From eadae6cf5a0d3c4f21d11a65b0b7130d5082426d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trent Lloyd Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:55:40 +0000 Subject: * Add new docs/NEWS file, updated for 0.2 release. * Add warning to examples/core-browse-services.c, warning the onlooker that they are probably looking for client-browse-services.c git-svn-id: file:///home/lennart/svn/public/avahi/trunk@478 941a03a8-eaeb-0310-b9a0-b1bbd8fe43fe --- docs/NEWS | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/TODO | 3 ++- examples/core-browse-services.c | 11 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/NEWS diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..051965a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +$Id$ + +Avahi 0.2, the 'Dzień Dobry' release +==================================== + + * Unfortunately this release broke the API/ABI of libavahi-client + with the following function removals + + Removal of these functions may affect users of the 0.1 API + - avahi_service_resolver_block() + + The following functions were simply for debugging information + and their removal should not affect anyone + - avahi_entry_group_get_dbus_path() + - avahi_domain_browser_get_dbus_path() + - avahi_service_type_browser_get_dbus_path() + - avahi_service_browser_get_dbus_path() + + Note that while the libavahi-client API changed slightly, the DBUS + API itself has only had additions and no existing definitions + have changed. + + * avahi-daemon will now ignore local IP addresses with the "link" scope + unless it is the only IP address on the interface. + * avahi-daemon will no longer fail to start if D-BUS is not + available (if configured with enable-dbus=warn) + * Fixed a potential crasher when resolving things in libavahi-core. + * New example demonstrating integration into glib applications + * Addition new convenience AvahiStringList functions + avahi_string_list_find() + avahi_string_list_get_pair() + avahi_string_list_add_pair() + avahi_string_list_add_pair_arbitrary() + * Fixed a typo in avahi-glib.pc that stopped programs using + the GLIB api from compiling correctly + * A critical bug in the reflector was fixed where it may go into a + state of constantly flooding queries out to the network. + * Introduced new asynchronous resolver API + * libavahi-client gained an API for resolving HostNames and Addresses + in addition to the ServiceResolver provided in 0.1 + * Added support for Arch and Gentoo linux distributions. + * Allowed configuration on non-supported distributions + * Fixed a critical bug where you cannot use more than one AvahiClient + or use it in an application already using D-BUS + * Fixed assembly of empty string lists to RFC compliant TXT records + * Added a new service type description database with human + understandable descriptions of services and translations. + * Fixed various minor memory corruption bugs + * Fixed an issue where Avahi might think it encountered a conflict + if the process or machine has been suspended + * Fixed compilation and runtime issues on 64-bit distributions diff --git a/docs/TODO b/docs/TODO index 33b6f73..02b189b 100644 --- a/docs/TODO +++ b/docs/TODO @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ todo: -* release 0.2! +* nothing later: * Add sensible record updateing API @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ done: * service resolving * examples * publish IP addresses with scope "link" only, unless ther are the only one the interface +* release 0.2! diff --git a/examples/core-browse-services.c b/examples/core-browse-services.c index e723339..d91a67c 100644 --- a/examples/core-browse-services.c +++ b/examples/core-browse-services.c @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ /* $Id$ */ +/* PLEASE NOTE * + * This file demonstrates how to use Avahi's core API, this is + * the embeddable mDNS stack for embedded applications. + * + * End user applications should *not* use this API and should use + * the DBUS or C APIs, please see + * client-browse-services.c and glib-integration.c + * + * I repeat, you probably do *not* want to use this example. + */ + /*** This file is part of avahi. -- cgit