2 Changes with Apache 2.5.0
4 *) mod_lua: Add bindings for apr_dbd/mod_dbd database access
7 *) mod_authn_file, mod_authn_dbd, mod_authn_dbm, mod_authn_socache:
8 Cache the result of the most recent password hash verification for every
9 keep-alive connection. This saves some expensive calculations.
12 *) http: Remove support for Request-Range header sent by Navigator 2-3 and
13 MSIE 3. [Stefan Fritsch]
15 *) core, http: Extend HttpProtocol with an option to enforce stricter HTTP
16 conformance or to only log the found problems. [Stefan Fritsch]
18 *) core: Correctly parse an IPv6 literal host specification in an absolute
19 URL in the request line. [Stefan Fritsch]
21 *) mod_ssl: add support for subjectAltName-based host name checking
22 in proxy mode. PR 54030. [Kaspar Brand]
24 *) mpm_event: Check that AsyncRequestWorkerFactor is not negative. PR 54254.
25 [Jackie Zhang <jackie qq zhang gmail com>]
27 *) mod_ssl: Add support for OpenSSL configuration commands [Stephen Henson]
31 *) mod_proxy_balancer: Improve output
32 PR 52478 [Danijel <dt-ng rbfh de>]
34 *) core: Add LogLevelOverride directive that allows to override the
35 loglevel for clients from certain IPs. This also works for things
36 like the SSL handshake where <If> LogLevel ... </If> is evaluated
37 too late. [Stefan Fritsch]
39 *) core: Add new directive Warning to issue warnings from a configuration
40 file. Both Warning and Error now generate a timestamped log message.
43 *) mod_status: Print out list of times since a Vhost was last used.
46 *) ap_expr: Add SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ..._MAJOR, and ..._MINOR
47 variables. [Stefan Fritsch]
49 *) core: New directive RegisterHttpMethod for registering non-standard
50 HTTP methods. [Stefan Fritsch]
52 *) core: New directive HttpProtocol which allows to disable HTTP/0.9
53 support. [Stefan Fritsch]
55 *) mod_allowhandlers: New module to forbid specific handlers for specific
56 directories. [Stefan Fritsch]
58 *) configure: Fix processing of --disable-FEATURE for various features.
61 *) mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
62 [Jan Kaluza <jkaluza redhat.com>]
64 *) --with-module: Fix failure to integrate them into some existing
65 module directories. PR 40097. [Jeff Trawick]
67 *) mod_cache_socache: New cache implementation backed by mod_socache
68 that replaces mod_mem_cache removed from httpd v2.2. [Graham
71 *) core: Add dirwalk_stat and pre_htaccess hooks, allowing mpm-itk
72 to be used without patches to httpd core. [Jeff Trawick]
74 *) mod_proxy: Allow for persistence of local changes (via the
75 balancer-manager) between graceful and normal restarts.
78 *) mod_lua: Add LuaInputFilter/LuaOutputFilter for creating content
79 filters in Lua [Daniel Gruno]
81 *) WinNT MPM: Store pid and generation for each thread in scoreboard
82 to allow tracking of threads from exiting children via mod_status
83 or other such mechanisms. [Jeff Trawick]
85 *) mod_ssl: Catch missing or mismatched client cert/key pairs with
86 SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile/Path directives. PR 52212.
87 [Keith Burdis <keith burdis.org>, Joe Orton]
89 *) mod_lua: Allow scripts handled by the lua-script handler to return
90 a status code to the client (such as a 302 or a 500) [Daniel Gruno]
92 *) mod_lua: Decline handling 'lua-script' if the file doesn't exist,
93 rather than throwing an internal server error. [Daniel Gruno]
95 *) mod_lua: Add functions r:flush and r:sendfile as well as additional
96 request information to the request_rec structure. [Daniel Gruno]
98 *) mod_lua: Add a server scope for Lua states, which creates a pool of
99 states with managable minimum and maximum size. [Daniel Gruno]
101 *) core: Add post_perdir_config hook.
102 [Steinar Gunderson <sgunderson bigfoot.com>]
104 *) mod_lua: Add new directive, LuaMapHandler, for dynamically mapping
105 URIs to Lua scripts and functions using regular expressions.
108 *) mod_lua: Add new directive LuaCodeCache for controlling in-memory
109 caching of lua scripts. [Daniel Gruno]
111 *) The following now respect DefaultRuntimeDir/DEFAULT_REL_RUNTIMEDIR:
112 - APIs: ap_log_pid(), ap_remove_pid, ap_read_pid()
113 - core: the scoreboard (ScoreBoardFile), pid file (PidFile), and
115 - mod_cache: thundering herd lock directory
116 - mod_lbmethod_heartbeat, mod_heartmonitor: heartbeat storage file
117 - mod_ldap: shared memory cache
118 - mod_socache_shmcb, mod_socache_dbm: shared memory or dbm for cache
121 *) mod_ssl: Add RFC 5878 support. [Ben Laurie]
123 *) suexec: Add --enable-suexec-capabilites support on Linux, to use
124 setuid/setgid capability bits rather than a setuid root binary.
127 *) suexec: Add support for logging to syslog as an alternative to logging
128 to a file; configure --without-suexec-logfile --with-suexec-syslog.
131 *) mod_ssl: Add support for TLS Next Protocol Negotiation. PR 52210.
132 [Matthew Steele <mdsteele google.com>]
134 *) cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will
135 be compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
136 Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
137 PR 51257. [Guenter Knauf]
139 *) core: In maintainer mode, replace apr_palloc with a version that
140 initializes the allocated memory with non-zero values, except if
141 AP_DEBUG_NO_ALLOC_POISON is defined. [Stefan Fritsch]
143 *) mod_policy: Add a new testing module to help server administrators
144 enforce a configurable level of protocol compliance on their
145 servers and application servers behind theirs. [Graham Leggett]
147 *) mod_firehose: Add a new debugging module able to record traffic
148 passing through the server in such a way that connections and/or
149 requests be reconstructed and replayed. [Graham Leggett]
159 [Apache 2.5.0-dev includes those bug fixes and changes with the
160 Apache 2.4.xx tree as documented below, except as noted.]
162 Changes with Apache 2.4.x and later:
164 *) http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/CHANGES?view=markup
166 Changes with Apache 2.2.x and later:
168 *) http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES?view=markup
170 Changes with Apache 2.0.x and later:
172 *) http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/CHANGES?view=markup