RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.11.2. A bugfix release.

 Public curl release number:               80
 Releases counted from the very beginning: 107
 Available command line options:           94
 Available curl_easy_setopt() options:     113

This release includes the following changes:

 o removed maximum user+password+hostname size limit
 o removed maximum dir depth limit for FTP
 o the ares build now requires c-ares 1.2.0 or later
 o --tcp-nodelay and CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY were added
 o curl/curlver.h contains the libcurl version info now

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o --proxy-ntlm now checks if libcurl supports NTLM before using it
 o minor --fail with authentication bugfix
 o CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE set to CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6 will now cause a returned error
   if the host only can resolve ipv4 addresses
 o curl -4/-6 now actually sets the requested option in libcurl
 o multi interface on Windows without ares works again
 o improved resolution for the CURLINFO_*_TIME info variables
 o getting only a 100 Continue response and nothing else, when talking HTTP,
   is now treated as an error by libcurl
 o fixed minor memory leak in libcurl for Windows when statically linked
 o POST/PUT using Digest/NTLM/Negotiate (including anyauth) now work better
 o --limit-rate with high speed rates is a lot more accurate now, and supports
   limiting to speeds >2GB/sec on systems with Large File support.
 o curl_strnqual.3 "refer-to" man page fix
 o fixed a minor very old progress meter final update bug
 o added checks for a working NI_WITHSCOPEID before that is used
 o fixed a flaw that prevented ares name resolve timeouts to occur
 o getting user name from http_proxy env variable works now
 o fixed too early name resolve timeouts with ares
 o HTTP Digest "re-negotiation" works now
 o CURLOPT_FAILONERROR (-f/--fail) works with all kinds of authentication
 o better thread-safety thanks to the internal strerror() replacement
 o better thread-safety on AIX thanks to better function detection
 o minor ipv6 build fix for windows
 o the test suite runs fine with mingw-built curl
 o the postit2.c example works now
 o better error message when --interface fails on windows
 o the progress meter now displays very long times better
 o CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD with CURLOPT_NOBODY set TRUE now works
 o passwords longer than 14 letters work with NTLM
 o 'make netware' in the root dir works now
 o builds fine on VMS again and even nicer than before

Other curl-related news since the previous public release:

 o PycURL 7.11.1 was released: http://pycurl.sf.net/
 o CURLHandle 1.9 was released: http://curlhandle.sourceforge.net/
 o A curl module for the Q language was announced:
   http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/
 o c-ares 1.2.0 was released: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/
 o New curl web mirrors:
   Germany  http://curl.netmirror.org/
   USA      http://curl.signal42.com/
   Denmark  http://curl.cofman.dk/

This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:

 Thomas Schwinge, Marty Kuhrt, Gnter Knauf, Kevin Roth, Glen Nakamura, Gisle
 Vanem, Greg Hewgill, Joe Halpin, Tor Arntsen, Dirk Manske, Roy Shan, Mitz
 Wark, Andrs Garca, Robin Kay, Alan Pinstein, David Byron, Nathan O'Sullivan

        Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)