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