3 A terse (and incomplete) list of API changes between 0.5.2 and 0.6:
5 * Most browsing and registration functions and their callbacks gained
6 new "flags" parameters. Passing 0 results in similar behaviour as
9 * avahi-client/client.h has been split into client.h, publish.h and lookup.h
11 * avahi-core/core.h has been split into core.h publish.h lookup.h
13 * avahi_client_is_service_local() has been removed. Use instead the special
14 flags AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_LOCAL and AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN which are
15 set when resolving or browsing for services. AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN is
16 what most people should use.
18 * AVAHI_RESOLVER_TIMEOUT and AVAHI_RESOLVER_NOT_FOUND have been
19 removed. Instead AVAHI_RESOLVER_FAILURE is used and the exact error
20 code is available from avahi_client_errno()/avahi_server_errno()
22 * The events AVAHI_BROWSER_CACHE_EXHAUSTED, AVAHI_BROWSER_ALL_FOR_NOW
23 have been introduced. Failures during browsing are now passed as
24 AVAHI_BROWSER_FAILURE and the error code is made available through
25 avahi_client_errno()/avahi_server_errno().
27 * The server gained a new state AVAHI_SERVER_FAILURE if some fatal
28 error happens. The reason can be found in
29 avahi_server_errno(). Clients can safely ignore this state.
31 * You can now update existing records by setting the
32 AVAHI_PUBLISH_UPDATE flags for add_service() and friends. Consider
33 using avahi_server_update_service_txt_strlst() if you need to
34 update only the TXT record for a service.
36 * Proper support for service subtypes is now available. Use
37 avahi_server_add_service_subtype() for that.
39 * Entry groups gained the new state AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_FAILURE. The
40 reason is available using
41 avahi_server_errno()/avahi_client_errno().
43 * Many superfluous functions have been removed from the public API or
46 * avahi_simple_poll_iterate() has been split up into three
47 functions. avahi_simple_poll_loop() has been introduced.
49 * Some new limits have been introduced: AVAHI_ADDRESS_STR_MAX,
50 AVAHI_DOMAIN_NAME_MAX, AVAHI_LABEL_MAX
52 * The functions avahi_service_name_join() and
53 avahi_service_name_split() have been introduced.
55 * AVAHI_ERR_LOCAL_COLLISION has been renamed to AVAHI_ERR_COLLSION
57 * The values of AVAHI_PROTO_xxx have changed, they are no longer
58 identical to the BSD AF_xxx constants
60 * avahi_client_new() now takes an additional flags parameter. Most
61 interesting flag here is AVAHI_CLIENT_NO_FAIL, which can be used to
62 create an AvahiClient object even when the daemon is not
63 running. This is useful to deal with daemon restarts.
65 * AvahiClient gained a new state AVAHI_CLIENT_FAILURE. (superseding
66 AVAHI_CLIENT_DISCONNECTED). If this event happens,
67 avahi_client_errno() will return the reason. If the error returned
68 is AVAHI_ERR_DISCONNECTED, the situation where
69 AVAHI_CLIENT_DISCONNECTED was previously thrown is entered. You may
70 choose to reconnect in that case by freeing your AvahiClient new
71 and create a new one with passing AVAHI_CLIENT_NO_FAIL.
73 * There's now a client side AvahiRecordBrowser, and
74 avahi_entry_group_add_record().