v1.7.1

This release includes the following features:

• LogFileConsumer added to the logging system
• Handle FASTRTPS_DEFAULT_PROFILES_FILE environment variable indicating the default profiles XML file
• XML parser made more restrictive and with better error messages

It also fixes some important bugs:

• Fixed discovery issues related to the selected network interfaces on Windows
• Improved discovery times
• Workaround ASIO issue with multicast on QNX systems
• Improved TCP transport performance
• Improved handling of key-only data submessages

Some other minor bugs and performance improvements.

It has the following known issues:

• Allocation limits on subscribers with a KEEP_LAST QoS is taken from resource limits configuration and doesn't take history depth into account. See #434 for a fix.

v1.7.0

This release includes the following features:

• New network transport: TCP transport
• Dynamic types (OMG XTYPES 1.1)
• Security 1.1

v1.6.0

This release includes the following features:

• Persistence
• Security access control plugin API and builtin Access-Permissions plugin.

Also bug fixing.

Version 1.5.0

This release include the following features:

• Configuration of Fast RTPS entities through XML profiles.
• Added heartbeat piggyback support.

Also bug fixing.

Note: If you are upgrading from an older version than 1.4.0, it is advisable to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.4.0

This release includes the following:

• Added secure communications.
• Removed all Boost dependencies. Fast RTPS is not using Boost libraries anymore.
• Added compatibility with Android.
• Bug fixing.

Note: After upgrading to this release, it is advisable to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.3.1

This release includes the following:

• New examples that illustrate how to tweak Fast RTPS towards different applications.
• Improved support for embedded Linux.
• Bug fixing.

Version 1.2.0

This release introduces two important new features:

• Flow Controllers: A mechanism to control how you use the available bandwidth avoiding data bursts. The controllers allow you to specify the maximum amount of data to be sent in a specific period of time. This is very useful when you are sending large messages requiring fragmentation.
• Discovery Listeners: Now the user can subscribe to the discovery information to know the entities present in the network (Topics, Publishers & Subscribers) dynamically without prior knowledge of the system. This enables the creation of generic tools to inspect your system.

But there is more:

• Full ROS2 Support: Fast RTPS is used by ROS2, the upcoming release of the Robot Operating System (ROS).
• Better documentation: More content and examples.
• Improved performance.
• Bug fixing.