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Revision 1.188 by root, Thu Oct 21 14:50:58 2010 UTC vs.
Revision 1.191 by sf-exg, Thu Oct 21 23:43:17 2010 UTC

1Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. 1Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop.
2 2
3TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? 3TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example?
4TODO: section watcher states/lifetime
5TODO: use enums //TODO: enum?
6 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. 4 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading.
7 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good 5 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good
8 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). 6 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev).
9 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it errornously 7 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously
10 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. 8 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire.
11 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire 9 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire
12 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). 10 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó).
13 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). 11 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion).
14 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. 12 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES.
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24 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). 22 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher).
25 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't 23 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't
26 on freebsd...). 24 on freebsd...).
27 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still 25 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still
28 override it. 26 override it.
29 - greatly expanded the portability section. 27 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting
28 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes.
30 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace 29 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace
31 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported 30 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported
32 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). 31 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans).
33 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code 32 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code
34 in an obscure case. 33 in an obscure case.
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37 no sscanf dependency). 36 no sscanf dependency).
38 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. 37 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings.
39 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. 38 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs.
40 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. 39 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage.
41 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. 40 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER.
42 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. 41 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop.
43 - switch to two-digit minor version. 42 - switch to two-digit minor version.
44 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. 43 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug.
45 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. 44 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so.
46 - use enum instead of #define for most constants. 45 - use enum instead of #define for most constants.
47 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. 46 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers.
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68 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for 67 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for
69 signalfd. 68 signalfd.
70 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). 69 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff).
71 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, 70 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference,
72 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might 71 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might
73 have caused the probems with 04_stat.t. 72 have caused the problems with 04_stat.t.
74 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. 73 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API.
75 74
763.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 753.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009
77 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler 76 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler
78 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. 77 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
79 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, 78 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members,
80 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repated 79 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repeated
81 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. 80 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
82 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. 81 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
83 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified 82 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
84 state when using libev's signal handling. 83 state when using libev's signal handling.
85 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock 84 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock
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207 do similar changes for event.c. 206 do similar changes for event.c.
208 207
2093.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 2083.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008
210 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken 209 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken
211 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). 210 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere).
212 - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers 211 - ev_stat erroneously would try to add inotify watchers
213 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only 212 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only
214 have a performance impact). 213 have a performance impact).
215 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both 214 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both
216 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. 215 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence.
217 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. 216 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old.
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285 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. 284 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3.
286 - work around broken poll implementations potentially 285 - work around broken poll implementations potentially
287 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) 286 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black)
288 (no such systems are known at this time). 287 (no such systems are known at this time).
289 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, 288 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin,
290 also makes the errornous valgrind complaints 289 also makes the erroneous valgrind complaints
291 go away (noted by various people). 290 go away (noted by various people).
292 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async 291 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async
293 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer. 292 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer).
294 - add sensible set method to ev::embed. 293 - add sensible set method to ev::embed.
295 - made integer constants type int in ev.h. 294 - made integer constants type int in ev.h.
296 295
2973.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 2963.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008
298 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, 297 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend,

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