curl/RELEASE-NOTES

curl and libcurl 7.73.0

 Public curl releases:         195
 Command line options:         234
 curl_easy_setopt() options:   278
 Public functions in libcurl:  85
 Contributors:                 2252

This release includes the following changes:

 o curl: add --output-dir [25]
 o curl: support XDG_CONFIG_HOME to find .curlrc [3]
 o curl_easy_option_*: new API for meta-data about easy options [40]
 o CURLE_PROXY: new error code [7]
 o mqtt: enable by default [28]
 o sftp: add new quote commands 'atime' and 'mtime' [6]
 o sftp: add the option CURLKHSTAT_FINE_REPLACE [27]
 o tls: add CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES and --curves [29]

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o buildconf: invoke 'autoreconf -fi' instead [37]
 o checksrc: verify do-while and spaces between the braces [2]
 o CI/azure: MQTT is now enabled by default [64]
 o CI/azure: no longer ignore results of test 1013 [43]
 o CI/travis: add a CI job with openssl3 (from git master) [51]
 o cleanups: avoid curl_ on local variables [53]
 o CMake: add option to enable Unicode on Windows [48]
 o CMake: remove explicit `CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS` [45]
 o cmdline-opts/gen.pl: generate nicer "See Also" in curl.1 [66]
 o configure: fix pkg-config detecting wolfssl [26]
 o conn: check for connection being dead before reuse [39]
 o connect.c: remove superfluous 'else' in Curl_getconnectinfo [42]
 o curl.1: add see also no-progress-meter on two spots [67]
 o curl.1: fix typo invokved -> invoked [36]
 o curl_get_line: build only if cookies or alt-svc are enabled [13]
 o Curl_pgrsTime - return new time to avoid timeout integer overflow [32]
 o dist: add missing CMake Find modules to the distribution [14]
 o docs: add description about CI platforms to CONTRIBUTE.md [44]
 o docs: correct non-existing macros in man pages [35]
 o doh: add error message for DOH_DNS_NAME_TOO_LONG [17]
 o etag: save and use the full received contents [4]
 o git: ignore libtests in 3XXX area [16]
 o HTTP/3: update to OpenSSL_1_1_1g-quic-draft-29 [41]
 o http_proxy: do not crash with HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY set [50]
 o lib/Makefile.am: bump VERSIONINFO due to new functions [65]
 o lib1560: verify "redirect" to double-slash leading URL [20]
 o lib: make Curl_gethostname accept a const pointer [38]
 o libssh2: pass on the error from ssh_force_knownhost_key_type [47]
 o Makefile.m32: add ability to override zstd libs [ci skip] [10]
 o multi: expand pre-check for socket readiness [21]
 o multi: handle connection state winsock events [31]
 o multi: implement wait using winsock events [22]
 o ngtcp2: adapt to the new pkt_info arguments [18]
 o ntlm: fix condition for curl_ntlm_core usage [46]
 o openssl: avoid error conditions when importing native CA [52]
 o openssl: Fix wincrypt symbols conflict with BoringSSL [9]
 o runtests: clear pid variables when failing to start a server [12]
 o runtests: make cleardir() erase dot files too [8]
 o schannel: fix memory leak when using get_cert_location [15]
 o scripts: improve the "get latest curl release tag" logic
 o select.h: make socket validation macros test for INVALID_SOCKET [24]
 o select: align poll emulation to return all relevant events [63]
 o select: fix poll-based check not detecting connect failure
 o select: reduce duplication of Curl_poll in Curl_socket_check [23]
 o select: simplify return code handling for poll and select [49]
 o setopt: if the buffer exists, refuse the new BUFFERSIZE [5]
 o socketpair: allow CURL_DISABLE_SOCKETPAIR [11]
 o sockfilt: handle FD_CLOSE winsock event on write socket [30]
 o SSLCERTS: fix English syntax [34]
 o telnet.c: depend on static requirement of WinSock version 2 [61]
 o test971: show test mismatches "inline"
 o tls: fix SRP detection by using the proper #ifdefs [33]
 o tls: provide the CApath verbose log on its own line [1]
 o win32: drop support for WinSock version 1, require version 2 [62]
 o winbuild: convert the instruction text to README.md [19]

This release includes the following known bugs:

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

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

  Alessandro Ghedini, Andrew Barnes, beckenc on github, Chris Paulson-Ellis,
  Christian Weisgerber, COFFEETALES on github, Daniel Stenberg, Dan Kenigsberg,
  Don J Olmstead, Eli Schwartz, Emil Engler, Eric Curtin, fullincome on github,
  Gergely Nagy, Harry Sintonen, ihsinme on github, Ionuț-Francisc Oancea,
  Javier Blazquez, Jeroen Ooms, jmdavitt on github, Kamil Dudka, Marcel Raad,
  Marc Hörsken, Martin Bašti, Michael Baentsch, Michael Musset, Peter Wu,
  Rasmus Melchior Jacobsen, Ray Satiro, Samuel Marks, Samuel Tranchet,
  Stefan Strogin, Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa, Tomas Berger, Viktor Szakats,
  (35 contributors)

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

References to bug reports and discussions on issues:

 [1] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5826
 [2] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5845
 [3] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5829
 [4] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5610
 [5] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5842
 [6] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5810
 [7] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5770
 [8] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5838
 [9] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5669
 [10] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5840
 [11] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5850
 [12] = https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2020-08/0018.html
 [13] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5851
 [14] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5836
 [15] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5855
 [16] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5859
 [17] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5863
 [18] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5864
 [19] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5861
 [20] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5849
 [21] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5634
 [22] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5634
 [23] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5707
 [24] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5760
 [25] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5637
 [26] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5848
 [27] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5685
 [28] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5858
 [29] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5892
 [30] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5879
 [31] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5867
 [32] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5583
 [33] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5865
 [34] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5876
 [35] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5846
 [36] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5846
 [37] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5853
 [38] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5866
 [39] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5884
 [40] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5365
 [41] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5871
 [42] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5912
 [43] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5889
 [44] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5882
 [45] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5439
 [46] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=1262
 [47] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5909
 [48] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5843
 [49] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5880
 [50] = https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1873327
 [51] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5908
 [52] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5907
 [53] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5906
 [61] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5854
 [62] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5854
 [63] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5883
 [64] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5903
 [65] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5899
 [66] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5898
 [67] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5897