[sysprof] release Sysprof 3.20.0
- From: Christian Hergert <chergert src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [sysprof] release Sysprof 3.20.0
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:23:34 +0000 (UTC)
commit aaf81c5cfb2ce796e54109384432943b88d4aacf
Author: Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>
Date: Fri Apr 15 19:21:06 2016 -0700
release Sysprof 3.20.0
AUTHORS | 4 ++
NEWS | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
configure.ac | 4 +-
3 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b27e381..67409ae 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Jakub Steiner
Javier Jardón
Jeffrey Stedfast
Kristian Høgsberg
+Mario Blättermann
Matthias Clasen
Michel Dänzer
M Joonas Pihlaja
@@ -17,5 +18,8 @@ Owen Taylor
Paolo Borelli
Pascal Terjan
Pauli Nieminen
+Piotr Drąg
+Rafael Fontenelle
Robert Love
Søren Sandmann Pedersen
+Мирослав Николић
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29..c3e1f3f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+Overview of changes in Sysprof 3.20.0
+=====================================
+
+Sysprof 3.20.0 is a major rewrite of the sysprof internals.
+
+ * The GTK+ user interface has been ported to GTK+ 3, and includes
+ the use of modern GTK+ patterns, including GtkHeaderBar.
+
+ * A new library, libsysprof-2 has been created, which contains the
+ internals for implementing a Linux perf-based profiler.
+
+ * A new library, libsysprof-ui-2 has been created, which can be used by
+ IDEs to provide profiling capabilities. GNOME Builder is expected to
+ take advantage of this.
+
+ * Sysprof uses a new binary capture format, to allow for collecting
+ more types of data than simply Perf callchain information.
+
+ * Data collection sources have been abstracted, allowing for new types
+ of data collection to occur. Additionally, it is now possible to port
+ Sysprof to other operating systems if contributors are found to
+ implement those features. As before, Sysprof is currently supported
+ on Linux, where the perf_event_open syscall is available.
+
+ * The sysprof capture format supports information from JITd languages.
+ Patches to Gjs (GNOME's wrapper around mozjs24) exist that can export
+ JIT information from the JavaScript engine.
+
+ * Sysprof now supports launching an application as part of the
+ profiling process.
+
+ * Sysprof can attach to one-or-more existing processes to collect
+ profiling information. This still uses the Linux perf infrastructure,
+ which means sampling is still performed.
+
+ * The user interface provides a stopwatch for the amount of time that
+ has elapsed since recording started. If you find that the sysprof UI
+ shows up in your capture, we suggest using sysprof-cli to collect
+ samples.
+
+ * The Sysprof UI provides tags next to common GNOME libraries used in
+ the GNOME stack to allow users to quickly identify libraries that
+ may not have fully-qualified symbol names.
+
+ * The binutils based demanger has been removed in favor of
+ abi::__cxx_demangle() function. This fixes modern C++ demangling
+ and vastly simplifies the Sysprof codebase. However, it does require
+ a C++ compiler and linker to build Sysprof. Applications using
+ libsysprof-2 and libsysprof-ui-2 do not require a C++ compiler.
+
+ * Sysprof now provides a D-Bus service, sysprofd, which can perform
+ elevated perf_event_open syscalls on behalf of the user interface
+ after appropriate authorization. Polkit is used to perform the
+ authorization. This service requires sd-bus from systemd 222 and
+ newer. If you choose not to use this service, or do not have
+ systemd on your system, you will have to perform system-wide
+ captures as root, either via the UI, or via sysprof-cli.
+
+ * sysprof-cli now supports executing a command with the -c option.
+
+ * A new mimetype for *.syscap is installed to allow opening capture
+ files from Nautilus or other file-managers.
+
+ * The sysprof artwork has been updated.
+
+ * Sysprof can now be translated using GNOME's i18n and l10n
+ infrastructure.
+
+ * Sysprof now comes with a modest help manual which can be viewed with
+ the Yelp documentation browser.
+
+ * New code in sysprof has been licensed under the GPLv3 or newer.
+
+Translations
+
+ * Brazilian Portuguese by Rafael Fontenelle
+ * German by Mario Blättermann
+ * Polish by Piotr Drąg
+ * Serbian by Мирослав Николић
+
+It is worth noting that Sysprof is still a sampling based profiler.
+However, it should now be possible to extend sysprof to support tracing
+via callgrind. If you are interested in helping on this effort, please
+let us know and we can help you get started.
+
+Happy Perf Hunting,
+
+-- Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 27bdadd..36ed0fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ dnl ***********************************************************************
dnl Define Versioning Information
dnl ***********************************************************************
m4_define([major_version],[3])
-m4_define([minor_version],[19])
-m4_define([micro_version],[90])
+m4_define([minor_version],[20])
+m4_define([micro_version],[0])
m4_define([package_version],[major_version.minor_version.micro_version])
m4_define([bug_report_url],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=sysprof])
m4_define([api_version],[2])
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