coar 99/08/19 14:00:49
Modified: dist Announcement.html Announcement.txt
Log:
Finish the 1.3.9 announcement text by including some of the
significant changes between 1.3.6 and 1.3.9
Revision Changes Path
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Index: Announcement.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/apache-site/dist/Announcement.html,v
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diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
--- Announcement.html 1999/08/19 19:30:58 1.15
+++ Announcement.html 1999/08/19 20:59:58 1.16
@@ -17,34 +17,46 @@
features or fixes notable changes are:
<UL>
-<LI>mod_log_config now supports conditional logging based upon
- environment variables and support for multiline entries.
-
-<LI>New CustomLog directive %V: This logs the hostname according to the
- UseCanonicalName setting (this is the pre-1.3.4 behaviour of %v).
-
-<LI>Enhanced mod_rewrite's mapfile handling: The in-core cache for text
- and DBM format mapfiles now uses a hash table with LRU functionality.
- Furthermore map lookups for non-existent keys are now cached as well.
- The changes drastically improve the performance when large rewrite
- maps are in use.
-
-<LI>Ability to handle DES or MD5 authentication passwords.
-
-<LI>New <LimitExcept> directive to allow the user to assign
authentication
- control to any HTTP method that is *not* given in the argument list;
- i.e., the logical negation of the <Limit> directive.
-
-<LI>Improved content negotiation.
-
-<LI>New ScriptInterpreterSource directive to enable searching the
- Win32 registry for script interpreters.
-
-<LI>The FAQ document was reorganised.
-
-<LI>Overhauled ApacheBench benchmark program.
-
-<LI>Several new API functions have been added.
+ <li>A new experimental digest authentication module, compatible with
+ the latest digest-auth standards, has been added to the base package.
+ <li>The <code>expat</code> XML parser has been added to allow
+ modules to deal with XML if necessary.
+ <li>The processing on Windows of basic authentication passwords in
+ <code>mod_auth</code> password files has been fixed. In addition,
+ the SHA1 encoding algorithm has been added to those available and
+ known to <code>htpasswd</code>, and passwords on Windows may be
+ longer than the inadvertent 1.3.6 limit of 8 characters.
+ <li>Several problems with <code>mod_access</code> and CIDR addresses have
+ been fixed.
+ <li>Support has been added or enhanced for Tandem, TPF, and
+ the Macintosh OS X platforms.
+ <li>Some processing of <code>Vary</code> response header fields has been
+ corrected.
+ <li>Restarts with <code>apache -k</code> on Windows are now honoured
+ immediately, instead of after the system's listen queue is drained.
+ <li><code>Expect: 100-continue</code> processing has been corrected.
+ <li>Script errors on Windows are now copied to the server's error log
+ if the scripts fail; this is closer to the Unix behaviour.
+ <li>Mass-vhosting has been added (see the documentation for module
+ <code>mod_vhost_alias</code>).
+ <li>The server no longer automatically checks for the existence of a valid
+ <code>DocumentRoot</code> for all virtual hosts; this was imposing
+ a significant startup penalty on systems with numerous vhosts.
+ The default behaviour has changed to <i>not</i> performing this
+ check, but it can be re-enabled by specifying the <code>-t</code>
+ command line option for full configuration testing.
+ <li><code>apache -S</code> on Windows now exits properly after
+ completing the configuration testing.
+ <li><code>SetEnvIf*</code> directives can now test the values of
+ environment variables as well as request attributes. In addition,
+ the request protocol and level (<i>e.g.</i>, "<code>HTTP/1.1</code>")
+ can now be tested.
+ <li>ReadmeName and HeaderName files (<code>mod_autoindex</code>) are
+ now server-parsable and accessible with MultiViews.
+ <li><code>AddDescription</code> directives now behave as documented
+ with regard to partial filename matches.
+ <li>The name of the cookie used by <code>mod_usertrack</code> is
+ now customisable.
</UL>
<P>
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Index: Announcement.txt
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RCS file: /home/cvs/apache-site/dist/Announcement.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- Announcement.txt 1999/08/19 19:30:59 1.9
+++ Announcement.txt 1999/08/19 21:00:09 1.10
@@ -9,34 +9,57 @@
enhancements, performance improvements, and assorted other minor
features or fixes notable changes are:
- - mod_log_config now supports conditional logging based upon
- environment variables and support for multiline entries.
+ - A new experimental digest authentication module, compatible with
+ the latest digest-auth standards, has been added to the base package.
- - New CustomLog directive %V: This logs the hostname according to the
- UseCanonicalName setting (this is the pre-1.3.4 behaviour of %v).
+ - The expat XML parser has been added to allow modules to deal with
+ XML if necessary.
- - Enhanced mod_rewrite's mapfile handling: The in-core cache for text
- and DBM format mapfiles now uses a hash table with LRU functionality.
- Furthermore map lookups for non-existent keys are now cached as well.
- The changes drastically improve the performance when large rewrite
- maps are in use.
-
- - Ability to handle DES or MD5 authentication passwords.
-
- - New <LimitExcept> directive to allow the user to assign authentication
- control to any HTTP method that is *not* given in the argument list;
- i.e., the logical negation of the <Limit> directive.
-
- - Improved content negotiation.
-
- - New ScriptInterpreterSource directive to enable searching the
- Win32 registry for script interpreters.
-
- - The FAQ document was reorganised.
-
- - Overhauled ApacheBench benchmark program.
-
- - Several new API functions have been added.
+ - The processing on Windows of basic authentication passwords in
+ mod_auth password files has been fixed. In addition, the SHA1
+ encoding algorithm has been added to those available and
+ known to htpasswd, and passwords on Windows may be longer than
+ the inadvertent 1.3.6 limit of 8 characters.
+
+ - Several problems with mod_access and CIDR addresses have been fixed.
+
+ - Support has been added or enhanced for Tandem, TPF, and
+ the Macintosh OS X platforms.
+
+ - Some processing of Vary response header fields has been corrected.
+
+ - Restarts with "apache -k" on Windows are now honoured immediately,
+ instead of after the system's listen queue is drained.
+
+ - "Expect: 100-continue" processing has been corrected.
+
+ - Script errors on Windows are now copied to the server's error log
+ if the scripts fail; this is closer to the Unix behaviour.
+
+ - Mass-vhosting has been added (see the documentation for module
+ mod_vhost_alias).
+
+ - The server no longer automatically checks for the existence of a
+ valid DocumentRoot for all virtual hosts; this was imposing a
+ significant startup penalty on systems with numerous vhosts.
+ The default behaviour has changed to *not* performing this
+ check, but it can be re-enabled by specifying the "-t" command
+ line option for full configuration testing.
+
+ - "apache -S" on Windows now exits properly after completing the
+ configuration testing.
+
+ - SetEnvIf* directives can now test the values of environment
+ variables as well as request attributes. In addition,
+ the request protocol and level (e.g., "HTTP/1.1") can now be tested.
+
+ - ReadmeName and HeaderName files (mod_autoindex) are now
+ server-parsable and accessible with MultiViews.
+
+ - AddDescription directives now behave as documented with regard
+ to partial filename matches.
+
+ - The name of the cookie used by mod_usertrack is now customisable.
A complete listing with detailed descriptions is provided in the
src/CHANGES file.
