Revision history for Forks-Super
0.52 2011-06-21
Calling Forks::Super::LazyEval::bg_eval and bg_qx in list context
doesn't work and is now disabled.
Performance enhancement for fork with file-based IPC.
Upgrade Sys-CpuAffinity bundle to v1.01
Bug fix in timeout code that cause BSD to hang.
Test fixes.
0.51 2011-04-18
Include IPCPipeHandle.pm in manifest (D'oh)
Overload <> operator for Forks::Super::Job to read from child stdout.
$job->wait(0) now waits with timeout of 0, behaves differently
from $job->wait().
0.50 2011-04-17
Support dir => $directory option to start child in arbitrary dir.
Introduced tied F::S::Tie::IPCPipeHandle class for testing/debugging
use of pipes.
Support cpu_affinty => [@list] syntax.
Calling exit from a child sub is allowed again.
0.49 2011-04-01
Bundle with Signals::XSIG v0.10 and drop Forks::Super::Sighandler.
Setting $ENV{IPC_DIR}="undef" to disable file-based IPC now functions
except on MSWin32.
0.48 2011-03-16
Fix compile error in t/49.
Refactoring of some large subroutines.
0.47 2011-03-15
Fix for IPC clean up. Removed obsolete files and tests.
Revised and reintroduced F::S::Tie::IPCFileHandle, IPCSocketHandle
tied classes for debugging. Ultimately these classes will provide
a common interface for file- and socket-based IPC.
Attach job information to all filehandles opened in the module.
0.44 2011-02-12
Upgrade Sys-CpuAffinity bundle to 0.99.
Can use Proc::ProcessTable to clean up grandchild processes.
Introduced reuse, dispose methods in Forks::Super::Job.
Fix tied $fh call (deprecated in 5.13.8).
Implement -MForks::Super=cleanse for picking up IPC litter off-line.
0.43 2010-11-15
API change for bg_eval, bg_qx functions: return value is no longer a
reference to a tied variable, but an overloaded object that retrieves
its value only when it is used.
Support timeout=> option to F::S::J::Ipc::read_stdXXX methods.
0.42 2010-10-17
Implemented child_fh => block spec.
Moved some functionality checks into %Forks::Super::SysInfo::CONFIG.
Getting bg_eval, bg_qx to do the right thing in taint mode.
Fixed IPC failures in non-English locales bug (cf.
www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/8376777)
Fix stdin,stdout,stderr options to fork to work better with socket IPC.
0.41 2010-10-10
overload behavior from v0.34 more stable, enabled by default.
Change name of $Forks::Super::FH_DIR to IPC_DIR and how it is set.
META.yml changes so bundled distributions aren't indexed by CPAN.
Check if sleep/alarm are compatible before some features can be used.
0.40 2010-09-28
Implemented Forks::Super::Sighandler module and enhanced
signal handling. Use with Time::HiRes::setitimer where
available to monitor the job queue instead of a separate process.
0.39 2010-09-16
Support for YAML::Tiny, Data::Dumper in Forks::Super::LazyEval package.
Enable default install for bundled Sys::CpuAffinity, Sys::CpuLoadX mods
Some efforts toward backporting to 5.6.
0.38 2010-09-08
Removed redundant Forks::Super::Util::Time() call.
Testing changes, including checking taint compatibility.
Unregister SIGCHLD handler at END{} to fix intermittent errors.
0.37 2010-08-27
Support block=>0|1 option to F::S::J::Ipc::read_stdXXX methods
to force blocking/non-blocking IPC I/O.
Natural language for timeout/expiration/delay/start_after options
(requires DateTime::Format::NaturalLanguage).
Support CONFIG{filehandles}=0 to only use sockets & pipes for IPC.
0.36 2010-08-23
Test case fixes only.
0.35 2010-08-12
New IPC methods F::S::Job::write_stdin, read_stdout, read_stderr;
refactored a lot of IPC code.
wait, waitpid can return overloaded F::S::Job objects like fork().
Documented $Forks::Super::Wait::WAIT_ACTION_ON_SUSPENDED_JOBS.
Implemented suspend callback.
0.34 2010-08-10
Return value from fork() can be an overloaded Forks::Super::Job
object that behaves like its pid in number context.
0.33 2010-07-29
Added open2 and open3 convenience methods.
Support for JSON v1 in Forks::Super::LazyEval package.
If $Forks::Super::SUPPORT_LIST_CONTEXT is non-zero, then
fork() in list context returns Forks::Super::Job object to parent.
0.32 2010-05-18
New system dependent Forks::Super::SysInfo package.
Changes to Ipc.pm for robustness and to ease testing/debugging.
Put README.txt file into temporary IPC directories.
Improved cleanup of queue monitor.
0.31 2010-05-04
Extend socket IPC to cmd/exec-style forks (except MSWin32).
Making use of tie behavior to more Forks::Super::Queue variables.
0.30 2010-04-25
Implemented suspend/resume functionality (for Windows, too).
Implemented kill/kill_all functions to send signals to jobs.
Bundles Sys::CpuAffinity (released) and Sys::CpuLoadX (unreleased)
modules, and enables $Forks::Super::MAX_LOAD parameter and
max_load option to fork().
0.29 2010-04-13
Pipes for IPC. system-limits.PL obtains pipe, socket capacity.
0.28 2010-04-05
JSON support for bg_eval call. Improved IPC file cleanup in MSWin32.
0.27 2010-04-03
Makefile changes, doc fixes
0.26 2010-03-18
Built OS::Win32 and OS::Linux for os-specific system functions.
OS::Linux includes first "conditional Inline::C code".
Broke up some long running unit tests into small pieces.
0.25 2010-03-10
$Forks::Super::LAST_JOB,$Forks::Super::LAST_JOB_ID capture job state in
bg_eval/bg_qx calls. Special handling for bg_eval/bg_qx jobs in waitpid
Timeout in MSWin32 will now (maybe) kill the grandchildren too.
0.24 2010-03-05
Fix cleanup of IPC files.
0.23 2010-02-20
Implemented timeouts on wait,waitpid,waitall calls.
0.22 2010-02-19
Added bg_qx function
0.21 2010-02-19
Decomposed large source file into manageable chunks.
Added stdin, stdout, stderr options to fork call.
0.16 2010-02-16
test fixes
0.15 2010-02-13
Further improvements using setpgrp with timeout option, cleanup.
0.14 2010-02-11
Bug/test fix for setpgrp issue on Linux.
0.13 2010-02-10
Added exec and callback options. Added bg_eval function.
0.12 2009-12-31
Added name attribute. waitpid, dependencies, and job lookup by job
name. Fixed named subroutine. Impl tied scalars for $ON_BUSY,
$QUEUE_INTERRUPT. On child timeout, all child subprocesses are killed.
0.11 2009-12-18
Fixes for some tests.
0.10 2009-12-08
Added sockets for IPC ; Changed API for accessing child
STDxxx handles.
0.09 2009-12-06
Require 5.7.3 for "safe" signals -- see perlipc ; refined some tests
0.08 2009-12-03
job-level debugging ; recommended modules to README and META.yml ;
os_priority implemented in MSWin32
0.07 2009-12-01
implement cpu_affinity option for Cygwin, Win32, Linux
0.06 2009-11-25
pod fixes; adding module config to import method (though this isn't
documented yet); v5.6 compatibility changes, tested on MSWin32
(AS) v5.6.1; may not pass all CPAN testers, but I expect improvement
0.05 2009-11-19
API Change Forks::Super::Job::_get to Forks::Super::Job::get
0.04 2009-11-14
Alpha release.