py2p v0.6.757

This is the sixth Python release. It includes:

• A switch to msgpack for serialization
• API improvements
• several minor bug fixes.
• official Python 3.6 support
• official mypy typing support.

See https://blog.p2p.today/release-0-6 for more information

Note: System-specific wheels are waiting on build. Will be added by EOD.

js2p v0.6.757

This is the second Javascript release. It includes:

• A switch to msgpack for serialization
• API improvements
• Several minor bug fixes
• Improvements in browser packing
• Significantly expanded tests

See https://blog.p2p.today/release-0-6 for more information

py2p v0.5.607

This is the fifth Python release.

Changes include:

• Distributed dictionary object
• Serialized messages have metadata interlaced, for faster usage
• Documentation
• Snappy compression support
• Mild optimizations throughout
• Translated all C++ to C
• More code follows PEP8
• C code now releases GIL
• Most list properties are now generators
• Full dict API support on chord_socket and sync_socket

Issues closed:

• #64
• #89
• #92
• #100
• #103
• #106
• #109
• #110
• #111
• #112
• #114
• #117
• #120

Next steps:

• Global refactorization
• Javascript Chord table
• Figure out how to fully implement in Smalltalk

js2p v0.5.607

This is the second Javascript release.

Changes include:

• Can now be built for browsers (note: browsers cannot receive connections)
• Websocket support
• Serialized messages have metadata interlaced, for faster usage
• Documentation
• Snappy compression support
• Mild optimizations throughout
• Most list properties are now generators
• Full Python dict API support on sync_socket

Issues closed:

• #64
• #92
• #100
• #114
• #119
• #120

Next steps:

• Global refactorization
• Javascript Chord table
• Figure out how to fully implement in Smalltalk

py2p v0.4.516

This is the fourth Python release.

Changes include:

• Synchronized dictionary object
• Javascript implementation with networking
• Alpha chord-like DHT (python only, unstable)
• Documentation
• Go protocol parser/serializer
• C++ protocol parser/serializer
• Java protocol parser/serializer
• Smalltalk protocol parser
• More accurate compression flags

Issues closed:

• #40
• #45
• #63
• #72
• #73
• #74
• #76
• #77
• #78
• #79
• #80
• #81
• #85
• #86
• #87
• #88
• #90
• #91
• #94
• #96
• #98
• #99
• #101
• #102

Next steps:

• Global refactorization
• More stable Chord table
• Javascript Chord table
• Serialization improvements
• Figure out how to fully implement in Smalltalk
• Translate C++ code to C

js2p v0.4.516

This is the first Node.js release. Networking portions are required to run in Node.js, but the serialization objects can be used in the browser via browserify.

Changes include:

• Synchronized dictionary object
• Javascript implementation with networking
• Alpha chord-like DHT (python only, unstable)
• Documentation
• Go protocol parser/serializer
• C++ protocol parser/serializer
• Java protocol parser/serializer
• Smalltalk protocol parser
• More accurate compression flags

Issues closed:

• #40
• #45
• #63
• #72
• #73
• #74
• #76
• #77
• #78
• #79
• #80
• #81
• #85
• #86
• #87
• #88
• #90
• #91
• #94
• #96
• #98
• #99
• #101
• #102

Next steps:

• Global refactorization
• More stable Chord table
• Javascript Chord table
• Serialization improvements
• Figure out how to fully implement in Smalltalk
• Translate C++ code to C

py2p-0.3.213

Contains the python release for v0.3.213. No javascript is included in this release, as it is not yet network-enabled.

To set up using the compiled archives provided, use the command pip install $archive_path

To set up using the source archives, extract them, the run python setup.py install

New in this release:

• Add callback registry API
• Add disconnect after 60 seconds of incomplete message
• Add cryptography support for ssl_wrapper.py
• Remove net.py
• Refactor mesh.py
• Move waterfalling policy to mesh_connection (where it should be)

py2p-0.3.186

Contains the python release for v0.3.186. No javascript is included in this release, as it is not yet network-enabled.

To set up using the compiled archives provided, use the command pip install $archive_path

To set up using the source archives, extract them, the run python setup.py install

New in this release:

• Add deprecation warning for net.py
• Add experimental SSL encryption
• Add connection conflict resolution
• Add experimental network repair functions (on disconnect, request your peers' peers)
• Add protocol rejection test
• Change behavior of request *
• Move disconnect method from mesh_daemon to mesh_socket
• Rewrite protocol documentation
• Reduce max outgoing connections (8 -> 4)
• No longer accepts waterfall packets >60s old
• No longer limit length of waterfall queue

py2p-0.2.136

Contains the python release for v0.2.136. No javascript is included in this release, as it is not yet network-enabled.

To set up using the compiled archives provided, use the command pip install $archive_path

To set up using the source archives, extract them, the run python setup.py install