v1.5

This is beanstalkd version 1.5. A lot of changes went into this release,
including some big improvements.

As always, there will be no incompatible protocol changes until version 2.0. A
client written for version 1.5 will work unmodified with any later 1.x
release of beanstalkd.

Highlights
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- removed dependency on libevent
- no more autotools; to build beanstalkd, just type "make"
- incremental binlog compaction; fixes #43
- removed flag -d; alternatives are in the "adm" directory

More News
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- switch to MIT license
- remove DEBUG compile flag
- more interesting make examples in README
- change default CFLAGS
- verbose mode; closes #52
- properly timeout reserve-with-timeout; fixes #78
- document that EPOLLRDHUP was introduced in Linux 2.6.17.
- read beanstalkd 1.4.6's log format for compatibility
- report size of attempted read for WAL read errors
- accurately report position of WAL file errors
- add file index to job stats
- clarify behavior of cumulative stats; closes #81
- adding support for counting deletes on a tube
- delete command now deletes delayed jobs
- fix segfault; closes #71
- bsd build fix; PATH_MAX is defined in limits.h
- bsd build fix; echo -n is not portable
- do not read in STATE_WAIT; fixes #22
- document the new binlog stats
- redo the WAL code, improving style
- more careful binlog read checking
- in log recovery, recompute delay with current time; fixes #62
- provide and document more system admin tools
- support systemd socket activation

Full list of changes in this release (includes authorship information):
<http://github.com/kr/beanstalkd/compare/v1.4.6...v1.5>

Our Urls
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Download the 1.5 tarball directly:
<https://github.com/downloads/kr/beanstalkd/beanstalkd-1.5.tar.gz>

Learn all about beanstalk:
<http://kr.github.com/beanstalkd/>

Talk about beanstalk development or use at:
<http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk>

Bugs
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Please report any bugs to:
<http://github.com/kr/beanstalkd/issues>