curl/RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.12.1

 Public curl release number:               82
 Releases counted from the very beginning: 109
 Available command line options:           96
 Available curl_easy_setopt() options:     120
 Number of public functions in libcurl:    36

This release includes the following changes:

 o multipart formposts can upload files larger than system memory
 o the curl tool continues with the next URL even if one transfer fails
 o FTP 3rd party transfer support - seven new setopt() options

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o less restrictive libidn requirements, 0.4.1 or later is fine
 o fixed HTTP POST or PUT with Digest/Negotiate/NTLM when the server didn't
   require any authentication
 o win32 file:// transfer free memory bug
 o configure --disable-http builds a libcurl without HTTP support
 o CURLOPT_FILETIME had wrong type, it expects a long argument
 o builds fine with Borland on Windows again
 o the msvc curllib.dsp now builds the libcurl.lib file again
 o builds fine on VMS again
 o builds fine on NetWare again
 o HTTP Digest authentication with proxies use correct user name + password
 o now builds fine with lcc-win32

Other curl-related news since the previous public release:

 o James Hu took over after Kevin Roth as maintainer of the curl package on
   cygwin. Many saludos to Kevin for a work well done during many years.
 o Gambas binding for libcurl: http://gambas.sf.net/
 o pycurl 7.12.0 was released http://pycyrl.sf.net/

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

 Gisle Vanem, Vincent Bronner, Alexander Krasnostavsky, Chris Gaukroger,
 Günter Knauf, Marty Kuhrt, Kjetil Jacobsen, Steven Bazyl, Seshubabu Pasam,
 Luca Alteas, Jean-Louis Lemaire

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