Release Notes v1.6 (Under Development)

Changes

Win32: Replace dll.def file by export macros in civetweb.h (CSTAJ)
Base64 encode and decode functions for Lua (bel)
Support pre-loaded files for the Lua environment (bel)
Server should check the nonce for http digest access authentication (bel)
Hide read-only flag in file dialogs opened by the Edit Settings dialog for the Windows executable (bel)
Add all functions to dll.def, that are in the header (bel)
Added Lua extensions: send_file, get_var, get_mime_type, get_cookie, url_decode, url_encode (bel)
mg_set_request_handler() mod to use pattern (bel, Patch from Toni Wilk)
Solved, tested and documented SSL support for Windows (bel)
Fixed: select for Linux needs the nfds parameter set correctly (bel)
Add methods for returning the ports civetweb is listening on (keithel)
Fixes for Lua Server Pages, as described within the google groups thread. (bel)
Added support for plain Lua Scripts, and an example script. (bel)
A completely new, and more illustrative websocket example for C. (bel)
An implementation of “Websocket for Lua”, which allows to configure an optional websocket_root directory, incl. URL rewriting. Added an example. The Lua interface may change if the threading model changes. (bel)
Update of SQLite3 to 3.8.1. (bel)
Add “date” header field to replies, according to the requirements of RFC 2616 (the HTTP standard), Section 14.18 (bel)
Fix websocket long pull (celeron55)
Updated API documentation (Alex Kozlov)
Fixed Posix locking functions for Windows (bel2125)
Updated version number

Corrected bad mask flag/opcode passing to websocket callback (William Greathouse)
Moved CEVITWEB_VERSION define into civetweb.h
Added new simple zip deployment build for Windows.
Removed windows install package build.
Fixes page violation in mod_lua.inl (apkbox)
Use C style comments to enable compiling most of civetweb with -ansi. (F-Secure Corporation)
Allow directories with non ASCII characters in Windows in UTF-8 encoded (bel2125)
Added Lua File System support (bel2125)
Added mongoose history back in repository thanks to (Paul Sokolovsky)
Fixed keep alive (bel2125)
Updated of MIME types (bel2125)
Updated lsqlite (bel2125)
Fixed master thread priority (bel2125)
Fixed IPV6 defines under Windowe (grenclave)
Fixed potential dead lock in connection_close() (Morgan McGuire)
Added WebSocket example using asynchronous server messages (William Greathouse)
Fixed the getcwd() warning (William Greathouse)
Implemented the connection_close() callback (William Greathouse)
Fixed support URL's in civetweb.c (Daniel Oaks)
Allow port number to be zero to use a random free port (F-Secure Corporation)
Wait for threads to finish when stopping for a clean shutdown (F-Secure Corporation)
More static analysis fixes against Coverity tool (F-Secure Corporation)
Travis automated build testing support added (Daniel Oaks)
Updated version numbers.
Added contributor credits file.

The main idea behind this release is to bring about API consistency. All changes are backward compatible and have been kept to a minimum.

Added mg_set_request_handler() which provides a URI mapping for callbacks. This is a new alternative to overriding callbacks.begin_request.
Externalized mg_url_encode()
Externalized mg_strncasecmp() for utiliy
Added CivetServer::getParam methods
Added CivetServer::urlDecode methods
Added CivetServer::urlEncode methods
Dealt with compiler warnings and some static analysis hits.
Added mg_get_var2() to parse repeated query variables
Externalized logging function cry() as mg_cry()
Added CivetServer::getCookie method (Hariprasad Kamath)
Added CivetServer::getHeader method (Hariprasad Kamath)
Added new basic C embedding example
Conformed source files to UNIX line endings for consistency.
Unified the coding style to improve reability.

The objective of this release is to make installation seamless.

The objective of this release is to establish a maintable code base, ensure MIT license rights and improve usability and documentation.

Reorangized build directories to make them more intuitive
Added new build rules for lib and slib with option to include C++ class
Upgraded Lua from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
Added fallback configuration file path for Linux systems.
- Good for having a system wide default configuration /usr/local/etc/civetweb.conf
Added new C++ abstraction class CivetServer
Added thread safety for and fixed websocket defects (Morgan McGuire)
Created PKGBUILD to use Arch distribution (Daniel Oaks)
Created new documentation on Embeddeding, Building and yaSSL (see docs/).
Updated License file to include all licenses.
Replaced MD5 implementation due to questionable license.
- This requires new source file md5.inl
Changed UNIX/OSX build to conform to common practices.
- Supports build, install and clean rules.
- Supports cross compiling
- Features can be chosen in make options
Moved Cocoa/OSX build and packaging to a separate file.
- This actually a second build variant for OSX.
- Removed yaSSL from the OSX build, not needed.
Added new Visual Studio projects for Windows builds.
- Removed Windows support from Makefiles
- Provided additional, examples with Lua, and another with yaSSL.
Changed Zombie Reaping policy to not ignore SIGCHLD.
- The previous method caused trouble in applciations that spawn children.

Build support for VS6 and some other has been deprecated.
- This does not impact embedded programs, just the stand-alone build.
- The old Makefile was renamed to Makefile.deprecated.
- This is partcially do to lack fo testing.
- Need to find out what is actually in demand.
Build changes may impact current users.
- As with any change of this type, changes may impact some users.

The objective of this release is to establish a version of the Mongoose software distribution that still retains the MIT license.