fix #82, #64 and #21: docs on replication
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1 # ChangeLog
2 ## 1.1.0
3
4 **NOTE:**
5 This is not a feature, but a bug fix release. The minor version number
6 has been incremented due to the following changes:
7
8 * Ported build system to CMake.
9 * Ported tests to Catch2.
10 * Build requires C++11 compiler support.
11 * Tests require C++17 compiler support.
12 * Moved the project from launchpad to github:
13 * Source: https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached
14 * Documentation: https://m6w6.github.io/libmemcached
15 * Continuous Integration:
16 * Github: https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/actions (Linux, MacOS **·** amd64)
17 * Travis: https://travis-ci.org/m6w6/libmemcached (Linux **·** arm64, ppc64le, s390x)
18 * Cirrus: https://cirrus-ci.com/m6w6/libmemcached (FreeBSD **·** amd64)
19
20 > released 2020-10-31
21
22 * Fix build failure due to comparison of incompatible types in bin/memflush and bin/memstat.
23 * Fix wrong type of memcached_instance_st::server_timeout_counter_query_id from uint32_t to uint64_t.
24 * Fix memcached_dump():
25 returned MEMCACHED_CLIENT_ERROR on request to dump illegal slab id.
26 * Fix bin/memcapable:
27 failed with "No hostname was provided" when providing a hostname.
28 * Fix hashkit/murmur and hashkit/murur3:
29 undefined behavior on platforms requiring aligned access.
30 * Fix Memcache::set():
31 possible subscription of empty vector.
32 * Fix libmemcached_util_version_check().
33 * Fix ketama/consistent hashing:
34 crash on reallocation of continuum.
35 * Fix [gh #90](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/90):
36 Build fails on Darwin.
37 * Fix [gh #83](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/83):
38 memcp waits forever if file no found.
39 * Fix [gh #80](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/80):
40 memparse docs.
41 * Fix [gh #72](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/72)
42 and [gh #47](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/47):
43 memcached_return_t docs.
44 * Fix [gh #62](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/62):
45 uint32_t overflow cause busy loop.
46 * Removed restriction of UDP+IPv6.
47 * Fix SERVER_ERROR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE:
48 recognize more strings returned by the server.
49 * Fix [gh #13](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/13):
50 reset continuum counter after freeing them.
51 * Fix [gh #14](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/14)
52 and [gh #17](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/17):
53 SASL: AUTH_CONTINUE was considered a failure and caused IO reset.
54 * Fix [gh #25](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/25):
55 hashkit/murmur3 unavailable.
56 * Fix missing handling of EAGAIN for non-blocking unix domain socket.
57 * Fix [gh #35](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/35):
58 handling of BEHAVIOR_REMOVE_FAILED_SERVERS.
59 * Fix [gh #41](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/41):
60 ensure stable sort on continuum host key collision.
61 * Fix [gh #42](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/42):
62 MEMCACHED_MAX_BUFFER docs.
63 * Fix [gh #43](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/43):
64 libmemcached_configuration docs.
65 * Fix [gh #46](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/46):
66 clarification on millisecond timeout docs.
67 * Fix [gh #50](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/50):
68 memcached_fetch_result() can return previously returned data.
69 * Fix [gh #53](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/53):
70 stack overflow in memcached_fetch_result().
71 * Fix [gh #57](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/57):
72 include <inttypes.h> vs <cinttypes>
73 * Fix [gh #58](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/58):
74 more specific error messages when connect() fails.
75 * Fix [gh #59](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/59):
76 bin/memcat: typo in "No servers provied".
77 * Fix [gh #77](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/77):
78 undeclared UINT64_C in ketama.cc.
79 * Fix [gh #12](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/12):
80 never reconnects after connection reset (binary protocol).
81 * Fix [gh #49](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/49):
82 assertion memcached_failed(rc) failed in memcached_send_ascii().
83 * Fix [gh #67](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/67):
84 get returns NOTFOUND on timeout.
85 * Fix [gh #76](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/76):
86 memcached_touch() crashes when expiration=-1 (ASCII only).
87 * Fix [gh #23](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/23):
88 build fails with bison 2.3.
89 * Fix memaslap: build fails with newer compiler versions.
90 * Fix usage of strerror_r() implementations returning pointer to char.
91 * Fix pipelining commands with memcached >= 1.6.
92 * Fixed memcached_stat_get_value(): buffer overflow.
93 * Fix memcached_stat(): undefined behavior due to unintialized memcached_return_t.
94 * Fix SASL tests: requires SASL_PWDB_CONF.
95 * Fix bin/memaslap to idnentify itself as memaslap instead of memslap.
96 * Fix bin/memcapable to work with memcached >= 1.6.
97 * Fix murmur and murmur3 hashes on big endian platforms.
98 * Fix [gh #82](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/82),
99 [gh #64](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/64) and
100 [gh #21](https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/issues/21):
101 clarify documentation on replication.
102
103 ---
104
105 ## 1.0.18
106 > released 2014-02-09
107
108 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RETRY_TIMEOUT can now be set to zero.
109 * Numerous bug fixes.
110
111 ## 1.0.17
112 > released 2013-04-03
113
114 * Remove c++ namespace that was being exposed (the API should be plug compatible)..
115 * Fix cases where --servers wasn't behaving the same in all clients.
116
117 ## 1.0.16
118 > released 2013-02-01
119
120 * Added support to do two part shutdown of socket.
121 * Fixes for Fedora 18.
122 * Fix for binary memcached_touch()
123
124 ## 1.0.15
125 > released 2012-12-17
126
127 * Added support for Murmur3 (HASHKIT_HASH_MURMUR3)
128 * Portability fixes.
129
130 ## 1.0.14
131 > released 2012-11-14
132
133 * CLIENT_ERROR fixed to not be treated as a fatal error.
134 * Compiler fixes for older Ubuntu releases.
135
136 ## 1.0.13
137 > released 2012-10-19
138
139 * Fix bug that caused version string to not be exported correctly.
140
141 ## 1.0.12
142 > released 2012-10-09
143
144 * Added memcached_result_take_value().
145 * Added ax_libmemcached.m4
146
147 ## 1.0.11
148 > released 2012-09-17
149
150 * Removed custom version of memcached.
151 * Updated hardening rules.
152 * Fixed a case where the return error from a socket connection differred from that of a TCP/IP socket.
153
154 ## 1.0.10
155 > released 2012-07-30
156
157 * --disable-assert has been removed from configure, and --enable-assert has been added in its place.
158 * Compiling fixes for Clang on OSX Mountain Lion.
159
160 ## 1.0.9
161 > released 2012-07-05
162
163 * Faster close on socket.
164 * Instance allocation is now seperated from server interface.
165 This should allow for a better preservation of ABI compliance from now on.
166 * Fix close on exec bug.
167 * Numerous other bug fixes.
168
169 ## 1.0.8
170 > released 2012-05-22
171
172 * Added support for setting options via ENV variable LIBMEMCACHED
173 * Fix corner case on last used result.
174
175 ## 1.0.7
176 > released 2012-04-28
177
178 * Add API call for exist calls.
179 * Update all license files to be BSD.
180
181 ## 1.0.6
182 > released 2012-04-08
183
184 * Fixes for gcc 4.7, lp:961812
185 * Fix for restart issue that happens under testing.
186 * Fix for lp:962815.
187 * Support for transparent AES encryption.
188
189 ## 1.0.5
190 > released 2012-03-14
191
192 * Fixes for OSX.
193 * Version is now parsed directly in the parser, which makes buffered operations now work with it..
194 * memstat has been extended so that it can be used to find the version of the server.
195 * Update documentation.
196 * Fixes for compile issues on Debian and Ubuntu
197
198 ## 1.0.4
199 > released 2012-01-27
200
201 * Fix for memcached_dump().
202 * Additional testing for memcached_stat_execute().
203
204 ## 1.0.3
205 > released 2012-01-09
206
207 * Increased size of sort buffer used during Ketama.
208 * Added support for new behavior to handle dead servers.
209 * Overall haul of UDP IO.
210 * Fixed C compile issue with memcached_exist()
211 * Numerous bug fixes.
212 * Clang support for OSX.
213 * All commands now using vector send support.
214
215 ## 1.0.2
216 > released 2011-10-24
217
218 * Dropped libmemcached/memcached_util.h (undocumented header file)
219 * Added memcached_touch() and memcached_touch_by_key()
220 * UDP support restructured to toggle on a complete memcached_st structure.
221
222 ## 0.53
223 > released 2011-09-27
224
225 * Fix for FreeBSD/OpenBSD and -lm
226 * Added memcached_exist()
227 * Fix for memory when using config test.
228 * CLI gained --quiet
229
230 ## 0.52
231 > released 2011-09-12
232
233 * Build fixes for Ubuntu/Suse.
234 * Fixes for OSX Lion.
235 * Bug fix for looping back through dns lookups under certain failures.
236 * Fixes related to dead server failures.
237
238 ## 0.51
239 > released 2011-07-21
240
241 * memcached_callback_set() now takes its data argument as const
242 * Update to tests.
243 * Fix in parser for port number.
244
245 ## 0.50
246 > released 2011-06-20
247
248 * Updates to C++ interface
249 * Custom free allocators need to now check for value before calling free.
250 * memcached_fetch_result() now uses the internal result when available (about 25 to 50% faster).
251 * Fix for stats structure.
252 * Updates to documentation.
253 * memcached_fetch_result() now uses the internal result when available (about 25 to 50% faster).
254
255 ## 0.49
256 > released 2011-04-14
257
258 * Fix calls to auto methods so that if value is not passed in nothing bad happens.
259 * New parser calls for generating memcached_st objects.
260 * New error system.
261 * New flow control for messages means faster get/set calls.
262 * Added new documentation system.
263 * A behavior change has been now made that if you specify a weight for any server, we enable the weight flag and do weight balancing.
264 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_REMOVE_FAILED_SERVERS to simplify the setting of AUTO REJECT for servers.
265
266 ## 0.48
267 > released 2011-03-16
268
269 * Fix memory leak in server parse.
270 * Move test framework out to be its own library (easier to work with Gearman).
271
272
273 ## 0.47
274 > released 2011-02-24
275
276 * Additional fixes for OpenBSD.
277 * Bug fix 677609, 456080.
278 * SIGPIPE fix for Linux send().
279 * memcapable can now test ascii or binary based on flags.
280 * Additional build fixes for SASL.
281
282
283 ## 0.46
284 > released 2011-02-14
285
286 * Fixes a number of corner case bugs.
287 * Fixes related to OpenBSD.
288 * Better testing for protocol version.
289 * Removes special case infinite wait on blocking setup.
290
291 ## 0.45
292 > released 2011-02-09
293
294 * Add support for systemtap
295
296 ## 0.44
297 > released 2010-09-23
298
299 * Windows bug fixes.
300 * Hudson port support in test harness.
301 * Improved portability of test hanrness.
302 * SASL fixes.
303
304 ## 0.43
305 > released 2010-07-28
306
307 * Added --args to memstat so that a greater range of values can be returned.
308 * Prelimanary support for Windows.
309 * memcached_stat_execute() merged.
310
311 ## 0.42
312 > released 2010-07-06
313
314 * Mistake in libtool caused issue with library version
315
316 ## 0.41
317 > released 2010-06-30
318
319 * Added --file for memcat.
320 * Added limemcached_ping() to libmemcached_util
321 * Bugfix for some cases where connect would have issues with timeout.
322 * Wrong value for errno given as error on an IO failure inside of poll.
323 * Bug fix for issue where multiple interfaces with bad DNS were not being caught.
324
325 ## 0.40
326 > released 2010-04-23
327
328 * Placed retry logic in for busted resolvers
329 * Add an ignore for SIGPIPE to solve OSX issues.
330 * A couple of fixed for memcached_light server.
331 * Updated to debug mode to track io_wait
332
333 ## 0.39
334 > released 2010-04-06
335
336 * Add support for prefix keys to binary protocol.
337 * Remove the undocumented call memcached_server_remove().
338 * The undocumented call memcached_server_by_key() now returns const.
339 * memcached_server_error_reset() has been deprecated.
340 * memcached_server_list() has been deprecated. Use memcached_server_cursor() to walk the servers found in a memcached_st() structure.
341 * memcached_verbosity() can now be run concurrently with other operations.
342 * SASL support.
343 * Fixes memory leak found in EJECT HOSTS.
344
345 ## 0.38
346 > released 2010-02-10
347
348 * C++ interface for libhashkit.
349 * Modified memcached_set_memory_allocators() so that it requires a context pointer.
350 * memcached_clone() now runs 5 times faster.
351 * Functions used for callbacks are now given const memcached_st.
352 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CORK.
353 * memslap now creates a configuration file at ~/.memslap.cnf
354 * memcached_purge() now calls any callbacks registered during get execution.
355 * Many fixes to memslap.
356 * Updates for memcapable.
357 * Compile fixes for OpenBSD.
358 * Fix for possible recursive decent on IO failure.
359
360 ## 0.37
361 > released 2010-01-12
362
363 * Fixed build for libhashkit.
364 * Fixed install path regression.
365 * Modified RPM to strict check install.
366 * Added documentation for memcached_server_cursor();
367 * Added memcached_servers_reset().
368 * Modified memcached_st to remove dead cursor_server member.
369
370 ## 0.36
371 > released 2010-01-07
372
373 * Merged in new memslap utility.
374 * All of constants.h has been updated to match style (all old identifiers continue to work).
375 * Added first pass for libhashkit.
376 * Updated test Framework/extended tests.
377 * Random read support during replication added.
378 * Modified use_sort so that the option can be applied to any distribution type.
379 * We removed the MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_KETAMA_COMPAT_MODE added in 0.35. Instead use memcached_behavior_set_distribution().
380
381 ## 0.35
382 > released 2009-11-09
383
384 * Added support for by_key operations for inc/dec methods.
385 * Added mget test to memslap.
386 * Support for compatible ketama for SpyMemcached
387 * Update C++ interface.
388 * Fix for memcp
389
390 ## 0.34
391 > released 2009-10-13
392
393 * Added support for setting behavior flags on a connection pool.
394 * Don't increment server_failure_counter on normal disconnects.
395 * Added prototype for a callback based protocol parser (server side) with examples so that you could let your own application speak the memcached protocol
396 * Updated memcapable to test ASCII protocol.
397 * Changed behavior so that server can be removed at first sign of failure.
398 * Added memcached_server_get_last_disconnect() call
399
400 ## 0.33
401 > released 2009-09-23
402
403 * Added memcapable to test servers for binary compatibility.
404 * Updated C++ interface. Added basic support for C++ exceptions. Added multiple constructors the memcached client object. The C++ interface now takes parameters which are C++ types (such as std::string).
405 * Several bug fixes for binary protocol support.
406 * Fixed crashing issue with dumping from memcachd server (server internals were changed without documenting change).
407
408 ## 0.32
409 > released 2009-09-15
410
411 * Change of behavior where linger is only modified for no-block and then it is set to zero.
412 * Added Twitter's memcached_server_error() functions.
413 * Fix for OSX compiles in development builds.
414 * Updated C++ interface.
415 * Updated memcached_mget and memcached_mget_by_key to take a size_t as a parameter instead of an unsigned int for number_of_keys.
416
417 ## 0.31
418 > released 2009-07-10
419
420 * Added support or HA via replication.
421 * malloc() removed for server key usage.
422 * Update build system.
423 * Added support for memcached_set_memory_allocators().
424 * Fixed bug in configure.ac for have_htoll.
425
426 ## 0.30
427 > released 2009-06-01
428
429 * Added memcachd_dump command (and framework for memdump tool).
430 * Realigned all structures to remove padding (and line up important bits for 64bit caches.
431 * Remove some of sprintf() in storage calls().
432 * Removed printf() in stat call for unknown stat member.
433 * memcached_generate_hash() function added.
434 * Added tests to make sure all hash functions are stable.
435
436 ## 0.29
437 > released 2009-05-19
438
439 * Fixed malloc usage to calloc for spots where we need zero filled memory.
440 * All code warnings now treated as errors.
441 * Fixes for debian packaging.
442 * Added new pooling mechanism.
443 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK no longer also sets MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_BUFFER_REQUESTS.
444 * Updated generic rpm.
445
446 ## 0.28
447 > released 2009-04-15
448
449 * Fixed bug in init sructure (reapplied)
450 * Fixed bug in get/set by key (nikkhils@gmail.com)
451
452 ## 0.27
453 > released 2009-03-30
454
455 * Added new UDP fire-forget mode.
456 * Reworked performance for mget() to better make use of async protocol
457 * Cleaned up execution of fetch (just one set of code now)
458 * Fixed Jenkin's for big endian hosts.
459 * Updates for memstat to determine network latency.
460 * Updates for binary protocol.
461 * Many updates to documentation.
462
463 ## 0.26
464 > released 2009-01-29
465
466 * Fix for decrement on hash key
467 * Fixed assert that was catching bad memset() call in host_reset()
468 * Fix purge issue for blocked IO which has been stacked.
469
470 ## 0.25
471 > released 2008-11-28
472
473 * Jenkins HASH added.
474 * Update of Murmur hash code
475 * Support explicit weights (Robey Pointer, Evan Weaver)
476 * Bugfix for ketama continuum (Robey Pointer)
477 * New behavior MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH_WITH_PREFIX_KEY (Robey Pointer)
478 * Don't ever call stats for weighting servers, because it is unstable.
479
480 ## 0.24
481 > released 1970-01-01
482
483 * Cleanup compile warnings.
484 * Fix issues in partitioning by keys.
485 * Fixed "fail case" to make sure when calling memcached_clone() no memcached_st is over written.
486 * New memcached_server_by_key() method for finding a server from a key.
487 * memcached_server_free() was added for freeing server structures.
488
489
490 ## 0.23
491 > released 2008-09-07
492
493 * Added strings.h header for Solaris 9
494 * Solaris 64bit fix.
495 * Support for weighted Ketama from Yin Chen.
496 * Fix for Chinese
497 * Fix for 0 length key to trigger bad key.
498 * Added behaviors MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SND_TIMEOUT, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RCV_TIMEOUT
499 * Support for Binary Protocol added
500
501 ## 0.22
502 > released 2008-07-14
503
504 * Fix where master key was no being checked for "bad key"
505 * Fixed bugs in stats output (thread output was wrong)
506 * Clarified MEMCACHED_BAD_KEY_PROVIDED is return for bad prefix key.
507 * Found a bug in Flags return (Jacek Ostrowski)
508 * Fixed issue with compiling on Visual Studio
509
510 ## 0.21
511 > released 2008-05-24
512
513 * Change of char * to const char * for all key based functions.
514 * New MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_PREFIX_KEY added. You can now create domains for values.
515 * Fixed bug introducd in last version on memcp
516 * Fix for death of file io to call shutdown()
517
518 ## 0.20
519 > released 2008-05-05
520
521 * New consistent distribution tests.
522 * Found a memory leak when a server constantly fails.
523 * Fix in watchpoint macro
524 * Changed default timeout to 1 second for poll timeouts
525 * Wheel uses less memory/dynamic allocation for size (no longer limited to 512 hosts by default.
526 * memslap memory leak fix
527 * Added Ketama distribution
528 * Fix assert.h compile problem on CentOS
529
530 ## 0.19
531 > released 2008-04-09
532
533 * Documentation fix in libmemcached.
534 * Fixed bug where sort was always occuring on hosts
535 * Logic fix in branch prediction (thanks Jay!)
536 * Read through cached support.
537 * Fixed for cas by key operation.
538 * Fix for memcached_server_st list structures to have correct count.
539 * Added callback MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_DELETE_TRIGGER
540 * Removed function call in favor of macro (aka cut out some instructions)
541
542
543 ## 0.18
544 > released 2008-03-17
545
546 * Fix plus tests for non-zero value objects and flags.
547 * MEMCACHED_HASH_MURMUR added for murmur algorithm provided.
548 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RETRY_TIMEOUT added to keep connecting from looping on timeout.
549 * gcc branch prediction optimizations
550 * Refactored entire tree to make include files cleaner
551 * Fixed leaked socket.
552
553 ## 0.17
554 > released 2008-02-27
555
556 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT added for connect timeout in non-block mode.
557 * Incompatible change in memcached_behavior_set() api. We now use a uint64_t, instead of a pointer.
558 * Fix for storage of values for zero.
559 * memcached_server_cursor() function added to API for cycling through servers.
560
561 ## 0.16
562 > released 2008-02-18
563
564 * Work on the UDP protocol
565 * Added get_by_key, set_by_key tests for C++ API
566 * Fix for limit_maxbytes to be 64bit in stats
567 * Added Atom Smasher test (scale baby, scale!)
568 * Servers are now sorted, meaning that servers are now ordered so that clients with the same lists, will have same distribution. (Idea from Ross McFarland). MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SORT_HOSTS was added to enable this support.
569 * Added MEMCACHED_BAD_KEY_PROVIDED error for auto, set, and get operations. MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_VERIFY_KEY was added to enable this feature.
570 * More error messages on command line tools.
571 * Fixed bugs in memcached_cas() operator.
572 * Fix to loop through interfaces
573
574 ## 0.15
575 > released 2008-01-29
576
577 * More work on the C++ API.
578 * Bug fixes around block corner cases.
579 * Slight performance increase in both read() and write().
580
581 ## 0.14
582 > released 2008-01-22
583
584 * For for bug found by Evan Weaver where increment() was not returning propper error of value was not found.
585 * Fix for bad null pointer on flag by Toru Maesaka.
586 * Refactor of all IO to just pass in the active server
587 * Problem configuring (PKG_CHECK_MODULES) fixed by removal of "rpath" in support/libmemcached.pc.in (Thanks to Ross McFarland).
588 * Added memcached_callback_get()/set()
589 * First prototype of C++ interface
590 * Updated docs for uint16_t changes in previous release
591
592 ## 0.13
593 > released 2008-01-13
594
595 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_USER_DATA added to store user pointer.
596 * Fix for failure to connect to invalidate socket.
597 * Patch from Marc Rossi to add --hash option for memcp, memrm, and memcat.
598 * Kevin's patch for fixing EOF issues during a read.
599 * Toru Maesaka patch for stats mismatch
600 * Fix for when CRC return 0
601 * Fixed uint16_t issues around flags. Turns out the documentation on the protocol was wrong.
602 * Lingering socket fixes for FreeBSD.
603 * Patches from Kevin Dalley for FreeBSD 4.0
604 * Added multi delete functions.
605 * All get key returns have C style null termination
606 * If memcached_server_list_append is passed NULLs instead of pointers it returns NULL.
607 * Added memcached_fetch_execute() method
608 * Found a bug where memcached_fetch() was not null terminating the result value.
609 * memcached_behavior() now has the ability to set "buffering" so that data is not automatically flushed.
610 * Behavior change, buffered commands now return MEMCACHED_BUFFERED
611
612 ## 0.12
613 > released 2007-12-11
614
615 * Updates for consistent hashing
616 * IPV6 support
617 * Static allocation for hostname (performance)
618 * Fixed bug where in non-block mode all data might not have been sent on close().
619 * Refactor of memcached_get() to use common code.
620 * Change in value fetch, MEMCACHED_END is now returned when keys are no longer in the pipe.
621 * Fixed bug where key could be out of range of characters
622 * Added _by_key() methods to allow partitioning of values to particular servers.
623 * MEMCACHED_DEFAILT_TIMEOUT is now set to a non -1 value.
624 * Performance improvements in get operations.
625
626 ## 0.11
627 > released 2007-11-26
628
629 * Added option to memcache_behavior_set() so that poll() can be timed out.
630 * Fixed memory leak in case of using memcached_fetch_result() where no value was returned.
631 * Bug fixed in memcached_connect() which would cause servers that did not need to be enabled to be enabled (performance issue).
632 * Rewrote bounds checking code for get calls.
633 * "make test" now starts its own memcached servers.
634 * Added Hseih hash (MEMCACHED_HASH_HSIEH), which is showing about 7% performance over standard hash.
635
636 ## 0.10
637 > released 2007-11-21
638
639 * Added append binary test.
640 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CACHE_LOOKUPS behavior so that you can save on multiple DNS lookups.
641 * Added CAS support, though this is optional and must be enabled during runtime.
642 * Added the utility memerror to create human readable error strings from memcached errors (aka convert ints to strings)
643 * Fixed type in MEMCACHED_HOST_LOOKUP_FAILURE
644 * Fixed bug where hostname might not be null terminated
645 * Moved to using gethostbyname_r() on Linux to solve thread safety issue
646 * Added -rpath support for pkg-config
647 * Documentation fix for hash setting using memcached_behavior_set()
648
649 ## 0.9
650 > released 2007-11-15
651
652 * fix for when no servers are definied.
653 * different buffers are now kept for different connections to speed up async efforts
654 * Modified increment/decrement functions to return uint64_t values
655 * Fixed bug in cases where zero length keys were provided
656 * Thread cleanup issue in memslap
657 * No hostname lookup on reconnect
658 * Fix for flag settings (was doing hex by accident!)
659 * Support for 1.2.4 server additions "prepend" and "append" added.
660 * Added memcached_version()... not sure if I will make this public or not.
661
662 ## 0.8
663 > released 2007-11-05
664
665 * Adding support for CRC hash method
666 * Adding support for UNIX sockets
667 * Added additional HASHing methods of FNV1_64,FNV1A_64, FNV1_32, FNV1A_32
668 * Added pkgconfig support (PKG_CHECK_MODULES)
669 * Fixed conflict with defined type in MySQL
670 * Added memcached_result_st structure and functions to manipulate it.
671
672 ## 0.7
673 > released 2007-10-30
674
675 * Poved to poll() from select()
676 * Fixes in internal string class for allocation of large numbers of strings.
677 * memcached_mget() function now sends keys as it parses them instead of building strings as it goes.
678 * Propper flush now for making sure we get all IO sent even when in non-block mode.
679 * Added --enable-debug rule for configure
680 * All asserts() removed (hey this is going into production!)
681
682
683 ## 0.6
684 > released 2007-10-17
685
686 * get value returns are now null terminated (request by Cal Heldenbrand)
687 * Fixed connections for more hosts then two.
688 * Rewrite of the read/write IO systems to handle different sorts of host failures.
689 * Added man pages for all functions and tools
690 * Raised buffer size for readinng/writing to 16K
691 * You can now optionally set the socket size for recv/send via memached_behavior_set/get.
692
693 ## 0.5
694 > released 2007-10-09
695
696 * Ruby maintainer mentioned TCP_NODELAY patch he had added. Added this to C
697 library as well. (Eric Hodel drbrain@segment7.net)
698 * Added support script for set_benchmark
699 * Updated memslap to allow testing of TCP_NODELAY
700 * Updated memslap to support --flush (aka dump memcache servers before testing)
701 * Fixed bug in multiple hosts not being activated
702 * Added environmental variable MEMCACHED_SERVERS which can be used to set the servers list.
703 * fixed memcached_stat method (and now memstat works)
704 * server connect now happens on demand.
705 * Help for all command line applications
706
707 ## 0.4
708 > released 2007-10-03
709
710 * Added buffered IO to write calls for keys
711 * Added buffered IO for reads
712 * memstat was broken (bad if/else on connect)
713 * New non-blocking IO (not default yet). Mucho faster
714 * Refactor of test system.
715 * memslap crash solved
716
717 ## 0.3
718 > released 2007-10-01
719
720 * Jeff Fisher <guppy@techmonkeys.org> provided a spec file
721 * Added "make rpm" around dist file
722 * Added support for Solaris
723 * Added support for DTrace
724 * Fixed read to be recv and write to be send
725 * Bug fix where memstat would core if no server was found
726 * Added memslap tool (load generator)
727 * Numerous bug fixes in library
728 * Added calls to library for creating host lists (see text cases to understand how to use this).
729
730 ## 0.2
731 > released 2007-09-27
732
733 * First public version