X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=rrdtool.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2eb99b48ecb1d242cd9e9f86003245c5af777c74;hp=7adfad05e002551d2586d4a971a9ea5968662beb;hb=f207955a7e325708d056d3dd912863dc9930a71c;hpb=b7c278771851b0dfad0daf1c817fbc93316ef96e diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7adfad0..2eb99b4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,25 +1,89 @@ RRDTOOL NEWS ============ +Major Changes between 1.0.x and 1.2.x -x +Graphing +-------- -In this file I am noting the Major changes to rrdtool -for details check the cvs ChangeLog +Logging +------- +* In addition to the PNG format, rrdtool + can produce output in SVN, EPS and PDF format. -2001/03/07 Tobias Oetiker - Integrated complete rewrite of rrdgraph documentation by - Alex van den Bogaerdt . THis also contains - info on his planned changes to the rrdgraph module +Behind the Scenes +----------------- +* In order to support Holt-Winters and Calculated Datasources, + the rrdtool dataformat 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. + + + Configure and Makefiles and accordingly. + +2002/03/26 Peter Speck + Contribution of an svg output routine for the new gfx graphing part + +2002/03/23 Alex van den Bogaerdt + Several visible changes made to rrd_graph + * Pie chart support workable + * Elements that are not used do not take up space on the img + * Hack for the missing rotated text (see --vertical-label) + * Tiny boxes in front of labels now scale with the text + +2002/01/15 Tobias Oetiker + The BIG graph update + * Replace libgd with libart + * Added freetype + * Updated zlib and libpng + * rrd_gfx.c intrduced as libart wrapper + * LINE takes now a float as argument + * RRDtool uses truetype for fonts + * thanks to libart there is now full alpha transparenc + and antialiasing. + * the new option --font lets customize the font + and size for various graph elements + * Updated to -> libtool 1.4.2 automake 2.12 autoconf 2.52 + * new --zoom commandline option for zoom ans shrinking + ---- Still missing is rotatet text for the yaxis description + ---- Still missing is tab support in the text rendere + ---- Still missing is autoconf support for a default truetype font + +2001/07/26 Alex van den Bogaerdt + Added TOTAL to the VDEF functions. + +2001/07/19 Alex van den Bogaerdt + VDEF support. This is a variable containing one value + and a time component. This type of variable can hold + the result of a function over a complete time series + of data (DEF or CDEF) such as the maximum seen, and when. + +2001/03/10 Jake Brutlag + Support for COMPUTE data sources (CDEF data sources). Removes the RPN + parser and calculator from rrd_graph and puts then in a new file, + rrd_rpncalc.c. Changes to core files rrd_create and rrd_update. Some + clean-up of aberrant behavior stuff, including a bug fix. + Documentation update (rrdcreate.pod, rrdupdate.pod). Change xml format. + +2001/03/07 Tobias Oetiker + Integrated complete rewrite + of rrdgraph documentation by Alex van den Bogaerdt + . This also contains info on his planned + changes to the rrdgraph module 2001/03/02 Tobias Oetiker Added Aberrant Patch from Jake Brutlag From now one, new rrd files use version tag 0002. They can - NOT be read by the old 1.0.x rrdtools - - Jack: + NOT be read by the old 1.0.x RRDtools. + + Jake: Aberrant Behavior Detection support. A brief overview added to rrdtool.pod. Major updates to rrd_update.c, rrd_create.c. Minor update to other core files. Updated documentation: rrdcreate.pod, rrdgraph.pod, - rrdtune.pod. This is backwards compatible! See - http://cricket.sourceforge.net/aberrant/rrd_hw.htm - + rrdtune.pod. This is backwards compatible (i.e. new tool can read and will + leave the binary header unchanged for old files). + See http://cricket.sourceforge.net/aberrant/rrd_hw.htm