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NFD version 0.6.6
-----------------
Release date: April 29, 2019
.. note::
This is the last release to support the `NDN packet format version 0.2.1
<https://docs.named-data.net/NDN-packet-spec/0.2.1/>`__. The next release will support
only the `v0.3 packet format <https://docs.named-data.net/NDN-packet-spec/0.3/>`__.
New features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Initial code changes for self-learning for broadcast and ad hoc wireless faces
(:issue:`4281`)
* ``EndpointId`` field in PIT in-record and out-record (:issue:`4842`)
* ``FaceEndpoint`` parameter in Forwarding and Strategy API (:issue:`4849`)
Improvements and bug fixes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Fix to properly handle consumer retransmission in AsfStrategy (:issue:`4874`)
- Fix compilation error when dropping privileges is not supported, e.g., on Android platform
(:issue:`4833`)
- Replace all uses of ``BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION`` with ``NDN_THROW``, and custom
``nfd::getExtendedErrorMessage`` with standard ``boost::diagnostic_information`` for error
message formatting (:issue:`4834`)
- Fix compilation against recent versions of Boost libraries (:issue:`4890`, :issue:`4923`)
- Fix display of satisfied/unsatisfied Interests in ``nfd-status-http-server`` (:issue:`4720`)
- Move ``NFD_VERSION{,_BUILD}_STRING`` to ``version.cpp`` to avoid re-compilation when the git
commit hash changes
- Code optimizations, modernizations, and deduplications:
* Switch to use ndn-cxx's ``getRandomNumberEngine()``
* Switch to ``std::thread`` and ``thread_local``
- Code reorganization:
* Move entire ``rib`` subdir to ``daemon/rib``, except for ``RibManager``, which is moved to
``daemon/mgmt`` (:issue:`4528`)
* Move NFD-specific files from ``core/`` to ``daemon/`` folder (:issue:`4922`)
* Eliminate ``scheduler::{schedule,cancel}`` wrappers
* Merge ``ManagerBase`` with ``NfdManagerBase`` (:issue:`4528`)
* Introduce and make use of ``NullLinkService`` and ``NullTransport`` (:issue:`4528`)
- Test suite refactoring
* ``IdentityManagementFixture`` renamed to ``KeyChainFixture`` and no longer derives from
``BaseFixture``
* Introduce ``ClockFixture``
* ``unit-tests-{core,tools}`` no longer require a global ``io_service``
* Eliminate use of ``Selectors`` in CS tests (:issue:`4805`)
- Update documentation
Removals
^^^^^^^^
- Support for ``unit-tests.conf`` (use ``NDN_LOG`` to customize)