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Re: [libmicrohttpd] GNU libmicrohttpd 0.9.0 released
From: |
Carlos Palhares |
Subject: |
Re: [libmicrohttpd] GNU libmicrohttpd 0.9.0 released |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:31:10 -0300 |
you probably forgot to change LIB_VERSION_* on configure.ac...
thanks
On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 23:23 +0200, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the release of GNU libmicrohttpd 0.9.0.
> GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library implementing the HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1
> protocols. Key features that distinguish libmicrohttpd from other projects
> are:
>
> * C library: fast and small
> * API is simple, expressive and fully reentrant
> * Implementation is HTTP 1.1 compliant
> * HTTP server can listen on multiple ports
> * Support for IPv6
> * Support for incremental processing of POST data
> * Creates binary of only 32k (without TLS/SSL support)
> * Four different threading models (select, poll, threads, thread pool)
> * Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD,
> OS X, W32, Symbian and z/OS
> * Optional support for SSL3 and TLS (requires libgcrypt and libgnutls)
>
> This release adds the following new features:
>
> * use of external GnuTLS library (instead of internal "fork")
> => stable SSL/TLS support with all threading modes
> * passing of the listen socket by applications to support
> the creation of servers that work well with systemd
> * use of "sendfile" for faster transmission of responses from disk on
> GNU/Linux
> * IPv6 sockets now only bind to IPv6 address (not to both IPv4 and IPv6) if
> the platform allows us to set the respective socket option
> * updated documentation
>
> The library is technically binary-incompatible with previous versions due to
> changes in the SSL/TLS interface and the IPv4/IPv6 binding behaviour.
> However, virtually all code that used previous version should work without
> changes.
>
> You can download GNU libmicrohttpd from
>
> * ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/ and all GNU FTP mirrors.
> * Our Subversion repository at https://gnunet.org/svn/libmicrohttpd/
>
> Please report bugs to our bugtracker at https://gnunet.org/bugs/.
>
> Additional documentation (including a reference manual and tutorial) is
> available at the GNU libmicrohttpd website at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/
>
> Last but not least special thanks to Simon Josefsson for helping me with the
> GnuTLS integration at GHM.
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> Christian
>
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