1 Curl and libcurl 7.12.0.
3 Public curl release number: 81
4 Releases counted from the very beginning: 108
5 Available command line options: 95
6 Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 113
7 Number of public functions in libcurl: 35
9 This release includes the following changes:
11 o added curl_global_init_mem()
12 o removed curl_formparse()
13 o the MSVC project file in the release archive is automatically built
14 o curl --proxy-digest is a new command line option
15 o the Windows version of libcurl can use wldap32.dll for LDAP
16 o added curl_easy_strerror(), curl_multi_strerror() and curl_share_strerror()
17 o IPv6-enabled Windows hosts now resolves names threaded/asynch as well
18 o configure --with-libidn can be used to point out the root dir of a libidn
19 installation for curl to use, then libcurl can resolve and use IDNA names
20 (domain names with "international" letters)
22 This release includes the following bugfixes:
24 o the progress meter display now handles file sizes up to full 8 exabytes
25 (which is as high a signed 64 bit number can reach)
26 o general HTTP authentication improvements
27 o HTTP Digest authentication with the proxy works
28 o mulipart formposting with -F and file names with spaces work again
29 o curl_easy_duphandle() now works when ares-enabled
30 o HTTP Digest authentication works a lot more like the RFC says
31 o curl works with telnet and stdin properly on Windows
32 o configure --without-ssl works even when pkg-config has OpenSSL details
33 o src/hugehelp.c builds correct again in non-configure build environments
35 Other curl-related news since the previous public release:
37 o AdacURL 7.11.2 was released: http://www.almroth.com/adacurl/
38 o PycURL 7.11.3 was released: http://pycurl.sourceforge.net
39 o A new German download mirror: http://www.mirrorspace.org/curl/
41 This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
42 advice from friends like these:
44 Gisle Vanem, Tommy Tam, Luca Altea, James Bursa, Mihai Ionescu, Michael
45 Benedict, Andrés García, Joe Halpin
47 Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)