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1.1       misho       1: iperf3 Project News
                      2: ===================
                      3: 
                      4: 2015-01-09:  iperf-3.0.11 released
                      5: ----------------------------------
                      6: 
                      7: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz
                      8: | SHA256:  ``e01db5be6f47f67c987463095fe4f5b8b9ff891fb92c39104d042ad8fde97f6e  iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz``
                      9: 
                     10: This maintenance release adds a -1 flag to make the iperf3 execute a
                     11: single test and exit, needed for an upcoming bwctl release.  A few
                     12: other bugs are also fixed.
                     13: 
                     14: 2014-12-16:  iperf-3.0.10 released
                     15: ----------------------------------
                     16: 
                     17: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz
                     18: | SHA256:  ``a113442967cf0981b0b2d538be7c88903b2fb0f87b0d281384e41b462e33059d  iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz``
                     19: 
                     20: This maintenance release fixes building on MacOS X Yosemite, as well
                     21: as making the -w option work correctly with UDP tests.
                     22: 
                     23: 2014-10-14:  iperf-3.0.9 released
                     24: ---------------------------------
                     25: 
                     26: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz
                     27: | SHA256:  ``40249a2b30d26b937350b969bcb19f88e1beb356f886ed31422b554bac692459  iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz``
                     28: 
                     29: This maintenance release fixes an issue for a situation in which
                     30: attempting a UDP test with pathologically large (and illegal) packet
                     31: sizes could put the iperf3 server in a state where it would stop
                     32: accepting connections from clients, thus causing the clients to crash
                     33: when interrupted.
                     34: 
                     35: 
                     36: 2014-09-30:  iperf-3.0.8 released
                     37: ---------------------------------
                     38: 
                     39: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz
                     40: | SHA256:  ``81b8d91159862896c57f9b90a006e8b5dc22bd94175d97bd0db50b0ae2c1a78e  iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz``
                     41: 
                     42: This maintenance release is functionally identical to 3.0.7.  It
                     43: incorporates updated license verbage and a minor compilation fix.
                     44: 
                     45: 
                     46: 2014-08-28:  iperf-3.0.7 released
                     47: ---------------------------------
                     48: 
                     49: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz
                     50: | SHA256:  ``49510e886f9e876cd73dcd80414bfb8c49b147c82125585e09c2a6e92369d3f2  iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz``
                     51: 
                     52: This maintenance release fixes several minor bugs.  Of particular
                     53: note:
                     54: 
                     55: * A bug that caused some problems with bwctl / perfSONAR has been
                     56:   fixed.
                     57: 
                     58: * A bug that made it possible to disrupt existing, running tests has
                     59:   been fixed.
                     60: 
                     61: 2014-07-28:  iperf-3.0.6 released
                     62: ---------------------------------
                     63: 
                     64: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz
                     65: | SHA256:  ``3c5909c9b286b6503ffa141a94cfc588915d6e67f2aa732b08df0af73e21938  iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz``
                     66: 
                     67: This maintenance release includes the following bug fixes:
                     68: 
                     69: * Several problems with the -B option have been fixed.  Also, API
                     70:   calls have been added to libiperf to extend this functionality to
                     71:   API clients.
                     72: 
                     73: * Some portability fixes for OpenBSD and Solaris have been merged from
                     74:   the mainline.
                     75: 
                     76: As always, more details can be found in the ``RELEASE_NOTES`` file in
                     77: the source distribution.
                     78: 
                     79: Older News
                     80: ----------
                     81: 
                     82: 2014-06-16:  Project documentation on GitHub Pages
                     83: ..................................................
                     84: 
                     85: iperf3 project documentation can now be found at:
                     86: 
                     87: | URL:  http://software.es.net/iperf/
                     88: 
                     89: This is a GitHub Pages site.  In an ongoing series of steps, content
                     90: will be migrated from the iperf3 wiki to GitHub Pages.
                     91: 
                     92: 2014-06-16:  iperf-3.0.5 released
                     93: .................................
                     94: 
                     95: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz
                     96: | SHA256:  ``e1e1989985b17a4c03b0fa207004ad164b137e37ab0682fecbf5e93bcaa920a6  iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz``
                     97: 
                     98: This is the third maintenance release of iperf 3, with few more
                     99: enhancements and bug fixes.  Highlights:
                    100: 
                    101: * A timing issue which caused measurement intervals to be wrong with
                    102:   TCP tests on lossy networks has been fixed.
                    103: 
                    104: * It is now possible to get (most of) the server-side output at
                    105:   the client by using the ``--get-server-output`` flag.
                    106: 
                    107: * A number of bugs with ``--json`` output have been fixed.
                    108: 
                    109: A more extensive list of changes can always be found in the
                    110: ``RELEASE_NOTES`` file in the source distribution.
                    111: 
                    112: Note:  An iperf-3.0.4 release was planned and tagged, but not
                    113: officially released.
                    114: 
                    115: 2014-06-10:  New iperf3 download site
                    116: .....................................
                    117: 
                    118: iperf3 downloads are now hosted on a new server at ESnet:
                    119: 
                    120: | URL:  http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/
                    121: 
                    122: Going forward, new releases will be made available in this directory.
                    123: Older releases will, at least for now, continue to also be available
                    124: at the previous location.
                    125: 
                    126: 2014-03-26:  iperf-3.0.3 released
                    127: .................................
                    128: 
                    129: | URL:  http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz
                    130: | SHA256:  ``79daf3e5e5c933b2fc4843d6d21c98d741fe39b33ac05bd7a11c50d321a2f59d  iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz``
                    131: 
                    132: This is the second maintenance release of iperf 3.0, containing a few bug fixes and enhancements, notably:
                    133: 
                    134: * The structure of the JSON output is more consistent between the
                    135:   cases of one stream and multiple streams.
                    136: 
                    137: * The example programs once again build correctly.
                    138: 
                    139: * A possible buffer overflow related to error output has been fixed.
                    140:   (This is not believed to be exploitable.)
                    141: 
                    142: More information on changes can be found in the ``RELEASE_NOTES``
                    143: file in the source distribution.
                    144: 
                    145: 2014-03-10:  iperf-3.0.2 released
                    146: .................................
                    147: 
                    148: | URL:  http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz
                    149: | SHA256:  ``3c379360bf40e6ac91dfc508cb43fefafb4739c651d9a8d905a30ec99095b282  iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz``
                    150: 
                    151: **Note:**  Due to a mistake in the release process, the distribution tarball referred to above is actually not compressed, despite its ``.tar.gz`` extension.  Instead it is an uncompressed tar archive.  The file checksum is correct, as are the file contents.
                    152: 
                    153: This version is a maintenance release that
                    154: fixes a number of bugs, many reported by users, adds a few minor
                    155: enhancements, and tracks the migration of the iperf3 project to
                    156: GitHub.  Of particular interest:
                    157: 
                    158: * Build / runtime fixes for CentOS 5, MacOS 10.9, and FreeBSD.
                    159: 
                    160: * TCP snd_cwnd output on Linux in the default output format.
                    161: 
                    162: * libiperf is now built as both a shared and static library; by
                    163:   default, the iperf3 binary links to the shared library.
                    164: 
                    165: More information on changes can be found in the ``RELEASE_NOTES``
                    166: file in the source distribution.
                    167: 
                    168: 2014-02-28:  iperf migrated to GitHub
                    169: .....................................
                    170: 
                    171: The new project page can be found at:
                    172: 
                    173: https://github.com/esnet/iperf
                    174: 
                    175: 2014-01-10:  iperf-3.0.1 released
                    176: .................................
                    177: 
                    178: | URL:  http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz
                    179: | SHA256:  ``32b419ef634dd7670328c3cecc158babf7d706bd4b3d248cf95965528a20e614 iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz``
                    180: 
                    181: During development, there were various distributions of the source
                    182: code unofficially released carrying a 3.0.0 version number.  Because
                    183: of the possiblity for confusion, this first public release of iperf3
                    184: was numbered 3.0.1.
                    185: 

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