[5.2] 0388ecb Polish.
PÃ¥l Hermunn Johansen
hermunn at varnish-software.com
Fri Sep 15 11:17:31 UTC 2017
commit 0388ecb08e37e040b83f0fd3ffcccdd1adb2cb99
Author: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri Sep 15 07:22:30 2017 +0000
Polish.
Remove mention of http_CollectHdrSep().
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/changes-5.2.rst b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/changes-5.2.rst
index ebd421e..fb1d194 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/changes-5.2.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/changes-5.2.rst
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ test-cases.
We only distribute ``vmod_debug`` in source releases, because it has some
pretty evil functionality, for instance ``debug.panic()``.
-We have split the non-suicidal test-writing stuff from ``vmod_debug``
-into a new ``vmod_vtc``, which is included in binary releases from
-now on, in order to make it easier for people to use ``varnishtest``
-to test local configurations, VMODs etc. The main highlight is that you
-can now synchronize barriers with VCL code thanks to ``vmod_vtc``, other
-conveniences were added like workspace manipulations.
+We have taken the non-suicidal test-writing goodies out of
+``vmod_debug`` and put them into a new ``vmod_vtc``, to make them
+available to people using ``varnishtest`` to test local configurations,
+VMODs etc.
+
+The hottest trick in ``vmod_vtc`` is that VTC-barriers can be
+accessed from the VCL code, but there are other conveniences like
+workspace manipulations etc.
See :ref:`vmod_vtc(3)`.
@@ -84,8 +86,7 @@ one or the other depended on how Varnish was built.
VMOD authors can now specify whether a module complies to the VRT
and only needs to be rebuilt when breaking changes are introduced
by adding ``$ABI vrt`` to their VCC descriptor. The default value
-is ``$ABI strict`` when omitted, and all VMODs from the standard
-Varnish distribution have a strict requirement.
+is ``$ABI strict`` when omitted.
.. _whatsnew_vsm_vsc_5.2:
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ file which is processed by the ``vsctool.py`` script into a .c and
This means that statistics counters are now self-describing in
shared memory, and ``varnishstat`` or other VSC-API using programs
-have no compiled in knowledge about which counters exist or how
-to treat them.
+no longer have a compiled in list of which counters exist or how
+to handle them.
This paves the way for VMODs or maybe even VCL to define
custom counters, and have them show up in varnishstat and
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ In the new VSM-api once setup is done, VSM_Attach() latches
on to a running varnishd master process and stays there.
VSM_Status() updates the in-memory list of VSM segments, and
-returns information about the master and worker proces:
+returns status information about the master and worker proces:
Are they running? Have they been restarted? Have VSM segments
been added/deleted?
@@ -143,10 +144,6 @@ VRT API changes
outside of ``vcl_hit`` or ``vcl_miss``. It also returns the number
of purged objects.
-New ``http_CollectHdrSep`` function, ``http_*`` symbols and associated
-data structures are part of the curated Varnish RunTime. Using them
-does not require strict ABI compliance.
-
.. _whatsnew_vut_5.2:
Added VUT API
@@ -170,3 +167,5 @@ the boilerplate to generate part of the documentation.
We hope that we will see new tools that take advantage of this API to
extend Varnish in new ways, much like VMODs made it easy to add new
functionality to VCL.
+
+*eof*
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
index 0b32705..9d02522 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ varnishd parameters
===================
The :ref:`ref_param_vsm_space` and :ref:`ref_param_cli_buffer`
-parameters are now deprecated and ignored. The updated logging
-implementation manages space automatically, so it no longer needs
-:ref:`ref_param_vsm_space`. Memory for the CLI command buffer is now
-dynamically allocated.
+parameters are now deprecated and ignored. They will be removed
+in a future major release.
+
+The updated shared memory implementation manages space automatically, so
+it no longer needs :ref:`ref_param_vsm_space`. Memory for the CLI
+command buffer is now dynamically allocated.
We have updated the documentation for :ref:`ref_param_send_timeout`,
:ref:`ref_param_idle_send_timeout`, :ref:`ref_param_timeout_idle` and
@@ -254,3 +256,5 @@ Other changes
up its copies of VMOD shared objects when it stops. This makes
it possible for VMOD authors to load their code into a debugger
after a varnishd crash. See :ref:`ref_param_debug`.
+
+*eof*
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