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Revision 1.5 by root, Sun Oct 28 06:40:45 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.145 by root, Mon Sep 29 03:16:56 2008 UTC

1Revision history for Perl extension EV 1Revision history for Perl extension EV
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33.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
4 - (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.
5
63.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
7 - made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
8 Vladimir Timofeev.
9
103.43 Tue Jul 8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
11 - disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
12 and harmless.
13
143.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
15 - (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
16 windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
17 flags in select, but this version of libev will.
18
193.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
20 - (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
21 - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
22 - expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
23 - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
24 - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
25 reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
26 speed increase (as well as saving memory).
27
283.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
29 - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
30 select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
31 - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
32 (and for the poor internetless person).
33
343.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
35 - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
36 cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
37 - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.
38
393.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
40 - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.
41
423.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
43 - (libev) linux eventfd support.
44 - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
45 - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
46 - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
47 - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
48 - add async_pending method.
49
503.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
51 - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
52 - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
53 - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
54 - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
55 - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.
56
573.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008
58 - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
59 - provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
60 - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).
61
623.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
63 - upgrade to libev-3.0.
64 - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.
65
662.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
67 - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
68 caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
69 König).
70
712.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
72 - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
73 on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
74 - expose fork watchers.
75 - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
76 - use a slightly different include file name strategy.
77 - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
78 - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
79 when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
80 - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
81 - fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
82 - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
83 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
84
851.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
86 - add periodic->at methods.
87
881.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
89 - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
90 avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
91 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
92 - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.
93
941.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
95 - API version 3:0.
96 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll
97 and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant
98 even in its extensions :->
99 - improve long-term numerical stability in periodic watchers
100 by introducing a separate offset value instead of reusing at.
101 - recalculate real/monotonic clocks before blocking fully
102 to avoid blocking for longer than necessary.
103 - fix bugs in the heap functions. this rarely lead to illegal
104 heap orderings.
105
1061.72 Sat Dec 8 15:31:26 CET 2007
107 - add dummy loop arguments to some EVAPI functions
108 so that clients can use EV_A and EV_DEFAULT.
109 - expose ev_clear_pending.
110 - renamed trigger to invoke.
111
1121.71 Fri Dec 7 19:10:24 CET 2007
113 - changed/implemented idle watcher priority.
114 - allow out-of-range priorities to be set.
115 - fix ->priority to actually work on started watchers.
116 - improved testsuite.
117
1181.6 Wed Dec 5 15:06:20 CET 2007
119 - add a missing SPAGAIN.
120 - ripped out EV::DNS, use EV::ADNS for a better backend.
121 - make ev_time callable from EVAPI.h.
122 - add EV::loop_count.
123 - some space optimisations.
124
1251.5 Wed Nov 28 20:19:09 CET 2007
126 - add inotify backend.
127 - make testsuite even less sensible to timing issues,
128 add more stat tests.
129 - add ->attr, ->prev, ->stat calls to stat watcher.
130
1311.4 Tue Nov 27 17:35:27 CET 2007
132 - work around a linux 2.4 kernel bug in child handlers.
133 - implement stat watcher interface.
134 - implement fork watcher interface.
135 - io->set did not keep the fh alive.
136 - actively check signal numbers/names to be valid.
137 - cleanups, minor fixes, new bugs.
138 - work around windows bugs in the testsuite.
139
1401.3 Sun Nov 25 10:46:57 CET 2007
141 - stopping idle/check/prepare watchers could cause data corruption.
142 - implement and document EV::once.
143 - improved documentation, verify that netbsd indeed has the only
144 working kqueue implementation (out of darwin, freebsd, netbsd and
145 openbsd). Praise them!
146 - fix the data method so it might work.
147 - expose ev_ref/ev_unref to the C API.
148 - expose ref/unref in form of the ->keepalive method to perl.
149 - minor bugfixes and portability fixes.
150
1511.2 Thu Nov 22 05:44:09 CET 2007
152 - disable kqueue by default on !netbsd, as its broken on freebsd,
153 darwin and openbsd and thus almost everywhere.
154 - add some allowance in t/01_timer.t for the uneven monotonic
155 vs. realtime clock tick on at least freebsd.
156 - add -lsocket -lnsl on solaris in case the perl guy forgot to
157 configure them.
158
1591.1 Wed Nov 21 06:08:48 CET 2007
160 - improved timer test to include periodics and
161 withstand small timing variations.
162 - many minor tweaks to libev.
163
1641.0 Fri Nov 16 14:51:59 CET 2007
165 - require AnyEvent update if AnyEvent is installed.
166 - add solaris 10 port-based backend.
167 - add child_ns and fix check_ns.
168 - treat yes/no as enforcement, not as hint, when configuring,
169 documentation update (reported by Andy Grundman).
170
1710.9 Wed Nov 14 22:24:49 CET 2007
172 - changed LIBEV_METHODS to LIBEV_FLAGS and the
173 way this is used inside libev.
174 - many, many bugfixes.
175 - add unloop constants.
176 - add timer test.
177 - ev_loop will now terminate immediately when no watchers are active.
178
1790.8 Mon Nov 12 02:28:46 CET 2007
180 - fix "testsuite" again :().
181 - fix check/idle/prepare/child watcher stop.
182 - enourmously many fixes.
183 - rewritten select backend (mostly for win32).
184 - cache socket handles on win32.
185 - provide considerably finer control over configuration.
186
1870.7 Fri Nov 9 20:37:58 CET 2007
188 - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module.
189 - use private copy of evdns.[ch].
190 - many minor fixes.
191
1920.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007
193 - (libev) better native win32 support.
194 - fix idle watchers.
195 - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks.
196 - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32).
197 - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend.
198
1990.51 Tue Nov 6 19:50:22 CET 2007
200 - fix kqueue/poll compilation issue.
201 - work around design issues in kqueue.
202 - enable kqueue by default, seems to work.
203
2040.5 Tue Nov 6 17:37:44 CET 2007
205 - add signal and pid mutators.
206 - add rstatus/rpid accessors.
207 - updated libev (lower cost for clock monotonic).
208 - support event priorities.
209 - try to find SIG_SIZE on perls that don't have it (Slaven Rezic).
210 - improved signal handling, fixed child watchers.
211 - experimentally add kqueue backend, completely untested.
212 - ported to cygwin and native win32.
213
2140.1 Thu Nov 1 18:29:22 CET 2007
215 - replaced libevent by libev (total rewrite).
216 - many bugfixes w.r.t. libevent.
217 - new watcher types: periodic, check, prepare, child, idle.
218 - performance optimisations.
219 - added interactive configuration.
220 - added fork support.
221
2220.03 Mon Oct 29 20:52:50 CET 2007
223 - add timed_io convenience constructors.
224 - improve documentation.
225 - support signal names in addition to signal numbers.
226 - support signal anyevent watchers.
227 - vastly improved testsuite (its all relative :).
228 - add EV::MakeMaker, beginning of C-level API.
229 - force strings to byte form.
230
30.02 Sun Oct 28 07:40:21 CET 2007 2310.02 Sun Oct 28 07:40:21 CET 2007
4 - called $EV::DIED in case a callback throws an exception. 232 - call $EV::DIED in case a callback throws an exception.
5 - add const char * to typemap for possible 5.6 compatibility. 233 - add const char * to typemap for possible 5.6 compatibility.
6 234
70.01 Sat Oct 27 19:10:18 CEST 2007 2350.01 Sat Oct 27 19:10:18 CEST 2007
8 - initial release. 236 - initial release.
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