workerpool history

https://github.com/josdejong/workerpool

2020-10-03, version 6.0.2

• Fix #32, #175: the promise returned by Pool.terminate() now waits until subprocesses are dead before resolving. Thanks @boneskull.

2020-09-23, version 6.0.1

• Removed examples from the npm package. Thanks @madbence.

2020-05-13, version 6.0.0

WARNING: the library entry points are changed and new source maps are added. This may have impact on your project depending on your setup.

• Created separate library entry points in package.json for node.js and browser. Thanks @boneskull.
• Generated source maps for both minified and non-minified bundles.
• Removed deprecation warnings for options.nodeWorker (renamed to options.workerType) and pool.clear() (renamed to pool.terminate()).

2019-12-31, version 5.0.4

• Fixed #121: isMainThread not working when using worker_threads.
• Drop official support for node.js 8 (end of life).

2019-12-23, version 5.0.3

• Fixed library not working in the browser. See #106.

2019-11-06, version 5.0.2

• Fixed environment detection in browser. See #106. Thanks @acgrid.

2019-10-13, version 5.0.1

• Fixed #96: WorkerPool not cancelling any pending tasks on termination.

2019-08-25, version 5.0.0

• Deprecated option nodeWorker and created a new, more extensive option workerType giving full control over the selected type of worker. Added new option 'web' to enforce use a Web Worker. See #85, #74.
• In a node.js environment, the default workerType is changed from 'process' to 'thread'. See #85, #50.
• Improved detection of environment (browser or node), fixing wrong detection in a Jest test environment. See #85.

2019-08-21, version 4.0.0

• Pass argument --max-old-space-size to child processes. Thanks @patte.
• Removed redundant dependencies, upgraded all devDependencies.
• Fixed Webpack issues of missing modules child_process and worker_threads. See #43.
• Bundled library changed due to the upgrade to Webpack 4. This could possibly lead to breaking changes.
• Implemented new option maxQueueSize. Thanks @colomboe.
• Fixed exiting workers when the parent process is killed. Thanks @RogerKang.
• Fixed #81: Option minWorkers: 'max' not using the configured maxWorkers.
• Fixed not passing nodeWorker to workers initialized when creating a pool. Thanks @spacelan.
• Internal restructure of the code: moved from lib to src.

2019-03-12, version 3.1.2

• Improved error message when a node.js worker unexpectedly exits (see #58). Thanks @stefanpenner.

• Allocate debug ports safely, this fixes an issue cause workers to exit unexpectedly if more then one worker pool is active, and the process is started with a debugger (node debug or node --inspect). Thanks @stefanpenner.

2019-02-25, version 3.1.1

• Fix option nodeWorker: 'auto' not using worker threads when available. Thanks @stefanpenner.

2019-02-17, version 3.1.0

• Implemented support for using worker_threads in Node.js, via the new option nodeWorker: 'thread'. Thanks @stefanpenner.

2018-12-11, version 3.0.0

• Enable usage in ES6 Webpack projects.
• Dropped support for AMD module system.

2018-09-12, version 2.3.3

• Fixed space in license field in package.json. Thanks @sagotsky.

2018-09-08, version 2.3.2

• Add licence field to package.json. Thanks @greyd.

2018-07-24, version 2.3.1

• Fixed bug where tasks that are cancelled in a Pool's queue causes following tasks to not run. Thanks @greemo.

2017-09-30, version 2.3.0

• New method Pool.terminate(force, timeout) which will replace Pool.clear(force). Thanks @jimsugg.
• Fixed issue with never terminating zombie child processes. Thanks @jimsugg.

2017-08-20, version 2.2.4

• Fixed a debug issue: look for --inspect within argument strings, instead of exact match. Thanks @jimsugg.

2017-08-19, version 2.2.3

• Updated all examples to neatly include .catch(...) callbacks.

2017-07-08, version 2.2.2

• Fixed #25: timer of a timeout starting when the task is created instead of when the task is started. Thanks @eclipsesk for input.

2017-05-07, version 2.2.1

• Fixed #2 and #19: support for debugging child processes. Thanks @tptee.

2016-11-26, version 2.2.0

• Implemented #18: method pool.stats().

2016-10-11, version 2.1.0

• Implemented support for registering the workers methods asynchronously. This enables asynchronous initialization of workers, for example when using AMD modules. Thanks @natlibfi-arlehiko.
• Implemented environment variables platform, isMainThread, and cpus. Thanks @natlibfi-arlehiko.
• Implemented option minWorkers. Thanks @sergei202.

2016-09-18, version 2.0.0

• Replaced conversion of Error-objecting using serializerr to custom implementation to prevent issues with serializing/deserializing functions. This conversion implementation loses the prototype object which means that e.g. 'TypeError' will become just 'Error' in the main code. See #8. Thanks @natlibfi-arlehiko.

2016-09-12, version 1.3.1

• Fix for a bug in PhantomJS (see #7). Thanks @natlibfi-arlehiko.

2016-08-21, version 1.3.0

• Determine maxWorkers as the number of CPU's minus one in browsers too. See #6.

2016-06-25, version 1.2.1

• Fixed #5 error when loading via AMD or bundling using Webpack.

2016-05-22, version 1.2.0

• Implemented serializing errors with stacktrace. Thanks @mujx.

2016-01-25, version 1.1.0

• Added an error message when wrongly calling pool.proxy.
• Fixed function worker.pool not accepting both a script and options. See #1. Thanks @freund17.

2014-05-29, version 1.0.0

• Merged function Pool.run into Pool.exec, simplifying the API.

2014-05-14, version 0.2.0

• Implemented support for cancelling running tasks.
• Implemented support for cancelling running tasks after a timeout.

2014-05-07, version 0.1.0

• Implemented support for both node.js and the browser.
• Implemented offloading functions.
• Implemented worker proxy.
• Added docs and examples.

2014-05-02, version 0.0.1

• Module name registered at npm.