This is the version history for Sawmill 6.0 beta. Sawmill 6.0 is shipping right now; watch this space for details about the new features.
| Version alpha, shipped DATE: 10/3/2003 |
| Version production, shipped DATE: 07/29/2004 |
New features in production:
| Version oldproduction, shipped BY_REQUEST: YES |
New features in oldproduction:
| Version 6.5.11, shipped July 24, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.11:
| Version 6.5.10, shipped May 30, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.10:
| Version 6.5.9, shipped April 03, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.9:
| Version 6.5.8, shipped February 14, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.8:
| Version 6.5.7, shipped January 25, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.7:
| Version 6.5.6, shipped January 11, 2004 |
New features in 6.5.6:
| Version 6.5.5, shipped December 13, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.5:
| Version 6.5.4, shipped November 08, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.4:
| Version 6.5.3, shipped October 12, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.3:
| Version 6.5.2, shipped September 14, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.2:
| Version 6.5.1, shipped August 23, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.1:
| Version 6.5.0, shipped August 13, 2003 |
New features in 6.5.0:
| Version 6.4.8, shipped June 15, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.8:
| Version 6.4.8a, shipped June 15, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.8a:
| Version 6.4.7, shipped May 10, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.7:
| Version 6.4.6, shipped April 26, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.6:
| Version 6.4.5, shipped April 21, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.5:
| Version 6.4.4, shipped April 05, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.4:
| Version 6.4.3, shipped March 23, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.3:
| Version 6.4.2, shipped February 15, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.2:
| Version 6.4.1, shipped February 01, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.1:
| Version 6.4.0, shipped January 17, 2003 |
New features in 6.4.0:
| Version 6.4s1, shipped November 23, 2002 |
New features in 6.4s1:
| Version 6.3.16, shipped January 12, 2003 |
New features in 6.3.16:
| Version 6.3.15, shipped November 16, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.15:
| Version 6.3.14, shipped October 19, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.14:
| Version 6.3.13, shipped September 30, 2002 |
| Version 6.3.12, shipped September 29, 2002 |
| Version 6.3.11, shipped September 12, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.11:
| Version 6.3.10, shipped August 01, 2002 |
| Version 6.3.9, shipped July 12, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.9:
| Version 6.3.8, shipped June 07, 2002 |
| Version 6.3.7, shipped June 05, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.7:
| Version 6.3.6, shipped May 29, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.6:
| Version 6.3.5, shipped April 21, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.5:
| Version 6.3.4, shipped April 14, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.4:
| Version 6.3.3, shipped April 05, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.3:
| Version 6.3.2, shipped March 24, 2002 |
New features in 6.3.2:
| Version 6.3.1, shipped March 18, 2002 |
| Version 6.3, shipped March 17, 2002 |
New features in 6.3:
| Version 6.2.16, shipped February 17, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.16:
| Version 6.2.15, shipped February 10, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.15:
| Version 6.2.14, shipped February 03, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.14:
| Version 6.2.13, shipped January 27, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.13:
| Version 6.2.12, shipped January 06, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.12:
| Version 6.2.12a, shipped January 08, 2002 |
New features in 6.2.12a:
| Version 6.2.11, shipped December 11, 2001 |
| Version 6.2.10, shipped December 09, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.10:
| Version 6.2.9, shipped November 19, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.9:
| Version 6.2.8, shipped October 24, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.8:
| Version 6.2.8a, shipped October 26, 2001 |
| Version 6.2.7, shipped October 14, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.7:
| Version 6.2.6, shipped October 08, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.6:
| Version 6.2.5, shipped September 21, 2001 |
| Version 6.2.4, shipped September 21, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.4:
| Version 6.2.3, shipped September 18, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.3:
| Version 6.2.2, shipped September 09, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.2:
| Version 6.2.1, shipped September 01, 2001 |
New features in 6.2.1:
| Version 6.2, shipped August 22, 2001 |
New features in 6.2:
| Version 6.1.8, shipped July 31, 2001 |
| Version 6.1.7, shipped July 30, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.7:
| Version 6.1.6, shipped July 24, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.6:
| Version 6.1.5, shipped July 08, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.5:
| Version 6.1.4, shipped June 15, 2001 |
| Version 6.1.3, shipped June 14, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.3:
| Version 6.1.2, shipped June 08, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.2:
| Version 6.1.1, shipped June 06, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.1:
| Version 6.1.0, shipped May 28, 2001 |
New features in 6.1.0:
| Version 6.0.12, shipped May 10, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.12:
| Version 6.0.11, shipped May 04, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.11:
| Version 6.0.10, shipped April 27, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.10:
| Version 6.0.9, shipped April 22, 2001 |
| Version 6.0.8, shipped April 18, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.8:
| Version 6.0.7, shipped April 15, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.7:
| Version 6.0.6, shipped April 11, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.6:
| Version 6.0.5, shipped April 08, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.5:
| Version 6.0.4, shipped April 03, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.4:
| Version 6.0.3, shipped March 28, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.3:
| Version 6.0.2, shipped March 27, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.2:
| Version 6.0.1, shipped March 24, 2001 |
New features in 6.0.1:
| Version 6.0, shipped March 21, 2001 |
New features in 6.0:
| Version 6.0fc8, shipped March 17, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc8:
| Version 6.0fc7, shipped March 12, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc7:
| Version 6.0fc6, shipped March 06, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc6:
| Version 6.0fc5, shipped February 23, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc5:
| Version 6.0fc4, shipped February 10, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc4:
| Version 6.0fc3, shipped January 27, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc3:
| Version 6.0fc2, shipped January 13, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc2:
| Version 6.0fc1, shipped January 07, 2001 |
New features in 6.0fc1:
| Version 6.0b16, shipped December 11, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b16:
One situation where single-processor systems benefit is if they are doing DNS lookup. Each log filtering thread can potentially look up an IP address at the same time, resulting in significant speed improvements when using large numbers of threads (DNS lookups often stall, leaving Sawmill doing nothing for very long periods; in multithreaded mode, it will continue to work during stalls). Preliminary results show a speedup of 70% when processing a DNS lookup configuration on a single-processor system.
This feature is still "experimental"; due to the massive modification that went into it, and the inherent difficulty multithreaded programming. At this point, you can expect more crashes and freezes if you use this option. Later versions will become more stable as we test and debug it more, and it should be a "final" feature by the time version 6 ships.
| Version 7.0b15, shipped July 18, 2004 |
| Version 6.0b15, shipped November 01, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b15:
| Version 6.0b14, shipped October 30, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b14:
| Version 7.0b14, shipped July 17, 2004 |
| Version 6.0b12, shipped September 13, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b12:
| Version 6.0b11, shipped August 15, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b11:
command_line_password option, useful for specifying a statistics viewing password in an URL
generate_image option, which causes Sawmill to generate the date/time graph image
in response to a view_statistics URL, rather than the HTML statistics page containing it.
This is useful for embedding the graph in an HTML page.
| Version 6.0b10, shipped July 14, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b10:
| Version 6.0b9, shipped June 08, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b9:
| Version 6.0b8, shipped April 29, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b8:
| Version 6.0b7, shipped April 12, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b7:
| Version 6.0b6, shipped April 07, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b6:
| Version 6.4b6, shipped November 03, 2002 |
New features in 6.4b6:
| Version 6.5b5, shipped July 21, 2003 |
New features in 6.5b5:
| Version 6.4b5, shipped October 18, 2002 |
New features in 6.4b5:
| Version 6.0b5, shipped March 9, 2000 |
New features in 6.0b5:
| Version 6.4b4, shipped September 24, 2002 |
New features in 6.4b4:
| Version 6.4b3, shipped September 05, 2002 |
New features in 6.4b3:
| Version 6.5b3, shipped May 25, 2003 |
New features in 6.5b3: