-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
Changes with Apache 2.5.0
+ *) Be more correct about rejecting directives that cannot work in <If>
+ sections. [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) core: Fix directives like LogLevel that need to know if they are invoked
+ at virtual host context or in Directory/Files/Location/If sections to
+ work properly in If sections that are not in a Directory/Files/Location.
+ [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) mod_cache_disk: Resolve errors while revalidating disk-cached files on
+ Windows ("...rename tempfile to datafile failed..."). PR 38827
+ [Eric Covener]
+
+ *) mod_proxy: Add ability to configure the sticky session separator.
+ PR 53893. [<inu inusasha de>, Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) mod_proxy_ftp: Fix segfaults on IPv4 requests to hosts with DNS AAAA records.
+ PR 40841. [Andrew Rucker Jones <arjones simultan dyndns org>,
+ <ast domdv de>, Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) ap_expr: Add req_novary function that allows HTTP header lookups
+ without adding the name to the Vary header. [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) mod_ssl: Change default for SSLCompression to off, as compression
+ causes security issues in most setups. (The so called "CRIME" attack).
+ [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) syslog logging: Remove stray ", referer" at the end of some messages.
+ [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) configure: Fix processing of --disable-FEATURE for various features.
+ [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) "Iterate" directives: Report an error if no arguments are provided.
+ [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) htpasswd, htdbm: Optionally read passwords from stdin, as more
+ secure alternative to -b. PR 40243. [Adomas Paltanavicius <adomas
+ paltanavicius gmail com>, Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) htpasswd, htdbm: Add support for bcrypt algorithm (requires
+ apr-util 1.5 or higher). PR 49288. [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) htpasswd, htdbm: Put full 48bit of entropy into salt, improve
+ error handling. Add some of htpasswd's improvements to htdbm,
+ e.g. warn if password is truncated by crypt(). [Stefan Fritsch]
+
+ *) ab: add TLS1.1/TLS1.2 options to -f switch, and adapt output
+ to more accurately report the negotiated protocol. PR 53916.
+ [Nicolás Pernas Maradei <nico emutex com>, Kaspar Brand]
+
+ *) mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
+ [Jan Kaluza <jkaluza redhat.com>]
+
+ *) core: ErrorDocument now works for requests without a Host header.
+ PR 48357. [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) --with-module: Fix failure to integrate them into some existing
+ module directories. PR 40097. [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) mod_headers: New params: %l for load averages, %i for an
+ idle percentage rating of httpd, and %b for a busy percentage
+ rating. [Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) core: New functions to obtain load parameters: ap_get_sload()
+ and ap_get_loadavg(). [Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) mod_cache_socache: New cache implementation backed by mod_socache
+ that replaces mod_mem_cache removed from httpd v2.2. [Graham
+ Leggett]
+
+ *) mod_auth_form: Support the expr parser in the
+ AuthFormLoginRequiredLocation, AuthFormLoginSuccessLocation and
+ AuthFormLogoutLocation directives. [Graham Leggett]
+
+ *) core: Add dirwalk_stat and pre_htaccess hooks, allowing mpm-itk
+ to be used without patches to httpd core. [Jeff Trawick]
+
+ *) mod_proxy: Allow for persistence of local changes (via the
+ balancer-manager) between graceful and normal restarts.
+ [Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) mod_slotmem: New provider function, fgrab(), which forces an
+ allocation of a slot. [Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) mod_proxy_balancer: The nonce is only derived from the UUID iff
+ not set via the 'nonce' balancer param. [Jim Jagielski]
+
+ *) mod_lua: Add LuaInputFilter/LuaOutputFilter for creating content
+ filters in Lua [Daniel Gruno]
+
+ *) core: Apply length limit when logging Status header values.
+ [Jeff Trawick, Chris Darroch]
+
+ *) mod_ssl: Match wildcard SSL certificate names in proxy mode.
+ PR 53006. [Joe Orton]
+
*) WinNT MPM: Store pid and generation for each thread in scoreboard
to allow tracking of threads from exiting children via mod_status
or other such mechanisms. [Jeff Trawick]
- *) Windows: Fix output of -M, -L, and similar command-line options
- which display information about the server configuration.
- [Jeff Trawick]
-
*) mod_ssl: Catch missing or mismatched client cert/key pairs with
SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile/Path directives. PR 52212.
[Keith Burdis <keith burdis.org>, Joe Orton]