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1 Release Notes {#RelNotes}
2 ============
3 
4 [TOC]
5 
6 # Introduction {#Introduction}
7 
8 Welcome to Lunchbox, a C++ library for multi-threaded programming.
9 Lunchbox 1.10 adds URI parsing, persistent map interface for key value
10 stores, compilation fixes for different platforms and adds minor improvements
11 of the API.
12 
13 Lunchbox 1.10 is a feature release based on the 1.9 Lunchbox API. It is
14 intended for all application developers creating high-preformance
15 multi-threaded programs. Lunchbox 1.10 can be retrieved by downloading
16 the
17 [source code](http://www.equalizergraphics.com/downloads/Lunchbox-1.10.0.tar.gz)
18 or any of the
19 [precompiled packages](http://www.equalizergraphics.com/downloads/major.html).
20 
21 ## Features {#Features}
22 
23 Lunchbox provides the following major features to facilitate the
24 development and deployment of multi-threaded applications:
25 
26 * OS Abstraction: Utility classes abstracting common operating systems
27  features, e.g., threads, locks, memory maps, shared library loading
28  and condition variables.
29 * High-Performance Primitives: Thread-safe utilities tuned for
30  performance, e.g., atomic variables, spin locks and lock-free
31  containers.
32 * Utility classes: Helper primitives which are not in the standard
33  library, e.g., logging, pools and random number generation.
34 
35 # New in this release {#New}
36 
37 Lunchbox 1.10 contains the following features, enhancements, bug fixes
38 and documentation changes over Lunchbox 1.9:
39 
40 ## New Features {#NewFeatures}
41 
42 * lunchbox::URI parsing support according to RFC3986
43 * lunchbox::PersistentMap interface for persistent key-value stores
44 * lunchbox::getHostname function
45 
46 ## Enhancements {#Enhancements}
47 
48 * Added timeout parameter for the Future::wait function
49 * Improved thread logging facilities
50 * Added API for continuous browsing to lunchbox::Servus
51 * Improved lunchbox::Servus implementations, supporting continuous browsing and
52  using the native Avahi API on Linux
53 
54 ## Optimizations {#Optimizations}
55 
56 * Improved performance of lunchbox::make_uint128()
57 
58 ## Documentation {#Documentation}
59 
60 * [API documentation](http://eyescale.github.io/Lunchbox-1.10/index.html)
61  of the public Lunchbox API
62 
63 ## Bug Fixes {#Fixes}
64 
65 Lunchbox 1.10 includes various compilation fixes over the 1.9 release, including
66 the following:
67 
68 * OSX 10.9, Win32 builds improved.
69 
70 ## Known Bugs {#Bugs}
71 
72 The following bugs were known at release time. Please file a
73 [Bug Report](https://github.com/Eyescale/Lunchbox/issues) if you find
74 any other issue with this release.
75 
76 * [6:](https://github.com/Eyescale/Lunchbox/issues/6)
77 Condition::timedWait does not wait on early RHEL 6.1 versions
78 
79 # About {#About}
80 
81 Lunchbox is a cross-platform library, designed to run on any modern
82 operating system, including all Unix variants and the Windows operating
83 system. Lunchbox uses CMake to create a platform-specific build
84 environment. The following platforms and build environments are tested:
85 
86 * Linux: Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04 RHEL 6 (Makefile, i386, x64)
87 * Windows: 7 (Visual Studio 2008, i386, x64)
88 * Mac OS X: 10.8 (Makefile, XCode, i386, x64)
89 
90 The
91 [API documentation](http://eyescale.github.io/Lunchbox-1.8/index.html)
92 can be found on [eyescale.github.io](http://eyescale.github.io/). As
93 with any open source project, the available source code, in particular
94 the [unit tests](https://github.com/Eyescale/Lunchbox/tree/1.8/tests)
95 provide a reference for developing applications.
96 
97 Technical questions can be posted to the Equalizer
98  [Developer Mailing List](http://www.equalizergraphics.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eq-dev),
99  or directly to
100  [info@equalizergraphics.com](mailto:info@equalizergraphics.com?subject=Lunchbox%20question).
101 
102 Commercial support, custom software development and porting services are
103 available from [Eyescale](http://www.eyescale.ch). Please contact
104 [info@eyescale.ch](mailto:info@eyescale.ch?subject=Lunchbox%20support)
105 for further information.
106 
107 # Errata