curl/RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.25.1

 Public curl releases:         127
 Command line options:         151
 curl_easy_setopt() options:   199
 Public functions in libcurl:  58
 Known libcurl bindings:       39
 Contributors:                 929

This release includes the following changes:

 o nss: the minimal supported version of NSS bumped to 3.12.x
 o nss: human-readable names are now provided for NSS errors if available
 o 

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o nss: libcurl now uses NSS_InitContext() to prevent collisions if available [1]
 o 

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:

 

        Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)

References to bug reports and discussions on issues:

 [1] = https://bugzilla.redhat.com/738456
version: start working on 7.25.1-DEV 2012-03-23 11:59:03 -04:00			`Curl and libcurl 7.25.1`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 17:38:52 -04:00
RELEASE-NOTES: correct the release and contributor numbers 2011-11-17 12:29:15 -05:00			`Public curl releases: 127`
RELEASE-NOTES: synced with e650dbde86 New: 12 bugs, 3 changes, 6 contributors and updated counters at the top 2012-03-10 16:29:30 -05:00			`Command line options: 151`
			`curl_easy_setopt() options: 199`
- 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. 2008-05-12 17:43:24 -04:00			`Public functions in libcurl: 58`
a binding for Falcon 2009-11-29 14:12:00 -05:00			`Known libcurl bindings: 39`
RELEASE-NOTES: synced with e650dbde86 New: 12 bugs, 3 changes, 6 contributors and updated counters at the top 2012-03-10 16:29:30 -05:00			`Contributors: 929`
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 04:53:21 -05:00
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. 2006-08-08 18:56:46 -04:00			`This release includes the following changes:`
mention the curl_off_t changes first 2008-09-01 10:27:24 -04:00
nss: unconditionally require PK11_CreateGenericObject() This bumps the minimal supported version of NSS to 3.12.x. 2012-04-06 10:05:25 -04:00			`o nss: the minimal supported version of NSS bumped to 3.12.x`
nss: provide human-readable names for NSS errors 2012-04-11 07:44:20 -04:00			`o nss: human-readable names are now provided for NSS errors if available`
version: start working on 7.25.1-DEV 2012-03-23 11:59:03 -04:00			`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. 2006-08-08 18:56:46 -04:00
HTTP Digest auth fix on a re-used connection 2007-07-22 06:17:52 -04:00			`This release includes the following bugfixes:`

nss: use NSS_InitContext() to initialize NSS if available NSS_InitContext() was introduced in NSS 3.12.5 and helps to prevent collisions on NSS initialization/shutdown with other libraries. Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/738456 2012-04-10 09:42:34 -04:00			`o nss: libcurl now uses NSS_InitContext() to prevent collisions if available [1]`
version: start working on 7.25.1-DEV 2012-03-23 11:59:03 -04:00			`o`
7.21.4: version bump 2010-12-15 09:54:17 -05:00
HTTP Digest auth fix on a re-used connection 2007-07-22 06:17:52 -04:00			`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:`

RELEASE-NOTES: synced with e650dbde86 New: 12 bugs, 3 changes, 6 contributors and updated counters at the top 2012-03-10 16:29:30 -05:00
version: start working on 7.25.1-DEV 2012-03-23 11:59:03 -04:00
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 17:38:52 -04:00			`Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)`
RELEASE-NOTES: synced with af9bc1604c1 One new feature, one bug fix. Introduced references in this file for mentioned issues after this discussion: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2011-12/0187.html The plan is to let the references get moved over to the changes.html file at release-time 2011-12-19 14:08:59 -05:00
			`References to bug reports and discussions on issues:`

nss: use NSS_InitContext() to initialize NSS if available NSS_InitContext() was introduced in NSS 3.12.5 and helps to prevent collisions on NSS initialization/shutdown with other libraries. Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/738456 2012-04-10 09:42:34 -04:00			`[1] = https://bugzilla.redhat.com/738456`
version: start working on 7.25.1-DEV 2012-03-23 11:59:03 -04:00