NEWS
====
+---------------------------------------------
+0.7.4 (to be announced) "genetic contraction"
+---------------------------------------------
+
+- The openssl RSA code has been converted to EVP and no longer uses
+ any deprecated openssl API functions.
+- Simplification of the build system. The only visible effect is
+ that configure no longer prints a summary at the end.
+- para_play is no longer built if libreadline is not installed.
+- Speedups for the buffer tree code, which particularly improves the
+ performance of para_play for large mp3 files.
+- The chunk table and mbox listing modes of the ls server command
+ have been deprecated. They still work, but a warning is issued to
+ inform the user about the deprecated option.
+- The alsa writer also supports 32 bit float sample formats.
+
+Downloads:
+[tarball](./releases/paraslash-git.tar.xz)
+
+ ----------------------------------------
+ 0.6.5 (2024-12-01) "chaotic scalability"
+ ----------------------------------------
+
+ Quite a few bugs were found since paraslash-0.6.4 was released in
+ 2021-11, so here is another maintenance release for the 0.6 series. No
+ new features but lots of fixes. This is going to be the last 0.6.x
+ release, and all users are expected to upgrade to 0.7.x.
+
+ - Fix the -c option of the server ls command.
+ - server: Don't crash if the empty string is passed as a mood name.
+ - server: Fix another crash when attempting to reposition the stream
+ while no audio file is open.
+ - server: Close a race window which leads to a deadlock when a signal
+ arrives just at the right time.
+ - server: Close another race window which caused delayed status updates
+ in certain cases.
+ - server/gcrypt: Reject short RSA keys up-front.
+ - para_play: Don't abort if too many invalid keys are pressed.
+ - Plug some memory leaks.
+
+ Downloads:
+ [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.5.tar.xz),
+ [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.5.tar.xz.asc)
+
+-----------------------------------------
+0.7.3 (2024-03-12) "weighted correctness"
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The highlight of this release is the new "ls --admissible=m/foo"
+feature described below. Other user-visible changes include minor
+additions to the "ls" and "select" server commands. The release also
+includes a fair number of cleanups for the crypto code and the file
+descriptor utilities, both without visible effects. Old ssh keys
+and outdated openssl library versions are now deprecated and cause
+warnings.
+
+- Old style PEM keys are now deprecated. They still work but their
+ use results in a run-time warning. The removal of PEM key support is
+ scheduled for paraslash-0.8.0.
+- Version 1.0 of the openssl library has been deprecated. A warning
+ is printed at compile-time on systems which have this outdated version
+ because it will no longer be supported once paraslash-0.8.0 comes out.
+- A spring cleanup for the senescent code in fd.c.
+- The --admissible option of the ls command now takes an optional
+ argument. When invoked like --admissible=m/foo, only files which are
+ admissible with respect to mood foo are listed.
+- The select server command is now quiet by default, The new --verbose
+ option can be used to show information about the newly loaded mood
+ or playlist.
+- The ls server command gained the --limit option to force a limit
+ on the number of files listed.
+- Cleanup of the openssl-specific code.
+
+Downloads:
+[tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.7.3.tar.xz),
+[signature](./releases/paraslash-0.7.3.tar.xz.asc)
+
+-------------------------------------
+0.7.2 (2023-03-08) "optical friction"
+-------------------------------------
+
+The improved error reporting of afs commands and the two new options
+for the sleep subcommand of para_mixer are the most prominent features
+of this minor release. The bulk of the changes are cleanups of the
+afs and net subsystems, which should both have no user-visible impact.
+
+- A major cleanup of the audio file selector.
+- The client no longer prints error messages from afs commands to
+ stdout but to stderr.
+- The sleep subcommand of para_mixer gained two options to control
+ the startup mood and the time period before fade-out starts. A bunch
+ of further improvements for this subcommand went in as well.
+- Minor cleanup of the net subsystem.
+- The openssl specific code now employs the EVP API to compute hashes.
+ It should compile without warnings against openssl-3.
+- The deprecated syntax for specifying negative offsets in the argument
+ to the "ff" server command has been removed.
+
+Downloads:
+[tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.7.2.tar.xz),
+[signature](./releases/paraslash-0.7.2.tar.xz.asc)
+
+--------------------------------------
+0.7.1 (2022-10-03) "digital spindrift"
+--------------------------------------
+
+The two new ll commands and the internal mp4ff library are the most
+user-visible changes of this release. On top of that there are two
+core changes which aim to improve the robustness of the code but which
+are otherwise invisible: the switch from select(2) to poll(2) and the
+revised memory allocation API which checks for integer overflows. The
+release also comes with a slight change to the build system and the
+usual mix of bug fixes and minor improvements not mentioned here.
+
+- The autogen.sh script now only creates the autoconf specific files
+ but no longer runs configure, make and the test suite.
+- A stripped down copy of the discontinued libmp4ff library has become
+ part of the paraslash code base. As a result it is no longer necessary
+ to install faad from source to get support for aac/m4a files. The
+ faad decoder package must still be installed.
+- The log level of the running daemon can now be changed with the
+ new ll command. It is available for para_server and para_audiod.
+- All calls to select(2) have been replaced by calls to poll(2)
+ to avoid known shortcomings of the select API.
+- All allocation functions now check for integer overflow. Since this
+ requires support from the compiler, the oldest supported gcc version
+ has been bumped to gcc-5.4 (released in 2015).
+
+Downloads:
+[tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.7.1.tar.xz),
+[signature](./releases/paraslash-0.7.1.tar.xz.asc)
+
+----------------------------------
+0.7.0 (2022-03-12) "seismic orbit"
+----------------------------------
+
+The major incompatible change which requires to bump the major version
+is the switch from sha1 to sha256, see below for details. However,
+there are many other improvements, the usual amount of bug fixes and
+a couple of new features.
+
+- Starting with paraslash-0.7.0, the sha256 hash value of each known
+ audio file is stored in the database while older versions employed the
+ sha1 hash algorithm which has been considered insecure since 2005
+ and should no longer be used today. The switch from sha1 to sha256
+ requires users to upgrade their database using the new para_upgrade_db
+ program, followed by re-adding all files to recompute the hashes. With
+ this approach all metadata stored in the database (last played date,
+ num played value, moods, playlists, attributes etc.) are kept. An
+ simpler alternative is to start over from scratch by running the
+ "init" command but this will lose these metadata.
+- Server and client now hash the session keys with sha256 rather
+ than sha1 during the initial handshake. This feature is optional and
+ backwards compatible: old clients can still connect to a new server
+ (using sha1). Also new clients can connect to an old server (again
+ using sha1).
+- The new "duration" keyword of the mood grammar makes it possible to
+ impose a constraint on the duration of the admissible files.
+- The long deprecated version 1 mood syntax is no longer supported.
+- Paraslash writers handle early end-of-file more gracefully.
+- The alsa writer no longer warns about spurious underruns.
+- The score formula of the audio file selector has been reworked.
+- Cleanups of the doubly linked lists code.
+- New option for configure: --enable-ubsan to detect and report undefined
+ behaviour.
+- The "tasks" server command has been removed.
+- The fancy new logo and a minor overhaul of the web pages.
+
+Downloads:
+[tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.7.0.tar.xz),
+[signature](./releases/paraslash-0.7.0.tar.xz.asc)
+
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