auth 4.3.2: docs&secpoll

diff --git a/docs/changelog/4.3.rst b/docs/changelog/4.3.rst
index cac9394173a9d31d116ce77b33803c5b8069ea6d..df05d47b9d1e40ca9c154f2b1f12abe9f1fdd54e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changelog/4.3.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog/4.3.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 Changelogs for 4.3.x
 ====================
 
+.. changelog::
+  :version: 4.3.2
+  :released: 12th of March 2021
+
+  This is version 4.3.2 of the Authoritative Server.
+  This release fixes latency calculations to match the approach used in 4.4.0, to make comparisons between 4.3 and 4.4 more useful.
+  It also contains a few build-related improvements.
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Bug Fixes
+    :pullreq: 9786
+
+    fix rounding inaccuracy in latency statistics (Kees Monshouwer)
+
 .. changelog::
   :version: 4.3.1
   :released: 22nd of September 2020

diff --git a/docs/secpoll.zone b/docs/secpoll.zone
index d459fda699cb24f834f1eee699da6935243aba84..bbcce45095c032b301197ec00a08249a2317407a 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/secpoll.zone
+++ b/docs/secpoll.zone
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@       86400   IN  SOA pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com. pieter\.lexis.powerdns.com. 2021030901 10800 3600 604800 10800
+@       86400   IN  SOA pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com. pieter\.lexis.powerdns.com. 2021031201 10800 3600 604800 10800
 @       3600    IN  NS  pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com.
 @       3600    IN  NS  pdns-public-ns2.powerdns.com.
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ auth-4.3.0-rc1.security-status                          60 IN TXT "2 Unsupported
 auth-4.3.0-rc2.security-status                          60 IN TXT "2 Unsupported pre-release (known vulnerabilities)"
 auth-4.3.0.security-status                              60 IN TXT "3 Upgrade now, see https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-05.html"
 auth-4.3.1.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
+auth-4.3.2.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
 auth-4.4.0-alpha1.security-status                       60 IN TXT "2 Unsupported pre-release (no known vulnerabilities)"
 auth-4.4.0-alpha2.security-status                       60 IN TXT "2 Unsupported pre-release (no known vulnerabilities)"
 auth-4.4.0-alpha3.security-status                       60 IN TXT "2 Unsupported pre-release (no known vulnerabilities)"

diff --git a/docs/upgrading.rst b/docs/upgrading.rst
index 915befc3bf1a3cef70b912fdad941cd8b5b9ddf1..50522fc9705f0481596d92e5ac3d8bbc3a259b0f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/upgrading.rst
+++ b/docs/upgrading.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ upgrade notes if your version is older than 3.4.2.
 Latency calculation changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-It turned out that average latency calculations in earlier versions used integers instead of doubles, which led to the throwing away of any data points between 'the current average' and 1000ms above it, instead of having those data points affecting the average.
-In 4.4.0, we `started using doubles for this <https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/9768/files>`__, which means the latency calculation is accurate now.
+It turned out that average latency calculations in earlier versions used integers instead of floating point variables, which led to the throwing away of any data points between 'the current average' and 1000ms above it, instead of having those data points affecting the average.
+In 4.3.2 and 4.4.0, we `started using floating point variables for this <https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/9768/files>`__, which means the latency calculation is accurate now.
+Usually, this means you will see higher latency numbers after upgrading.
 
 MySQL character set detection
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -67,6 +68,20 @@ Removed features
 SOA autofilling (i.e. allowing incomplete SOAs in the database) and the API set-ptr feature, that both were deprecated in earlier releases, have now been removed.
 Please run ``pdnsutil check-all-zones`` to check for incomplete SOAs.
 
+4.3.1 to 4.3.2
+--------------
+
+Latency calculation changes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+It turned out that average latency calculations in earlier versions used integers instead of floating point variables, which led to the throwing away of any data points between 'the current average' and 1000ms above it, instead of having those data points affecting the average.
+In 4.3.2 and 4.4.0, we `started using floating point variables for this <https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/9786/files>`__, which means the latency calculation is accurate now.
+Usually, this means you will see higher latency numbers after upgrading.
+
+To be very clear, there is no performance difference between 4.3.1 and 4.3.2.
+The only change is in the latency calculation, which was wrong in 4.3.1 and is correct in 4.3.2.
+This fix was backported to 4.3.2 from 4.4.0 so that users can fairly compare the performance of 4.3.2 and 4.4.0.
+
 4.3.0 to 4.3.1
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