Release Notes v1.8 (work in progress) === ### Objectives: *to be defined - CMake integration, bug fixes* Changes ------- - Created a "civetweb" organization at GitHub. - Repository moved from https://github.com/bel2125/civetweb to https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - Improved continuous integration - CMake support - Updated version number Release Notes v1.7 === ### Objectives: *Examples, documentation, additional API functions, some functions rewritten, bug fixes and updates* Changes ------- - Format source with clang_format - Use function 'sendfile' for Linux - Fix for CRAMFS in Linux - Fix for file modification times in Windows - Use SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE instead of SO_REUSEADDR for Windows - Rewrite push/pull functions - Allow to use Lua as shared objects (WITH_LUA_SHARED) - Fixes for many warnings - URI specific callbacks and different timeouts for websockets - Add chunked transfer support - Update LuaFileSystem - Update Lua to 5.2.4 - Fix build for MinGW-x64, TDM-GCC and clang - Update SQLite to 3.8.10.2 - Fix CGI variables SCRIPT_NAME and PATH_TRANSLATED - Set TCP_USER_TIMEOUT to deal faster with broken connections - Add a Lua form handling example - Return more differentiated HTTP error codes - Add log_access callback - Rewrite and comment request handling function - Specify in detail and document return values of callback functions - Set names for all threads (unless NO_THREAD_NAME is defined) - New API functions for TCP/HTTP clients - Fix upload of huge files - Allow multiple SSL instances within one application - Improve API and user documentation - Allow to choose between static and dynamic Lua library - Improve unit test - Use temporary file name for partially uploaded files - Additional API functions exported to C++ - Add a websocket client example - Add a websocket client API - Update websocket example - Make content length available in request_info - New API functions: access context, callback for create/delete, access user data - Upgraded Lua from 5.2.2 to 5.2.3 and finally 5.2.4 - Integrate LuaXML (for testing purposes) - Fix compiler warnings - Updated version number Release Notes v1.6 === ### Objectives: *Enhance Lua support, configuration dialog for windows, new examples, bug fixes and updates* Changes ------- - Add examples of Lua pages, scripts and websockets to the test directory (bel) - Add dialog to change htpasswd files for the Windows standalone server (bel) - Fix compiler warnings and warnings from static code analysis (Danny Al-Gaaf, jmc-, Thomas, bel, ...) - Add new unit tests (bel) - Support includes in htpasswd files (bel) - Add a basic option check for the standalone executable (bel) - Support user defined error pages (bel) - Method to get POST request parameters via C++ interface (bel) - Re-Add unit tests for Linux and Windows (jmc-, bel) - Allow to specify title and tray icon for the Windows standalone server (bel) - Fix minor memory leaks (bel) - Redirect all memory allocation/deallocation through mg functions which may be overwritten (bel) - Support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for static files and scripts (bel) - Win32: Replace dll.def file by export macros in civetweb.h (CSTAJ) - Base64 encode and decode functions for Lua (bel) - Support pre-loaded files for the Lua environment (bel) - Server should check the nonce for http digest access authentication (bel) - Hide read-only flag in file dialogs opened by the Edit Settings dialog for the Windows executable (bel) - Add all functions to dll.def, that are in the header (bel) - Added Lua extensions: send_file, get_var, get_mime_type, get_cookie, url_decode, url_encode (bel) - mg_set_request_handler() mod to use pattern (bel, Patch from Toni Wilk) - Solved, tested and documented SSL support for Windows (bel) - Fixed: select for Linux needs the nfds parameter set correctly (bel) - Add methods for returning the ports civetweb is listening on (keithel) - Fixes for Lua Server Pages, as described within the google groups thread. (bel) - Added support for plain Lua Scripts, and an example script. (bel) - A completely new, and more illustrative websocket example for C. (bel) - Websocket for Lua (bel) - An optional websocket_root directory, including URL rewriting (bel) - Update of SQLite3 to 3.8.1. (bel) - Add "date" header field to replies, according to the requirements of RFC 2616 (the HTTP standard), Section 14.18 (bel) - Fix websocket long pull (celeron55) - Updated API documentation (Alex Kozlov) - Fixed Posix locking functions for Windows (bel2125) - Updated version number Release Notes v1.5 === ### Objectives: *Bug fixes and updates, repository restoration* Changes ------- - Corrected bad mask flag/opcode passing to websocket callback (William Greathouse) - Moved CEVITWEB_VERSION define into civetweb.h - Added new simple zip deployment build for Windows. - Removed windows install package build. - Fixes page violation in mod_lua.inl (apkbox) - Use C style comments to enable compiling most of civetweb with -ansi. (F-Secure Corporation) - Allow directories with non ASCII characters in Windows in UTF-8 encoded (bel2125) - Added Lua File System support (bel2125) - Added mongoose history back in repository thanks to (Paul Sokolovsky) - Fixed keep alive (bel2125) - Updated of MIME types (bel2125) - Updated lsqlite (bel2125) - Fixed master thread priority (bel2125) - Fixed IPV6 defines under Windowe (grenclave) - Fixed potential dead lock in connection_close() (Morgan McGuire) - Added WebSocket example using asynchronous server messages (William Greathouse) - Fixed the getcwd() warning (William Greathouse) - Implemented the connection_close() callback (William Greathouse) - Fixed support URL's in civetweb.c (Daniel Oaks) - Allow port number to be zero to use a random free port (F-Secure Corporation) - Wait for threads to finish when stopping for a clean shutdown (F-Secure Corporation) - More static analysis fixes against Coverity tool (F-Secure Corporation) - Travis automated build testing support added (Daniel Oaks) - Updated version numbers. - Added contributor credits file. Release Notes v1.4 === ### Objectives: *New URI handler interface, feature enhancements, C++ extensions* The main idea behind this release is to bring about API consistency. All changes are backward compatible and have been kept to a minimum. Changes ------- - Added mg_set_request_handler() which provides a URI mapping for callbacks. This is a new alternative to overriding callbacks.begin_request. - Externalized mg_url_encode() - Externalized mg_strncasecmp() for utiliy - Added CivetServer::getParam methods - Added CivetServer::urlDecode methods - Added CivetServer::urlEncode methods - Dealt with compiler warnings and some static analysis hits. - Added mg_get_var2() to parse repeated query variables - Externalized logging function cry() as mg_cry() - Added CivetServer::getCookie method (Hariprasad Kamath) - Added CivetServer::getHeader method (Hariprasad Kamath) - Added new basic C embedding example - Conformed source files to UNIX line endings for consistency. - Unified the coding style to improve reability. Release Notes v1.3 === ### Objectives: *Buildroot Integration* Changes ------- - Made option to put initial HTMLDIR in a different place - Validated build without SQLITE3 large file support - Updated documentation - Updated Buildroot config example Release Notes v1.2 === ### Objectives: *Installation Improvements, buildroot, cross compile support* The objective of this release is to make installation seamless. Changes ------- - Create an installation guide - Created both 32 and 64 bit windows installations - Added install for windows distribution - Added 64 bit build profiles for VS 2012. - Created a buildroot patch - Updated makefile to better support buildroot - Made doc root and ports configurable during the make install. - Updated Linux Install - Updated OS X Package - Improved install scheme with welcome web page Known Issues ----- - The prebuilt Window's version requires [Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679) Release Notes v1.1 === ### Objectives: *Build, Documentation, License Improvements* The objective of this release is to establish a maintable code base, ensure MIT license rights and improve usability and documentation. Changes ------- - Reorangized build directories to make them more intuitive - Added new build rules for lib and slib with option to include C++ class - Upgraded Lua from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 - Added fallback configuration file path for Linux systems. + Good for having a system wide default configuration /usr/local/etc/civetweb.conf - Added new C++ abstraction class CivetServer - Added thread safety for and fixed websocket defects (Morgan McGuire) - Created PKGBUILD to use Arch distribution (Daniel Oaks) - Created new documentation on Embeddeding, Building and yaSSL (see docs/). - Updated License file to include all licenses. - Replaced MD5 implementation due to questionable license. + This requires new source file md5.inl - Changed UNIX/OSX build to conform to common practices. + Supports build, install and clean rules. + Supports cross compiling + Features can be chosen in make options - Moved Cocoa/OSX build and packaging to a separate file. + This actually a second build variant for OSX. + Removed yaSSL from the OSX build, not needed. - Added new Visual Studio projects for Windows builds. + Removed Windows support from Makefiles + Provided additional, examples with Lua, and another with yaSSL. - Changed Zombie Reaping policy to not ignore SIGCHLD. + The previous method caused trouble in applciations that spawn children. Known Issues ----- - Build support for VS6 and some other has been deprecated. + This does not impact embedded programs, just the stand-alone build. + The old Makefile was renamed to Makefile.deprecated. + This is partcially do to lack fo testing. + Need to find out what is actually in demand. - Build changes may impact current users. + As with any change of this type, changes may impact some users. Release Notes v1.0 === ### Objectives: *MIT License Preservation, Rebranding* The objective of this release is to establish a version of the Mongoose software distribution that still retains the MIT license. Changes ------- - Renamed Mongoose to Civetweb in the code and documentation. - Replaced copyrighted images with new images - Created a new code respository at https://github.com/bel2125/civetweb - Created a distribution site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/civetweb/ - Basic build testing