X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=rrdtool.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=8741b7b91d5a8fb09f24ee5e0008914af12a0d68;hp=32ee7d42543c6a7d9608bc12bfe394152300030e;hb=d4110e29da41ce702bcc3327e86768c6f266915e;hpb=2815c8a96b82730e41cebf8a5065e00666c560b8 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32ee7d4..8741b7b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,80 +1,15 @@ RRDTOOL NEWS ============ -Major Changes between 1.2.x and 1.3.x -File access methods -------------------- -* introduced file-accessor functions rrd_read/rrd_seek/rrd_write -* implemented full mmap-based file access with madvise hints for improved - scalability, much reduced memory-footprint and much less blocking on - disk -* implemented optional full file-descriptor access instead of FILE* access +########################################## +Functional Changes between 1.3.x and 1.4.x +------------------------------------------ -Graphing --------- -* libart has been replaced by cairo/pango -* pango markup is supported -* full gridfitting +RRDcached Accelerator +--------------------- +tbd -RRDTOOL NEWS -============ -Major Changes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 - -* Sliding window (trend) analysis - Compute a smoother average, for instance over the last 6 CDPs - -* 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 - -* 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. - -* In pipe mode, rrdtool answers with OK only if it was successful with the - command. Otherwhise the answer will be ERROR... - - -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. - -* Memory Mapped IO support for faster logging. +* no more spaces in output +* --no-header replaced with --header {xsd,dtd}