Hello Squid Users,
The Squid developers is currently preparing a Squid-2.5.STABLE7 release but it still needs a little more testing before getting a STABLE approval stamp. To aid in this we would be thankful if some of you could test the Squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2 release candidate in a controlled manner, especially in areas changed by the current patches.
The current release candidate Squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2 can be found from our web server until Squid-2.5.STABLE7 gets officially released
Squid-2.5 Release
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/>For information about what has changed since 2.5.STABLE6 see
Squid-2.5.STABLE6 patches
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#STABLE6> Squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2 ChangeLog
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2-ChangeLog.txt>
[also included in the distribution] Squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2 ReleaseNotes
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/squid-2.5.STABLE7-RC2-RELEASENOTES.html>
[also included in the distribution]Changes since RC1:
- [Cosmetic] ncsa_auth now accepts Window formatted password files
(Bug #1078)
- [Cosmetic] Support the --program-prefix/suffix options or other
configure program name transforms (Bug #1019)
- [Minor] Fix race condition in CONNECT and also handle aborts of
CONNECT requests in a more graceful manner. (Bug #859)
- [Minor] New balance_on_multiple_ip directive to work around certain
broken load balancers and optimized ipcache on reload requests
(Bug #1058)Please report any problems found to our bug database
Squid Bugs <url:http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/>
and any success stories to
Squid Developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For information on how to report bugs if a problem is found in your testing see
Squid FAQ 11.19 Sending in Squid bug reports
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.19> Squid FAQ 11.20 Debugging Squid
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.20>Please try to include the information requested in the above documents in your bug reports as applicable. Especially important is to get a stack trace on crashes or fatal errors where your Squid terminates.
If you own or otherwise know of an existing bug report you consider important to have fixed before Squid-2.5.STABLE7 is released please leave a note saying so in the bug report in question.
For questions regarding installation, upgrading or configuring please use the mailinglist. If unsure if your problem is a bug or a configuration error ask here on the mailinglist first.
Regards Henrik
