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