--- EV/Changes 2007/11/02 11:11:05 1.24 +++ EV/Changes 2007/12/20 07:12:56 1.95 @@ -1,7 +1,146 @@ Revision history for Perl extension EV +TODO: document fork watchers +TODO: implement loops +TODO: implement embed watchers + + - expose fork watchers. + - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API. + - (libev) renamed ev_embed.loop to other. + - (libev) added exported Symbol tables. + - (libev) undefine member wrapper macros at the end of ev.c. + +1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007 + - (libev) fix memleak on loop destroy (not relevant for perl). + - add periodic->at methods. + +1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007 + - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that + avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible. + - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe. + - (libev) fix some aliasing issues w.r.t. timers and periodics + (not relevant for perl). + - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed. + +1.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007 + - API version 3:0. + - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll + and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant + even in its extensions :-> + - improve long-term numerical stability in periodic watchers + by introducing a separate offset value instead of reusing at. + - recalculate real/monotonic clocks before blocking fully + to avoid blocking for longer than necessary. + - fix bugs in the heap functions. this rarely lead to illegal + heap orderings. + +1.72 Sat Dec 8 15:31:26 CET 2007 + - add dummy loop arguments to some EVAPI functions + so that clients can use EV_A and EV_DEFAULT. + - expose ev_clear_pending. + - renamed trigger to invoke. + +1.71 Fri Dec 7 19:10:24 CET 2007 + - changed/implemented idle watcher priority. + - allow out-of-range priorities to be set. + - fix ->priority to actually work on started watchers. + - improved testsuite. + +1.6 Wed Dec 5 15:06:20 CET 2007 + - add a missing SPAGAIN. + - ripped out EV::DNS, use EV::ADNS for a better backend. + - make ev_time callable from EVAPI.h. + - add EV::loop_count. + - some space optimisations. + +1.5 Wed Nov 28 20:19:09 CET 2007 + - add inotify backend. + - make testsuite even less sensible to timing issues, + add more stat tests. + - add ->attr, ->prev, ->stat calls to stat watcher. + +1.4 Tue Nov 27 17:35:27 CET 2007 + - work around a linux 2.4 kernel bug in child handlers. + - implement stat watcher interface. + - implement fork watcher interface. + - io->set did not keep the fh alive. + - actively check signal numbers/names to be valid. + - cleanups, minor fixes, new bugs. + - work around windows bugs in the testsuite. + +1.3 Sun Nov 25 10:46:57 CET 2007 + - stopping idle/check/prepare watchers could cause data corruption. + - implement and document EV::once. + - improved documentation, verify that netbsd indeed has the only + working kqueue implementation (out of darwin, freebsd, netbsd and + openbsd). Praise them! + - fix the data method so it might work. + - expose ev_ref/ev_unref to the C API. + - expose ref/unref in form of the ->keepalive method to perl. + - minor bugfixes and portability fixes. + +1.2 Thu Nov 22 05:44:09 CET 2007 + - disable kqueue by default on !netbsd, as its broken on freebsd, + darwin and openbsd and thus almost everywhere. + - add some allowance in t/01_timer.t for the uneven monotonic + vs. realtime clock tick on at least freebsd. + - add -lsocket -lnsl on solaris in case the perl guy forgot to + configure them. + +1.1 Wed Nov 21 06:08:48 CET 2007 + - improved timer test to include periodics and + withstand small timing variations. + - many minor tweaks to libev. + +1.0 Fri Nov 16 14:51:59 CET 2007 + - require AnyEvent update if AnyEvent is installed. + - add solaris 10 port-based backend. + - add child_ns and fix check_ns. + - treat yes/no as enforcement, not as hint, when configuring, + documentation update (reported by Andy Grundman). + +0.9 Wed Nov 14 22:24:49 CET 2007 + - changed LIBEV_METHODS to LIBEV_FLAGS and the + way this is used inside libev. + - many, many bugfixes. + - add unloop constants. + - add timer test. + - ev_loop will now terminate immediately when no watchers are active. + +0.8 Mon Nov 12 02:28:46 CET 2007 + - fix "testsuite" again :(). + - fix check/idle/prepare/child watcher stop. + - enourmously many fixes. + - rewritten select backend (mostly for win32). + - cache socket handles on win32. + - provide considerably finer control over configuration. + +0.7 Fri Nov 9 20:37:58 CET 2007 + - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module. + - use private copy of evdns.[ch]. + - many minor fixes. + +0.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007 + - (libev) better native win32 support. + - fix idle watchers. + - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks. + - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32). + - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend. + +0.51 Tue Nov 6 19:50:22 CET 2007 + - fix kqueue/poll compilation issue. + - work around design issues in kqueue. + - enable kqueue by default, seems to work. + +0.5 Tue Nov 6 17:37:44 CET 2007 - add signal and pid mutators. + - add rstatus/rpid accessors. - updated libev (lower cost for clock monotonic). + - support event priorities. + - try to find SIG_SIZE on perls that don't have it (Slaven Rezic). + - improved signal handling, fixed child watchers. + - experimentally add kqueue backend, completely untested. + - ported to cygwin and native win32. 0.1 Thu Nov 1 18:29:22 CET 2007 - replaced libevent by libev (total rewrite).