--- projects/libstatgrab/NEWS 2003/04/09 21:12:27 1.9 +++ projects/libstatgrab/NEWS 2008/03/13 11:23:43 1.46 @@ -1,4 +1,222 @@ -libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003 +libstatgrab NEWS +http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/ + +$Id: NEWS,v 1.46 2008/03/13 11:23:43 tdb Exp $ + +PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan + to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand, + but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the + current release. + +libstatgrab 0.16 (13 March 2008) + * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler. + * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0. + * Fix build on "armel" Debian port. + (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy) + * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap. + (Thanks to Tom Carlson) + +libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007) + * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in + the last release. + (Thanks to David Love) + * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups. + (Thanks to David Love) + * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD. + +libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007) + * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD. + * Add colour support to saidar. + (Thanks to Angelina Carlton) + * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported. + * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris. + (Thanks to Javier Donaire) + * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups. + * Fix process time_spent on Linux. + (Thanks to Fred Barnes) + * Make interface up status check the link status as well. + (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo) + * Fix build on NetBSD 3. + (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma) + * Rework curses detection code in the configure script. + * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized. + +libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006) + * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels. + * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display. + * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested). + * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris. + * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier. + * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots. + * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms. + * A few minor build fixes. + +libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005) + * More details added to filesystem statistics. + (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser) + * Rework Linux partition detection. + * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6. + (Patches provided by Scott Lampert) + * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats. + NOTE: this minor change breaks the API. + * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools. + * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output. + * Support for Solaris 10. + * Support for FreeBSD 7. + +libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005) + * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems. + * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux. + * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage. + +libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004) + * Add support for HP-UX 11.11. + (Patches provided by Roy Keene) + * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools. + * Minor fixes to saidar. + * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab. + +libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004) + + * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied + by an integer. + * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes, + mebibytes or gibibytes. + * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely + large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them. + * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface + speeds. + * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. + +libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004) + + * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1. + +libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004) + + * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time. + * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5. + * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs). + * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0. + * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems + on Solaris. + * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable + ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab. + * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice. + * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they + don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris). + * Add error reporting function that grabs errno. + +libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004) + + * All function and structure names now follow a standardised + naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing + programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions: + + #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED + #include <statgrab.h> + + * New process stats function added to provide full details + on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats + for details. + * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io + statistics. These can be used with qsort. + * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and + associated functions. + * Support added for NetBSD 2.0. + * Lots of code tidying. + * Python bindings now exist in a separate package: + http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/ + +libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004) + + * Added network interface information: + speed, duplex, up/down. + * Added more statistics on network interfaces: + i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions. + * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3. + * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0. + * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms: + FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. + (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges) + * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions. + + * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility. + +libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004) + + * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6. + * Python bindings available in extras directory. + * Some tidying up of code. + +libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004) + + * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL. + (the tools are still released under the GPL) + * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux. + * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile. + * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7). + * Some incorrect #includes moved. + * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in + statgrab_init, which improves startup time. + * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers. + +libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004) + + * Support for Linux 2.6. + * Support for Cygwin. + * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN. + * Fixes and optimisations to saidar. + * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags. + * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require. + (after using the init function) + +libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003) + + * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x. + * FreeBSD code optimised. + * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD). + * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics. + * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD. + * Minor bug fixes. + * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and + Linux 2.4 on amd64. + +libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003) + + * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64. + * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics. + * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly". + * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar. + * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully. + * Minor packaging changes. + +libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003) + + * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of + the current system statistics. + * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1. + * Documentation is now available in manpages. + * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats. + * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig. + +libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003) + + * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD + * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available. + This results in it getting data for all the disks. + * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs + to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab. + * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have + been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats. + +libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003) + + * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD. + * Added documentation in 'docs' directory. + * Added examples in 'examples' directory. + +libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003) * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).