From 73c9244faee21a65e2143cc52dcbcf5cfe0648c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franklin Wei Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:21:54 -0400 Subject: update docs --- README.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f459f72..6bbe8bb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ NetCosm ======= -NetCosm is currently under development. Things /WILL/ break, and +NetCosm is currently under development. Things WILL break, and features might drift out of existence without prior warning! ## Installation @@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ features might drift out of existence without prior warning! ### Prerequisites: * openssl (for password hashing) -* libbsd (for strlcpy) * libev -* linux >= 3.4 (for "packet mode" pipes) -* glibc >= 2.9 ### Compiling @@ -45,8 +42,9 @@ A child process is spawned for every client that connects. There are two pipes created for every child: a pipe for the child to write to, and a pipe for the master to write to. -Both of these pipes are created in "packet mode" (see pipe(2)), and -therefore require at least linux 3.4 and glibc 2.9. +Both of these pipes are created in "packet mode" (see pipe(2)) if +available, and as UNIX domain socket pairs if not, which is slightly +wasteful.s Many operations, such as listing clients, require the help of the master process. To request an operation, the child writes its request @@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ latency. Versions are numbered using the MAJOR.MINOR.BUGFIX scheme. -The latest version is 0.5.0. +The latest version is 0.5.1. Major versions mark major milestones (see below), minor versions mark incremental milestones and compatibility of data files, and bugfix -- cgit v1.1