Release 0.8

apugg 0.8 release notes

RELEASE DATE: probably 2013-07-31
RELEASE STRING: apugg 0.8
VERSION STRING: 0.8
RELEASE BRANCH: release_v0.8
HOTFIX BRANCH: major release, not hotfix
RELEASE TAG: v0.8
RELEASED ON: master

Notable Changes

• Extensibility API - it is now possible to add custom library types and plugin types
  without huge modification of the library.
• [#19] Host-local plugin support - it is now easy to implement plugin interfaces in
  the host.
• [#17] Streamlined servers - you can now completely ignore servers. Everything can be
  done through the Kernel.
• [#18] Cross-platform API - minimal code changes required to change between platforms.
• Removed unicode filename support on Windows (see below).

All Bugfixes

• [#11] Unneeded class member in Plugin-*
• [#13] Extra \ in Server.h
• [#15] Kernel destructor messed up
• [#16] Test version checking for plugins
• [#17] Server use shouldn't be compulsory
• [#18] Cross-platform API abstraction for shared libraries
• [#19] Allow host-internal plugins
• [#20] wstring support is messy
• [#21] Include guards don't conform to #define style
• [#25] Enhance doxygen documentation
• [#26] Use CMAKE to build examples
• [#32] Rename pugg.Doxyfile to Doxyfile
• [#34] The README still refers to the Win32 API as a 'dependancy'
• [#36] Document exception classes
• [#38] Release 0.8

Postponed

• [#31] Add decoration to library load names

Upgrades from 0.7

• addPlugin now takes a pointer to a Plugin subclass. There is a plugin subclass for Windows (WindowsDLLPlugin) and one for Linux (LinuxSOPlugin), as well as one for host-implemented plugins (LocalPlugin).
• All API methods now throw exceptions (subclasses of pugg::PuggException) on error.
• Unicode support has been removed on Windows (see below).
• There is a new simplified API that is prefered over the old Server API. All methods are documented on the Kernel object.

Migration Path (new versions)

• The next planned release is 0.9 (see [Roadmap]).
• 0.9 will be a major release, however little or no breaking changes will be introduced.
• Hotfixes for 0.8 will be released for major bugs.

Major issues to be noted

• Unicode support has been removed on Windows, see this comment.