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460b9539 | 1 | See ChangeLog.d/* for detailed revision history. |
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3 | * Changes up to version 2.1 |
4 | ||
5 | ** Server | |
6 | ||
7 | Users are now stored in the database rather than a configuration file. | |
8 | ||
92afc09e | 9 | * Changes up to version 2.0 |
460b9539 | 10 | |
11 | ** General | |
12 | ||
460b9539 | 13 | Tracks can now have tags associated with them. See tags in disorder(1) |
14 | or the preferences documentation for the web interface or Disobedience. | |
15 | ||
16 | The search facility knows how to limit results by tag (see search | |
17 | documentation for any interface) as well as by word search. It is | |
18 | possible to limit random play by tag (see required-tags and | |
19 | prohibited-tags in disorder_config(5)). | |
20 | ||
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21 | Unicode support is improved. Case-folding and word breaking now follows |
22 | the rules given in the Unicode standard (with a bit of tailoring in the | |
23 | latte case). | |
24 | ||
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25 | ** Disobedience |
26 | ||
27 | There is a new client, 'Disobedience', that depends on the GTK+ library. | |
28 | Feedback on the interface would be very welcome. | |
29 | ||
30 | ** Web Interface | |
31 | ||
32 | The "New" screen display tracks recently added to the database. From | |
33 | here they can be played or their preferences changed. | |
34 | ||
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35 | Long track names are truncated so they fit better on the screen. Hover |
36 | for the full name. | |
37 | ||
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38 | ** Network Play |
39 | ||
40 | DisOrder can broadcast audio over a network, allowing it to be played on | |
41 | multiple client machines. See README.streams for details. | |
42 | ||
460b9539 | 43 | ** Server |
44 | ||
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45 | Slow file lookups are cached in the server. This should help |
46 | installations with large collections and/or slow platforms. | |
460b9539 | 47 | |
48 | The 'enabled' and 'random_enabled' configuration options are now gone. | |
49 | Instead the state survives from one run of the server to the next. | |
50 | 'disable now' is gone as well - if you want to emulate it disable | |
51 | playing and then scratch the current track. | |
52 | ||
53 | The 'pick' plugin has been abolished. All the logic formerly done there | |
54 | is now built into the server, where it can be done much more | |
55 | efficiently. | |
56 | ||
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57 | 'tracklength' plugins must be explicitly specified. |
58 | ||
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59 | A bug where removing a collection (from the configuration) could cause a |
60 | crash when random play was enabled has been fixed. | |
61 | ||
63e28749 | 62 | A new configuration option 'queue_pad' allows the number of random |
63 | tracks kept on the queue to be controlled. | |
64 | ||
75db8354 | 65 | There is a new utility disorder-decode which can decode OGG, MP3, WAV |
66 | and FLAC. The example config file uses it. | |
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68 | Database statistics are computed in a subprocess so that the main server |
69 | (and all clients) are not blocked for the duration. | |
70 | ||
460b9539 | 71 | ** disorderfm |
72 | ||
73 | There is a new command line tool called 'disorderfm' which is designed | |
74 | for filename translation on (for instance) digital audio repositories. | |
75 | It is not yet feature-complete. See its man page for additional | |
76 | details. | |
77 | ||
78 | ** Build And Configuration | |
79 | ||
80 | You can control which components are built with new --with options. See | |
81 | README. | |
82 | ||
83 | options.transform and the 'transform' web option have gone, replaced | |
84 | with a 'transform' configuration command. Both this and 'namepart' are | |
85 | now optional. | |
86 | ||
63e28749 | 87 | ** Thanks |
88 | ||
89 | Ross Younger, Colin Watson, Michael Stevens and Mark Wooding all | |
90 | contributed in some way to this release. | |
91 | ||
460b9539 | 92 | * Changes up to version 1.5.1 |
93 | ||
94 | ** Web Interface | |
95 | ||
96 | Correct regexp for non-alpha tracks. | |
97 | ||
98 | * Changes up to version 1.5 | |
99 | ||
100 | ** Web Interface | |
101 | ||
102 | Regexp-based filtering of tracks (for instance as used by the initial | |
103 | 'Choose' page) now does the regexp matching in the server, limiting the | |
104 | amount of data transferred to the web interface only to be discarded. | |
105 | ||
106 | ** Client | |
107 | ||
108 | Regexp-base filtering of tracks is now available to the command line | |
109 | client. | |
110 | ||
111 | ** Server | |
112 | ||
113 | New server_nice, speaker_nice and rescan_nice configuration options | |
114 | allow independent control of process priorities. | |
115 | ||
116 | Scratches are now attributed to the user who requested them. | |
117 | ||
118 | Bugs fixed: | |
119 | A file descriptor was leaked for each track played. | |
120 | The amount of a track played so far was not reported. | |
121 | The speaker process could crash on underrun. | |
122 | The server would crash if you paused a non-pause capable track. | |
123 | Regexp matching in the file and directory list commands was not | |
124 | reliable. | |
125 | Handling of variable-argument commands in the client was broken. | |
126 | ||
127 | * Changes up to version 1.4 | |
128 | ||
129 | ** General | |
130 | ||
131 | Raw format players are now supported. See README.upgrades and | |
132 | README.raw for details. This allows pausing and eliminating the | |
133 | inter-track gap. | |
134 | ||
135 | Pausing is also supported with suitably modified standalone player | |
136 | plugins, though none of the supplied ones are capable of this. | |
137 | ||
138 | When random play is enabled the randomly picked track now appears in the | |
139 | queue, and can be moved around the queue, removed from it, etc. | |
140 | ||
141 | ** Web Interface | |
142 | ||
143 | Switches (random play, pause, ...) are now presented as a | |
144 | fixed-appearance switch with an adjacent state indicator. | |
145 | ||
146 | The 'Manage' screen has new buttons to move tracks to the head or tail | |
147 | of the queue. | |
148 | ||
149 | You can now edit the preferences for all the tracks in an album in a | |
150 | single screen, rather than having to visit each separately. For the | |
151 | time being the raw preferences editing has gone; it can be reintroduced | |
152 | on some form if there is demand. (You can still edit raw preferences | |
153 | from the command line.) | |
154 | ||
155 | Labels are now documented in options.labels rather than | |
156 | disorder_config(5). | |
157 | ||
158 | ** Server | |
159 | ||
160 | If you tried to start up on any empty database with random play enabled | |
161 | the server would exit with an error. | |
162 | ||
163 | The server no longer risks failing if you strace its player | |
164 | subprocesses. | |
165 | ||
166 | It was possible for the server to hang when a 'reconfigure' command was | |
167 | issued. This should no longer be the case. | |
168 | ||
169 | The default signal to forcibly terminate players is now SIGKILL. | |
170 | ||
171 | ** Plugins | |
172 | ||
173 | Plugins must now declare a type word. This allows them to document | |
174 | whether they are a standalone player or a raw-format player, and whether | |
175 | they support pausing. They can also arrange to get setup and cleanup | |
176 | calls in the main server. See disorder(3) for more details. | |
177 | ||
178 | * Changes up to version 1.3 | |
179 | ||
180 | ** Dependencies | |
181 | ||
182 | Berkeley DB 4.2 is no longer supported. Use 4.3. | |
183 | ||
184 | ** Client | |
185 | ||
186 | There is a new 'authorize' command to simplify the addition of local | |
187 | users. Please report successes as well as failures. | |
188 | ||
189 | There is a new 'resolve' command to return the real track name behind an | |
190 | alias. | |
191 | ||
192 | The 'rescan' command no longer takes an argument. | |
193 | ||
194 | ** Server | |
195 | ||
196 | The track database code has been largely rewritten to improve | |
197 | maintainability. | |
198 | ||
199 | There is a new 'lock' directive. By default the server uses a lockfile | |
200 | to prevent multiple copies of itself running simultaneously; this can be | |
201 | inhibited e.g. if you are using a filesystem that does not support | |
202 | locking and are confident you can prevent concurrent running yourself. | |
203 | ||
204 | Aliases for track names, constructed from trackname_display_ | |
205 | preferences, now appear in the virtual filesystem. | |
206 | ||
207 | The server now executes a subprocess for the rescan operation. It also | |
208 | runs a separate deadlock manager. | |
209 | ||
210 | Standard output and standard error from subprocesses are now logged. | |
211 | This is handy if you need to figure out why a player failed unexpectedly | |
212 | but might lead to huge log files if you have needlessly verbose players. | |
213 | ||
214 | ** Web Interface | |
215 | ||
216 | Enable/disable buttons are now colored to reflect current state. | |
217 | ||
218 | Entering numeric volume values (rather than clicking on the arrows) now | |
219 | works. | |
220 | ||
221 | Connection errors are reported more gracefuly. | |
222 | ||
223 | ** Plugins | |
224 | ||
225 | Scanner plugins are now always invoked in a subprocess. | |
226 | ||
227 | disorder_track_count() and disorder_track_getn() are no longer | |
228 | available. Instead use disorder_track_random(). | |
229 | ||
230 | Plugins are now opened with RTLD_NOW, so link errors are detected | |
231 | immediately. | |
232 | ||
233 | ** Tools | |
234 | ||
235 | disorder-dump now insists on the input/output file being a named regular | |
236 | file, rather than using stdin or stdout. | |
237 | ||
238 | ** Other | |
239 | ||
240 | Some missing files have been added, and some notes added regarding | |
241 | getting text encoding right. | |
242 | ||
243 | * Changes up to version 1.2 | |
244 | ||
245 | See README.upgrades when upgrading to this version. | |
246 | ||
247 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
248 | ||
249 | Avoid accumulating overlarge recently played list. | |
250 | ||
251 | When the server was stopped, the currently playing track would not be | |
252 | added to the recently played list. This has been fixed. | |
253 | ||
254 | Reloading the 'volume' page no longer repeats the last volume-changing | |
255 | action. | |
256 | ||
257 | The search facility now works properly for multiple hits within a single | |
258 | artist or album. | |
259 | ||
260 | ** Server | |
261 | ||
262 | New namepart directive replaces web interface's trackname-part. There | |
263 | are associated changes to the protocol and clients. | |
264 | ||
265 | The number of database queries per candidate match required when | |
266 | searching has been reduced. | |
267 | ||
268 | The operator can control the signal used to scratch playing tracks. The | |
269 | default has been changed to SIGINT from SIGKILL. | |
270 | ||
271 | The 'log' command now provides a formalised event log, rather than raw | |
272 | access to the server's ordinary log output. | |
273 | ||
274 | ** Web Interface Changes | |
275 | ||
276 | *** Choosing Tracks | |
277 | ||
278 | When picking a track the client now stays on the same screen rather than | |
279 | redirecting back to the 'Playing' screen. So that the user gets | |
280 | feedback from their action, playing and queued tracks are now marked as | |
281 | such in the track picking screen. | |
282 | ||
283 | It is possible to revert to the old behaviour by removing the back= | |
284 | argument from the choose.html and search.html templates (and optionally | |
285 | the trackstate lines). | |
286 | ||
287 | *** Search | |
288 | ||
289 | Non-ASCII characters are now properly supported in search terms. | |
290 | ||
291 | *** Syntax | |
292 | ||
293 | The template syntax has been changed slightly to ignore whitespace in | |
294 | certain places. | |
295 | ||
296 | *** Miscellaneous | |
297 | ||
298 | Some formerly textual buttons are now replaced by images (with ALT text | |
299 | reflecting the old value). The stylesheet is now a .css file (installed | |
300 | in the same place as the images) rather than being embedded into every | |
301 | template. | |
302 | ||
303 | Artist and album names in the playing and recently-played lists are now | |
304 | links to the corresponding directory. | |
305 | ||
306 | More functions are now available from the 'manage' screen. | |
307 | ||
308 | The menus are now (by default) across the top of the screen instead of | |
309 | down the side. Set the 'menu' label to 'sidebar' to restore the old | |
310 | appearance. 'Volume' is not present in this new menu, use 'Manage' | |
311 | instead (or edit the template). | |
312 | ||
313 | ** tkdisorder | |
314 | ||
315 | tkdisorder now displays artist, album and title in the queue and | |
316 | recently played widgets, rather than just the title (as formerly). | |
317 | ||
318 | * Changes up to version 1.1 | |
319 | ||
320 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
321 | ||
322 | Corrected various problems with UTF-8 parsing. | |
323 | ||
324 | In the web interface, "The Beatles" (etc) are now grouped under 'B' not | |
325 | 'T' when grouping tracks by initial letter. | |
326 | ||
327 | ** Server | |
328 | ||
329 | The list of recently played tracks is now preserved across server | |
330 | restarts. | |
331 | ||
332 | Track IDs are more compact. | |
333 | ||
334 | Versions of libdb before 4.2 are no longer supported. 4.2 and 4.3 both | |
335 | work now. 4.2 support will be removed in some future release. | |
336 | ||
337 | Prehistoric backwards-compatibility logic removed. Only affects people | |
338 | upgrading from long before 1.0 (who should upgrade to 1.0 and then to | |
339 | 1.1.) | |
340 | ||
341 | ** Command Line | |
342 | ||
343 | Tracks can be moved in the queue from the command line. | |
344 | ||
345 | 'disorder queue' now reports track IDs. | |
346 | ||
347 | $pkgdatadir/completion.bash provides tab completion over commands and | |
348 | options. | |
349 | ||
350 | ** Web Interface | |
351 | ||
352 | New 'cooked' preferences interface saves users having to know arcane | |
353 | details of trackname preferences and so on. Non-ASCII characters are | |
354 | now properly supported in this context. | |
355 | ||
356 | CGI arguments to the web interface are now checked for UTF-8 compliance. | |
357 | ||
358 | Local Variables: | |
359 | mode:outline | |
360 | fill-column:72 | |
361 | End: |