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:                 2250

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: no longer ignore results of test 1013 [43]
 o CMake: add option to enable Unicode on Windows [48]
 o configure: fix pkg-config detecting wolfssl [26]
 o conn: check for connection being dead before reuse [39]
 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 lib1560: verify "redirect" to double-slash leading URL [20]
 o lib: make Curl_gethostname accept a const pointer [38]
 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: 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: 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 TLS: fix SRP detection by using the proper #ifdefs [33]
 o tls: provide the CApath verbose log on its own line [1]
 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, 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, Ionuț-Francisc Oancea, Javier Blazquez, Jeroen Ooms,
  jmdavitt on github, Marcel Raad, Marc Hörsken, Michael Baentsch,
  Michael Musset, Rasmus Melchior Jacobsen, Ray Satiro, Samuel Tranchet,
  Stefan Strogin, Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa, Tomas Berger, Viktor Szakats,
  (29 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
 [43] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5889
 [44] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5882
 [46] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=1262
 [48] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5843
 [49] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=5880