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1 | * Changes up to version 3.1 |
2 | ||
3 | ** Server | |
4 | ||
5 | The 'gap' directive will no longer work. It could be restored if there | |
6 | is real demand. | |
7 | ||
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8 | *** Random Track Choice |
9 | ||
10 | This has been completely rewritten to support new features: | |
11 | - tracks in the recently-played list or in the queue are no longer | |
12 | eligible for random choice | |
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13 | - there is a new 'weight' track preference allowing for non-uniform |
14 | track selection. See disorder(1) for details. | |
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15 | - there is a new configuration item replay_min defining the minimum |
16 | time before a played track can be picked at random. The default is | |
17 | 8 hours (which matches the earlier behaviour). | |
18 | ||
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19 | ** Disobedience |
20 | ||
21 | There is now a new user management window. From here you can add and | |
22 | remove users or modify their settings. | |
23 | ||
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24 | * Changes up to version 3.0 |
25 | ||
26 | Important! See README.upgrades when upgrading. | |
f0feb22e | 27 | |
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28 | ** Platforms And Installation |
29 | ||
30 | Mac OS X and FreeBSD are somewhat supported. There is now a bash script | |
31 | in scripts/setup which will automate the setup after 'make install'. | |
32 | ||
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33 | ** Server |
34 | ||
35 | Users are now stored in the database rather than a configuration file. | |
36 | ||
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37 | The server now has a built-in list of stopwords and players, so only |
38 | additions to these need be mentioned in the configuration file. | |
86be0c30 | 39 | |
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40 | The default inter-track gap is now 0s. |
41 | ||
ad884aa5 | 42 | How sound is played is now controlled via the new 'api' configuration |
43 | command. This also controls how the volume is set, which now works with | |
44 | ALSA as well as OSS. | |
45 | ||
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46 | A bug in the MP3 decoder was fixed (also in 2.0.4). |
47 | ||
d84bf422 | 48 | ** Web Interface |
49 | ||
50 | The web interface now uses cookies to remember user identity, and allows | |
b64c2805 | 51 | online registration of new users. Also it is no longer necessary to |
52 | manually specify the URL of the web interface (but you can override it | |
53 | if you don't like the value it figures out). | |
d84bf422 | 54 | |
b18d2a34 | 55 | It is possible to allow users to register via the web interface. |
ad884aa5 | 56 | |
57 | The web interface's browser support has been improved. It has been | |
58 | tested with Firefox 2, Safari 3, Konqueror 3, Internet Explorer 7 and | |
59 | Opera 9. | |
60 | ||
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61 | ** Disobedience |
62 | ||
63 | A bug which would cause a crash if you attempt to rearrange the queue | |
413799e3 | 64 | while no track was playing has been fixed. There is a new 'deselect all |
fb009628 | 65 | tracks' option, mirroring 'select all tracks. |
8137fb3d | 66 | |
92afc09e | 67 | * Changes up to version 2.0 |
460b9539 | 68 | |
69 | ** General | |
70 | ||
460b9539 | 71 | Tracks can now have tags associated with them. See tags in disorder(1) |
72 | or the preferences documentation for the web interface or Disobedience. | |
73 | ||
74 | The search facility knows how to limit results by tag (see search | |
75 | documentation for any interface) as well as by word search. It is | |
76 | possible to limit random play by tag (see required-tags and | |
77 | prohibited-tags in disorder_config(5)). | |
78 | ||
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79 | Unicode support is improved. Case-folding and word breaking now follows |
80 | the rules given in the Unicode standard (with a bit of tailoring in the | |
413799e3 | 81 | latter case). |
813070ec | 82 | |
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83 | ** Disobedience |
84 | ||
85 | There is a new client, 'Disobedience', that depends on the GTK+ library. | |
86 | Feedback on the interface would be very welcome. | |
87 | ||
88 | ** Web Interface | |
89 | ||
90 | The "New" screen display tracks recently added to the database. From | |
91 | here they can be played or their preferences changed. | |
92 | ||
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93 | Long track names are truncated so they fit better on the screen. Hover |
94 | for the full name. | |
95 | ||
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96 | ** Network Play |
97 | ||
98 | DisOrder can broadcast audio over a network, allowing it to be played on | |
99 | multiple client machines. See README.streams for details. | |
100 | ||
460b9539 | 101 | ** Server |
102 | ||
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103 | Slow file lookups are cached in the server. This should help |
104 | installations with large collections and/or slow platforms. | |
460b9539 | 105 | |
106 | The 'enabled' and 'random_enabled' configuration options are now gone. | |
107 | Instead the state survives from one run of the server to the next. | |
108 | 'disable now' is gone as well - if you want to emulate it disable | |
109 | playing and then scratch the current track. | |
110 | ||
111 | The 'pick' plugin has been abolished. All the logic formerly done there | |
112 | is now built into the server, where it can be done much more | |
113 | efficiently. | |
114 | ||
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115 | 'tracklength' plugins must be explicitly specified. |
116 | ||
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117 | A bug where removing a collection (from the configuration) could cause a |
118 | crash when random play was enabled has been fixed. | |
119 | ||
63e28749 | 120 | A new configuration option 'queue_pad' allows the number of random |
121 | tracks kept on the queue to be controlled. | |
122 | ||
75db8354 | 123 | There is a new utility disorder-decode which can decode OGG, MP3, WAV |
124 | and FLAC. The example config file uses it. | |
ce6c36be | 125 | |
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126 | Database statistics are computed in a subprocess so that the main server |
127 | (and all clients) are not blocked for the duration. | |
128 | ||
460b9539 | 129 | ** disorderfm |
130 | ||
131 | There is a new command line tool called 'disorderfm' which is designed | |
132 | for filename translation on (for instance) digital audio repositories. | |
133 | It is not yet feature-complete. See its man page for additional | |
134 | details. | |
135 | ||
136 | ** Build And Configuration | |
137 | ||
138 | You can control which components are built with new --with options. See | |
139 | README. | |
140 | ||
141 | options.transform and the 'transform' web option have gone, replaced | |
142 | with a 'transform' configuration command. Both this and 'namepart' are | |
143 | now optional. | |
144 | ||
63e28749 | 145 | ** Thanks |
146 | ||
147 | Ross Younger, Colin Watson, Michael Stevens and Mark Wooding all | |
148 | contributed in some way to this release. | |
149 | ||
460b9539 | 150 | * Changes up to version 1.5.1 |
151 | ||
152 | ** Web Interface | |
153 | ||
154 | Correct regexp for non-alpha tracks. | |
155 | ||
156 | * Changes up to version 1.5 | |
157 | ||
158 | ** Web Interface | |
159 | ||
160 | Regexp-based filtering of tracks (for instance as used by the initial | |
161 | 'Choose' page) now does the regexp matching in the server, limiting the | |
162 | amount of data transferred to the web interface only to be discarded. | |
163 | ||
164 | ** Client | |
165 | ||
166 | Regexp-base filtering of tracks is now available to the command line | |
167 | client. | |
168 | ||
169 | ** Server | |
170 | ||
171 | New server_nice, speaker_nice and rescan_nice configuration options | |
172 | allow independent control of process priorities. | |
173 | ||
174 | Scratches are now attributed to the user who requested them. | |
175 | ||
176 | Bugs fixed: | |
177 | A file descriptor was leaked for each track played. | |
178 | The amount of a track played so far was not reported. | |
179 | The speaker process could crash on underrun. | |
180 | The server would crash if you paused a non-pause capable track. | |
181 | Regexp matching in the file and directory list commands was not | |
182 | reliable. | |
183 | Handling of variable-argument commands in the client was broken. | |
184 | ||
185 | * Changes up to version 1.4 | |
186 | ||
187 | ** General | |
188 | ||
189 | Raw format players are now supported. See README.upgrades and | |
190 | README.raw for details. This allows pausing and eliminating the | |
191 | inter-track gap. | |
192 | ||
193 | Pausing is also supported with suitably modified standalone player | |
194 | plugins, though none of the supplied ones are capable of this. | |
195 | ||
196 | When random play is enabled the randomly picked track now appears in the | |
197 | queue, and can be moved around the queue, removed from it, etc. | |
198 | ||
199 | ** Web Interface | |
200 | ||
201 | Switches (random play, pause, ...) are now presented as a | |
202 | fixed-appearance switch with an adjacent state indicator. | |
203 | ||
204 | The 'Manage' screen has new buttons to move tracks to the head or tail | |
205 | of the queue. | |
206 | ||
207 | You can now edit the preferences for all the tracks in an album in a | |
208 | single screen, rather than having to visit each separately. For the | |
209 | time being the raw preferences editing has gone; it can be reintroduced | |
210 | on some form if there is demand. (You can still edit raw preferences | |
211 | from the command line.) | |
212 | ||
213 | Labels are now documented in options.labels rather than | |
214 | disorder_config(5). | |
215 | ||
216 | ** Server | |
217 | ||
218 | If you tried to start up on any empty database with random play enabled | |
219 | the server would exit with an error. | |
220 | ||
221 | The server no longer risks failing if you strace its player | |
222 | subprocesses. | |
223 | ||
224 | It was possible for the server to hang when a 'reconfigure' command was | |
225 | issued. This should no longer be the case. | |
226 | ||
227 | The default signal to forcibly terminate players is now SIGKILL. | |
228 | ||
229 | ** Plugins | |
230 | ||
231 | Plugins must now declare a type word. This allows them to document | |
232 | whether they are a standalone player or a raw-format player, and whether | |
233 | they support pausing. They can also arrange to get setup and cleanup | |
234 | calls in the main server. See disorder(3) for more details. | |
235 | ||
236 | * Changes up to version 1.3 | |
237 | ||
238 | ** Dependencies | |
239 | ||
240 | Berkeley DB 4.2 is no longer supported. Use 4.3. | |
241 | ||
242 | ** Client | |
243 | ||
244 | There is a new 'authorize' command to simplify the addition of local | |
245 | users. Please report successes as well as failures. | |
246 | ||
247 | There is a new 'resolve' command to return the real track name behind an | |
248 | alias. | |
249 | ||
250 | The 'rescan' command no longer takes an argument. | |
251 | ||
252 | ** Server | |
253 | ||
254 | The track database code has been largely rewritten to improve | |
255 | maintainability. | |
256 | ||
257 | There is a new 'lock' directive. By default the server uses a lockfile | |
258 | to prevent multiple copies of itself running simultaneously; this can be | |
259 | inhibited e.g. if you are using a filesystem that does not support | |
260 | locking and are confident you can prevent concurrent running yourself. | |
261 | ||
262 | Aliases for track names, constructed from trackname_display_ | |
263 | preferences, now appear in the virtual filesystem. | |
264 | ||
265 | The server now executes a subprocess for the rescan operation. It also | |
266 | runs a separate deadlock manager. | |
267 | ||
268 | Standard output and standard error from subprocesses are now logged. | |
269 | This is handy if you need to figure out why a player failed unexpectedly | |
270 | but might lead to huge log files if you have needlessly verbose players. | |
271 | ||
272 | ** Web Interface | |
273 | ||
274 | Enable/disable buttons are now colored to reflect current state. | |
275 | ||
276 | Entering numeric volume values (rather than clicking on the arrows) now | |
277 | works. | |
278 | ||
413799e3 | 279 | Connection errors are reported more gracefully. |
460b9539 | 280 | |
281 | ** Plugins | |
282 | ||
283 | Scanner plugins are now always invoked in a subprocess. | |
284 | ||
285 | disorder_track_count() and disorder_track_getn() are no longer | |
286 | available. Instead use disorder_track_random(). | |
287 | ||
288 | Plugins are now opened with RTLD_NOW, so link errors are detected | |
289 | immediately. | |
290 | ||
291 | ** Tools | |
292 | ||
293 | disorder-dump now insists on the input/output file being a named regular | |
294 | file, rather than using stdin or stdout. | |
295 | ||
296 | ** Other | |
297 | ||
298 | Some missing files have been added, and some notes added regarding | |
299 | getting text encoding right. | |
300 | ||
301 | * Changes up to version 1.2 | |
302 | ||
303 | See README.upgrades when upgrading to this version. | |
304 | ||
305 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
306 | ||
307 | Avoid accumulating overlarge recently played list. | |
308 | ||
309 | When the server was stopped, the currently playing track would not be | |
310 | added to the recently played list. This has been fixed. | |
311 | ||
312 | Reloading the 'volume' page no longer repeats the last volume-changing | |
313 | action. | |
314 | ||
315 | The search facility now works properly for multiple hits within a single | |
316 | artist or album. | |
317 | ||
318 | ** Server | |
319 | ||
320 | New namepart directive replaces web interface's trackname-part. There | |
321 | are associated changes to the protocol and clients. | |
322 | ||
323 | The number of database queries per candidate match required when | |
324 | searching has been reduced. | |
325 | ||
326 | The operator can control the signal used to scratch playing tracks. The | |
327 | default has been changed to SIGINT from SIGKILL. | |
328 | ||
329 | The 'log' command now provides a formalised event log, rather than raw | |
330 | access to the server's ordinary log output. | |
331 | ||
332 | ** Web Interface Changes | |
333 | ||
334 | *** Choosing Tracks | |
335 | ||
336 | When picking a track the client now stays on the same screen rather than | |
337 | redirecting back to the 'Playing' screen. So that the user gets | |
338 | feedback from their action, playing and queued tracks are now marked as | |
339 | such in the track picking screen. | |
340 | ||
341 | It is possible to revert to the old behaviour by removing the back= | |
342 | argument from the choose.html and search.html templates (and optionally | |
343 | the trackstate lines). | |
344 | ||
345 | *** Search | |
346 | ||
347 | Non-ASCII characters are now properly supported in search terms. | |
348 | ||
349 | *** Syntax | |
350 | ||
351 | The template syntax has been changed slightly to ignore whitespace in | |
352 | certain places. | |
353 | ||
354 | *** Miscellaneous | |
355 | ||
356 | Some formerly textual buttons are now replaced by images (with ALT text | |
357 | reflecting the old value). The stylesheet is now a .css file (installed | |
358 | in the same place as the images) rather than being embedded into every | |
359 | template. | |
360 | ||
361 | Artist and album names in the playing and recently-played lists are now | |
362 | links to the corresponding directory. | |
363 | ||
364 | More functions are now available from the 'manage' screen. | |
365 | ||
366 | The menus are now (by default) across the top of the screen instead of | |
367 | down the side. Set the 'menu' label to 'sidebar' to restore the old | |
368 | appearance. 'Volume' is not present in this new menu, use 'Manage' | |
369 | instead (or edit the template). | |
370 | ||
371 | ** tkdisorder | |
372 | ||
373 | tkdisorder now displays artist, album and title in the queue and | |
374 | recently played widgets, rather than just the title (as formerly). | |
375 | ||
376 | * Changes up to version 1.1 | |
377 | ||
378 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
379 | ||
380 | Corrected various problems with UTF-8 parsing. | |
381 | ||
382 | In the web interface, "The Beatles" (etc) are now grouped under 'B' not | |
383 | 'T' when grouping tracks by initial letter. | |
384 | ||
385 | ** Server | |
386 | ||
387 | The list of recently played tracks is now preserved across server | |
388 | restarts. | |
389 | ||
390 | Track IDs are more compact. | |
391 | ||
392 | Versions of libdb before 4.2 are no longer supported. 4.2 and 4.3 both | |
393 | work now. 4.2 support will be removed in some future release. | |
394 | ||
395 | Prehistoric backwards-compatibility logic removed. Only affects people | |
396 | upgrading from long before 1.0 (who should upgrade to 1.0 and then to | |
397 | 1.1.) | |
398 | ||
399 | ** Command Line | |
400 | ||
401 | Tracks can be moved in the queue from the command line. | |
402 | ||
403 | 'disorder queue' now reports track IDs. | |
404 | ||
405 | $pkgdatadir/completion.bash provides tab completion over commands and | |
406 | options. | |
407 | ||
408 | ** Web Interface | |
409 | ||
410 | New 'cooked' preferences interface saves users having to know arcane | |
411 | details of trackname preferences and so on. Non-ASCII characters are | |
412 | now properly supported in this context. | |
413 | ||
414 | CGI arguments to the web interface are now checked for UTF-8 compliance. | |
415 | ||
416 | Local Variables: | |
417 | mode:outline | |
418 | fill-column:72 | |
419 | End: |