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Public curl release number: 82
Releases counted from the very beginning: 109
Number of public functions in libcurl: 36
This release includes the following changes:
o read callbacks can stop the transfer by returning CURL_READFUNC_ABORT
o libcurl-tutorial.3 is the new man page formerly known as libcurl-the-guide
o additional SSL trace data might be sent to the debug callback using two new
types: CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_IN and CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_OUT
o multipart formposts can upload files larger than system memory
o the curl tool continues with the next URL even if one transfer fails
This release includes the following bugfixes:
o HTTP POST/PUT with NTLM/Digest/Negotiate to a URL returning 3XX
o HTTPS POST/PUT over a proxy requiring NTLM/Digest/Negotiate works now
o less restrictive libidn requirements, 0.4.1 or later is fine
o fixed HTTP POST or PUT with Digest/Negotiate/NTLM selected but the server
didn't require any authentication
o win32 file:// transfer free memory bug
o configure --disable-http builds a libcurl without HTTP support
o CURLOPT_FILETIME had wrong type, it expects a long argument
o builds fine with Borland on Windows again
o the msvc curllib.dsp now builds the libcurl.lib file again
o builds fine on VMS again
o builds fine on NetWare again
o HTTP Digest authentication with proxies uses correct user name + password
Other curl-related news since the previous public release:
o James Hu took over after Kevin Roth as maintainer of the curl package on
cygwin. Many saludos to Kevin for a work well done during many years.
o Gambas binding for libcurl: http://gambas.sf.net/
o pycurl 7.12.0 was released http://pycurl.sf.net/
This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:
Gisle Vanem, Vincent Bronner, Alexander Krasnostavsky, Chris Gaukroger,
Gnter Knauf, Marty Kuhrt, Kjetil Jacobsen, Steven Bazyl, Seshubabu Pasam,
Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)