1 Oct 19, 2007 - Release 0.0.10
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4 - Improved method for finding PostgreSQL libraries in configure script.
9 - Fixed field declaration for PostgreSQL 7.4
10 - New tables: log_abuse, object_abuse and service_pattern
11 - Added general service patterns in the service 'ANY'
12 - Added new issue types.
13 - Log_adv and derived tables removed.
18 - Status files in /var/lib
19 - Rewrote most functions and datastructures into C++
20 - Use the Gnucomo (XML) configuration file
25 - Accept '/' and '.' characters within the service name in a system log.
26 When extracting the service name, the '/' character is not considered
27 part of that name, though.
28 - Textual changes in parameter notifications
29 - Experimental start of database OO abstraction layer.
30 - The '-' character is part of the service name.
31 - Skip the Email header when reading XML input.
36 - Bugfixes in the analysis of sendmail logs.
37 - Send email about open notifications to an object's users.
38 - Added log analysis for spam and abuse in sendmail log entries.
39 - Added pattern check on log entries with the service_pattern table.
40 - Create notifications from log entries with pattern matching.
41 - Record the date when adding the number of abuses for an IP address
48 - Added a form to edit user data.
49 - Added a view for the log analysis with a link from the log page.
50 - New page: Parameter classes administration.
51 - New page: Abuse list
52 - Added an interface to edit check patterns to the services page.
53 - Manually edit parameters.
54 - View logs from abusing IP addresses.
55 - Added an interface for editing issues.
56 - In the abuse list, IP addresses can be whitelisted.
57 - Improved interface for editing check patterns.
62 - Added test data for Problem Report 15, 16 and 17
67 - Added a list of related projects and introduced the concept of
68 dynamic parameters in the manifest.
70 Dec 24, 2003 - Release 0.0.9
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76 - Changed the type of log_adv_daemon_email.delay and log_adv_daemon_email.xdelay
77 from time to interval. These delays can be more than 24 hours.
82 - Catch an exception if we can not setup a database transaction.
88 - SQL_Escape(): Backslashes are correctly escaped with another backslash
89 - XML_Entities(): transform non-ASCII characters into hexadecimal entities.
90 - Do not add another parameter_notification record is the notification
91 already exists for that parameter.
92 - Catch exceptions from the database library.
93 - Major redesign. All input is handled through XML. Raw input data is first
94 transformed into an XML document for further processing.
95 A collection of polymorphic classes handle the transformation of various
96 input formats into XML.
97 - Classifying input data is done with a finite improbability calculation.
102 - Create separate notifications for different objects in service_check().
103 Fixes problem report 23.
104 - Change the notation for delays from "days+hh:mm:ss" to "days hh:mm:ss. This
105 fixes problem report 14.
106 - In linux_daemon_sendmail(), check the existence of '=' before using it as a
107 field separator. Fixes problem report 15.
113 - Optionally show or hide removed parameters from the parameter
119 - Added a User Manual, based upon the draft TUTORIAL
122 Sep 04, 2003 - Release 0.0.8
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128 - Fixed a few typos in the database creation script.
129 - BUGFIX: Secondary indices on log_notification were unique.
130 - Additional information in the 'usr' table: 'display_name' and 'email'.
131 - Added new issues and services.
136 - Fixed a namespace problem in message.cpp
137 - Fixed a gcc 2 vs. gcc 3 problem in gcm_input.cpp
138 - Reject log entries that are found to be invalid.
139 - A date without the time for the '-d <date> option will
140 assume midnight on that date.
145 - In PHP, the method configuration::read() will also read
146 a user-specific configuration from the home directory if a
147 PHP script is not run through the web server.
148 - Accept command argument '-c config' to use an alternate
149 gnucomo configuration.
151 db::Result() - Returns the result from the last query.
152 db::Field() - Returns the value of a single field.
153 db::new_notification() - Create a new notification in the database.
154 - Check the log table against the servies running on an object and
155 create notifications if a service is not supposed to be available
156 or is not known at all.
161 - Changed the gnucomo_database class to the new PostgreSQL
163 - Overloaded gnucomo_database::Field() to include the Result
164 from a query as an argument.
169 - New page to enter and modify services.
170 - The objects page provides an interface to edit the list of
171 services and users for an object.
176 - Reduced the amount of output from test scripts.
177 - Added output data that is expected from test scripts.
178 - New test: tests the database upgrade with gcm_daemon
179 - Overall test script: gcm_test. Runs all tests in sequence.
182 Aug 15, 2003 - Release 0.0.7
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188 - Added index to the history table to improve performance.
193 - Added a new section 'logging' with three configuration parameters:
194 method - Output method to use for logging.
195 destination - Name of the log output destination.
196 level - Log level: Verbose output if greater than 0.
197 - Added '-i' option for incremental parameter updates.
198 - Debug output to the log stream instead of cerr.
199 - Fixed namespace problems in XPath searches of the DOM.
200 - Moved string utility functions to a separate file.
201 - Different kinds of log files are parsed by a collection of objects
202 of different classes, derived from the base class line_cooker
203 Depending on the message content or the message_type element in
204 XML, one of these objects is selected.
205 - Logrunner is integrated with gcm_input. Although its functionality
206 is still limited, a connection between logrunner and gcm_input
207 is beginning to form.
212 - BUGFIX: Print an error message if a parameter does not have
214 - BUGFIX: undefined variables and indices when processing sendmail logs.
219 - BUGFIX: Convert special characters for HTML (<, >, and &) into
221 - BUGFIX: Removed parameters were somtimes shown on the wrong side
222 of the parameter difference page.
223 - Added performance measurement to the parameters page.
224 - Added editing of detailed object information.
226 Jul 15, 2003 - Release 0.0.6
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229 - Gcm_input reads IRIX system logs.
230 - Gcm_input exits without reading any input if the database connection fails.
231 - Gcm_input extracts the hostname out of the 'From:' or 'Message-Id:' line
233 - New member C++ function gnucomo_database::is_conected().
234 - New columns in the table 'log_adv_daemon_email': size, pri, relay,
235 status_details and dsn.
236 - Added several indices for the table 'log_adv_daemon_email'.
237 - In phpclasses/db.class.php: Added the database connection string as
238 an argument to the function copy_db_class.
239 - Gcm_daemon processes logs from sendmail.
240 - Fixed the PHP member function db::db_connect(). The Postgres connection
241 string is now passed as an argument to that function.
242 - Gcm_input reads cooked log entries from an XML input stream.
243 - New database tables: notification_check, notification_check_buffer,
244 notification_check_line and object_statistics.
245 - PHP function db::query() returns the result index.
246 - PHP function db::num_rows() accepts a result index as argument
247 (default = 0 -> use result from the previous query).
248 - New PHP function db::fetch_object().
249 - Gcm_daemon gathers statistics on parameters, notifications, etc. for all objects.
250 - The Objects web page uses the new object_statistics table.
251 - The Log web page shows the log one day at a time.
252 - Removed parameters are displayed in a shaded style.
254 Feb 21, 2003 - Release 0.0.5
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257 - The notifications web page keeps a record of each time a notification
258 is displayed. Either on a listing or in detail.
259 - Improved the table layout of the objects web page.
260 - In the users page of the web interface, you can add a new user and
261 make him/her a member of a group.
262 - Users can change their password through the users page of the web interface.
263 - Gcm_input also detects packages that are removed from the system.
264 - In gcm_input, determining the version number of a package in a RPM
265 list is improved. Only the last one or two parts of the string that
266 begin with a '-' and a number are considered the version.
267 - The C++ function gnucomo_database::new_notification() uses the SQL
268 function currval() to obtain the identification number
269 of the most recently created notification.
270 - The C++ class gnucomo_database prints the query on cerr, along
271 with the error message when the query results in an error.
272 - Removed the 'Change Password' image from the main menu.
273 Changing passwords is integrated in te users page.
274 - Added the 'form' class on table and td elements. This class is intended
275 for borderless tables that are used to layout HTML forms.
276 - A new style 'h2.error' for error reports in the stylesheet.
277 Put borders around the tables and cells in the web interface.
278 Added right-alignment for numbers and fixed width for timestamps.
279 - Gcm_daemon maintains the last notification identifier.
280 - Setup the groups and database permissions. The three groups
281 are: view, ops and admin.
282 - Added two new entries to the action table.
283 - All web interface pages use the page class. This provides for a
284 uniform session and database handling.
285 - Use our own error handler for PHP errors and warnings in the web interface.
286 - Added log, notification and parameter counters to the 'object' table.
287 Counting these things at the time a user interface needs them is
288 too slow. Other programs, like gcm_daemon en gcm_input should prepare
289 these counters for quick retrieval.
290 - Show the total number of Log entries, parameters and notifications
291 on the object page of the web interface.
292 - Added new tables to the database : log_adv_daemon and log_adv_daemon_email.
293 - Made gcm_daemon a 'proper' executable.
294 - Paths of included files in PHP scripts are more flexible.
295 - Gcm_daemon recognizes important start and stop events of various daemons
296 - Gcm_daemon checks for exiting daemons in the log entries.
297 - Directory structure of PHP scripts reorganized. PHP scripts that are included in
298 both gcm_daemon and the web interface are now in the directory src/phpclasses.
301 Feb 05, 2003 - Release 0.0.4
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304 - Added style parameters for diff-like table views and textarea elements.
305 - Display and handle notifications in the web interface.
306 - Display the difference of all package class parameters for two objects
307 in the web interface.
308 - New PHP class added: 'page'. This is a (sort-of abstract) base class
309 for all Gnucomo web interface pages. It hanldes the session, login,
310 opening the database and the head and tail of the web page.
311 - gcm_input creates notifications when a new package is discovered
312 in a 'rpm -qa' list or when the version of a package is changed.
313 - Bug fix: action.statuscode was in upper case.
314 - Added new tables to the database: parameter_class and parameter_notification.
315 - New C++ function: gnucomo_database::new_notification(). retruns the id number
316 of the newly created notification record.
317 - Added new records to the 'type_of_issue' table.
318 - Changed semantics of actionid 9 in the 'action' table.
319 - Bugfix in gcm_input: The hostname in a system log may contain
320 digits as well as letters.
321 - Added new fields to the 'type_of_issue' table.
323 Dec 06, 2002 - Release 0.0.3
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326 - Directory structure is reorganized and prepared for GNU configure.
327 - gcm_input sets the value of log.processed to FALSE when inserting a
328 new log entry into the database
329 - When a syslog entry arrives from last year, gcm_input subtracts one from the
330 year of arrival to create the year of the log entry.
331 - Gcm_input reads output from "rpm -qa" and enters packages in the parameter table.
332 - Changes to log and log_adv tables described in the manifest.
333 - Added description of gcm_daemon in the design.
334 - Added new program (in PHP): gcm_daemon.
335 - Added a check on the database version in gcm_damon.
336 - Database-login in gcm_damon can be done using TCP/IP or UNIX-sockets.
337 - Gcm_daemon processes iptables-records including ICMP support.
338 - Returning values with ICMP (bounced) are seperate and linked to the same logfile.
339 - Which each new version records that haven't been recognized are processed again
341 - Added program-specific database user and password in config file.
342 - Added new arguments to gnucomo_config::Database(): user and password.
343 If empty, default values are taken from the config file.
344 - Implemented a slightly functional web interface that shows some
345 output from the database.