X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2FNEWS.Debian;h=c0545b42b53d013d2e802ac84d07bf43a45abc0f;hb=5c82d9614c83bbb246c42d7a499f5f65f3ac8bfc;hp=e4e89812dcff146d40cecfa690e36e02d63e4b51;hpb=ed09c041e734877fdada5f7fe6b1c0382c14eaac;p=pkg-collectd.git diff --git a/debian/NEWS.Debian b/debian/NEWS.Debian index e4e8981..c0545b4 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS.Debian +++ b/debian/NEWS.Debian @@ -1,4 +1,46 @@ -collectd (4.0.0~rc10-1) experimental; urgency=low +collectd (5.1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low + + Version 5 of collectd introduced a couple of backward-incompatible changes. + The full list of changes is documented in the collectd wiki found at + . + + In a client / server setups it's generally advised to upgrade the server + first. By using the v5_upgrade target plugin, the v5 server will be able to + receive and process data sent by v4 clients. This allows one to upgrade the + clients at an arbitrary later date. See the wiki for details. + + The layout of various RRD files has changed. In order to keep your old data + you have to migrate it. This can be done by using /usr/lib/collectd/utils/ + migrate-4-5.px. The script will output a series of shell commands that + should do all the work automatically. However, depending on your setup, a + couple of minor changes might be necessary to migrate all of your data. In + this case, please file a bug report so that the necessary changes can be + added to the script. The script will modify the RRD files in place. + + Thus, the migration can be done like this (you might want to backup your + data before): + + /usr/lib/collectd/utils/migrate-4-5.px -indir /var/lib/collectd/rrd/ \ + > migrate-4-5.sh + vim migrate-4-5.sh # verify / adapt the script + bash migrate-4-5.sh + + Also, the syntax of some plugin configuration blocks has changed. See the + wiki for details and instructions how to update your configuration. + + -- Sebastian Harl Sat, 19 May 2012 15:13:21 +0200 + +collectd (4.2.0-1) experimental; urgency=low + + Prior to this version any plugin that has dependencies other than libc6 got + its own binary package. As the number of such packages was getting quite big + they have been merged into the "collectd" binary package and all plugin + dependencies were added as recommendations. See + /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/README.Debian.plugins for details. + + -- Sebastian Harl Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0100 + +collectd (4.0.2-1) experimental; urgency=low This version introduces significant changes to the layout of the RRD files created by collectd. In order to keep your old data you have to migrate it. @@ -25,9 +67,21 @@ collectd (4.0.0~rc10-1) experimental; urgency=low "rrdtool" and "syslog" plugins (enabled by default) and enable and configure the network plugin. See collectd.conf(5) for details. + This also means that a single configuration file is sufficient and there are + no longer any different modes that need to be configured. The init script + does no longer start one collectd process for each config file found in + /etc/collectd/ but only for collectd.conf. + Additionally, the syntax of the configuration file has changed slightly. All strings need to be surrounded by double quotes. See collectd.conf(5) for details. - -- Sebastian Harl Sat, 19 May 2007 20:44:39 +0200 + Please note that there is no longer the need to load any plugins on the + server side just to be able to save values submitted by clients. All + required information are automatically loaded by collectd. You only need to + load plugins which are supposed to collect data locally. + + See also: http://collectd.org/migrate-v3-v4.shtml + + -- Sebastian Harl Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:36:58 +0200