0.17 (21 February 2010)
12 > * Provide iowait cpu information on Linux version 2.5.41 or later.
13 > * Display data for ZFS on Solaris.
14 > * Dynamically get list of valid filesystems on FreeBSD.
15 >     (Thanks to Baptiste Daroussin)
16 > * Support FreeBSD 9.
17 > * Use utmpx when available (required for FreeBSD 9).
18 >     (Thanks to Ed Schouten)
19 > * Support larger amounts of memory on FreeBSD.
20 >     (Thanks to Tom Bird)
21 >
22 > libstatgrab 0.16 (13 March 2008)
23 > * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler.
24 > * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0.
25 > * Fix build on "armel" Debian port.
26 >     (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy)
27 > * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap.
28 >     (Thanks to Tom Carlson)
29 >
30 > libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007)
31 > * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in
32 >   the last release.
33 >     (Thanks to David Love)
34 > * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups.
35 >     (Thanks to David Love)
36 > * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD.
37 >
38 > libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007)
39 > * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD.
40 > * Add colour support to saidar.
41 >     (Thanks to Angelina Carlton)
42 > * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported.
43 > * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris.
44 >     (Thanks to Javier Donaire)
45 > * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups.
46 > * Fix process time_spent on Linux.
47 >     (Thanks to Fred Barnes)
48 > * Make interface up status check the link status as well.
49 >     (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo)
50 > * Fix build on NetBSD 3.
51 >     (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma)
52 > * Rework curses detection code in the configure script.
53 > * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized.
54 >
55 > libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
56 > * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
57 > * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
58 > * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
59 > * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
60 > * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
61 > * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
62 > * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
63 > * A few minor build fixes.
64 >
65 > libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
66 > * More details added to filesystem statistics.
67 >     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
68 > * Rework Linux partition detection.
69 > * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
70 >     (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
71 > * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
72 >     NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
73 > * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
74 > * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
75 > * Support for Solaris 10.
76 > * Support for FreeBSD 7.
77 >
78 > libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
79 > * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
80 > * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
81 > * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
82 >
83 > libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
84 > * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
85 >    (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
86 > * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
87 > * Minor fixes to saidar.
88 > * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
89 >
90 > libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
91 >
92 > * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
93 >   by an integer.
94 > * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
95 >   mebibytes or gibibytes.
96 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
97 >   large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
98 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
99 >   speeds.
100 > * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
101 >
102 > libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
103 >
104 > * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
105 >
106 > libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
107 >
108 > * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
109 > * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
110 > * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
111 > * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
112 > * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
113 >   on Solaris.
114 > * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
115 >   ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
116 > * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
117 > * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
118 >   don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
119 > * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
120 >
121 > libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
122 >
123 > * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
124 >   naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
125 >   programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
126 >
127 >     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
128 >     #include <statgrab.h>
129 >
130 > * New process stats function added to provide full details
131 >   on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
132 >   for details.
133 > * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
134 >   statistics. These can be used with qsort.
135 > * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
136 >   associated functions.
137 > * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
138 > * Lots of code tidying.
139 > * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
140 >     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
141 >
142 > libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
143 >
144 > * Added network interface information:
145 >     speed, duplex, up/down.
146 > * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
147 >     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
148 > * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
149 > * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
150 > * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
151 >     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
152 >     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
153 > * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
154 >
155 > * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
156 >
157 > libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
158 >
159 > * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
160 > * Python bindings available in extras directory.
161 > * Some tidying up of code.
162 >
163 > libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
164 >
165 > * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
166 >   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
167 > * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
168 > * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
169 > * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
170 > * Some incorrect #includes moved.
171 > * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
172 >   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
173 > * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
174 >
175 > libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
176 >
177 > * Support for Linux 2.6.
178 > * Support for Cygwin.
179 > * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
180 > * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
181 > * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
182 > * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
183 >   (after using the init function)
184 >
185 > libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
186 >
187 > * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
188 > * FreeBSD code optimised.
189 > * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
190 > * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
191 > * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
192 > * Minor bug fixes.
193 > * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
194 >   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
195 >
196 > libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
197 >
198 > * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
199 > * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
200 > * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
201 > * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
202 > * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
203 > * Minor packaging changes.
204 >
205 > libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
206 >
207 > * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
208 >   the current system statistics.
209 > * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
210 > * Documentation is now available in manpages.
211 > * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
212 > * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
213 >
214 > libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
215 >
216 > * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
217 > * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
218 >   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
219 > * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
220 >   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
221 > * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
222 >   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
223 >
224 > libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
225 >
226 > * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
227 > * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
228 > * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
229 >
230 > libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
231 >
232 > * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
233 >
234 > libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
235 >
236 > * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
237 >
238 > libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
239 >
240 > * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
241 >   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
242 >   connected.
243 >
244 > libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
245 >
246 > * Network statistics wraparound fix.
247 >
248 > libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
249 >
250 > * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
251 > * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
252 >
253 > libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
254 >
255 > * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
256 >
257 > libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
258 >
259 > * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
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