Martin, You mentioned earlier that there was a number of fixes to zero-copy committed after 0MQ 2.0b2. Would you like me to re-run the Infiniband SDP tests with 0MQ 2.0.6? If so, would it be helpful if I did anything differently?
Thanks, Mike On 3/16/10 2:21 PM, "Martin Sustrik" <sust...@250bpm.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am happy to announce the release of 0MQ version 2.0.6 (beta). > > The new release can be downloaded on the website, here: > http://www.zeromq.org/area:download-v20 > > News since version 2.0 beta 3: > > Distribution > ------------ > > * The 0MQ core distribution has been slimmed down to include only the core > C library and C++ language binding. Pointers to other language > bindings can > be found on the website. Examples have also been removed from the > core and can be found elsewhere. Performance tests specific to a language > binding can be found bundled with that language binding. > > * The 0MQ reference manual supplied with the distribution has been > extensively rewritten, and is now provided in HTML as well as UNIX > manpage format. > > * Commencing with this release, a 0MQ version numbering scheme has been > introduced. The numbering scheme used is MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. The "Beta" or > "Stable" label is informative only and does not constitute > part of the library version number, therefore this release is numbered > 2.0.6 as the sixth release of 2.0. > > * The version of OpenPGM bundled with 0MQ has been updated to the stable > 2.0.24 release. > > > Building > -------- > > * Many portability fixes, including support for new platforms: FreeBSD, > NetBSD, HP-UX and Cygwin. > > * Invocation of configure has been simplified, all functionality is now > built by default with the exception of OpenPGM. > > > Interface > --------- > > * The udp transport has been renamed to epgm to avoid confusion with > unreliable unicast. > > * A ZMQ_POLLERR constant has been added to allow for polling on errors on > Berkeley sockets with zmq_poll(). > > * The zmq_version() function has been introduced and returns the version > number of the 0MQ library. > > * The zmq_flush() function and ZMQ_NOFLUSH flag of zmq_send() have been > deprecated and will be removed in a future release. > > > Wire format > ----------- > > * The 0MQ wire format has been changed. A flags field has been added to > allow for future extensions. > > > New functionality > ----------------- > > * The experimental ZMQ_P2P socket type has been implemented. > > * Flow control has been implemented for all socket types. For details see > the ZMQ_HWM and ZMQ_LWM socket options. > > * Subscription filters are internally matched with O(1) complexity. > > > Licensing > --------- > > * iMatix corporation has granted the following exception regarding static > linking with the 0MQ library: > > As a special exception, iMatix gives you permission to link this > library with independent modules to produce an executable, > regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and > to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of > your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked > independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of > that module. An independent module is a module which is not > derived from or based on this library. If you modify this > library, you must extend this exception to your version of the > library. > > > Thanks to > --------- > > This release of 0MQ was made possible by many contributors from the > community, > including: > > * Adrian von Bidder <avbid...@fortytwo.ch>, for contributing Debian > packages. > > * Aleksey Yeschenko <alek...@yeschenko.com>, for contributing a Lua binding. > > * Alessio Spadaro <alessio.spad...@finservice.com>, for help with porting to > HP-UX. > > * Bernd Prager <be...@prager.ws>, for help with porting to Cygwin. > > * Brian E. Granger <elliso...@gmail.com>, for maintaining the Python > binding. > > * Martin Hurton <hurt...@gmail.com>, for implementing flow control. > > * Martin Lucina <m...@kotelna.sk>, for rewriting the 0MQ reference > manual and > many portability fixes. > > * Michael Santy <michael.sa...@dynetics.com>, for testing this release with > Infiniband. > > * Steven McCoy <ste...@miru.hk>, for help with OpenPGM. > > * Toralf Wittner <toralf.witt...@gmail.com>, for contributing a Haskell > binding. > > A full list of all changes since the release of 0MQ 2.0 beta2 can be > found in the ChangeLog file. > > Enjoy, > > Martin > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
