--- AnyEvent/Changes 2009/07/02 23:22:34 1.258 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2009/07/28 02:07:18 1.302 @@ -1,14 +1,108 @@ Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. +4.88 Tue Jul 28 04:04:37 CEST 2009 + - re-bless the handle into a dummy package after calling + AnyEvent::Handle::destroy, so the user does not need to check + for errors after every push_write etc. + - do not attempt to run t/02_signals.t on obviously broken + platforms. + +4.87 Sun Jul 26 02:06:16 CEST 2009 + - do not attempt to linger when there is no longer a valid fh. + - enforce tls mode to be either accept or connect, do not simply + segfault in Net::SSLeay. + - AnyEvent::Handle can now call tcp_connect itself (new parameters + connect, on_prepare, on_connect and on_connect_error). Updated + tutorial accordingly. + - add AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi backend. + +4.86 Mon Jul 20 23:52:29 CEST 2009 + - since the verbose warning is not enough, explicitly document + that versions before 1.33 of Net::SSLeay are not secure. + - work around signal handling races in Event and (...) Event::Lib. + - try to align signal-race timer to full-second boundaries. + - work around Tk not liking negative timeouts. + - don't complain of different grades of environmental unfriendlyness + in IO::Async. + +4.85 Sat Jul 18 06:16:14 CEST 2009 + - nail the signal race problem in perl once and for all + (see $AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY). + - take advantage of Async::Interrupt if it is available. + - load Time::HiRes and Guard modules on demand only. + - add optional/recommended modules section to AnyEvent + documentation. + - reduce memory usage considerably (and reduce startup penalty) + by not using "strict", "warnings" and "overload" modules. + - work around buggy windows/openbsd perls and provide EBADMSG + and EPROTO ourselves when missing. + - improve perl 5.6 compatibility of the core event loop. + - made Net::SSLeay version 1.33 a soft requirement. + +4.83 Fri Jul 17 16:56:26 CEST 2009 + - implement AnyEvent::Socket::getprotobyname. + - AnyEvent::CondVar's will now detect recursive blocking + waits and will croak, as too many people fall into + this trap. + - AnyEvent::Handle will now call ->destroy on itself after + executing the on_error callback, instead of doing some + half-baked internal shutdown, for fatal errors. + - clarify on_eof behaviour w.r.t. the read queue and + on_read callbacks. + - ignore some possible spurious wake-ups in tcp_connect. + +4.82 Sat Jul 11 00:34:55 CEST 2009 + - POE and Event backends didn't accept some callable objects as + callbacks. + - use Config module instead of POSIX module to detect signal names + in AnyEvent::Strict and AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib, as the POSIX + module doesn't even have all POSIX signals :/. + - use more workarounds around the many refcnt/corruption bugs in + Event::Lib. + - work around a race condition in perl's select, causing t/03_child.t + to rarely fail. + +4.81 Thu Jul 9 10:30:30 CEST 2009 + - AnyEvent::Handle didn't properly diagnose write errors + (it expected -1 from syswrite, how lame... :). + - support file descriptors in addition to file handles + in AnyEvent->io. + - new env variables: PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF, + PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS, PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE + and PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH. + - provide a sensible synopsis section for AnyEvent::TLS. + - add a "supported backends" section to the manpage. + - added simple io watcher test to testsuite, using a + portable_socketpair. + - tried to improve the stability of the Event::Lib backend, + YMMV. + +4.8 Mon Jul 6 23:45:16 CEST 2009 + - AnyEvent::DNS did not properly follow CNAME records with + uppercase targets. + - AnyEvent::DNS would errornously return AAAA records + with v4 mapped addresses (a faulty record) as ipv4 addresses, + causing AnyEvent::Socket to throw an exception. + - added new module AnyEvent::TLS for easier SSL/TLS context + creation, with many options including hostname verification, + secure default configuration, lots of documentation and, + predefined diffie-hellman keys for perfect forward security + and much more. get it while it's still fresh! + - use AnyEvent::TLS in AnyEvent::Handle for context management. - load AnyEvent::Handle only on demand in AnyEvent::DNS, so AnyEvent::Socket users have smaller memory footprint in the common case. - add AnyEvent::Handle->push_shutdown method. - add an additional error message parameter to AnyEvent::Handle's on_error callback (for TLS, $! is still available). + - add AnyEvent::Handle on_starttls/on_stoptls callbacks. - make AnyEvent::Handle more robust against early conenction failures (during new), and return C in that case from the constructor. + - AnyEvent::Handle will now try to load only JSON::XS first, + then fall back to JSON. + - format_ipv4/format_ipv6 are now exported by default, for symmetry, + and because it was documented that way. 4.451 Fri Jul 3 00:28:58 CEST 2009 - do not clear rbuf when shutting down an AnyEvent::Handle