libstatgrab NEWS
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$Id: NEWS,v 1.25 2004/03/09 12:25:38 tdb Exp $

libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)

 * Added network interface information:
     speed, duplex, up/down.
 * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
 * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
 * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
 * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
 * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.

 * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.

libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)

 * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
 * Python bindings available in extras directory.
 * Some tidying up of code.

libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)

 * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
 * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
 * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
 * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
 * Some incorrect #includes moved.
 * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
 * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.

libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)

 * Support for Linux 2.6.
 * Support for Cygwin.
 * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
 * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
 * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
 * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
   (after using the init function)

libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)

 * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
 * FreeBSD code optimised.
 * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
 * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
 * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
 * Minor bug fixes.
 * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
   Linux 2.4 on amd64.

libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)

 * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
 * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
 * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
 * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
 * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
 * Minor packaging changes.

libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)

 * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
   the current system statistics.
 * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
 * Documentation is now available in manpages.
 * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
 * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.

libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)

 * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
 * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
 * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs 
   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
 * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.

libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)

 * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
 * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
 * Added examples in 'examples' directory.

libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)

 * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).

libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)

 * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.

libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)

 * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
   connected.

libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)

 * Network statistics wraparound fix.

libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)

 * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
 * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.

libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)

 * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.

libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)

 * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).

