gearmand Changelog

0.18 Tue Mar 15 13:32:33 PDT 2011

  * Bug fix for compile when no plugins are requested.

  * Bug fix where during startup using Drizzle or MySQL the server could crash.

  * Bug fix to make sure test programs will run if NULL sized objects are sent.

 

 

0.17 Tue Mar  8 08:27:04 PST 2011

  * gearadmin added, easy access to shutdown, version, and verbose commands

  on the server.

  * Bug fixes related to CLI.

  * Bug fixes related to Memcached support.

  * Bug fixes related to Drizzle support.

  * Dependency on boost now required for build.

  * Drizzle queue module expects that a schema named "gearmand" exists.

  * Fix copyright headers were needed.

 

0.16 Tue Feb 22 10:55:33 PST 2011

  * Fixed cases where silent failure of server for queues would not cause tests to fail.

  * Fix for failure when setsockopt() failed on new connection.

  * Fixed silen exit in client library based on signals.

  * Error log now reports failure location in compiled code for ERROR conditions.

  * Fix for failover.

  * Fixed issue in client where it would silently die based on signal issues.

  * "verbose" has been added to the string protocol. It allows you to see

    what the verbose setting is.

 

0.15 Mon Feb 14 18:44:32 PST 2011

  * Numerous issues around overflow on buffers are now fixed.

  * Updates on gearmand daemon to share a bit more code.

  * Numerious fixes for gearman command line client.

  * IPV6 fix for server.

 

0.14 Wed Jun 30 13:04:39 PDT 2010

  * Leak in SQLite resolved.

  * updated build configs

  * Increased testting.

 

0.13 Sun Apr  4 14:45:08 PDT 2010

 * Fix for bug #518512.

 * Use OR REPLACE syntax for inserting items into the sqlite.

 * Changed default bitfield optimize setting to only be off for Solaris.

 * Refactoring on server.

 * Various bug fixes as reported on mailing list, such as a bad return

   code and treating EHOSTDOWN as lost connection for FreeBSD.

 * Fixed bug #543402 so jobs taking more than max job retries will

   be removed from persistentn queue as well.

 * Check to make sure worker job results match assigned worker.

 

0.12 Thu Feb 18 11:28:49 PST 2010

 * Fixed bug where memory loss occured if data was too large.

 * Added gearman_strerror().

 * Fixed bug where setting an option off in mass would not trip any triggers on the option (for both worker and client).

 * Options that are internal can no longer be set by external callers.

 * Deprecated gearman_client_set_event_watch_fn() and gearman_worker_set_event_watch_fn.  

 * gearman_job_handle() and gearman_job_function_name() now return const char* pointers 

 * gearman_worker_unregister now returns GEARMAN_NO_REGISTERED_FUNCTION if the function does not exist (or is being removed)

 * Added gearman_worker_function_exist()

 * Trying to send too large of a piece of data will result in GEARMAN_ARGUMENT_TOO_LARGE.

 * Added support for gearmand command client to daemonize and create a pid file.

 * Fixed job handle comparison bug with WORK_FAIL responses.

 * Fixed disable assert configure option.

 * Build system updates.

 

0.11 - 2009-11-30

 * Added max wakeup-worker option to gearmand. Default is still to wakeup all.

 * API and documentation cleanup.

 * Fixed bug where task context free function was getting called for do()

   functions. This was PECL/Gearman bug #16899 as well.

 * Fixed bug #458912, not flushing with multiple gearmands in client.

 * Fixed PECL/Gearman bug #16847, was actually in C library and not in PHP.

 * Fixed C++ build/test/ issue, updated pandora build system.

 * Removed packet varargs function.

 

0.10 - 2009-09-28

 * Added timeout option.

 * Separated libgearman client/worker library from the server/gearmand code.

 * Added server option for max job retry.

 * Changed queue_libdrizzle to overwrite the password string to hide in ps.

 * Worker unregister bug fixed. Bug #372074

 * Added memory ownership functions so applications can pass control with

   tasks, jobs, and packets.

 * Changed gearmand to remap stdio to /dev/null for detaching. Bug #407242

 * Fixed bug that now allows workers to run concurrent jobs.

 * Changed behavior of sending NOOPs to one per PRESLEEP, rather than only

   having one in the outgoing queue at any time.

 * API cleanup to make the code more consistent and object-oriented.

 * Added more documentation for base classes, client, and worker.

 * Build system updates.

 

0.9 - 2009-07-20

 * Added libsqlite3 persistent queue support (Cory Bennett).

 * Added libpq (PostgreSQL) persistent queue support.

 * Updated autoconf build system.

 * Doxygen documentation cleanup.

 * Bug fix in HTTP protocol module.

 

0.8 - 2009-06-30

 * Added pluggable protocol support.

 * Added basic HTTP protocol support.

 * Updated autoconf build system.

 * Renamed modconf to gearman_conf.

 * Improved logging messages for gearmand.

 * Removed all struct memsets and packed structs for better memory usage.

 * Fixed client connect bug with multiple job servers.

 * Fixed server spinning bug with long running jobs and large workloads.

 

0.7 - 2009-05-31

 * Added libmodconf for config option processing. Eventually this will be split

   into a separate library. Updated gearmand and tests to use libmodconf.

 * Fixed persistent queue bug where jobs were not removed after replay.

 * Fix for bug #379198.

 * Changed done() function for queue, function_name is now passed to it as

   well as unique.

 * Fixed text protocol command response to be dynamic length.

 * Fixed libevent usage to support libevent 1.1 (still used in CentOS and Suse).

 * Added gearman_*_add_servers to client/worker interfaces for taking

   server lists.

 

0.6 - 2009-05-19

 * Changed behavior so forground jobs are not run when their connected clients

   disconnect. This is how the Perl server behaves.

 * Changed to named logging macros, making it easier for module writers to use.

 * Added persistent queue support with a libdrizzle module. This allows queue

   storage for both Drizzle and MySQL.

 * Added Solaris service scripts (Trond Norbye).

 * Fixed rpm building (make rpm).

 * Removed AI_V4MAPPED for client/worker connect lookup, not fully

   supported in all operating systems (like FreeBSD, bug #373060).

 * Support for gearmand to bind to multiple addresses.

 * Protocol document updates and fixes (Eric Day, Eric Herman).

 * Bind to specific hostname in gearmand (Brian Moon).

 * Minor cleanup and fixes.

 

0.5 - 2009-04-22

 * Threaded Gearman job server (gearmand).

 * More options to gearmand.

 * OSX bug fixes related to poll().

 * Fix for bug #357881.

 * Man page rework.

 

0.4 - 2009-03-30

 * New protocol additions such as UNIQ grab and assign for workers.

 * Support for high priority background jobs (Brian Moon).

 * Support for low priority jobs.

 * New priority queue in server to support new protocol options.

 * Reworked the unique ID checking in server.

 * Added hooks to aid in client memory cleanup.

 * Added gearman command line utility to allow you to use clients and

   workers from the shell.

 * Build fixes (Monty Taylor).

 * Basic init script added.

 * Fixed getopt bugs with variable type and EOF.

 

0.3 - 2009-02-05

 * Fixed I/O wait bug in packet parse.

 * Switched to different autoconf library detection method.

 * Added detach option to gearmand, can now run in background.

 * Reworked much of the client code for better concurrency and efficiency.

 * Added benchmark utilities.

 * Added man pages.

 * Changed port to new IANA assigned port, 4730.

 

0.2 - 2009-01-16

 * Improved gearmand efficiency by tracking events and reducing syscalls.

 * Reworked most of the worker code, it now reconnects to the job server.

 * Added version/bugreport options to gearmand (Brian Moon).

 * Fixed bug #315652, libevent usage.

 

0.1 - 2009-01-08

 * First release.