From: Ted Lemon Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 11:58:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Document version; document changes since last snapshot X-Git-Tag: V2-BETA-1~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=57e5b114ebe733d3214eb4db67d636b74b7ad5b4;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git Document version; document changes since last snapshot --- diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES index 24cb7cb8e..b1fc4fe23 100644 --- a/RELNOTES +++ b/RELNOTES @@ -1,28 +1,20 @@ Internet Software Consortium Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Distribution - Development Snapshot - December 2, 1997 + Version 2, Beta 1, Patchlevel 0 + December 6, 1997 Release Notes -This is the final development snapshot before Version 2 of the -Internet Software Consortium DHCP Distribution goes to beta. -Development snapshots after this one will be for Version 3 of the ISC -DHCP Server. - -This snapshot is being released in the hopes that a fair number of -DHCP sites will download it, try it out, and submit bug reports and -critique the new manual pages. Please do not hold back - the plan is -to cut the first Beta release in about two weeks - at the beginning of -December. +This is the first Beta release of Version 2 of the Internet Software +Consortium DHCP Distribution. This beta is believed to be fairly +stable. PLANS -Version 1 of the ISC DHCP Distribution included just a DHCP Server. -As of this writing, the most recent Version 1 distribution is Beta 5 -Patchlevel 16. One more patchlevel is planned before Version 1.0 is -finalized. This is the release that we would expect most sites to run -in production. +Version 1 of the ISC DHCP Distribution includes just a DHCP Server. +Version 1 has been in feature freeze since late 1996, and is quite +stable. This is the release that we would expect most sites to run in +production. Version 2 of the ISC DHCP Distribution adds a DHCP Client and a DHCP/BOOTP Relay Agent to the DHCP Server that was offered in version @@ -37,12 +29,15 @@ server: - The server may be configured so that some DHCP clients can be excluded from booting. -This version is fairly stable at this time, and will soon be -moved to the "stable" track. It has a number of new features, and is -the release that we would expect sites that want some stability but -need the new pinging feature, or need a client or relay agent (but -note that you can run the Version 1 server alongside the Version 2 -client and relay agent). + - Improved NAKing behaviour, so that clients that are using + addresses other than the one the server knows they should be + using are disciplined quickly. + +This version is now in Beta testing, and is planned for release in +mid-1998. It has a number of new features, and is the release that we +would expect sites that want some stability but need the new lease +testing feature, or need a client or relay agent. Note that it is +possible to run the Version 1 server with the Version 2 client. Version 3 of the ISC DHCP Distribution will add Dynamic DNS Support, asynchronous DNS query resolution, DHCP Authentication, and possibly @@ -51,6 +46,17 @@ database. This release is not expected to be stable in the near future, and is intended for sites that are in a position to experiment, or for sites that desperately need the new features. + CHANGES FROM THE DECEMBER 2, 1997 SNAPSHOT + +- Use %ld to print pid_t and cast pid_t values to long to avoid + inconsistent declarations between different POSIX flavours. + +- Add support for ARPHRD_IEEE802 (token ring) hardware type. + +- If we own an address and a client requests it, but we can't assign + it to that client, we now NAK it so that the client doesn't try to + reuse it. + CHANGES FROM THE JUNE SNAPSHOT - Support for NeXTstep 3.x and 4.x