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@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +Apache CouchDB News +=================== + +Version 0.7.3a1 +-------------- + + * Changed core licensing to the Apache License 2.0. + * Improved handling of ICU shared libraries. + * Apache CouchDB can automatically respawn following a server crash. + * Apache CouchDB no longer refuses to start with a stale PID file. + * System logrotate configuration provided. + * Miscellaneous improvements to the `couchdb' command. + +Version 0.7.2 +------------- + + * Small changes to build process and couchdb command. + * CouchDB's 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 +------------- + + * CouchDB has been 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-existant 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 timesout 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. |