X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=rrdtool.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1f3b38bca3474fe01b111ff34068bc50469e7c54;hp=9b0b4808a91d49df498124e52780f46df83e66ef;hb=e33406dce8476be85e5edc8cdc5579bce0f05af0;hpb=f13669765d13249fd4fe597a1d410ca86878e1b8 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9b0b480..1f3b38b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,58 +1,25 @@ RRDTOOL NEWS ============ -Major Changes between 1.0.x and 1.2.x -Graphing --------- - -* rewritten graphics generation based on libart. - - anti-aliased output - - alpha transparency support - - truetype fonts - -* additional graphics formats: EPS, PDF, SVG - -* extended multi-part documentation -* VDEF support; define and use variables. Find, and use, the - maximum rate seen by rrdtool; compute and show the average +########################################## +Functional Changes between 1.3.x and 1.4.x +------------------------------------------ -* Sliding window (trend) analysis - Compute a smoother average, for instance over the last 6 CDPs +RRDcached Accelerator +--------------------- +tbd -* percentile (95th or other) - Remove peaks, 95 percent of all rates are at or below the - returned value - -Logging +RRDdump ------- -* a second logging interface: rrdtool updatev - Verbose updating of the database; show CPDs being created - -* Aberrant Behavior Detection with Holt-Winters Forecasting - Compare current data with expected data, detect and log when - the rates are outside expected levels +* no more spaces in output +* additional option: --header {none,xsd,dtd} -* COMPUTE data type for artificial data-sources calculating their - input using RPN math and data from the other data-sources. - -Incompatibilities ------------------ -* Colons in COMMENT arguments to rrdtool graph must be escaped with a backslash - -* the --alt-y-mrtg option is gone or rather since 1.2.7 it is back but - without functionality. - -Behind the Scenes ------------------ -* In order to support Holt-Winters and Calculated Datasources, - the rrdtool data format has changed. While the new version of rrdtool can - read files created with rrdtool 1.0.x. It is not possible to read files - created by rrdtool-1.2.x with rrdtool-1.0.x - -* External libraries are not included with rrdtool anymore. This is in line - with todays trend of using shared libraries everywhere. With the exception - of the cgi library most things required by rrdtool will be found on every recent - system. +RRDgraph +-------- +* VDEF PERCENTNAN (PRECENT that ignores NAN) +* new --legend-direction and --legend-positon placement option -* Memory Mapped IO support for faster logging. +RRDflush +-------- +* instruct the rrdcached to flush all its data