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1 0.43
2 * Prelimanary support for Windows.
3 * memcached_stat_execute() merged.
4
5 0.42 Tue Jul 6 12:29:50 PDT 2010
6 * Mistake in libtool caused issue with library version
7
8 0.41 Wed Jun 30 13:15:19 PDT 2010
9 * Added --file for memcat.
10 * Added limemcached_ping() to libmemcached_util
11 * Bugfix for some cases where connect would have issues with timeout.
12 * Wrong value for errno given as error on an IO failure inside of poll.
13 * Bug fix for issue where multiple interfaces with bad DNS were not being caught.
14
15 0.40 Thu Apr 22 19:01:25 PDT 2010
16 * Placed retry logic in for busted resolvers
17 * Add an ignore for SIGPIPE to solve OSX issues.
18 * A couple of fixed for memcached_light server.
19 * Updated to debug mode to track io_wait
20
21 0.39 Tue Apr 6 12:35:13 PDT 2010
22 * Add support for prefix keys to binary protocol.
23 * Remove the undocumented call memcached_server_remove().
24 * The undocumented call memcached_server_by_key() now returns const.
25 * memcached_server_error_reset() has been deprecated.
26 * memcached_server_list() has been deprecated. Use memcached_server_cursor() to walk the servers found in a memcached_st() structure.
27 * memcached_verbosity() can now be run concurrently with other operations.
28 * SASL support.
29 * Fixes memory leak found in EJECT HOSTS.
30
31 0.38 Wed Feb 10 09:40:33 PST 2010
32 * C++ interface for libhashkit.
33 * Modified memcached_set_memory_allocators() so that it requires a context pointer.
34 * memcached_clone() now runs 5 times faster.
35 * Functions used for callbacks are now given const memcached_st.
36 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CORK.
37 * memslap now creates a configuration file at ~/.memslap.cnf
38 * memcached_purge() now calls any callbacks registered during get execution.
39 * Many fixes to memslap.
40 * Updates for memcapable.
41 * Compile fixes for OpenBSD.
42 * Fix for possible recursive decent on IO failure.
43
44 0.37 Mon Jan 11 16:29:57 PST 2010
45 * Fixed build for libhashkit.
46 * Fixed install path regression.
47 * Modified RPM to strict check install.
48 * Added documentation for memcached_server_cursor();
49 * Added memcached_servers_reset().
50 * Modified memcached_st to remove dead cursor_server member.
51
52 0.36 Wed Jan 6 18:23:50 PST 2010
53 * Merged in new memslap utility.
54 * All of constants.h has been updated to match style (all old identifiers continue to work).
55 * Added first pass for libhashkit.
56 * Updated test Framework/extended tests.
57 * Random read support during replication added.
58 * Modified use_sort so that the option can be applied to any distribution type.
59 * We removed the MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_KETAMA_COMPAT_MODE added in 0.35. Instead use memcached_behavior_set_distribution().
60
61 0.35 Mon Nov 9 11:18:33 PST 2009
62 * Added support for by_key operations for inc/dec methods.
63 * Added mget test to memslap.
64 * Support for compatible ketama for SpyMemcached
65 * Update C++ interface.
66 * Fix for memcp
67
68 0.34 Tue Oct 13 08:39:51 PDT 2009
69 * Added support for setting behavior flags on a connection pool.
70 * Don't increment server_failure_counter on normal disconnects.
71 * Added prototype for a callback based protocol parser (server side) with examples so that you could let your own application speak the memcached protocol
72 * Updated memcapable to test ASCII protocol.
73 * Changed behavior so that server can be removed at first sign of failure.
74 * Added memcached_server_get_last_disconnect() call
75
76 0.33 Wed Sep 23 10:11:58 PDT 2009
77 * Added memcapable to test servers for binary compatibility.
78 * 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).
79 * Several bug fixes for binary protocol support.
80 * Fixed crashing issue with dumping from memcachd server (server internals were changed without documenting change).
81
82 0.32 Tue Sep 15 15:49:09 PDT 2009
83 * Change of behavior where linger is only modified for no-block and then it is set to zero.
84 * Added Twitter's memcached_server_error() functions.
85 * Fix for OSX compiles in development builds.
86 * Updated C++ interface.
87 * 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.
88
89 0.31 Fri Jul 10 09:02:50 PDT 2009
90 * Added support or HA via replication.
91 * malloc() removed for server key usage.
92 * Update build system.
93 * Added support for memcached_set_memory_allocators().
94 * Fixed bug in configure.ac for have_htoll.
95
96 0.30 Sun May 31 17:31:52 PDT 2009
97 * Added memcachd_dump command (and framework for memdump tool).
98 * Realigned all structures to remove padding (and line up important bits for 64bit caches.
99 * Remove some of sprintf() in storage calls().
100 * Removed printf() in stat call for unknown stat member.
101 * memcached_generate_hash() function added.
102 * Added tests to make sure all hash functions are stable.
103
104 0.29 Tue May 19 08:26:48 PDT 2009
105 * Fixed malloc usage to calloc for spots where we need zero filled memory.
106 * All code warnings now treated as errors.
107 * Fixes for debian packaging.
108 * Added new pooling mechanism.
109 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK no longer also sets MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_BUFFER_REQUESTS.
110 * Updated generic rpm.
111
112 0.28 Tue Apr 14 18:56:28 PDT 2009
113 * Fixed bug in init sructure (reapplied)
114 * Fixed bug in get/set by key (nikkhils@gmail.com)
115
116 0.27 Sun Mar 29 22:33:01 PDT 2009
117 * Added new UDP fire-forget mode.
118 * Reworked performance for mget() to better make use of async protocol
119 * Cleaned up execution of fetch (just one set of code now)
120 * Fixed Jenkin's for big endian hosts.
121 * Updates for memstat to determine network latency.
122 * Updates for binary protocol.
123 * Many updates to documentation.
124
125 0.26 Thu Jan 29 13:05:50 PST 2009
126 * Fix for decrement on hash key
127 * Fixed assert that was catching bad memset() call in host_reset()
128 * Fix purge issue for blocked IO which has been stacked.
129
130 0.25 Fri Nov 28 09:59:35 PST 2008
131 * Jenkins HASH added.
132 * Update of Murmur hash code
133 * Support explicit weights (Robey Pointer, Evan Weaver)
134 * Bugfix for ketama continuum (Robey Pointer)
135 * New behavior MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH_WITH_PREFIX_KEY (Robey Pointer)
136 * Don't ever call stats for weighting servers, because it is unstable.
137
138 0.24 Tue Sep 16 02:59:03 PDT 2008 (never released)
139 * Cleanup compile warnings.
140 * Fix issues in partitioning by keys.
141 * Fixed "fail case" to make sure when calling memcached_clone() no memcached_st is over written.
142 * New memcached_server_by_key() method for finding a server from a key.
143 * memcached_server_free() was added for freeing server structures.
144
145
146 0.23 Sun Sep 7 08:13:59 PDT 2008
147 * Added strings.h header for Solaris 9
148 * Solaris 64bit fix.
149 * Support for weighted Ketama from Yin Chen.
150 * Fix for Chinese
151 * Fix for 0 length key to trigger bad key.
152 * Added behaviors MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SND_TIMEOUT, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RCV_TIMEOUT
153 * Support for Binary Protocol added
154
155 0.22 Mon Jul 14 09:24:11 PDT 2008
156 * Fix where master key was no being checked for "bad key"
157 * Fixed bugs in stats output (thread output was wrong)
158 * Clarified MEMCACHED_BAD_KEY_PROVIDED is return for bad prefix key.
159 * Found a bug in Flags return (Jacek Ostrowski)
160 * Fixed issue with compiling on Visual Studio
161
162 0.21 Fri May 23 18:34:09 PDT 2008
163 * Change of char * to const char * for all key based functions.
164 * New MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_PREFIX_KEY added. You can now create domains for values.
165 * Fixed bug introducd in last version on memcp
166 * Fix for death of file io to call shutdown()
167
168 0.20 Mon May 5 08:34:26 PDT 2008
169 * New consistent distribution tests.
170 * Found a memory leak when a server constantly fails.
171 * Fix in watchpoint macro
172 * Changed default timeout to 1 second for poll timeouts
173 * Wheel uses less memory/dynamic allocation for size (no longer limited to 512 hosts by default.
174 * memslap memory leak fix
175 * Added Ketama distribution
176 * Fix assert.h compile problem on CentOS
177
178 0.19 Wed Apr 9 09:30:53 PDT 2008
179 * Documentation fix in libmemcached.
180 * Fixed bug where sort was always occuring on hosts
181 * Logic fix in branch prediction (thanks Jay!)
182 * Read through cached support.
183 * Fixed for cas by key operation.
184 * Fix for memcached_server_st list structures to have correct count.
185 * Added callback MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_DELETE_TRIGGER
186 * Removed function call in favor of macro (aka cut out some instructions)
187
188
189 0.18 Sun Mar 16 21:57:55 PDT 2008
190 * Fix plus tests for non-zero value objects and flags.
191 * MEMCACHED_HASH_MURMUR added for murmur algorithm provided.
192 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_RETRY_TIMEOUT added to keep connecting from looping on timeout.
193 * gcc branch prediction optimizations
194 * Refactored entire tree to make include files cleaner
195 * Fixed leaked socket.
196
197 0.17 Wed Feb 27 03:33:29 PST 2008
198 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT added for connect timeout in non-block mode.
199 * Incompatible change in memcached_behavior_set() api. We now use a uint64_t, instead of a pointer.
200 * Fix for storage of values for zero.
201 * memcached_server_cursor() function added to API for cycling through servers.
202
203 0.16 Mon Feb 18 00:30:25 PST 2008
204 * Work on the UDP protocol
205 * Added get_by_key, set_by_key tests for C++ API
206 * Fix for limit_maxbytes to be 64bit in stats
207 * Added Atom Smasher test (scale baby, scale!)
208 * 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.
209 * Added MEMCACHED_BAD_KEY_PROVIDED error for auto, set, and get operations. MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_VERIFY_KEY was added to enable this feature.
210 * More error messages on command line tools.
211 * Fixed bugs in memcached_cas() operator.
212 * Fix to loop through interfaces
213
214 0.15 Tue Jan 29 14:55:44 PST 2008
215 * More work on the C++ API.
216 * Bug fixes around block corner cases.
217 * Slight performance increase in both read() and write().
218
219 0.14 Tue Jan 22 06:21:49 PST 2008
220 * For for bug found by Evan Weaver where increment() was not returning propper error of value was not found.
221 * Fix for bad null pointer on flag by Toru Maesaka.
222 * Refactor of all IO to just pass in the active server
223 * Problem configuring (PKG_CHECK_MODULES) fixed by removal of "rpath" in support/libmemcached.pc.in (Thanks to Ross McFarland).
224 * Added memcached_callback_get()/set()
225 * First prototype of C++ interface
226 * Updated docs for uint16_t changes in previous release
227
228 0.13 Sun Jan 13 06:51:50 PST 2008
229 * MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_USER_DATA added to store user pointer.
230 * Fix for failure to connect to invalidate socket.
231 * Patch from Marc Rossi to add --hash option for memcp, memrm, and memcat.
232 * Kevin's patch for fixing EOF issues during a read.
233 * Toru Maesaka patch for stats mismatch
234 * Fix for when CRC return 0
235 * Fixed uint16_t issues around flags. Turns out the documentation on the protocol was wrong.
236 * Lingering socket fixes for FreeBSD.
237 * Patches from Kevin Dalley for FreeBSD 4.0
238 * Added multi delete functions.
239 * All get key returns have C style null termination
240 * If memcached_server_list_append is passed NULLs instead of pointers it returns NULL.
241 * Added memcached_fetch_execute() method
242 * Found a bug where memcached_fetch() was not null terminating the result value.
243 * memcached_behavior() now has the ability to set "buffering" so that data is not automatically flushed.
244 * Behavior change, buffered commands now return MEMCACHED_BUFFERED
245
246 0.12 Tue Dec 11 15:20:55 PST 2007
247 * Updates for consistent hashing
248 * IPV6 support
249 * Static allocation for hostname (performance)
250 * Fixed bug where in non-block mode all data might not have been sent on close().
251 * Refactor of memcached_get() to use common code.
252 * Change in value fetch, MEMCACHED_END is now returned when keys are no longer in the pipe.
253 * Fixed bug where key could be out of range of characters
254 * Added _by_key() methods to allow partitioning of values to particular servers.
255 * MEMCACHED_DEFAILT_TIMEOUT is now set to a non -1 value.
256 * Performance improvements in get operations.
257
258 0.11 Mon Nov 26 01:05:52 PST 2007
259 * Added option to memcache_behavior_set() so that poll() can be timed out.
260 * Fixed memory leak in case of using memcached_fetch_result() where no value was returned.
261 * Bug fixed in memcached_connect() which would cause servers that did not need to be enabled to be enabled (performance issue).
262 * Rewrote bounds checking code for get calls.
263 * "make test" now starts its own memcached servers.
264 * Added Hseih hash (MEMCACHED_HASH_HSIEH), which is showing about 7% performance over standard hash.
265
266 0.10 Tue Nov 20 23:22:31 PST 2007
267 * Added append binary test.
268 * Added MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CACHE_LOOKUPS behavior so that you can save on multiple DNS lookups.
269 * Added CAS support, though this is optional and must be enabled during runtime.
270 * Added the utility memerror to create human readable error strings from memcached errors (aka convert ints to strings)
271 * Fixed type in MEMCACHED_HOST_LOOKUP_FAILURE
272 * Fixed bug where hostname might not be null terminated
273 * Moved to using gethostbyname_r() on Linux to solve thread safety issue
274 * Added -rpath support for pkg-config
275 * Documentation fix for hash setting using memcached_behavior_set()
276
277 0.9 Thu Nov 15 07:44:00 PST 2007
278 * fix for when no servers are definied.
279 * different buffers are now kept for different connections to speed up async efforts
280 * Modified increment/decrement functions to return uint64_t values
281 * Fixed bug in cases where zero length keys were provided
282 * Thread cleanup issue in memslap
283 * No hostname lookup on reconnect
284 * Fix for flag settings (was doing hex by accident!)
285 * Support for 1.2.4 server additions "prepend" and "append" added.
286 * Added memcached_version()... not sure if I will make this public or not.
287
288 0.8 Mon Nov 5 10:40:41 PST 2007
289 * Adding support for CRC hash method
290 * Adding support for UNIX sockets
291 * Added additional HASHing methods of FNV1_64,FNV1A_64, FNV1_32, FNV1A_32
292 * Added pkgconfig support (PKG_CHECK_MODULES)
293 * Fixed conflict with defined type in MySQL
294 * Added memcached_result_st structure and functions to manipulate it.
295
296 0.7 Tue Oct 30 09:24:05 PDT 2007
297 * Poved to poll() from select()
298 * Fixes in internal string class for allocation of large numbers of strings.
299 * memcached_mget() function now sends keys as it parses them instead of building strings as it goes.
300 * Propper flush now for making sure we get all IO sent even when in non-block mode.
301 * Added --enable-debug rule for configure
302 * All asserts() removed (hey this is going into production!)
303
304
305 0.6 Wed Oct 17 08:41:35 PDT 2007
306 * get value returns are now null terminated (request by Cal Heldenbrand)
307 * Fixed connections for more hosts then two.
308 * Rewrite of the read/write IO systems to handle different sorts of host failures.
309 * Added man pages for all functions and tools
310 * Raised buffer size for readinng/writing to 16K
311 * You can now optionally set the socket size for recv/send via memached_behavior_set/get.
312
313 0.5 Tue Oct 9 00:22:25 PDT 2007
314 * Ruby maintainer mentioned TCP_NODELAY patch he had added. Added this to C
315 library as well. (Eric Hodel drbrain@segment7.net)
316 * Added support script for set_benchmark
317 * Updated memslap to allow testing of TCP_NODELAY
318 * Updated memslap to support --flush (aka dump memcache servers before testing)
319 * Fixed bug in multiple hosts not being activated
320 * Added environmental variable MEMCACHED_SERVERS which can be used to set the servers list.
321 * fixed memcached_stat method (and now memstat works)
322 * server connect now happens on demand.
323 * Help for all command line applications
324
325 0.4 Wed Oct 3 10:28:50 PDT 2007
326 * Added buffered IO to write calls for keys
327 * Added buffered IO for reads
328 * memstat was broken (bad if/else on connect)
329 * New non-blocking IO (not default yet). Mucho faster
330 * Refactor of test system.
331 * memslap crash solved
332
333 0.3 Mon Oct 1 06:37:52 PDT 2007
334 * Jeff Fisher <guppy@techmonkeys.org> provided a spec file
335 * Added "make rpm" around dist file
336 * Added support for Solaris
337 * Added support for DTrace
338 * Fixed read to be recv and write to be send
339 * Bug fix where memstat would core if no server was found
340 * Added memslap tool (load generator)
341 * Numerous bug fixes in library
342 * Added calls to library for creating host lists (see text cases to understand how to use this).
343
344 0.2 Thu Sep 27 03:46:57 PDT 2007
345 * First public version
346