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1 < libstatgrab 1.2 (3 March 2003)
1 > libstatgrab NEWS
2 > http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
3  
4 < * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9)
4 > $Id$
5 >
6 > libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
7 >
8 > * Added network interface information:
9 >     speed, duplex, up/down.
10 > * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
11 >     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
12 > * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
13 > * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
14 > * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
15 >     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
16 >     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
17 > * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
18 >
19 > * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
20 >
21 > libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
22 >
23 > * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
24 > * Python bindings available in extras directory.
25 > * Some tidying up of code.
26 >
27 > libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
28 >
29 > * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
30 >   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
31 > * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
32 > * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
33 > * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
34 > * Some incorrect #includes moved.
35 > * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
36 >   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
37 > * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
38 >
39 > libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
40 >
41 > * Support for Linux 2.6.
42 > * Support for Cygwin.
43 > * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
44 > * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
45 > * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
46 > * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
47 >   (after using the init function)
48 >
49 > libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
50 >
51 > * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
52 > * FreeBSD code optimised.
53 > * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
54 > * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
55 > * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
56 > * Minor bug fixes.
57 > * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
58 >   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
59 >
60 > libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
61 >
62 > * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
63 > * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
64 > * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
65 > * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
66 > * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
67 > * Minor packaging changes.
68 >
69 > libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
70 >
71 > * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
72 >   the current system statistics.
73 > * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
74 > * Documentation is now available in manpages.
75 > * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
76 > * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
77 >
78 > libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
79 >
80 > * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
81 > * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
82 >   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
83 > * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
84 >   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
85 > * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
86 >   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
87 >
88 > libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
89 >
90 > * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
91 > * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
92 > * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
93 >
94 > libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
95 >
96 > * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
97 >
98 > libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
99 >
100 > * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
101 >
102 > libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
103 >
104 > * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
105 >   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
106 >   connected.
107 >
108 > libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
109 >
110 > * Network statistics wraparound fix.
111 >
112 > libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
113 >
114 > * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
115 > * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
116 >
117 > libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
118 >
119 > * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
120 >
121 > libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
122 >
123 > * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
124  

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