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2009-03-07: Release 0.26
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We are pleased to present stable release 0.26 of LibLo, the
lightweight, easy to use implementation of the Open Sound Control
protocol.

Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among
computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is
designed for use over modern network transports.

This release marks the first release of LibLo under the LGPL license
version 2.1 or later, allowing the use of LibLo in non-GPL
applications as long as it is dynamically linked such that the LibLo
portion of the application can remain freely modifiable.  We hope that
this will allow compatibility with a wider variety of audio
applications and encourage the use of open protocols even in
commercial software.  (This change was motivated by receiving a number
of requests for special permission for the use of LibLo in non-GPL
software.)

This release also introduces some new features, such as the ability to
use custom transports, proper TCP multi-session support, access to
bundle timestamp information, and wider C compiler compatibility.

Details:
- Change license to LGPL 2.1 or later.
- Add return codes to all functions that may fail.
- Fix memory leaks in lo_address_new_from_url(), dispatch_method(),
  lo_url_get_path()
- Move lo_arg_size(), lo_get_path(), lo_arg_host/network_endian() back
  to lo_lowlevel.h.
- Expose the lo_server_dispatch_data() function as public, making it
  possible to react to messages contained in an arbitrary block of
  memory.  (i.e., allows use with custom transport protocols)
- Get protocol by ID number.
- Keep TCP sessions open, and automatically track multiple open
  sessions in a data structure.
- Allow access to bundle timestamp information.
- Fix bug in lo_timetag_diff().
- Change the value of LO_TT_IMMEDIATE to correspond with the OSC
  specification.
- Enable SO_REUSEPORT when initializing a multicast server.
- Update the "soname" describing API/ABI compatibility.
- Update documentation and various bug fixes.
- Compiles under MSVC, avoiding the use of gcc-isms when not using
  gcc.


Contributions by:
- Mike Wozniewski
- Dominic Sacré
- Alex McLean
- Steve Harris
- Kentaro Fukuchi
- Koichiro Ozaki
- Stephen Sinclair

Please feel free to download it at SourceForge:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/liblo/liblo-0.26.tar.gz

Or read the online documentation:
http://liblo.sourceforge.net

Stephen Sinclair
  LibLo maintainer


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2008-07-18: Release 0.25
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We are pleased to present stable release 0.25 of LibLo, the
lightweight, easy to use implementation of the Open Sound Control
protocol.

Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among
computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is
optimized for modern networking technology.

This release brings several new features, including support for
broadcast messages, multicast UDP groups, message deserialisation, and
input validation.

Details:
- Check for buffer overflows
- Added oscsend and oscdump command-line tools
- Added lo_message_add_varargs() for variable-argument C functions.
- Added lo_bundle_free_messages()
- Bug fix for pattern matching. (curly braces)
- Broadcast support
- Added lo_message_deserialise()
- Multicast support
- Fixes for compiling on OS X
- General bug fixes

Contributions by:
- Camille Troillard
- Chris Hixon
- Kentaro Fukuchi
- Dave Robillard
- Nicolas Humfrey
- Stephen Sinclair

Please feel free to download it at SourceForge:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/liblo/liblo-0.25.tar.gz

Or read the online documentation:
http://liblo.sourceforge.net

Stephen Sinclair
  LibLo maintainer


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2007-03-21: Release 0.24
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About:
LibLO is a lightweight library for handling the sending and receiving of
messages according to the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol on POSIX
systems. 

Changes:
lo_server_get_protocol() and lo_address_get_protocol() were added. Tests
for lo_address_get_* were added to the test tool. Several compiler
warnings were fixed. The address for package bug reports was changed.
lo_blob_new() was changed to take const void*. The getnameinfo() method of
getting hostname is disabled when IPv6 is disabled. A Unix server socket is
now unlinked when it is closed. The size of a Unix socket path is checked
properly.  


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2006-01-27: Release 0.23
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Liblo, the Lite OSC library, is an implementation of the Open Sound
Control protocol for POSIX systems*. It is written in ANSI C99 and
released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is designed to make
developing OSC applictions as easy as possible.

http://liblo.sourceforge.net/


nick.


Changes:
  * New Maintainer (me!)
  * Fixed pthread resource leak, when stopping server
  * IPv6 is now disabled by default
  * Fixed bug where sockets weren't closed when replying to messages
  * Split off resolve_address into seperate create_socket function
  * Only creates new sockets when needed
  * Added lo_send_from, lo_send_message_from and lo_send_bundle_from


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2005-09-09: Release 0.22
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Liblo, the Lite OSC library, is an implementation of the Open Sound
Control protocol for POSIX systems*. It is written in ANSI C99 and
released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is designed to make
developing OSC applictions as easy as possible.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

- Steve

Changes:
        Fixes for socket leaking from Martin Habets, Dave Robillard and
                Jesse Chappell

        Fix for IPV6 numerical address parsing from Dave Robillard

        Fix for char handling on bigendian machines from Martin Habets
                (and others)

        New lo_server(thread)_del_method() from Martin Habets

        Endianess and arithmetic fixes for bundle timestamps from Topher
                Cyll - bundle delivery is still not accurate though

        Patch to optioanlly disable IPV6 support from Lorenz Schori

* and MS Windows, under some environment or other


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2005-03-03: Release 0.18
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http://www.plugin.org.uk/liblo/releases/liblo-0.18.tar.gz

This is bugfix release and fixes a critical bug in 0.17 that bites when
trying to connect multiple clients to one server. All users of 0.17 should
upgrade as soon as possible.

Liblo is an implementation of the Open Sound Control protocol for POSIX
systems. It is released under the GNU General Public Licence.

http://www.plugin.org.uk/liblo/
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/

- Steve


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2005-02-24: Release 0.17
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Liblo, the Lite OSC library, is an implementation of the Open Sound
Control [1] protocol for POSIX systems. It is written in ANSI C99 and
released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is designed to make
developing OSC applictions as easy as possible.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

Changes:
        Patch from Jesse Chappell to fix memory leak
        Ability to directly reply to the sender of a UDP message
        Preliminary support for the OSC method enumeration scheme

- Steve

[1] http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/


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2005-01-26: Release 0.16
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Liblo, the Lite OSC library, is an implementation of the Open Sound
Control [1] protocol for POSIX systems. It is written in ANSI C and
released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is designed to make
developing OSC applictions as easy as possible.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

Changes:
        Patch from Dave Robillard that fixes bundles of more than 4 messages.
        Some const char * for C++ compatibility.
        Added a source field to messages that represents the source from
                which a message was received. Useful in method handlers to
                determine which client sent the message.
        Added patch from Walco van Loon and Pix that fixes a bug in the
                hostname detection fallback code

- Steve

[1] http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/


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2004-10-19: Release 0.13
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liblo is an implementation of the Open Sound Control[1] protocol for POSIX
systems. It is written in ANSI C and released under the GNU General Public
Licence. It is designed to make developing OSC applictions as easy as
possible.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

This release adds Mac OSX compatibility fixes from Taybin Rutkin, a
memory leak fix from Jesse Chappell and methods and examples to allow
server polling from exisitng threads from Sean Bolton. Some legacy
compatobility code has been removed, but this should not affect anyone.

Documentation has been updated to reflect the changes.
[1] http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/ [website is currently
                                                     down]

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2004-08-19: Release 0.9
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liblo is an implementation of the Open Sound Control[1] protocol for POSIX
systems. It is released under the GPL. It is written in ANSI C.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

This release adds: (over the last stable release, 0.5)
* Nonblocking mesage dispatcher (useful for single GUI-thread
applications, eg Qt, GTK+)
* bugfixes to URL handling (0.6 - 0.8 broke DSSI)
* UNIX domain (FIFO) socket server/client support
* TCP domain socket server/client support
* A method to stop server threads
* Better regression tests (testlo)
* Fixed memory leaks
* More documentation
* Dynamic library building fixes

- Steve

[1] http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/


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2004-03-29: Release 0.5
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liblo is a easy to use OSC (Open Sound Control) implementation written in C.

http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/

See the website for docs and example code.

Changes since last release:
        bugfixes
        OSC URL handling
        better IPV6 support
        real documentation
        better example code
        support for all the types listed in the specification
        automatic port number selection for servers
        lo_target type has been deprecated, use lo_address now
        some buffer overrun checks in lo_send()

This version is not binary compatible with the previous release.

- Steve