Yet Another Robot Platform

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: yarp-2.1.8

Notes:


Changes:
2007-11-20  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/PortCore.cpp: Returned structured
	report on port status, rather than just human-readable
	message.  See Port::getReport and BufferedPort::getReport
	methods.

2007-11-19  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/include/yarp/os/PortReport.h: Started
	work on a better method for getting notifications of port
	status changes.

	* src/libYARP_OS/include/yarp/os/Network.h: Added simpler
	code interface for setting/getting port properties.  
	The name server was updated for this, as part of the 
	conversion to the fully bottle-compatible interface.

2007-11-05  Arjan Gijsberts  <arjan@liralab.it>

	* src/libYARP_dev/src/ffmpeg/default/yarp/FfmpegGrabber.cpp: 
	added support for Video4Linux2, using a --v4l2 flag.

2007-10-30  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* example/swig/example.tcl: figure out how DLL inclusion works
	in TCL on Windows.

2007-10-25  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/NameServer.cpp: allow list of ports
	to be prefiltered by prefix, to optimize yarpfs.

	* conf/YarpReqLib.cmake: Make MSYS compile compatible with GTK
	by setting -mms-bitfields flag.

2007-10-19  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/include/yarp/TcpCarrier.h: dust off TCP carrier
	variant without flow control, call it "fast_tcp".

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/Carriers.cpp: add "fast_tcp" as a known 
	carrier.

2007-10-16  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_dev/src/RemoteControlBoard.cpp: Historically, this
	file has made a pointless connection from a reader port to a
	writer port.  I'm not sure why.  This is finally causing some
	troubles, so I've commented the connection out.

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/Companion.cpp: added "yarp forward"
	capability, to forward commands through an intermediary.  This is
	useful for monitoring RPC command/reply sequences.  Streaming
	messages can of course already be monitored with "yarp read".
	This is experimental rather than polished work.
	
2007-10-15 Alessandro Scalzo <alessandro@liralab.it>

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/NameServer.cpp: Added --noauto option: if
	config file is not found, name server exits.

2007-10-12  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/Port.cpp: fix for problem reported by
	Marco Randazzo, where calling Port::read(...,true) and then
	failing to eventually call Port::reply(...) causes a crash.

	* src/libYARP_OS/harness/PortTest.cpp: regression test for
	Marco Randazzo's problem.

2007-10-08 Lorenzo Natale <nat@liralab.it>
	* src/libYARP_dev/mei
	* src/libYARP_dev/meiMotionControl
	* src/libYARP_dev/picolo_grabber
	* src/libYARP_dev/cyberglove
	*                /e504
	*                /fob
	*                /joypres

	Removed as previously planned. They will be placed in separate
	repositories. Could not redistribute them for violation of copyright.
	
2007-10-08  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/yarpfs/yarpfs.cpp: directory structure basically in 
	place, and read/write operations work.

2007-10-05  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/yarpfs/yarpfs.cpp: some experimental code for mapping from
	the YARP Network to a file system (analogous to the /proc
	directory on Linux).  Pre-alpha, not included in the main YARP
	build.

2007-10-04  Paul Fitzpatrick  <paulfitz@alum.mit.edu>

	* src/libYARP_OS/include/yarp/os/Network.h: add helper method
	for once off command/response actions, Network::write.

	* src/libYARP_OS/src/NameServer.cpp: start offering responses from
	the name server that are in standard (bottle) format.
	Historically, the name server has been using its own idiosyncratic
	protocols (since it was written before the rest of YARP existed).
	The low-level protocols were brought into line with standard yarp
	ports some time back, but the actual commands and responses
	continued to be defined in terms of strings rather than nested
	structures.  The new changes offer nested (bottle-compatible)
	structures as well.  To get the new responses, simply prefix
	commands with the word "bot".  This commit adds "bot list" and
	"bot query" commands with responses that are structured versions
	of the current "list" and "query" commands.