3 nbdkit-release-notes-1.8 - release notes for nbdkit 1.8
7 These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.8.
8 This describes the major changes since 1.6.
10 nbdkit 1.8.0 was released on 12th November 2018.
18 New plugin: L<nbdkit-sh-plugin(1)> for running shell scripts and other
19 external programs. See:
20 L<https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write-nbdkit-plugins-in-shell-script/>
24 New plugin: L<nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1)> which creates a
25 partitioned disk from a list of partitions in files.
29 New plugin: L<nbdkit-iso-plugin(1)> which creates an ISO (CD-ROM)
30 image on the fly from a directory of files. See:
31 L<https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/new-in-nbdkit-create-an-iso-image-on-the-fly/>
35 New plugin: L<nbdkit-floppy-plugin(1)> which creates a virtual
36 FAT-formatted floppy disk from a directory of files.
37 L<https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/new-in-nbdkit-create-a-virtual-floppy-disk/>
41 Magic config key allows simpler invocation of many plugins, eg:
51 L<nbdkit-data-plugin(1)>: Add F<disk2data.pl> script to generate data
56 L<nbdkit-data-plugin(1)> Use C<<< <file >>> to inline a file.
60 L<nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1)>: Use S<I<-D vddk.diskinfo=1>> to enable extra
65 tests: Use a helper function to refactor and simplify most tests.
69 L<nbdkit-partition-filter(1)>: Can handle E<gt> 128 GPT partitions.
73 nbdkit can be compiled on the Haiku operating system
78 New C<nbdkit_parse_bool> API for parsing boolean parameters
83 L<nbdkit-log-filter(1)>: Add C<logappend=[true|false]>
88 L<nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3)>: New C<set_error> and C<debug> calls.
92 Analyze code under AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer and fix bugs
97 Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs.
101 Tests now run more quickly.
108 L<https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-November/msg00111.html>.
118 Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc.