--- AnyEvent/Changes 2011/08/25 01:29:11 1.488 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2011/11/16 20:04:05 1.519 @@ -1,12 +1,54 @@ Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. TODO: document TCP_*** constants +TODO: add debug/trace logging to some modules -TODO: AnyEvent::Log -TODO: ae::log examples -TODO: consolide slogging, e.g AnyEvent::Debug -TODO: /etc/hosts, for resolve_sockaddr? -6.01 + - Tk cannot create windows when tainted unless you set a title, so + set a dummy title for AnyEvent's dummy mainwindow. How dummy. + - escape any nonprintable/nonascii characters when stringifying + backtraces. + - log the reason loading an interface module fails to load at level debug. + +6.1 Tue Oct 4 19:44:30 CEST 2011 + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: the default log level is now "4" (error + and above), and some messages inside AnyEvent have been elevated + to higher log levels to print by default. + - AnyEvent::log, unlike AnyEvent::Log::log, did not always exit on fatal. + - work around yet another signal race bug, newly introduced by POE. My + how that module sucks. + - add google public ipv6 dns as fallback servers, so AE::DNS can finally + support ipv6-only operation even with defaults (also use ::1 instead + of 127.0.0.1). + - give better guidelines on how to chose a logging level. + - AnyEvent::Log can now cap (limit) log message priority by context. + - AE::log will now save and restore $! and $@, so callers don't have to. + - AE::Strict now checks that registered fds are still valid at regular + intervals. + - skip frequently called 'require' calls if the module appears loaded. + - increase signal latency test timer considerably for poor little osx, + which can't be bothered with basic posix functionality such as signal + delivery. + - mention some debugging aids in the tutorial. + - new env variable PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY. + - private (%namespace) log contexts in PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG now have the name + of the context as title. + - AnyEvent::Strict would not restore read-write access to $_ when a callback + died - this is a user bug, but since AE::Strict exists to help dbeugging... + - detect the extremely evil IO::Async::Loop::AnyEvent module and refuse + to work with it - the author is well aware of the issues but refuses + to fix them. This extreme step has been taken because the module actively + attacks the goals of AnyEvent and makes it harder for module authors to use + AnyEvent. + +6.02 Fri Aug 26 20:08:31 CEST 2011 + - log_to_syslog now accepts facility strings. + - log_to_syslog would not allow facilities - "$facility|$level" + *literally* means that string. sheesh. + - the CPAN parser got confused and thought we provide Sys::Syslog, try + to work around. + - renamed AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK2 to FLTK. + +6.01 Fri Aug 26 07:04:11 CEST 2011 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: AnyEvent::DNS resource records now include the TTL as fourth element - this affects ->resolve, ->request and ->dns_unpack indirectly. Convenience functions such as @@ -36,7 +78,7 @@ - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP, to automatically enable watcher instrumentation/wrapping (see AnyEvent::Debug::wrap). - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_HOSTS, to override the place where - F can be found. + /etc/hosts can be found. - an empty PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF now selects the default configuration. - env variables can now be specified using AE_xyz instead of @@ -73,7 +115,10 @@ - do not run event loop detection multiple times when programs call their cached copies of AnyEvent::detect. - parse_hostport now accepts absolute paths als unix domain sockets. + - suppress the idiotic warning inside POE by patching the POE::Kernel + run flags instead of asking the user to jump through contortions. - add Task::Weaken as dependency (as recommends only at this time). + - replace PF_UNSPEC by 0, for good old minix. 6.0 (not officially released, but was on CPAN for about 15 minutes :/)