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Revision: 1.46
Committed: Thu Mar 13 11:23:43 2008 UTC (16 years, 8 months ago) by tdb
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: LIBSTATGRAB_0_16
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Add NEWS entry for 0.16 release.

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# User Rev Content
1 tdb 1.21 libstatgrab NEWS
2     http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
3    
4 tdb 1.46 $Id: NEWS,v 1.45 2007/07/13 20:36:46 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 1.46 libstatgrab 0.16 (13 March 2008)
12     * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler.
13     * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0.
14     * Fix build on "armel" Debian port.
15     (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy)
16     * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap.
17     (Thanks to Tom Carlson)
18    
19 tdb 1.45 libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007)
20     * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in
21     the last release.
22     (Thanks to David Love)
23     * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups.
24     (Thanks to David Love)
25     * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD.
26    
27 tdb 1.44 libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007)
28 tdb 1.42 * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD.
29     * Add colour support to saidar.
30     (Thanks to Angelina Carlton)
31     * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported.
32     * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris.
33     (Thanks to Javier Donaire)
34     * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups.
35     * Fix process time_spent on Linux.
36     (Thanks to Fred Barnes)
37     * Make interface up status check the link status as well.
38     (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo)
39     * Fix build on NetBSD 3.
40     (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma)
41 tdb 1.43 * Rework curses detection code in the configure script.
42 tdb 1.44 * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized.
43 tdb 1.42
44 tdb 1.41 libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
45 tdb 1.40 * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
46     * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
47     * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
48     * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
49     * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
50 tdb 1.41 * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
51     * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
52     * A few minor build fixes.
53 tdb 1.37
54 tdb 1.39 libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
55 tdb 1.37 * More details added to filesystem statistics.
56     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
57     * Rework Linux partition detection.
58     * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
59 tdb 1.42 (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
60 tdb 1.37 * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
61 tdb 1.42 NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
62 tdb 1.37 * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
63     * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
64     * Support for Solaris 10.
65     * Support for FreeBSD 7.
66 tdb 1.36
67     libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
68     * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
69     * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
70     * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
71 tdb 1.33
72     libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
73 tdb 1.34 * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
74 tdb 1.35 (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
75 tdb 1.33 * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
76     * Minor fixes to saidar.
77 tdb 1.34 * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
78 ats 1.31
79 tdb 1.32 libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
80 ats 1.31
81 tdb 1.32 * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
82     by an integer.
83     * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
84     mebibytes or gibibytes.
85     * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
86     large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
87     * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
88     speeds.
89     * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
90 tdb 1.30
91     libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
92    
93     * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
94 tdb 1.27
95 tdb 1.29 libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
96 tdb 1.27
97     * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
98     * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
99     * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
100     * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
101 ats 1.28 * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
102 tdb 1.27 on Solaris.
103     * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
104     ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
105 ats 1.28 * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
106 tdb 1.27 * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
107     don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
108     * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
109 tdb 1.26
110     libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
111    
112     * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
113     naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
114     programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
115    
116     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
117     #include <statgrab.h>
118    
119     * New process stats function added to provide full details
120     on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
121     for details.
122     * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
123     statistics. These can be used with qsort.
124     * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
125     associated functions.
126     * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
127     * Lots of code tidying.
128     * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
129     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
130 tdb 1.24
131     libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
132    
133     * Added network interface information:
134     speed, duplex, up/down.
135     * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
136     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
137     * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
138     * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
139     * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
140     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
141 tdb 1.25 (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
142 tdb 1.24 * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
143    
144     * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
145 tdb 1.23
146     libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
147    
148     * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
149     * Python bindings available in extras directory.
150     * Some tidying up of code.
151 tdb 1.21
152 tdb 1.20 libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
153    
154     * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
155     (the tools are still released under the GPL)
156     * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
157     * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
158     * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
159     * Some incorrect #includes moved.
160     * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
161     statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
162 tdb 1.22 * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
163 tdb 1.20
164 tdb 1.19 libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
165 tdb 1.17
166     * Support for Linux 2.6.
167     * Support for Cygwin.
168     * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
169     * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
170     * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
171 tdb 1.18 * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
172     (after using the init function)
173 tdb 1.17
174 tdb 1.16 libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
175 tdb 1.15
176     * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
177     * FreeBSD code optimised.
178     * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
179     * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
180     * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
181     * Minor bug fixes.
182 tdb 1.16 * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
183     Linux 2.4 on amd64.
184 tdb 1.15
185 tdb 1.14 libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
186    
187     * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
188     * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
189     * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
190     * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
191     * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
192     * Minor packaging changes.
193    
194 tdb 1.13 libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
195    
196     * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
197     the current system statistics.
198     * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
199     * Documentation is now available in manpages.
200     * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
201     * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
202    
203 tdb 1.12 libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
204    
205     * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
206     * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
207     This results in it getting data for all the disks.
208 tdb 1.32 * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
209 tdb 1.12 to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
210     * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
211     been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
212    
213 tdb 1.11 libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
214    
215     * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
216     * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
217     * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
218    
219 tdb 1.10 libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
220 tdb 1.9
221     * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
222    
223 tdb 1.7 libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
224    
225     * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
226    
227 tdb 1.6 libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
228    
229     * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
230     transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
231     connected.
232    
233 tdb 1.5 libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
234    
235 tdb 1.6 * Network statistics wraparound fix.
236 tdb 1.5
237 tdb 1.4 libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
238    
239 tdb 1.6 * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
240     * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
241 tdb 1.4
242     libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
243 tdb 1.3
244 tdb 1.6 * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
245 tdb 1.3
246 tdb 1.8 libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
247 tdb 1.2
248 tdb 1.6 * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
249 tdb 1.2