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Revision 1.192 by root, Fri Oct 22 05:57:55 2010 UTC vs.
Revision 1.196 by root, Fri Oct 22 11:21:52 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: ev_pdef stupid idea?
5TODO: EVRUN_XXX?
4 - "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.
5 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good 7 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good
6 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). 8 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev).
7 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously 9 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously
8 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. 10 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire.
20 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, 22 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue,
21 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting 23 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting
22 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). 24 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher).
23 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't 25 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't
24 on freebsd...). 26 on freebsd...).
27 - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32.
25 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still 28 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still
26 override it. 29 override it.
27 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting 30 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting
28 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. 31 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes.
29 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace 32 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace
42 - switch to two-digit minor version. 45 - switch to two-digit minor version.
43 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. 46 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug.
44 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. 47 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so.
45 - use enum instead of #define for most constants. 48 - use enum instead of #define for most constants.
46 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. 49 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers.
47 - ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now default 50 - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now
48 arguments when compiled as C++. 51 default arguments when compiled as C++.
52 - enable automake dependency tracking.
49 53
503.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 543.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009
51 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested 55 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested
52 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to 56 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to
53 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. 57 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken.

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