| 1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
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| 3 | TODO: ABI??? API????? Changes??? |
3 | TODO: ABI??? API????? Changes??? |
| 4 | TODO: win32 write() to socket for signal handling |
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| 5 | TODO: poll asert |
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| 6 | TODO: EV_USE__XXX default with config, document |
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| 7 | TODO: pendingall => idleall? |
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| 8 | TODO: portbality section, solaris errno rrentrant, aix, win32, linux 32 bit |
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| 9 | TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? |
4 | TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? |
| 10 | TODO: section watcher states/lifetime |
5 | TODO: section watcher states/lifetime |
| 11 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
6 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
| 12 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
7 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
| 13 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
8 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
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| 15 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
10 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
| 16 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
11 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
| 17 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
12 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
| 18 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
13 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
| 19 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
14 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
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15 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
| 20 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
16 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
| 21 | - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, |
17 | - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, |
| 22 | this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting |
18 | this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting |
| 23 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
19 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
| 24 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
20 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
| 25 | on freebsd...). |
21 | on freebsd...). |
| 26 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
22 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
| 27 | override it. |
23 | override it. |
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24 | - greatly expanded the portability section. |
| 28 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
25 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
| 29 | and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported |
26 | and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported |
| 30 | and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). |
27 | and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). |
| 31 | - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code |
28 | - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code |
| 32 | in an obscure case. |
29 | in an obscure case. |
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| 38 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
35 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
| 39 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
36 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
| 40 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. |
37 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. |
| 41 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
38 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
| 42 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
39 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
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40 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
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| 44 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
42 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
| 45 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
43 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
| 46 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
44 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
| 47 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
45 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
