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

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