civetweb/RELEASE_NOTES.md

Release Notes v1.8 (work in progress)

Objectives: Support client certificates, CMake integration, bug fixes

Changes

• Client API using SSL certificates (preliminary)

• Send "Cache-Control" headers (preliminary)

• Add API function to check available features

• Add new interface to get listening ports

• Add websocket client interface and encode websocket data with a simple random number

• Support SSL client certificates

• Add configuration options for SSL client certificates

• Stand-alone server: Add command line option -I to display information about the system

• Redirect stderr of CGI process to error log

• Support absolute URI; split uri in mg_request_info to request_uri and local_uri

• Some source code refactoring, to improve maintainability

• Use recursive mutex for Linux

• Allow CGI environment to grow dynamically

• Support build for Lua 5.1 (including LuaJIT), Lua 5.2 and Lua 5.3

• Improve examples and documentation

• Build option CIVETWEB_SERVE_NO_FILES to disable serving static files

• Add Server side JavaScript support (Duktape library)

• 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, continuous integration with Travis CI and Appveyor

• Adapt/port unit tests to CMake/Travis/Appveyor

• Bug fixes, including issues from static code analysis

• Add status badges to the GitHub project main page

• 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

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