Revision history for Nebulous

0.10
    - allow ->replicate() volume param to be undef
    - fix ->delete() still work if the neb implies a volume on which there is
      no instance
    - retry all calls to open()
    - add Nebulous::Client->swap() method
    - add neb-swap
    - add nebclient:nebSetXattr()

0.09 Wed Jul  9 16:36:27 HST 2008
    - change "any" volume usage to corespond to changes in Nebulous::Server
    - add neb-replicate --copies option
    - fix neb-stat to work when a neb key is used that implies a storage volume
      that does not have instances on it
    - make neb-ls non-recursive by default and add a --recursive flag
    - add neb-copies util
    - move print_all_xattrs(), print_xattrs(), write_xattrs(), delete_xattrs(),
      and parse_xattr_pair() from neb-xattr into Nebulous::Util
    - change replicate() to report when it fails to cleanup (after a failure)
    - add neb-xattr util
    - change Nebulous::Client->find() to handle a volume param and to fall back
      to searching on the ':any' volume if the first search fails
    - change open_create() to attempt to open the instance file 10 times before
      failing
    - only send fatal errors to the screen
    - send log messages to stderr instead of stdout
    - overhaul SOAP fault message handling
    - suppress non-existant key errors from Nebulous::Client->find_instances()
    - in Nebulous::Client->stat(), handle the SOAP quirk of thinking an "undef"
      return is a fault (even when no fault code is set).
    - add ->setxattr_object(), ->getxattr_object(), ->listxattr_object(),
      ->removexattr_object()
    - change ->create() to accept volume == undef
    - modernize neb-touch API calls
    - change Nebulous::Client->replicate() to check the md5sum of the
      replicated file and to not leave empty instances laying around if there
      is a failure
    - add a virtual "summary" volume to neb-df
    - fix neb-df coding issues
    - set default logging level to warn

0.08 Thu Apr 17 14:07:18 HST 2008
    - add Nebulous::Client::open() '>' (truncate) mode

0.07
    - modify neb-df to use Nebulous::Client::mounts()
    - add Nebulous::Client::mounts()
    - server/client split into Nebulous::Server and Nebulous::Client packages
    - add support for storing instances in multi-tier 'hashed' directories 
    - pickup test DB settings from the env.
    - add neb-ls -l|-1 option
    - add neb-fsck
    - add neb-stat
    - add additional fkey constrains to the instance table
    - fix installation of neb-replicate & neb-cull
    - redo database schema with foreign keys
    - add Nebulous::Keys pod

0.06 Fri Jan 25 10:55:59 HST 2008
    - define Nebulous::Client::find_objects() as returning [] when NO keys are
      found
    - change neb-touch to use Nebulous::Client::find_objects() instead of
      ::find()
    - add Nebulous::Sever:: neb key/uri support
    - add Nebulous::Util::parse_neb_key()
    - change bin/* scripts to conistently use --volume instead of --node,
      etc.
    - pod cleanups
    - add neb-replicate & neb-cull

0.05 2007-05-04 16:59:31(???)
    - make filesystem xattr support optional & disabled by default
    - generate instance filenames that leave the "key" at the end so as to not
      break a pplications that expect a certain "extension" on the filename
    - set an xattr on all created files of "user.nebulous_key"
    - add neb-locate
    - change all Nebulous::Client public methods to behave in list context
    - rework the getmountedvol() stored procedure to attempt to work around
      what appears to be some nasty transacational isolation leak throught that
      was causing getmountedvol() to randomly hang when nebdiskd changed the
      mount table.
    - fix a nasty logic bug in Nebulous::Client->replicate()
    - break 1:1 relationship between key names and on disk file names
    - overhaul Nebulous::Client->cull()
    - add the number of instances to ->stat_object()
    - SQL cleanup
    - better paramter checking
    - overhaul instance table
    - add ->_is_valid_object_key() method
    - change ->find_instances() to check it's params and only return instances
      on mounted & available volumes
    - add volume.available field and logic to use it
    - add volume.allocate field and logic to use it
    - add instance.vol_id field
    - remove $class_id & $comment params from Nebulous::Server->create() and
      Nebulous::Client->create*() and all supporting functions and tests
    - add Nebulous::Server->{setxattr_object, listxattr_object,
      getxattr_object, removexattr_object}()
    - add neb-cat
    - add neb-mv
    - change Nebulous::Client->move() to use ->rename_object()
    - add Nebulous::Server->rename_object()
    - add neb-rm
    - add neb-cp
    - add neb-ls
    - add Nebulous::Client->find_objects()
    - add Nebulous::Server->find_objects()
    - add neb-touch
    - add neb-df
    - change neb-addvol to properly mangle URIs into paths

0.04 Mon Apr 23 13:33:16 HST 2007
    - include autogen.sh in the tarball
    - add nebdiskd
    - [nebclient] VERSION to '0.0.3'
    - change API to generally return true URIs instead of file paths
    - add support for some what intelligent volume allocations
    - minor code & build fixes, ws changes

0.03 Mon Dec 11 14:19:45 HST 2006
    - change Nebulous::Server instantiate objects (init -> new) instead of
      working with class data
    - add a DESTROY method to Nebulous::Server to tear down the database
      connection
    - add a Nebulous::Server->config() accessor
    - make Nebulous::Server->db() Apache::DBI aware
    - make SQL syntax MySQL 5 compatible
    - update SOAP, DBI & DBD, and Apache::* deps
    - change Nebulous::Server::SOAP to be mod_perl aware
    - change Nebulous::Server::SOAP install stub methods to bypass AUTOLOAD on
      successive calls to the same method
    - make Nebulous::Server::Log mod_perl aware
    - change Nebulous::Server::Log to accept a Nebulous::Server::Config object
      as a parameter instead of fetching it as a singleton
    - make Nebulous::Server::Config no longer a singleton

0.02 Fri Dec  2 17:36:59 HST 2005
    - recommend Test::Distribution 1.22
    - add t/00_distribution.t
    - rename test files
    - [nebclient] VERSION to '0.0.2'
    - Nebulous::Client, Nebulous::Server, & Nebulous::Server::SQL
        VERSION to '0.02'
    - add Nebulous::Client->open_create()
    - change Nebulous::Client->create() to return just a filename
    - [nebclient] add nebOpenCreate()
    - [nebclient] change nebCreate() to return just a filename

0.01 Fri Sep  3 10:23:31 2004
    - first working version
	- original version; created by ExtUtils::ModuleMaker 0.32
