ncdc 1.7 released

dat/ncdc-changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.7 - 2011-12-30
+	- Split /set command in a /set (global) and /hset (hub)
+	- File downloads are performed in a background thread
+	- Added glob-style matching on /set and /hset keys
+	- Added UTF-8 locale check
+	- Added 'sendfile' setting
+	- Added finer granularity for the flush_file_cache setting
+	- Allow flush_file_cache to be enabled for downloads
+	- Fix sending of $MyINFO with wrong public hub count
+	- Fix incorrect inclusion of gdbm.h
+
 1.6 - 2011-12-07
 	- Use SQLite3 for storage instead of GDBM
 	- Converted config.ini to SQLite3 database

dat/ncdc-faq

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ monthly cron job.
 
 =head2 I'm getting the error "No PEM-encoded private key found" on startup
 
-(This issue should have been fixed in 1.6) Most likely this is caused by a
+(This issue should be fixed since 1.6) Most likely this is caused by a
 L<bug in glib-networking|https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664321>. To
 get around it, install the "certtool" utility that comes with gnutls (package
 "gnutls-bin" on Ubuntu), delete the old certificates (C<rm ~/.ncdc/cert/*>),

dat/ncdc-man

@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
               To get help on key bindings, use /help keys.
 
 
+       /hset [<key> [<value>]]
+              Get or set per-hub  configuration  variables.  Works  equivalent  to  the
+              `/set' command, but can only be used on hub tabs.
+
+       /hunset [<key>]
+              This  command  can be used to reset a per-hub configuration variable back
+              to its global value.
+
        /kick <user>
               Kick a user from the hub. This command only works on NMDC hubs,  and  you
               need to be an OP to be able to use it.
@@ -184,7 +192,7 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
               sage is given, the tab will be opened but no message will be sent.
 
        /nick [<nick>]
-              Alias for `/set nick'.
+              Alias for `/hset nick' on hub tabs, and `/set nick' otherwise.
 
        /open [-n] <name> [<address>]
               Opens a new tab to use for a hub. The name is a (short) personal name you
@@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
        /password <password>
               This  command can be used to send a password to the hub without saving it
               to the database. If you wish to login  automatically  without  having  to
-              type  /password  every  time,  use '/set password <password>'. Be warned,
+              type  /password  every  time, use '/hset password <password>'. Be warned,
               however, that your password will be saved unencrypted in that case.
 
        /pm <user> [<message>]
@@ -260,10 +268,14 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
               very reliable.
 
        /set [<key> [<value>]]
-              Get or set configuration variables. Use without arguments to get  a  list
+              Get or set global configuration variables. Use without arguments to get a
-              of   all  settings  and  their current value. Changes to the settings are
+              list  of  all global settings and their current value. Glob-style pattern
-              automatically saved to the config  file,  and  will  not  be  lost  after
+              matching on the settings  is  also  possible.  Use,  for  example,  `/set
-              restarting ncdc.
+              color*' to list all color-related settings.
+
+              See  the  `/hset'  command  to  manage  configuration on a per-hub basis.
+              Changes to the settings are automatically saved to the database, and will
+              not be lost after restarting ncdc.
 
               To get information on a particular setting, use `/help set <key>'.
 
@@ -284,8 +296,8 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
               Revoke a granted slot.
 
        /unset [<key>]
-              This  command  can  be used to reset a configuration variable back to its
+              This command can be used to reset a global configuration variable back to
-              default value.
+              its default value.
 
        /unshare [<name>]
               To remove a single directory from your share, use `/unshare  <name>',  to
@@ -311,8 +323,9 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
 
 SETTINGS
        The following is a list of configuration settings. These settings can be changed
-       and  queried  using the `/set' command, and are stored in the db.sqlite3 file in
+       and  queried  using  the `/set' command for global settings and `/hset' for hub-
-       the session directory.
+       local settings. All configuration data is stored in the db.sqlite3 file  in  the
+       session directory.
 
        active <boolean>
               Enables  or  disables  active  mode.  Make  sure  to  set `active_ip' and
@@ -450,15 +463,16 @@ SETTINGS
               suffices  are 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours and 'd' for
               days. Set to 0 to disable the cache altogether.
 
-       flush_file_cache <boolean>
+       flush_file_cache <none|upload|download|hash>[,...]
               Tell the OS to flush the file (disk) cache for file contents  read  while
-              hashing and uploading. On one hand, this will avoid  trashing  your  disk
+              hashing  and/or  uploading  or written to while downloading. On one hand,
-              cache  with  large  files  and thus improve the overall responsiveness of
+              this will avoid trashing your  disk  cache  with  large  files  and  thus
-              your system. On the other hand, ncdc may purge any shared files from  the
+              improve  the  overall  responsiveness  of your system. On the other hand,
-              cache,  even if they are still used by other applications. In general, it
+              ncdc may purge any shared files from the cache, even if  they  are  still
-              is a good idea to enable this if you  also  use  your  system  for  other
+              used  by other applications. In general, it is a good idea to enable this
-              things  besides  ncdc,  you share large files (>100MB) and people are not
+              if you also use your system for other  things  besides  ncdc,  you  share
-              constantly downloading the same file from you.
+              large  files  (>100MB) and people are not constantly downloading the same
+              file from you.
 
        hubname <string>
               The name of the currently opened hub tab. This is a  user-assigned  name,
@@ -508,6 +522,11 @@ SETTINGS
               `/password' command instead. Passwords are saved unencrypted in the  con‐
               fig file.
 
+       sendfile <boolean>
+              Whether or not to use the sendfile() system call to upload files, if sup‐
+              ported. Using sendfile() allows less resource usage while uploading,  but
+              may not work well on all systems.
+
        share_exclude <regex>
               Any  file  or  directory with a name that matches this regular expression
               will not be shared. A file list refresh is required for this  setting  to
@@ -756,4 +775,4 @@ SEE ALSO
 
 
 
-ncdc-1.6                             December 2011                              ncdc(1)
+ncdc-1.7                             December 2011                              ncdc(1)

download/ncdc-1.7.tar.gz.asc

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download/ncdc-1.7.tar.gz.md5

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+dba1503f58694a64f600541b4fcdccf3  ncdc-1.7.tar.gz

download/ncdc-1.7.tar.gz.sha1

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+d31d9b48351aa322afb57c6db44fbc4c66f4df4b  ncdc-1.7.tar.gz

index.cgi

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sub home {
    E;
   end;
   h2 'Updates';
+  b '2011-12-30'; txt ' ncdc 1.7 released!'; br;
   b '2011-12-07'; txt ' ncdc 1.6 released!'; br;
   b '2011-11-26'; txt ' Added article section and the article on SQLite.'; br;
   b '2011-11-03'; txt ' ncdc 1.5 and ncdu 1.8 released!'; br;
@@ -252,8 +253,8 @@ sub ncdc {
 
   h2 'Get ncdc!';
   p;
-   b 'Latest version:'; txt ' 1.6 (';
+   b 'Latest version:'; txt ' 1.7 (';
-   $s->htmlDLLink('ncdc-1.6.tar.gz', 'download');
+   $s->htmlDLLink('ncdc-1.7.tar.gz', 'download');
    txt ' - '; a href => '/ncdc/changes', 'changes';
    txt ' - '; a href => 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/ncdc/files/ncdc/', 'mirror';
    txt ')'; br;
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ sub ncdc {
    br;br;
    txt 'Packages/ports are available for the following systems: '; br;
    a href => 'http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50949', 'Arch Linux'; txt ' - ';
+   a href => 'http://www.freshports.org/net-p2p/ncdc/', 'FreeBSD'; txt ' - ';
+   a href => 'http://frugalware.org/packages/136807', 'Frugalware'; txt ' - ';
    a href => 'http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-p2p/ncdc', 'Gentoo'; txt ' - ';
    txt 'Mac OS X (';
     a href => 'http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ncdc', 'MacPorts';
@@ -501,11 +504,12 @@ sub docindex {
   p;
    txt '2011-11-26 - '; b 'Multi-threaded Access to an SQLite3 Database';
    txt ' ['; a href => '/doc/sqlaccess', 'HTML'; txt ' - '; a href => '/dat/sqlaccess', rel => 'nofollow', 'POD'; txt ']';
-   br;
+   span 'So you have a single database and some threads. How do you combine
+     these in a program?';
+
    txt '2010-06-02 - '; b 'Design and implementation of a compressed linked list library';
    txt ' ['; a href => '/download/doc/compll.pdf', 'PDF'; txt ']';
-   br;br;
+   span q|This isn't really an article. It's the report for the
-   txt q|Disclaimer: The last one isn't really an article. It's the report for the
        final project of my professional (HBO) bachelor of Electrical
        Engineering. I was very liberal with some terminology in this report. For
        example, "linked lists" aren't what you think they are, and I didn't even
@@ -1103,6 +1107,7 @@ sub css {
   pre, code, pre b { font: 11px monospace; }
   pre b { font-weight: bold }
   pre.code, .pod pre { background: #111; border: 1px dotted #666; margin: 5px 10px; display: block; padding: 5px; }
+  span { display: block; font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 10px 10px 30px }
   .indexgroup ul { margin-left: 5px; list-style-type: none }
   .indexgroup ul ul { margin-left: 20px }
   .pod p { margin: 3px 15px 13px 15px; text-align: justify }