.gitignore: Added collectd-nagios, collectdmon and perl stuff.

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-yyyy-mm-dd, Version 4.3.0
+2008-04-22, Version 4.3.3
+       * build system: Improved detection of several libraries, especially if
+         they are in non-standard paths.
+       * build system: Portability fixes: Automatically define "_REENTRANT"
+         if the libc expects it.
+       * collectd: Error and warning messages have been improved.
+       * collectd: Check for the BYTE_ORDER and BIG_ENDIAN defines before
+         using them.
+       * apache plugin: Allocate new memory when reading a webpage instead of
+         using a buffer of static size.
+       * exec plugin: Close (almost) all filedescriptors before exec(2)ing
+         the program.
+       * hddtemp plugin: Error and warning messages have been improved.
+       * sensors plugin: Fix sensor collection for some chip types.
+
+2008-03-29, Version 4.3.2
+       * collectd: Fix configuration of the `FailureMax', `WarningMax', and
+         `Persist' threshold options.
+       * collectd: Fix handling of missing values in the global value cache.
+       * collectd: Improved error messages when parsing the configuration.
+       * sensors plugin: Fix temperature collection with libsensors4.
+       * unixsock plugin: Fix mixed input and output operation on streams.
+       * wireless plugin: Fix reading noise value.
+
+2008-03-05, Version 4.3.1
+       * exec plugin: Set supplementary group IDs.
+       * network plugin:
+         + Use `memcpy' when constructing/parsing a package to avoid
+           alignment problems on weird architectures, such as Sparc.
+         + Translate doubles to/from the x86 byte representation to ensure
+           cross-platform compatibility.
+       * ping plugin: Correct the handling of the `TTL' setting.
+       * swap plugin: Reapply a patch for Solaris.
+       * tcpconns plugin: Portability improvements.
+
+2008-02-18, Version 4.3.0

        * collectd: Notifications have been added to the daemon. Notifications
          are status messages that may be associated with a data instance.
        * collectd: Threshold checking has been added to the daemon. This
        * collectd: Notifications have been added to the daemon. Notifications
          are status messages that may be associated with a data instance.
        * collectd: Threshold checking has been added to the daemon. This


@@ -17,9 +52,10 @@ yyyy-mm-dd, Version 4.3.0
          terminates and automatically restarts it again.
        * csv plugin: The CSV plugin is now able to store counter values as a
          rate, using the `StoreRates' configuration option.
          terminates and automatically restarts it again.
        * csv plugin: The CSV plugin is now able to store counter values as a
          rate, using the `StoreRates' configuration option.

-       * exec plugin: Handling of notifications has been added and a special
-         executable type for Nagios plugins has been implemented. Also, the
+       * exec plugin: Handling of notifications has been added and the

          ability to pass arguments to the executed programs has been added.
          ability to pass arguments to the executed programs has been added.

+       * hddtemp plugin: The new `TranslateDevicename' option lets you
+         disable the translation from device names to major-minor-numbers.

        * logfile plugin: Handling of notifications has been added.
        * ntpd plugin: The new `ReverseLookups' can be used to disable reverse
          domain name lookups in this plugin.
        * logfile plugin: Handling of notifications has been added.
        * ntpd plugin: The new `ReverseLookups' can be used to disable reverse
          domain name lookups in this plugin.


@@ -38,6 +74,44 @@ yyyy-mm-dd, Version 4.3.0
          physical server. Thanks to Richard Jones from Red Hat's Emerging
          Technology group for this plugin.
 
          physical server. Thanks to Richard Jones from Red Hat's Emerging
          Technology group for this plugin.
 

+2008-04-22, Version 4.2.7
+       * build system: Improved detection of several libraries, especially if
+         they are in non-standard paths.
+       * build system: Portability fixes: Automatically define "_REENTRANT"
+         if the libc expects it.
+       * collectd: Error and warning messages have been improved.
+       * collectd: Check for the BYTE_ORDER and BIG_ENDIAN defines before
+         using them.
+       * apache plugin: Allocate new memory when reading a webpage instead of
+         using a buffer of static size.
+       * exec plugin: Close (almost) all filedescriptors before exec(2)ing
+         the program.
+       * hddtemp plugin: Error and warning messages have been improved.
+       * sensors plugin: Fix sensor collection for some chip types.
+
+2008-03-29, Version 4.2.6
+       * collectd: Improved error messages when parsing the configuration.
+       * sensors plugin: Fix temperature collection with libsensors4.
+       * unixsock plugin: Fix mixed input and output operation on streams.
+       * wireless plugin: Fix reading noise value.
+
+2008-03-04, Version 4.2.5
+       * apache plugin: Improved initialization and error messages.
+       * exec plugin: Set supplementary group IDs.
+       * network plugin:
+         + Create separate threads for reading from the socket and parsing
+           and dispatching incoming packets. Versions prior to this may have
+           problems in high-load situations, where the socket receive buffers
+           overflows, resulting in gaps in the data.
+         + Use `memcpy' when constructing/parsing a package to avoid
+           alignment problems on weird architectures, such as Sparc.
+         + Translate doubles to/from the x86 byte representation to ensure
+           cross-platform compatibility.
+       * ping plugin: Correct the handling of the `TTL' setting.
+       * rrdtool plugin: Ensure correct handling of the `RRATimespan' option.
+       * swap plugin: Reapply a patch for Solaris.
+       * tcpconns plugin: Portability improvements.
+

 2008-01-21, Version 4.2.4
        * unixsock plugin: A bug in the unixsock plugin caused it not to set
          the permission on the socket as documented in the manpage. Thanks to
 2008-01-21, Version 4.2.4
        * unixsock plugin: A bug in the unixsock plugin caused it not to set
          the permission on the socket as documented in the manpage. Thanks to


@@ -95,7 +169,7 @@ yyyy-mm-dd, Version 4.3.0
        * collectd: The documentation has been improved.
 
 2007-12-27, Version 4.1.5
        * collectd: The documentation has been improved.
 
 2007-12-27, Version 4.1.5

-       * rrdtool plugin: Fix a memory leak that only occured in very-low-
+       * rrdtool plugin: Fix a memory leak that only occurred in very-low-

          memory situations.
        * sensors plugin: Updated the plugin to build and work with version 3
          of the libsensors library.
          memory situations.
        * sensors plugin: Updated the plugin to build and work with version 3
          of the libsensors library.