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1 | * Changes up to version 3.1 |
2 | ||
3 | ** Server | |
4 | ||
5 | The 'gap' directive will no longer work. It could be restored if there | |
6 | is real demand. | |
7 | ||
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8 | *** Event Scheduling |
9 | ||
10 | It is now possible to schedule events to occur in the future. Currently | |
11 | the supported actions are playing a specific track, and changing a | |
12 | global preference (thus allowing e.g. random play to be turned on or | |
13 | off). See the schedule-* commands described in disorder(1). | |
14 | ||
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15 | *** Random Track Choice |
16 | ||
17 | This has been completely rewritten to support new features: | |
18 | - tracks in the recently-played list or in the queue are no longer | |
19 | eligible for random choice | |
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20 | - there is a new 'weight' track preference allowing for non-uniform |
21 | track selection. See disorder(1) for details. | |
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22 | - there is a new configuration item replay_min defining the minimum |
23 | time before a played track can be picked at random. The default is | |
24 | 8 hours (which matches the earlier behaviour). | |
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25 | - recently added tracks are biased up; see new_bias and new_bias_age |
26 | in disorder_config(5). | |
cebe3127 | 27 | |
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28 | *** Web Interface |
29 | ||
30 | This has been largely rewritten. The most immediate benefits are: | |
31 | - the search page is integrated into the choose page, and includes | |
32 | links to parent directories | |
33 | - if you try to do something you have insufficient rights for, | |
34 | instead of getting an error page or nothing happening, you are | |
35 | redirected to the login page | |
36 | ||
37 | Customizers should find their lives easier: the syntax is less onerous, | |
38 | it is possible to define macros to avoid repetition, and the | |
39 | documentation is less monolithic. | |
40 | ||
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41 | ** Disobedience |
42 | ||
43 | There is now a new user management window. From here you can add and | |
44 | remove users or modify their settings. | |
45 | ||
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46 | Relatedly, the server will only allow remote user management if you set |
47 | remote_userman to 'yes'. | |
48 | ||
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49 | ** Miscellaneous |
50 | ||
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51 | scripts/setup now honors command line options, and can set up network |
52 | play as well as the local default sound device. | |
3b8ce6f6 | 53 | |
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54 | ** Bugs Fixed |
55 | ||
56 | #2 Search results should link to directories | |
1408bd38 | 57 | #6 Schedule tracks for a particular time |
6fc2394a | 58 | #10 Non-uniform track selection |
05dcfac6 | 59 | #11 Bias random selection to newly added tracks |
23578599 | 60 | #13 Default encoding for debian setup scripts |
6fc2394a RK |
61 | #16 Cookie expiry causes user to be silently logged out and not |
62 | subsequently redirected to login page | |
63 | #20 Broken aliasing rules | |
64 | ||
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65 | * Changes up to version 3.0.2 |
66 | ||
67 | Builds --without-server should work again. | |
68 | ||
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69 | The web interface is a bit more liberal in the cookie value syntax it |
70 | will accept. | |
71 | ||
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72 | Clients fail more gracefully if no password is available. |
73 | ||
61f2c505 RK |
74 | * Changes up to version 3.0.1 |
75 | ||
76 | Debian upgrades from 2.0.x should now work better. | |
77 | ||
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78 | * Changes up to version 3.0 |
79 | ||
80 | Important! See README.upgrades when upgrading. | |
f0feb22e | 81 | |
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82 | ** Platforms And Installation |
83 | ||
84 | Mac OS X and FreeBSD are somewhat supported. There is now a bash script | |
85 | in scripts/setup which will automate the setup after 'make install'. | |
86 | ||
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87 | ** Server |
88 | ||
89 | Users are now stored in the database rather than a configuration file. | |
90 | ||
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91 | The server now has a built-in list of stopwords and players, so only |
92 | additions to these need be mentioned in the configuration file. | |
86be0c30 | 93 | |
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94 | The default inter-track gap is now 0s. |
95 | ||
ad884aa5 | 96 | How sound is played is now controlled via the new 'api' configuration |
97 | command. This also controls how the volume is set, which now works with | |
98 | ALSA as well as OSS. | |
99 | ||
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100 | A bug in the MP3 decoder was fixed (also in 2.0.4). |
101 | ||
d84bf422 | 102 | ** Web Interface |
103 | ||
104 | The web interface now uses cookies to remember user identity, and allows | |
b64c2805 | 105 | online registration of new users. Also it is no longer necessary to |
106 | manually specify the URL of the web interface (but you can override it | |
107 | if you don't like the value it figures out). | |
d84bf422 | 108 | |
b18d2a34 | 109 | It is possible to allow users to register via the web interface. |
ad884aa5 | 110 | |
111 | The web interface's browser support has been improved. It has been | |
112 | tested with Firefox 2, Safari 3, Konqueror 3, Internet Explorer 7 and | |
113 | Opera 9. | |
114 | ||
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115 | ** Disobedience |
116 | ||
117 | A bug which would cause a crash if you attempt to rearrange the queue | |
413799e3 | 118 | while no track was playing has been fixed. There is a new 'deselect all |
fb009628 | 119 | tracks' option, mirroring 'select all tracks. |
8137fb3d | 120 | |
92afc09e | 121 | * Changes up to version 2.0 |
460b9539 | 122 | |
123 | ** General | |
124 | ||
460b9539 | 125 | Tracks can now have tags associated with them. See tags in disorder(1) |
126 | or the preferences documentation for the web interface or Disobedience. | |
127 | ||
128 | The search facility knows how to limit results by tag (see search | |
129 | documentation for any interface) as well as by word search. It is | |
130 | possible to limit random play by tag (see required-tags and | |
131 | prohibited-tags in disorder_config(5)). | |
132 | ||
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133 | Unicode support is improved. Case-folding and word breaking now follows |
134 | the rules given in the Unicode standard (with a bit of tailoring in the | |
413799e3 | 135 | latter case). |
813070ec | 136 | |
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137 | ** Disobedience |
138 | ||
139 | There is a new client, 'Disobedience', that depends on the GTK+ library. | |
140 | Feedback on the interface would be very welcome. | |
141 | ||
142 | ** Web Interface | |
143 | ||
144 | The "New" screen display tracks recently added to the database. From | |
145 | here they can be played or their preferences changed. | |
146 | ||
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147 | Long track names are truncated so they fit better on the screen. Hover |
148 | for the full name. | |
149 | ||
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150 | ** Network Play |
151 | ||
152 | DisOrder can broadcast audio over a network, allowing it to be played on | |
153 | multiple client machines. See README.streams for details. | |
154 | ||
460b9539 | 155 | ** Server |
156 | ||
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157 | Slow file lookups are cached in the server. This should help |
158 | installations with large collections and/or slow platforms. | |
460b9539 | 159 | |
160 | The 'enabled' and 'random_enabled' configuration options are now gone. | |
161 | Instead the state survives from one run of the server to the next. | |
162 | 'disable now' is gone as well - if you want to emulate it disable | |
163 | playing and then scratch the current track. | |
164 | ||
165 | The 'pick' plugin has been abolished. All the logic formerly done there | |
166 | is now built into the server, where it can be done much more | |
167 | efficiently. | |
168 | ||
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169 | 'tracklength' plugins must be explicitly specified. |
170 | ||
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171 | A bug where removing a collection (from the configuration) could cause a |
172 | crash when random play was enabled has been fixed. | |
173 | ||
63e28749 | 174 | A new configuration option 'queue_pad' allows the number of random |
175 | tracks kept on the queue to be controlled. | |
176 | ||
75db8354 | 177 | There is a new utility disorder-decode which can decode OGG, MP3, WAV |
178 | and FLAC. The example config file uses it. | |
ce6c36be | 179 | |
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180 | Database statistics are computed in a subprocess so that the main server |
181 | (and all clients) are not blocked for the duration. | |
182 | ||
460b9539 | 183 | ** disorderfm |
184 | ||
185 | There is a new command line tool called 'disorderfm' which is designed | |
186 | for filename translation on (for instance) digital audio repositories. | |
187 | It is not yet feature-complete. See its man page for additional | |
188 | details. | |
189 | ||
190 | ** Build And Configuration | |
191 | ||
192 | You can control which components are built with new --with options. See | |
193 | README. | |
194 | ||
195 | options.transform and the 'transform' web option have gone, replaced | |
196 | with a 'transform' configuration command. Both this and 'namepart' are | |
197 | now optional. | |
198 | ||
63e28749 | 199 | ** Thanks |
200 | ||
201 | Ross Younger, Colin Watson, Michael Stevens and Mark Wooding all | |
202 | contributed in some way to this release. | |
203 | ||
460b9539 | 204 | * Changes up to version 1.5.1 |
205 | ||
206 | ** Web Interface | |
207 | ||
208 | Correct regexp for non-alpha tracks. | |
209 | ||
210 | * Changes up to version 1.5 | |
211 | ||
212 | ** Web Interface | |
213 | ||
214 | Regexp-based filtering of tracks (for instance as used by the initial | |
215 | 'Choose' page) now does the regexp matching in the server, limiting the | |
216 | amount of data transferred to the web interface only to be discarded. | |
217 | ||
218 | ** Client | |
219 | ||
220 | Regexp-base filtering of tracks is now available to the command line | |
221 | client. | |
222 | ||
223 | ** Server | |
224 | ||
225 | New server_nice, speaker_nice and rescan_nice configuration options | |
226 | allow independent control of process priorities. | |
227 | ||
228 | Scratches are now attributed to the user who requested them. | |
229 | ||
230 | Bugs fixed: | |
231 | A file descriptor was leaked for each track played. | |
232 | The amount of a track played so far was not reported. | |
233 | The speaker process could crash on underrun. | |
234 | The server would crash if you paused a non-pause capable track. | |
235 | Regexp matching in the file and directory list commands was not | |
236 | reliable. | |
237 | Handling of variable-argument commands in the client was broken. | |
238 | ||
239 | * Changes up to version 1.4 | |
240 | ||
241 | ** General | |
242 | ||
243 | Raw format players are now supported. See README.upgrades and | |
244 | README.raw for details. This allows pausing and eliminating the | |
245 | inter-track gap. | |
246 | ||
247 | Pausing is also supported with suitably modified standalone player | |
248 | plugins, though none of the supplied ones are capable of this. | |
249 | ||
250 | When random play is enabled the randomly picked track now appears in the | |
251 | queue, and can be moved around the queue, removed from it, etc. | |
252 | ||
253 | ** Web Interface | |
254 | ||
255 | Switches (random play, pause, ...) are now presented as a | |
256 | fixed-appearance switch with an adjacent state indicator. | |
257 | ||
258 | The 'Manage' screen has new buttons to move tracks to the head or tail | |
259 | of the queue. | |
260 | ||
261 | You can now edit the preferences for all the tracks in an album in a | |
262 | single screen, rather than having to visit each separately. For the | |
263 | time being the raw preferences editing has gone; it can be reintroduced | |
264 | on some form if there is demand. (You can still edit raw preferences | |
265 | from the command line.) | |
266 | ||
267 | Labels are now documented in options.labels rather than | |
268 | disorder_config(5). | |
269 | ||
270 | ** Server | |
271 | ||
272 | If you tried to start up on any empty database with random play enabled | |
273 | the server would exit with an error. | |
274 | ||
275 | The server no longer risks failing if you strace its player | |
276 | subprocesses. | |
277 | ||
278 | It was possible for the server to hang when a 'reconfigure' command was | |
279 | issued. This should no longer be the case. | |
280 | ||
281 | The default signal to forcibly terminate players is now SIGKILL. | |
282 | ||
283 | ** Plugins | |
284 | ||
285 | Plugins must now declare a type word. This allows them to document | |
286 | whether they are a standalone player or a raw-format player, and whether | |
287 | they support pausing. They can also arrange to get setup and cleanup | |
288 | calls in the main server. See disorder(3) for more details. | |
289 | ||
290 | * Changes up to version 1.3 | |
291 | ||
292 | ** Dependencies | |
293 | ||
294 | Berkeley DB 4.2 is no longer supported. Use 4.3. | |
295 | ||
296 | ** Client | |
297 | ||
298 | There is a new 'authorize' command to simplify the addition of local | |
299 | users. Please report successes as well as failures. | |
300 | ||
301 | There is a new 'resolve' command to return the real track name behind an | |
302 | alias. | |
303 | ||
304 | The 'rescan' command no longer takes an argument. | |
305 | ||
306 | ** Server | |
307 | ||
308 | The track database code has been largely rewritten to improve | |
309 | maintainability. | |
310 | ||
311 | There is a new 'lock' directive. By default the server uses a lockfile | |
312 | to prevent multiple copies of itself running simultaneously; this can be | |
313 | inhibited e.g. if you are using a filesystem that does not support | |
314 | locking and are confident you can prevent concurrent running yourself. | |
315 | ||
316 | Aliases for track names, constructed from trackname_display_ | |
317 | preferences, now appear in the virtual filesystem. | |
318 | ||
319 | The server now executes a subprocess for the rescan operation. It also | |
320 | runs a separate deadlock manager. | |
321 | ||
322 | Standard output and standard error from subprocesses are now logged. | |
323 | This is handy if you need to figure out why a player failed unexpectedly | |
324 | but might lead to huge log files if you have needlessly verbose players. | |
325 | ||
326 | ** Web Interface | |
327 | ||
328 | Enable/disable buttons are now colored to reflect current state. | |
329 | ||
330 | Entering numeric volume values (rather than clicking on the arrows) now | |
331 | works. | |
332 | ||
413799e3 | 333 | Connection errors are reported more gracefully. |
460b9539 | 334 | |
335 | ** Plugins | |
336 | ||
337 | Scanner plugins are now always invoked in a subprocess. | |
338 | ||
339 | disorder_track_count() and disorder_track_getn() are no longer | |
340 | available. Instead use disorder_track_random(). | |
341 | ||
342 | Plugins are now opened with RTLD_NOW, so link errors are detected | |
343 | immediately. | |
344 | ||
345 | ** Tools | |
346 | ||
347 | disorder-dump now insists on the input/output file being a named regular | |
348 | file, rather than using stdin or stdout. | |
349 | ||
350 | ** Other | |
351 | ||
352 | Some missing files have been added, and some notes added regarding | |
353 | getting text encoding right. | |
354 | ||
355 | * Changes up to version 1.2 | |
356 | ||
357 | See README.upgrades when upgrading to this version. | |
358 | ||
359 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
360 | ||
361 | Avoid accumulating overlarge recently played list. | |
362 | ||
363 | When the server was stopped, the currently playing track would not be | |
364 | added to the recently played list. This has been fixed. | |
365 | ||
366 | Reloading the 'volume' page no longer repeats the last volume-changing | |
367 | action. | |
368 | ||
369 | The search facility now works properly for multiple hits within a single | |
370 | artist or album. | |
371 | ||
372 | ** Server | |
373 | ||
374 | New namepart directive replaces web interface's trackname-part. There | |
375 | are associated changes to the protocol and clients. | |
376 | ||
377 | The number of database queries per candidate match required when | |
378 | searching has been reduced. | |
379 | ||
380 | The operator can control the signal used to scratch playing tracks. The | |
381 | default has been changed to SIGINT from SIGKILL. | |
382 | ||
383 | The 'log' command now provides a formalised event log, rather than raw | |
384 | access to the server's ordinary log output. | |
385 | ||
386 | ** Web Interface Changes | |
387 | ||
388 | *** Choosing Tracks | |
389 | ||
390 | When picking a track the client now stays on the same screen rather than | |
391 | redirecting back to the 'Playing' screen. So that the user gets | |
392 | feedback from their action, playing and queued tracks are now marked as | |
393 | such in the track picking screen. | |
394 | ||
395 | It is possible to revert to the old behaviour by removing the back= | |
396 | argument from the choose.html and search.html templates (and optionally | |
397 | the trackstate lines). | |
398 | ||
399 | *** Search | |
400 | ||
401 | Non-ASCII characters are now properly supported in search terms. | |
402 | ||
403 | *** Syntax | |
404 | ||
405 | The template syntax has been changed slightly to ignore whitespace in | |
406 | certain places. | |
407 | ||
408 | *** Miscellaneous | |
409 | ||
410 | Some formerly textual buttons are now replaced by images (with ALT text | |
411 | reflecting the old value). The stylesheet is now a .css file (installed | |
412 | in the same place as the images) rather than being embedded into every | |
413 | template. | |
414 | ||
415 | Artist and album names in the playing and recently-played lists are now | |
416 | links to the corresponding directory. | |
417 | ||
418 | More functions are now available from the 'manage' screen. | |
419 | ||
420 | The menus are now (by default) across the top of the screen instead of | |
421 | down the side. Set the 'menu' label to 'sidebar' to restore the old | |
422 | appearance. 'Volume' is not present in this new menu, use 'Manage' | |
423 | instead (or edit the template). | |
424 | ||
425 | ** tkdisorder | |
426 | ||
427 | tkdisorder now displays artist, album and title in the queue and | |
428 | recently played widgets, rather than just the title (as formerly). | |
429 | ||
430 | * Changes up to version 1.1 | |
431 | ||
432 | ** Bugs Fixed | |
433 | ||
434 | Corrected various problems with UTF-8 parsing. | |
435 | ||
436 | In the web interface, "The Beatles" (etc) are now grouped under 'B' not | |
437 | 'T' when grouping tracks by initial letter. | |
438 | ||
439 | ** Server | |
440 | ||
441 | The list of recently played tracks is now preserved across server | |
442 | restarts. | |
443 | ||
444 | Track IDs are more compact. | |
445 | ||
446 | Versions of libdb before 4.2 are no longer supported. 4.2 and 4.3 both | |
447 | work now. 4.2 support will be removed in some future release. | |
448 | ||
449 | Prehistoric backwards-compatibility logic removed. Only affects people | |
450 | upgrading from long before 1.0 (who should upgrade to 1.0 and then to | |
451 | 1.1.) | |
452 | ||
453 | ** Command Line | |
454 | ||
455 | Tracks can be moved in the queue from the command line. | |
456 | ||
457 | 'disorder queue' now reports track IDs. | |
458 | ||
459 | $pkgdatadir/completion.bash provides tab completion over commands and | |
460 | options. | |
461 | ||
462 | ** Web Interface | |
463 | ||
464 | New 'cooked' preferences interface saves users having to know arcane | |
465 | details of trackname preferences and so on. Non-ASCII characters are | |
466 | now properly supported in this context. | |
467 | ||
468 | CGI arguments to the web interface are now checked for UTF-8 compliance. | |
469 | ||
470 | Local Variables: | |
471 | mode:outline | |
472 | fill-column:72 | |
473 | End: |