The download section still shows 1.5.1 as the current version. -- Tito
On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Community, > > Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 has been released and is available for download. > > CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web. Store your > data with JSON documents. Access your documents with your web browser, > via HTTP. Query, combine, and transform your documents with > JavaScript. CouchDB works well with modern web and mobile apps. You > can even serve web apps directly out of CouchDB. And you can > distribute your data, or your apps, efficiently using CouchDB’s > incremental replication. CouchDB supports master-master setups with > automatic conflict detection. > > Grab your copy here: > > http://couchdb.apache.org/ > > Pre-built packages for Windows and OS X are available. > > CouchDB 1.6.0 is a feature release, and was originally published on > 2014-06-10. > > These release notes are based on the changelog. > > Upgrade Notes > > The Proxy Authentication handler was renamed to > proxy_authentication_handler to follow the *_authentication_handler > form of all other handlers. The old proxy_authentification_handler > name is marked as deprecated and will be removed in future releases. > It’s strongly recommended to update the httpd/authentication_handlers > option with the new value if you have this handler configured. > > What's New > > * COUCHDB-2200: support Erlang/OTP 17.0 #35e16032 > * Fauxton: many improvements in our experimental new user interface, > including switching the code editor from CodeMirror to Ace as well as > better support for various browsers. > * Add the max_count option (UUIDs Configuration) to allow > rate-limiting the amount of UUIDs that can be requested from the > /_uuids handler in a single request (CVE 2014-2668). > * COUCHDB-1986: increase socket buffer size to improve replication > speed for large documents and attachments, and fix tests on BSD-like > systems. #9a0e561b > * COUCHDB-1953: improve performance of multipart/related requests. #ce3e89dc > * COUCHDB-2221: verify that authentication-related configuration > settings are well-formed. #dbe769c6 > * COUCHDB-1922: fix CORS exposed headers. #4f619833 > * Rename proxy_authentification_handler to > proxy_authentication_handler. #c66ac4a8 > * COUCHDB-1795: ensure the startup script clears the pid file on > termination. #818ef4f9 > * COUCHDB-1962: replication can now be performed without having write > access to the source database (#1d5fe2aa), the replication checkpoint > interval is now configurable (#0693f98e). > * COUCHDB-2025: add support for SOCKS5 proxies for replication. #fcd76c9 > * COUCHDB-1930: redirect to the correct page after submitting a new > document with a different ID than the one suggested by Futon. > #4906b591 > * COUCHDB-1923: add support for attachments and att_encoding_info > options (formerly only available on the documents API) to the view > API. #ca41964b > * COUCHDB-1647: for failed replications originating from a document in > the _replicator database, store the failure reason in the document. > #08cac68b > * A number of improvements for the documentation. > > On behalf of the CouchDB PMC, > > Dirkjan
