curl/RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.19.3

 Public curl releases:         109
 Command line options:         128
 curl_easy_setopt() options:   158
 Public functions in libcurl:  58
 Known libcurl bindings:       37
 Contributors:                 683

This release includes the following changes:

 o 

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o build failure when disabling FTP but enabling GSS
 o fixed several calls to memory functions that didn't check return codes
 o memory leak for SSL connects with libcurl/NSS when CURLOPT_ISSUERCERT was
   used
 o re-use of connections with the multi interface when multiple handles used
   the same server
 o memory leak with HTTP GSS/kerberos authentication
 o removed the default use of "Pragma: no-cache"
 o fix SCP/SFTP busyloop by using a new libssh2 0.19 function
 o bad fclose() after a fatal error in cookie code

This release includes the following known bugs:

 o see docs/KNOWN_BUGS (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/knownbugs.html)

This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:

 Yang Tse, Daniel Fandrich, Jim Meyering, Christian Krause, Andreas Wurf,
 Markus Koetter, Josef Wolf, Vlad Grachov, Pawel Kierski

        Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
and we are now on the 7.19.3 road 2008-11-13 21:24:00 +08:00			`Curl and libcurl 7.19.3`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-23 05:38:52 +08:00
and we are now on the 7.19.3 road 2008-11-13 21:24:00 +08:00			`Public curl releases: 109`
- Martin Drasar provided the CURLOPT_POSTREDIR patch. It renames CURLOPT_POST301 (but adds a define for backwards compatibility for you who don't define CURL_NO_OLDIES). This option allows you to now also change the libcurl behavior for a HTTP response 302 after a POST to not use GET in the subsequent request (when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled). I edited the patch somewhat before commit. The curl tool got a matching --post302 option. Test case 1076 was added to verify this. 2008-09-06 00:13:20 +08:00			`Command line options: 128`
- Igor Novoseltsev added CURLOPT_PROXYUSER and CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD that then make CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD sort of deprecated. The primary motive for adding these new options is that they have no problems with the colon separator that the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD option does. 2008-10-17 04:21:22 +08:00			`curl_easy_setopt() options: 158`
- Introducing curl_easy_send() and curl_easy_recv(). They can be used to send and receive data over a connection previously setup with curl_easy_perform() and its CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. The sendrecv.c example was added to show how they can be used. 2008-05-13 05:43:24 +08:00			`Public functions in libcurl: 58`
oops, counted one of them twice! 2008-10-08 02:14:11 +08:00			`Known libcurl bindings: 37`
and we are now on the 7.19.3 road 2008-11-13 21:24:00 +08:00			`Contributors: 683`
David Hull made the file: URL parser also accept the somewhat sloppy file syntax: file:/path. I added test case 203 to verify this. 2003-10-29 17:53:21 +08:00
Armel Asselin made the CURLOPT_PREQUOTE option work fine even when CURLOPT_NOBODY is set true. PREQUOTE is then run roughly at the same place in the command sequence as it would have run if there would've been a transfer. 2006-08-09 06:56:46 +08:00			`This release includes the following changes:`
mention the curl_off_t changes first 2008-09-01 22:27:24 +08:00
and we're back on square one working on the next release... 2008-11-05 20:17:30 +08:00			`o`
Armel Asselin made the CURLOPT_PREQUOTE option work fine even when CURLOPT_NOBODY is set true. PREQUOTE is then run roughly at the same place in the command sequence as it would have run if there would've been a transfer. 2006-08-09 06:56:46 +08:00
HTTP Digest auth fix on a re-used connection 2007-07-22 18:17:52 +08:00			`This release includes the following bugfixes:`

Christian Krause fixed a build failure when building with gss support enabled and FTP disabled. 2008-11-16 20:42:53 +08:00			`o build failure when disabling FTP but enabling GSS`
my recent changes 2008-11-16 07:47:01 +08:00			`o fixed several calls to memory functions that didn't check return codes`
			`o memory leak for SSL connects with libcurl/NSS when CURLOPT_ISSUERCERT was`
			`used`
- Andreas Wurf and Markus Koetter helped me analyze a problem that Andreas got when uploading files to a single FTP server using multiple easy handle handles with the multi interface. Occasionally a handle would stall in mysterious ways. The problem turned out to be a side-effect of the ConnectionExists() function's eagerness to re-use a handle for HTTP pipelining so it would select it even if already being in use, due to an inadequate check for its chances of being used for pipelnining. 2008-11-19 18:15:19 +08:00			`o re-use of connections with the multi interface when multiple handles used`
			`the same server`
- Christian Krause reported and fixed a memory leak that would occur with HTTP GSS/kerberos authentication (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=2284386) 2008-11-19 22:22:01 +08:00			`o memory leak with HTTP GSS/kerberos authentication`
- I removed the default use of "Pragma: no-cache" from libcurl when a proxy is used. It has been used since forever but it was never a good idea to use unless explicitly asked for. 2008-11-20 06:00:14 +08:00			`o removed the default use of "Pragma: no-cache"`
- Based on a patch by Vlad Grachov, libcurl now uses a new libssh2 0.19 function when built to support SCP and SFTP that helps the library to know in which direction a particular libssh2 operation would return EAGAIN so that libcurl knows what socket conditions to wait for before trying the function call again. Previously (and still when using libssh2 0.18 or earlier), libcurl will busy-loop in this situation when the easy interface is used! 2008-11-24 21:59:51 +08:00			`o fix SCP/SFTP busyloop by using a new libssh2 0.19 function`
- Pawel Kierski pointed out a mistake in the cookie code that could lead to a bad fclose() after a fatal error had occured. (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=2382219) 2008-12-03 23:08:09 +08:00			`o bad fclose() after a fatal error in cookie code`
HTTP Digest auth fix on a re-used connection 2007-07-22 18:17:52 +08:00
			`This release includes the following known bugs:`

			`o see docs/KNOWN_BUGS (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/knownbugs.html)`

			`This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and`
			`advice from friends like these:`

- Andreas Wurf and Markus Koetter helped me analyze a problem that Andreas got when uploading files to a single FTP server using multiple easy handle handles with the multi interface. Occasionally a handle would stall in mysterious ways. The problem turned out to be a side-effect of the ConnectionExists() function's eagerness to re-use a handle for HTTP pipelining so it would select it even if already being in use, due to an inadequate check for its chances of being used for pipelnining. 2008-11-19 18:15:19 +08:00			`Yang Tse, Daniel Fandrich, Jim Meyering, Christian Krause, Andreas Wurf,`
- Pawel Kierski pointed out a mistake in the cookie code that could lead to a bad fclose() after a fatal error had occured. (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=2382219) 2008-12-03 23:08:09 +08:00			`Markus Koetter, Josef Wolf, Vlad Grachov, Pawel Kierski`
start over on 7.18.1 2008-01-29 05:19:15 +08:00
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-23 05:38:52 +08:00			`Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)`