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Pending RELEASE-NOTES for the upcoming release
This is work in progress and will change before the release goes public on 2024-05-22.
Changes:
- curl_version_info: provide librtmp version
- file: add support for directory listings
- idn: add native AppleIDN (icucore) support for macOS/iOS
- lib: add curl_multi_waitfds
- mbedTLS: implement CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST option
- NTLM_WB: drop support
- TLS: add support for ECH (Encrypted Client Hello)
- urlapi: add CURLU_GET_EMPTY for empty queries and fragments
Bugfixes:
- appveyor: make gcc 6 mingw64 job build-only
- asyn-thread: fix curl_global_cleanup crash in Windows
- asyn-thread: fix Curl_thread_create result check
- autotools: delete unused functions
- autotools: fix `HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_FIONBIO` test for gcc 14
- bearssl: fix compiler warnings
- bearssl: use common code for cipher suite lookup
- bufq: remove duplicate word in comment
- build: prefer `USE_IPV6` macro internally (was: `ENABLE_IPV6`)
- build: remove MacOSX-Framework script
- cd2nroff/manage: use UTC when SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set
- cf-https-connect: use timeouts as unsigned ints
- cf-socket: don't try getting local IP without socket
- cf-socket: remove references to l_ip, l_port
- ci: add curl-for-win builds: Linux MUSL, macOS, Windows
- cmake: add `BUILD_EXAMPLES` option to build examples
- cmake: add librtmp/rtmpdump option and detection
- cmake: check fseeko after detecting HAVE_FILE_OFFSET_BITS
- cmake: enable `-pedantic-errors` for clang when `CURL_WERROR=ON`
- cmake: FindNGHTTP2 add static lib name to find_library call
- cmake: fix `CURL_WERROR=ON` for old CMake and use it in GHA/linux-old
- cmake: fix `HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_FIONBIO` test with gcc 14
- cmake: fixup `DEPENDS` filename
- cmake: forward `USE_LIBRTMP` option to C
- cmake: generate misc manpages and install `mk-ca-bundle.pl`
- cmake: speed up libcurl doc building again
- cmake: tidy-up to use `WORKING_DIRECTORY`
- cmake: use namespaced custom target names
- cmdline-docs: fix make install with configure --disable-docs
- configure: error on missing perl if docs or manual is enabled
- configure: make --disable-docs imply --disable-manual
- content_encoding: brotli and others, pass through 0-length writes
- content_encoding: ignore duplicate chunked encoding
- contrithanks: honor `CURLWWW` variable
- curl-confopts.m4: define CARES_NO_DEPRECATED when c-ares is used
- curl.h: change CURL_SSLVERSION_* from enum to defines
- curl: make --help adapt to the terminal width
- curl: use curl_getenv instead of the curlx_ version
- Curl_creader_read: init two variables to avoid using them uninited
- curl_getdate.md: document two-digit year handling
- curl_global_trace.md: shorten the description
- curl_multibyte: remove access() function wrapper for Windows
- curl_path: make Curl_get_pathname use dynbuf
- curl_setup.h: detect 'inline' support
- curl_sha512_256: do not use workaround for NetBSD when not needed
- curl_sha512_256: fix detection of OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later
- curl_url_get.md: clarify queries and fragments and CURLU_GET_EMPTY
- CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE: fixed, add tests for transfer infos reported
- cw-out: improved error handling
- digest: replace strcpy for empty string with simple assignment
- dist: `set -eu`, fix shellcheck, make reproducible and smaller tarballs
- dist: add files missing from release tarball
- dist: add reproducible dir entries to tarballs
- dist: do not require Perl in `maketgz`
- dist: remove the curl-config.1 from the tarball
- dist: verify tarball reproducibility in CI
- DISTROS: add patch and issues link for curl-for-win
- DISTROS: Cygwin updates
- dllmain: Call OpenSSL thread cleanup for Windows and Cygwin
- doc: pytest `--repeat` -> `--count`
- docs/cmdline-opts: invoke managen using a relative path
- docs/cmdline-opts: mention STARTTLS for --ssl and --ssl-reqd
- docs/MAIL-ETIQUETTE: convert to markdown
- docs: add CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS to CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION example
- docs: clarify CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE and CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE
- docs: fix some CURLINFO examples
- doh: fix typo in comment
- doh: remove unused function prototype
- dynbuf: fix returncode on memory error
- examples: fix/silence `-Wsign-conversion`
- EXPERIMENTAL: add graduation requirements for each feature
- file: remove useless assignment
- ftp: add tracing support
- ftp: fix build for CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS
- ftp: fix socket leak on rare error
- GHA: add shellcheck job and fix warnings, shell tidy-ups
- GHA: add valgrind to a wolfSSL build
- GHA: on macOS remove $HOME/.curlrc
- gnutls: lazy init the trust settings
- h3/ngtcp2: improve error handling
- hash: change 'slots' to size_t from int
- hsts: remove single-use single-line function
- http2 + ngtcp2: pass CURLcode errors from callbacks
- http2, http3: decouple stream state from easy handle
- http2: emit RST when client write fails
- http3: quiche+ngtcp2 improvements
- http: acknowledge a returned error code
- http: reject HTTP major version switch mid connection
- http: remove redundant check
- http: with chunked POST forced, disable length check on read callback
- http_aws_sigv4: remove useless assignment
- idn: make Curl_idnconvert_hostname() use Curl_idn_decode()
- if2ip: make the buf_size arg a size_t
- INSTALL-CMAKE.md: explain `cmake -G <generator-name>`
- krb5: use dynbuf
- ldap: fix unused variables (seen on OmniOS)
- lib/cf-h1-proxy: silence compiler warnings (gcc 14)
- lib: add trace support for client reads and writes
- lib: bump hash sizes to `size_t`
- lib: clear the easy handle's saved errno before transfer
- lib: make protocol handlers store scheme name lowercase
- lib: merge `ENABLE_QUIC` C macro into `USE_HTTP3`
- lib: remove two instances of "only only" messages
- lib: silence `-Wsign-conversion` in base64, strcase, mprintf
- lib: silence warnings on comma misuse
- lib: use `#error` instead of invalid syntax in `curl_setup_once.h`
- lib: use multi instead of multi_easy for the active multi
- libcurl-opts: mention pipelining less
- libssh2: delete redundant feature guard
- libssh2: replace `access()` with `stat()`
- libssh2: set length to 0 if strdup failed
- m4: fix rustls pkg-config codepath
- makefile: remove the sorting from the vc-ide action
- maketgz: put docs/RELEASE-TOOL.md into the tarball
- managen: fix the option sort order
- mbedtls: call mbedtls_ssl_setup() after RNG callback is set
- mbedtls: cut off trailing newlines from debug logs
- mbedtls: fix building with v3 in CMake Unity mode
- mbedtls: support TLS 1.3
- mime: avoid using access()
- misc: fix typos
- misc: fix typos, quoting and spelling
- mprintf: check fputc error rather than matching returned character
- mqtt: when Curl_xfer_recv returns error, don't use nread
- multi: avoid memory-leak risk
- multi: introduce SETUP state for better timeouts
- multi: multi_wait improvements
- multi: remove the unused Curl_preconnect function
- multi: remove useless assignment
- multi: timeout handles even without connection
- openldap: create ldap URLs correctly for IPv6 addresses
- openssl: do not set SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS
- OS400: fix shellcheck warnings in scripts
- projects: drop MSVC project files for recent versions
- quic: fixup duplicate static function name (for cmake unity)
- quiche: expire all active transfers on connection close
- quiche: trust its timeout handling
- RELEASE-PROCEDURE: mention an initial working build
- request: make Curl_req_init return void
- request: paused upload on completed download, assess connection
- reuse: add copyright + license info to individual docs/*.md files
- ROADMAP: remove completed entries, mention websocket
- rustls: remove incorrect SSLSUPP_TLS13_CIPHERSUITES flag
- sendf: fix two typos in comments
- sendf: useless assignment in cr_lc_read()
- setopt: warn on Curl_set*opt() uses not using the return value
- smtp: result of Curl_bufq_cread was not used
- telnet: check return code from fileno()
- tests/http: fix compiler warning
- tests: add -q as first option when invoking curl for tests
- tests: check caddy server version to match test expectations
- tests: enable test 1117 for hyper
- tests: fix feature case in test1481
- tests: make the unit test result type `CURLcode`
- tests: Mark tftpd timer function as noreturn
- tls: fix SecureTransport + BearSSL cmake unity builds
- tls: remove EXAMPLEs from deprecated options
- tls: use shared init code for TCP+QUIC
- tool: move tool_ftruncate64 to tool_util.c
- tool_cb_rea: limit rate unpause for -T . uploads
- tool_cfgable: free {proxy_}cipher13_list on exit
- tool_getparam: output warning for leading unicode quote character
- tool_getparam: remove two redundant conditions
- tool_operate: don't truncate the etag save file by default
- tool_operate: init vars unconditionally in post_per_transfer
- tool_paramhlp: remove duplicate assign
- tool_xattr: "guess" URL scheme if none is provided
- tool_xattr: in debug builds, act normally if CURL_FAKE_XATTR is not set
- transfer: remove useless assignment
- url: do not URL decode proxy crendentials
- url: fix use of an uninitialized variable
- url: make parse_login_details use memdup0
- urlapi: allow setting port number zero
- urlapi: fix relative redirects to fragment-only
- urldata: remove fields not used depending on used features
- version: use msnprintf instead of strncpy
- vquic: use CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T for 64 bit printf output
- vtls: TLS session storage overhaul
- websocket: avoid memory leak in error path
- winbuild: add ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS option
- winbuild: use $(RC) correctly
- wolfssl: plug memory leak in wolfssl_connect_step2()
Contributors:
Abdullah Alyan, blankie, Brian Inglis, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara, Ch40zz on github, Christian Schmitz, Chris Webb, Colin Leroy-Mira, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan Fandrich, Daniel Gustafsson, Daniel J. H., Daniel McCarney, Daniel Stenberg, Dmitry Karpov, Emanuele Torre, Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k), Fabian Keil, farazrbx on github, fuzzard, Gisle Vanem, Gusted, hammlee96 on github, Harmen Stoppels, Harry Sintonen, Hongfei Li, Ivan, Jan Macku, Jan Venekamp, Jeff King, Jérôme Leclercq, Jiwoo Park, Johann Sebastian Schicho, Jonatan Vela, Kailun Qin, kalvdans on github, Keitagit-kun on github, Konstantin Kuzov, kpcyrd on github, Laramie Leavitt, LigH, Lucas Nussbaum, magisterquis on hackerone, Marcel Raad, Matt Jolly, Mel Zuser, Michael Kaufmann, Michał Antoniak, Orgad Shaneh, Patrick Monnerat, Paul Gilmartin, Paul Howarth, Pavel Kropachev, Pavel Pavlov, Philip Heiduck, Rahul Krishna M, RainRat, Ray Satiro, riastradh on github, Robert Moreton, Sanjay Pujare, Sergey Bronnikov, Sergey Ogryzkov, Sergio Durigan Junior, southernedge on github, Stefan Eissing, Stephen Farrell, Tal Regev, Tobias Stoeckmann, Toon Claes, Viktor Szakats, zmcx16 on github