curl/RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.11.2. A bugfix release.

 Public curl release number:               80
 Releases counted from the very beginning: 107
 Available command line options:           94
 Available curl_easy_setopt() options:     113

This release includes the following changes:

 o the ares build now requires c-ares 1.2.0 or later
 o --tcp-nodelay and CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY were added
 o curl/curlver.h contains the libcurl version info now

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o curl_strnqual.3 "refer-to" man page fix
 o fixed a minor very old progress meter final update bug
 o added checks for a working NI_WITHSCOPEID before that is used
 o fixed a flaw that prevented ares name resolve timeouts to occur
 o getting user name from http_proxy env variable works now
 o fixed too early name resolve timeouts with ares
 o HTTP Digest "re-negotiation" works now
 o CURLOPT_FAILONERROR (-f/--fail) works with all kinds of authentication
 o better thread-safety thanks to the internal strerror() replacement
 o better thread-safety on AIX thanks to better function detection
 o minor ipv6 build fix for windows
 o the test suite runs fine with mingw-built curl
 o the postit2.c example works now
 o better error message when --interface fails on windows
 o the progress meter now displays very long times better
 o CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD with CURLOPT_NOBODY set TRUE now works
 o passwords longer than 14 letters work with NTLM
 o 'make netware' in the root dir works now
 o builds fine on VMS again and even nicer than before

Other curl-related news since the previous public release:

 o PycURL 7.11.1 was released: http://pycurl.sf.net/

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

 Thomas Schwinge, Marty Kuhrt, Günter Knauf, Kevin Roth, Glen Nakamura,
 Gisle Vanem, Greg Hewgill, Joe Halpin, Tor Arntsen, Dirk Manske, Roy Shan,
 Mitz Wark, Andrés García, Robin Kay

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