Valgrind News

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Below are a few of the important events in the history of Valgrind:

• January 29 2007: A bug-fix release, 3.2.3, is available (release notes). 3.2.3 is almost identical to 3.2.2, but fixes a regression that unfortunately crept into 3.2.2.

• January 22 2007: A bug-fix release, 3.2.2, is available (release notes).

• October 30 2006: The slides for a tutorial entitled "Building Workload Characterization Tools with Valgrind" are available on the publications page.

• September 16 2006: A bug-fix release, 3.2.1, is available (release notes).

• July 25 2006: Julian Seward has won a Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award for "Best Toolmaker" for his work on Valgrind.

• June 7 2006: valgrind-3.2.0, for x86/Linux, AMD64/Linux, PPC32/Linux and PPC64/Linux, is available. (release notes).

• March 15 2006: A bug-fix release, 3.1.1, is available (release notes). We recommend upgrading from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1.

• November 25 2005: Valgrind 3.1.0 is available (release notes). This release runs on {x86,amd64,ppc32}-linux. 3.1.0 brings much improved support for AMD64, improved memory management on all platforms, and support for 32-bit PowerPC/Linux. Also at this time we are releasing matching versions of the Callgrind profiling tool and Valkyrie GUI.

• November 21 2005: The results of the September survey have been put on the surveys page.

• October 8 2005: Our survey is over. Thanks to all those who participated. An analysis will be posted soon.

• September 22 2005: Please fill out our survey. We will close the survey in about one week's time, depending on the response rate. Update: We are extending the survey by one week because we are still getting a good number of responses each day. Please fill out a survey if you have not already.

• August 29 2005: A bug-fix release, 3.0.1 is available for x86-linux and amd64-linux (release notes). 3.0.1 fixes a significant number of bugs in 3.0.0, some of them critical. If you use/distribute 3.0.0, an upgrade to 3.0.1 is recommended.

• August 3 2005: A new stable version, 3.0.0 is available (release notes). 3.0.0 is a major new release, with support for both x86-linux and amd64-linux, and many other improvements.

• August 1 2005: A new stable version, 2.4.1, is available.

• March 24, 2005: A new stable release, valgrind 2.4.0, is available. Relative to 2.2.0, 2.4.0 has improved thread and signal support, reduced memory consumption, and dozens of bug fixes.

• March 12, 2005: The Valgrind website has been overhauled, and moved to www.valgrind.org. Many thanks to KDE for hosting the previous website.

• March 12, 2005: A new mailing list, valgrind-announce, has been created. This low-volume list will receive announcements of new Valgrind releases.

• August 31, 2004: A new stable release, valgrind 2.2.0, is available. 2.2.0 brings many improvements over 2.0.0, and includes the new Massif heap-profiling tool.

• July 18 2004: A new developer release, valgrind 2.1.2, is available. 2.1.2 fixes many bugs in 2.1.1, and includes the new Massif heap-profiling tool.
• March 12 2004: A new developer release, valgrind 2.1.1, is available.
• March 04 2004: An experimental PowerPC port is available.
• February 15 2004: Valgrind CVS now includes Massif, a heap profiling tool.
• January 27 2004: We have a new page listing projects using Valgrind.
• January 15 2004: Valgrind awarded a merit (bronze) Open Source Award (read the interview).
• December 14 2003: A new developer release, valgrind 2.1.0, is available.
• November 11 2003: A new stable release, valgrind 2.0.0, is available.