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+Apache CouchDB NEWS
+===================
+
+For details about backwards incompatible changes, see:
+
+  http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes
+
+Each release section notes when backwards incompatible changes have been made.
+
+Version 1.0.1
+-------------
+
+  * Fix data corruption bug COUCHDB-844. Please see
+    http://couchdb.apache.org/notice/1.0.1.html for details.
+  * Added support for replication via an HTTP/HTTP proxy.
+  * Fixed various replicator bugs for interop with older CouchDB versions.
+  * Show fields saved along with _deleted=true. Allows for auditing of deletes.
+  * Enable basic-auth popup when required to access the server, to prevent
+    people from getting locked out.
+  * User interface element for querying stale (cached) views.
+
+Version 1.0.0
+-------------
+
+ * More efficient header commits.
+ * Use O_APPEND to save lseeks.
+ * Faster implementation of pread_iolist(). Further improves performance on
+   concurrent reads.
+ * Added authentication caching
+ * Faster default view collation.
+ * Added option to include update_seq in view responses.
+
+Version 0.11.2
+--------------
+
+  * Replicator buxfixes for replicating design documents from secured databases.
+  * Better error messages on invalid URL requests.
+  * User documents can now be deleted by admins or the user.
+  * Avoid potential DOS attack by guarding all creation of atoms.
+  * Some Futon and JavaScript library bugfixes.
+
+Version 0.11.1
+--------------
+
+ * Mask passwords in active tasks and logging.
+ * Update mochijson2 to allow output of BigNums not in float form.
+ * Added support for X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE.
+ * Disable jsonp by default.
+ * Accept gzip encoded standalone attachments.
+ * Made max_concurrent_connections configurable.
+ * Added continuous replication option to Futon.
+ * Added option to replicating test results anonymously to a community
+   CouchDB instance.
+ * Allow creation and deletion of config entries in Futon.
+ * Fixed various UI issues in Futon.
+ * Fixed compatibility with the Erlang R14 series.
+ * Fixed warnings on Linux builds.
+ * Fixed build error when aclocal needs to be called during the build.
+ * Require ICU 4.3.1.
+ * Fixed compatibility with Solaris.
+ * Added authentication redirect URL to log in clients.
+ * Added authentication caching, to avoid repeated opening and closing of the
+   users database for each request requiring authentication.
+ * Made authentication timeout configurable.
+ * Temporary views are now admin-only resources.
+ * Don't require a revpos for attachment stubs.
+ * Make file deletions async to avoid pauses during compaction and db
+   deletion.
+ * Fixed for wrong offset when writing headers and converting them to blocks,
+   only triggered when header is larger than 4k.
+ * Preserve _revs_limit and instance_start_time after compaction.
+ * Fixed timeout with large .ini files.
+ * Added tests for couch.js and jquery.couch.js
+ * Added various API features to jquery.couch.js
+ * Faster default view collation.
+ * Upgrade CommonJS modules support to 1.1.1.
+ * Added option to include update_seq in view responses.
+ * Fixed erlang filter funs and normalize filter fun API.
+ * Fixed hang in view shutdown.
+ * Refactored various internal APIs related to attachment streaming.
+ * Fixed hanging replication.
+ * Fixed keepalive issue.
+ * Allow global rewrites so system defaults are available in vhosts.
+ * Allow isolation of databases with vhosts.
+ * Made the test suite overall more reliable.
+
+Version 0.11.0
+--------------
+
+This version is a feature-freeze release candidate for Apache CouchDB 1.0.
+
+ * Fixed CVE-2010-0009: Apache CouchDB Timing Attack Vulnerability.
+ * Added support for building a Windows installer as part of 'make dist'.
+ * Added optional 'raw' binary collation for faster view builds where Unicode
+   collation is not important.
+ * Improved view index build time by reducing ICU collation callouts.
+ * Added option to implicitly create replication target databases.
+ * Improved view information objects.
+ * Bug fix for partial updates during view builds.
+ * Bug fix for building couch.app's module list.
+ * Fixed a problem with statistics timers and system sleep.
+ * Improved the statistics calculations to use an online moving window
+   algorithm.
+ * Adds batching of multiple updating requests, to improve throughput with many
+   writers.
+ * Removed the now redundant couch_batch_save module.
+ * Bug fix for premature termination of chunked responses.
+ * Improved speed and concurrency of config lookups.
+ * Fixed an edge case for HTTP redirects during replication.
+ * Fixed HTTP timeout handling for replication.
+ * Fixed query parameter handling in OAuth'd replication.
+ * Fixed a bug preventing mixing languages with lists and views.
+ * Avoid OS process leaks in lists.
+ * Avoid leaking file descriptors on automatic replication restarts.
+ * Various improvements to the Futon UI.
+ * Provide Content-MD5 header support for attachments.
+ * Added default cookie-authentication and users db.
+ * Added per-db reader access control lists.
+ * Added per-db security object for configuration data in validation functions.
+ * Added URL Rewriter handler.
+ * Added proxy authentication handler.
+ * Added ability to replicate documents by id.
+ * Added virtual host handling.
+ * Uses json2.js for JSON serialization compatiblity with native JSON.
+ * Fixed CVE-2010-0009: Apache CouchDB Timing Attack Vulnerability.
+
+Version 0.10.2
+--------------
+
+ * Fixed CVE-2010-0009: Apache CouchDB Timing Attack Vulnerability.
+
+Version 0.10.1
+--------------
+
+ * Fixed test suite to work with build system.
+ * Fixed a problem with statistics timers and system sleep.
+ * Fixed an edge case for HTTP redirects during replication.
+ * Fixed HTTP timeout handling for replication.
+ * Fixed query parameter handling in OAuth'd replication.
+ * Fixed a bug preventing mixing languages with lists and views.
+ * Avoid OS process leaks in lists.
+
+Version 0.10.0
+--------------
+
+This release contains backwards incompatible changes, please see above for help.
+
+ * General performance improvements.
+ * View index generation speedups.
+ * Even more robust storage format.
+ * Native Erlang Views for high-performance applications.
+ * More robust push and pull replication.
+ * Two-legged OAuth support for applications and replication (three-legged in
+   preparation).
+ * Cookie authentication.
+ * API detail improvements.
+ * Better RFC 2616 (HTTP 1.1) compliance.
+ * Added modular configuration file directories.
+ * Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.
+
+Version 0.9.2
+-------------
+
+ * Remove branch callbacks to allow building couchjs against newer versions of
+   Spidermonkey.
+ * Fix replication with 0.10 servers initiated by an 0.9 server.
+
+Version 0.9.1
+-------------
+
+ * Various bug fixes for the build system, configuration, statistics reporting,
+   database core, external handlers, Futon interface, HTTP interface,
+   JavaScript View Server and replicator.
+
+Version 0.9.0
+-------------
+
+This release contains backwards incompatible changes, please see above for help.
+
+ * Modular configuration.
+ * Performance enhancements for document and view access.
+ * More resilient replication process.
+ * Replication streams binary attachments.
+ * Administrator role and basic authentication.
+ * Document validation functions in design documents.
+ * Show and list functions for rendering documents and views as developer
+   controlled content-types.
+ * External process server module.
+ * Attachment uploading from Futon.
+ * Etags for views, lists, shows, document and attachment requests.
+ * Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.
+
+Version 0.8.1-incubating
+------------------------
+
+ * Various bug fixes for replication, compaction, the HTTP interface and the
+   JavaScript View Server.
+
+Version 0.8.0-incubating
+------------------------
+
+This release contains backwards incompatible changes, please see above for help.
+
+ * Changed core licensing to the Apache Software License 2.0.
+ * Refactoring of the core view and storage engines.
+ * Added support for incremental map/reduce views.
+ * Changed database file format.
+ * Many improvements to Futon, the web administration interface.
+ * Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.
+ * Swapped out Erlang's inets HTTP server for the Mochiweb HTTP server.
+ * SpiderMonkey is no longer included with CouchDB, but rather treated as an
+   external dependency.
+ * Added bits of awesome.
+
+Version 0.7.2
+-------------
+
+ * Small changes to build process and `couchdb` command.
+ * Database server official port is now 5984 TCP/UDP instead of 8888.
+
+Version 0.7.1
+-------------
+
+ * Small compatibility issue with Firefox 3 fixed.
+
+Version 0.7.0
+-------------
+
+ * Infrastructure rewritten to use the GNU build system for portability.
+ * The built-in database browsing tool has been rewritten to provide a much
+   nicer interface for interacting directly with CouchDB from your web browser.
+ * XML and Fabric have been replaced with JSON and JavaScript for data
+   transport and View definitions.
+
+Version 0.6.0
+-------------
+
+ * A replication facility is now available.
+ * CouchPeek can now create, delete and view documents.
+ * Building from source is easier and less error prone.
+
+Version 0.5.0
+-------------
+
+ * A built-in CouchPeek utility.
+ * A full install kit buildable from a single command.
+ * A new GNU/Linux version is available. An OS X version is coming soon.
+
+Version 0.4.0
+-------------
+
+ * Non-existent variables are now nil lists.
+ * Couch error codes and messages are no longer sent in the HTTP fields,
+   instead they are exclusively returned in the XML body. This is to avoid HTTP
+   header parsing problems with oddly formed error messages.
+ * Returned error messages are now logged at the server at the `info` level to
+   make general debugging easier.
+ * Fixed a problem where big table builds caused timeout errors.
+ * Lots of changes in the low level machinery. Most formulas will continue to
+   function the same.
+ * Added full compiler support for extended characters in formula source.
+ * Support for Perl/Ruby like regular expressions.
+ * Added `total_rows` and `result_start` attributes to tables.
+
+Version 0.3.0
+-------------
+
+ * CouchDB now fully supports Unicode and locale specific collation via the ICU
+   library, both in the Fabric engine and computed tables.
+ * The `in` operator has been added to Fabric.
+ * The `startdoc` query string variable specifies the starting document to use
+   if there are multiple rows with identical startkeys.
+ * The `skip` query string variable specifies the number of rows to skip before
+   returning results. The `skip` value must be a positive integer. If used with
+   a `count` variable the skipped rows aren't counted as output.
+ * Various changes to the output XML format.