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1 0.18
2 * Fix plus tests for non-zero value objects and flags.
3 * MEMCACHED_HASH_MURMUR added for murmur algorithm provided.
4 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RETRY_TIMEOUT added to keep connecting from looping
5 on timeout.
6 * gcc branch prediction optimizations
7
8 0.17 Wed Feb 27 03:33:29 PST 2008
9 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT added for connect timeout in
10 non-block mode.
11 * Incompatible change in memcached_behavior_set() api. We now use a
12 uint64_t, instead of a pointer.
13 * Fix for storage of values for zero.
14 * memcached_server_cursor() function added to API for cycling through servers.
15
16 0.16 Mon Feb 18 00:30:25 PST 2008
17 * Work on the UDP protocol
18 * Added get_by_key, set_by_key tests for C++ API
19 * Fix for limit_maxbytes to be 64bit in stats
20 * Added Atom Smasher test (scale baby, scale!)
21 * Servers are now sorted, meaning that servers are now ordered so that
22 clients with the same lists, will have same distribution. (Idea from
23 Ross McFarland). MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SORT_HOSTS was added to enable
24 this support.
25 * Added MEMCACHED_BAD_KEY_PROVIDED error for auto, set, and get operations.
26 MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_VERIFY_KEY was added to enable this feature.
27 * More error messages on command line tools.
28 * Fixed bugs in memcached_cas() operator.
29 * Fix to loop through interfaces
30
31 0.15 Tue Jan 29 14:55:44 PST 2008
32 * More work on the C++ API.
33 * Bug fixes around block corner cases.
34 * Slight performance increase in both read() and write().
35
36 0.14 Tue Jan 22 06:21:49 PST 2008
37 * For for bug found by Evan Weaver where increment() was not returning
38 propper error of value was not found.
39 * Fix for bad null pointer on flag by Toru Maesaka.
40 * Refactor of all IO to just pass in the active server
41 * Problem configuring (PKG_CHECK_MODULES) fixed by removal of "rpath" in
42 support/libmemcached.pc.in (Thanks to Ross McFarland).
43 * Added memcached_callback_get()/set()
44 * First prototype of C++ interface
45 * Updated docs for uint16_t changes in previous release
46
47 0.13 Sun Jan 13 06:51:50 PST 2008
48 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_USER_DATA added to store user pointer.
49 * Fix for failure to connect to invalidate socket.
50 * Patch from Marc Rossi to add --hash option for memcp, memrm, and memcat.
51 * Kevin's patch for fixing EOF issues during a read.
52 * Toru Maesaka patch for stats mismatch
53 * Fix for when CRC return 0
54 * Fixed uint16_t issues around flags. Turns out the documentation on the
55 protocol was wrong.
56 * Lingering socket fixes for FreeBSD.
57 * Patches from Kevin Dalley for FreeBSD 4.0
58 * Added multi delete functions.
59 * All get key returns have C style null termination
60 * If memcached_server_list_append is passed NULLs instead of pointers it
61 returns NULL.
62 * Added memcached_fetch_execute() method
63 * Found a bug where memcached_fetch() was not null terminating the result
64 value.
65 * memcached_behavior() now has the ability to set "buffering" so that
66 data is not automatically flushed.
67 * Behavior change, buffered commands now return MEMCACHED_BUFFERED
68
69 0.12 Tue Dec 11 15:20:55 PST 2007
70 * Updates for consistent hashing
71 * IPV6 support
72 * Static allocation for hostname (performance)
73 * Fixed bug where in non-block mode all data might not have been sent on
74 close().
75 * Refactor of memcached_get() to use common code.
76 * Change in value fetch, MEMCACHED_END is now returned when keys are no
77 longer in the pipe.
78 * Fixed bug where key could be out of range of characters
79 * Added _by_key() methods to allow partitioning of values to particular
80 servers.
81 * MEMCACHED_DEFAILT_TIMEOUT is now set to a non -1 value.
82 * Performance improvements in get operations.
83
84 0.11 Mon Nov 26 01:05:52 PST 2007
85 * Added option to memcache_behavior_set() so that poll() can be timed out.
86 * Fixed memory leak in case of using memcached_fetch_result() where no
87 value was returned.
88 * Bug fixed in memcached_connect() which would cause servers that
89 did not need to be enabled to be enabled (performance issue).
90 * Rewrote bounds checking code for get calls.
91 * "make test" now starts its own memcached servers.
92 * Added Hseih hash (MEMCACHED_HASH_HSIEH), which is showing about 7%
93 performance over standard hash.
94
95 0.10 Tue Nov 20 23:22:31 PST 2007
96 * Added append binary test.
97 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CACHE_LOOKUPS behavior so that you can save on
98 multiple DNS lookups.
99 * Added CAS support, though this is optional and must be enabled during
100 runtime.
101 * Added the utility memerror to create human readable error strings
102 from memcached errors (aka convert ints to strings)
103 * Fixed type in MEMCACHED_HOST_LOOKUP_FAILURE
104 * Fixed bug where hostname might not be null terminated
105 * Moved to using gethostbyname_r() on Linux to solve thread safety issue
106 * Added -rpath support for pkg-config
107 * Documentation fix for hash setting using memcached_behavior_set()
108
109 0.9 Thu Nov 15 07:44:00 PST 2007
110 * fix for when no servers are definied.
111 * different buffers are now kept for different connections to
112 speed up async efforts
113 * Modified increment/decrement functions to return uint64_t values
114 * Fixed bug in cases where zero length keys were provided
115 * Thread cleanup issue in memslap
116 * No hostname lookup on reconnect
117 * Fix for flag settings (was doing hex by accident!)
118 * Support for 1.2.4 server additions "prepend" and "append" added.
119 * Added memcached_version()... not sure if I will make this public
120 or not.
121
122 0.8 Mon Nov 5 10:40:41 PST 2007
123 * Adding support for CRC hash method
124 * Adding support for UNIX sockets
125 * Added additional HASHing methods of FNV1_64,FNV1A_64, FNV1_32, FNV1A_32
126 * Added pkgconfig support (PKG_CHECK_MODULES)
127 * Fixed conflict with defined type in MySQL
128 * Added memcached_result_st structure and functions to manipulate it.
129
130 0.7 Tue Oct 30 09:24:05 PDT 2007
131 * Poved to poll() from select()
132 * Fixes in internal string class for allocation of large numbers of
133 strings.
134 * memcached_mget() function now sends keys as it parses them instead of
135 building strings as it goes.
136 * Propper flush now for making sure we get all IO sent even when in
137 non-block mode.
138 * Added --enable-debug rule for configure
139 * All asserts() removed (hey this is going into production!)
140
141
142 0.6 Wed Oct 17 08:41:35 PDT 2007
143 * get value returns are now null terminated (request by Cal Heldenbrand)
144 * Fixed connections for more hosts then two.
145 * Rewrite of the read/write IO systems to handle different sorts of host
146 failures.
147 * Added man pages for all functions and tools
148 * Raised buffer size for readinng/writing to 16K
149 * You can now optionally set the socket size for recv/send via
150 memached_behavior_set/get.
151
152 0.5 Tue Oct 9 00:22:25 PDT 2007
153 * Ruby maintainer mentioned TCP_NODELAY patch he had added. Added this to C
154 library as well. (Eric Hodel drbrain@segment7.net)
155 * Added support script for set_benchmark
156 * Updated memslap to allow testing of TCP_NODELAY
157 * Updated memslap to support --flush (aka dump memcache servers before
158 testing)
159 * Fixed bug in multiple hosts not being activated
160 * Added environmental variable MEMCACHED_SERVERS which can be used to
161 set the servers list.
162 * fixed memcached_stat method (and now memstat works)
163 * server connect now happens on demand.
164 * Help for all command line applications
165
166 0.4 Wed Oct 3 10:28:50 PDT 2007
167 * Added buffered IO to write calls for keys
168 * Added buffered IO for reads
169 * memstat was broken (bad if/else on connect)
170 * New non-blocking IO (not default yet). Mucho faster
171 * Refactor of test system.
172 * memslap crash solved
173
174 0.3 Mon Oct 1 06:37:52 PDT 2007
175 * Jeff Fisher <guppy@techmonkeys.org> provided a spec file
176 * Added "make rpm" around dist file
177 * Added support for Solaris
178 * Added support for DTrace
179 * Fixed read to be recv and write to be send
180 * Bug fix where memstat would core if no server was found
181 * Added memslap tool (load generator)
182 * Numerous bug fixes in library
183 * Added calls to library for creating host lists (see
184 text cases to understand how to use this).
185
186 0.2 Thu Sep 27 03:46:57 PDT 2007
187 * First public version
188