final preparations for version 2.8 release

CHANGES

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.8 / <not released yet>
+2.8 / 4-Sep-2021
 
  - Fixed
    - Using a combination of --live and --json wasn't flushing stdout after
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    - Configured interface specific MaxBW values were getting overridden by
      BandwidthDetection when something could be detected
    - Image output horizontal rx/tx bars often had one pixel too much width in
-     the tx section resulting in slightly wrong ratio to be shown
+     the tx section resulting in slightly wrong ratio getting shown
    - Top days list wasn't always sorting entries with exactly the same traffic
      sum using ascending date
    - 64bitInterfaceCounters with value -2 always assumed 32-bit on Linux
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@
  - New
    - Add the possibility of specifying an interface without using the
      -i / --iface options (vnstat and vnstati)
+   - The daemon can discover added interfaces from the database without
+     requiring a restart, configurable with option RescanDatabaseOnSave
    - Add configuration option UseUTC for using UTC as timezone for database
      entries instead of following the system timezone configuration
    - --iflist uses user configured interface specific MaxBW values in the
      output when available instead of showing only the kernel provided
      information when detected
    - Add configuration option AlwaysAddNewInterfaces to expose the daemon
      --alwaysadd command line option which gains an optional mode parameter
-   - The daemon can discover added interfaces from the database without
-     requiring a restart, configurable with option RescanDatabaseOnSave
    - Image output uses LibGD filled arc bug workaround only for LibGD
      versions that are known to be broken
    - Image output example cgi (examples/vnstat.cgi) improvements
      - Automatically lists all monitored interfaces instead of requiring the
        list to be filled manually, server name in page title comes from
-       hostname command
+       hostname command by default
      - Provides links for most available images to more detailed or longer
        versions of each image
      - Allows direct interface specific page access with /interfacename suffix

INSTALL.md

@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ permissions, such as your home dir. Then try starting the daemon with
 
     vnstatd -d
 
-After that wait for (or generate) at least 1024 bytes of network traffic
+After that wait for (or generate) at least 1 byte of network traffic
 (and 5 min for the next database file save).
 
     vnstat
 
-Now you should get some stats about your network usage. See the config
+Now you should get some statistics about your network usage. See the config
 file `~/.vnstatrc` for interface and other settings.
 
 

INSTALL_BSD.md

@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ permissions, such as your home dir. Then try starting the daemon with
 
     vnstatd -d
 
-After that wait for (or generate) at least 1024 bytes of network traffic
+After that wait for (or generate) at least 1 byte of network traffic
 (and 5 min for the next database file save).
 
     vnstat
 
-Now you should get some stats about your network usage. See the config
+Now you should get some statistics about your network usage. See the config
 file `~/.vnstatrc` for interface and other settings.
 
 

README

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ are fully user configurable. Total seen traffic and a top days listing is also
 provided. Optional png image output is available in systems with the gd
 library installed.
 
-Optional png image output is available in systems with the gd library
-installed.
-
 See the webpage https://humdi.net/vnstat/ for output examples.
 
 

UNINSTALL.md

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  2. Remove any manually installed service files or file entries
     used to start the daemon
  3. Run `make uninstall` and follow the instructions
- 4. Remove the database directory if no longer needed, the
+ 4. Remove the database directory if it is no longer needed, the
     command of the previous step will not touch any collected data

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for vnstat 2.8_beta1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for vnstat 2.8.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='vnstat'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='vnstat'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.8_beta1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='vnstat 2.8_beta1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.8'
+PACKAGE_STRING='vnstat 2.8'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures vnstat 2.8_beta1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures vnstat 2.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of vnstat 2.8_beta1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of vnstat 2.8:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-vnstat configure 2.8_beta1
+vnstat configure 2.8
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by vnstat $as_me 2.8_beta1, which was
+It was created by vnstat $as_me 2.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='vnstat'
- VERSION='2.8_beta1'
+ VERSION='2.8'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -6320,7 +6320,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by vnstat $as_me 2.8_beta1, which was
+This file was extended by vnstat $as_me 2.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -6386,7 +6386,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-vnstat config.status 2.8_beta1
+vnstat config.status 2.8
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([vnstat], [2.8_beta1])
+AC_INIT([vnstat], [2.8])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects std-options -Wall -Werror])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 

man/vnstat.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH VNSTAT 1 "MAY 2021" "version 2.7" "User Manuals"
+.TH VNSTAT 1 "SEPTEMBER 2021" "version 2.8" "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vnstat \- a console-based network traffic monitor
 

man/vnstat.conf.5

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH VNSTAT.CONF 5 "MAY 2021" "version 2.7" "User Manuals"
+.TH VNSTAT.CONF 5 "SEPTEMBER 2021" "version 2.8" "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vnstat.conf \- vnStat configuration file
 

man/vnstatd.8

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH VNSTATD 8 "MAY 2021" "version 2.7" "User Manuals"
+.TH VNSTATD 8 "SEPTEMBER 2021" "version 2.8" "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vnstatd \- daemon based database updating for vnStat
 

man/vnstati.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH VNSTATI 1 "MAY 2021" "version 2.7" "User Manuals"
+.TH VNSTATI 1 "SEPTEMBER 2021" "version 2.8" "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vnstati \- png image output support for vnStat