Merge branch 'collectd-4.2' into collectd-4.3

[collectd.git] / ChangeLog

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@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
          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.
        * hddtemp plugin: The new `TranslateDevicename' option lets you
          disable the translation from device names to major-minor-numbers.
@@ -40,6 +39,23 @@
          physical server. Thanks to Richard Jones from Red Hat's Emerging
          Technology group for this plugin.
 
+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
@@ -97,7 +113,7 @@
        * 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.