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author | Erlang/OTP <[email protected]> | 2016-06-02 11:39:07 +0200 |
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committer | Erlang/OTP <[email protected]> | 2016-06-02 11:39:07 +0200 |
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Revert "Prepare release"
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index b0e614d33c..d0540768de 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,187 +31,6 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> -<section><title>Kernel 5.0</title> - - <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list> - <item> - <p>The handling of <c>on_load</c> functions has been - improved. The major improvement is that if a code upgrade - fails because the <c>on_load</c> function fails, the - previous version of the module will now be retained.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-12593</p> - </item> - <item> - <p><c>rpc:call()</c> and <c>rpc:block_call()</c> would - sometimes cause an exception (which was not mentioned in - the documentation). This has been corrected so that - <c>{badrpc,Reason}</c> will be returned instead.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13409</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>On Windows, for modules that were loaded early (such - as the <c>lists</c> module), <c>code:which/1</c> would - return the path with mixed slashes and backslashes, for - example: <c>"C:\\Program - Files\\erl8.0/lib/stdlib-2.7/ebin/lists.beam"</c>. This - has been corrected.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13410</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Use fsync instead of fdatasync on Mac OSX.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13411</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The default chunk size for the fallback sendfile - implementation, used on platforms that do not have a - native sendfile, has been decreased in order to reduce - connectivity issues.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13444</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Huges writes (2Gb or more) could fail on some Unix - platforms (for example, OS X and FreeBSD).</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13461</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - A bug has been fixed where the DNS resolver inet_res did - not refresh its view of the contents of for example - resolv.conf immediately after start and hence then failed - name resolution. Reported and fix suggested by Michal - Ptaszek in GitHUB pull req #949.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13470 Aux Id: Pull #969 </p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Fix process leak from global_group. Thanks to Xuming who - reported and fixed this!</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13516 Aux Id: PR-1008 </p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The function <c>inet:gethostbyname/1</c> now honors the - resolver option <c>inet6</c> instead of always looking up - IPv4 addresses.</p> - <p> - *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13622 Aux Id: PR-1065 </p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The <c>Status</c> argument to <c>init:stop/1</c> is now - sanity checked to make sure <c>erlang:halt</c> does not - fail.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13631 Aux Id: PR-911 </p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - - <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list> - <item> - <p> - Added <seealso - marker="kernel:os#perf_counter/1">os:perf_counter/1</seealso>.</p> - <p> - The perf_counter is a very very cheap and high resolution - timer that can be used to timestamp system events. It - does not have monoticity guarantees, but should on most - OS's expose a monotonous time.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-12908</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The os:cmd call has been optimized on unix platforms to - be more performant as the number of schedulers increase.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13089</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>New functions that can load multiple functions at once - have been added to the '<c>code</c>' module. The - functions are <c>code:atomic_load/1</c>, - <c>code:prepare_loading/1</c>, - <c>code:finish_loading/1</c>, and - <c>code:ensure_modules_loaded/1</c>.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13111</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The code path cache feature turned out not to be very - useful in practice and has been removed. If an attempt is - made to enable the code path cache, there will be a - warning report informing the user that the feature has - been removed.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13191</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When an attempt is made to start a distributed Erlang - node with the same name as an existing node, the error - message will be much shorter and easier to read than - before. Example:</p> - <p><c>Protocol 'inet_tcp': the name somename@somehost - seems to be in use by another Erlang node</c></p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13294</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - The output of the default error logger is somewhat - prettier and easier to read. The default error logger is - used during startup of the OTP system. If the start-up - fails, the output will be easier to read.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13325</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The functions <c>rpc:safe_multi_server_call/2,3</c> - that were deprecated in R12B have been removed.</p> - <p> - *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13449</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Update the error reasons in dist_util, and show them in - the logs if net_kernel:verbose(1) has been called.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13458</p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Experimental support for Unix Domain Sockets has been - implemented. Read the sources if you want to try it out. - Example: <c>gen_udp:open(0, - [{ifaddr,{local,"/tmp/socket"}}])</c>. Documentation will - be written after user feedback on the experimental API.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-13572 Aux Id: PR-612 </p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - -</section> - <section><title>Kernel 4.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |