Author: poeml Date: Sat Apr 21 03:45:05 2012 New Revision: 8288 URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain?rev=8288&view=rev Log: release notes for 2.17.0, hopefully done now Modified: trunk/docs/changes.rst Modified: trunk/docs/changes.rst URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain/trunk/docs/changes.rst?rev=8288&r1=8287&r2=8288&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/changes.rst (original) +++ trunk/docs/changes.rst Sat Apr 21 03:45:05 2012 _at_@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ============================ -Release 2.17.0 (r8288, Apr 21, 2012) +Release 2.17.0 (r8289, Apr 21, 2012) ------------------------------------ _at_@ -14,20 +14,27 @@ This requires :program:`GeoIP` 1.4.8 and :program:`mod_geoip` 1.2.7 or newer (which add experimental support for IPv6 resolution) (`issue 106`_). -* program:`mb update`, :program:`mb iplookup`: DNS resolution now works with IPv4 + IPv6. - -* Support for Metalink/HTTP (RFC 6249) has been implemented (`issue 15`_). This +* :program:`mb update`, :program:`mb iplookup`: DNS resolution now works with IPv4 + IPv6. + +* Support for Metalink/HTTP (:rfc:`6249`) has been implemented (`issue 15`_). This was long on my todo list! This makes MirrorBrain include in its server HTTP responses useful metadata like cryptohashes, mirror URLs and links to - alternate representations. There's support for RFC 5988 Web Linking, for RFC - 6249 Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Hashes, and for RFC 3230 HTTP Instance - Digests (including updates from RFC 5843). Here's an `example (screenshot)`_. + alternate representations. There's support for :rfc:`5988` Web Linking, for :rfc:`6249` + Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Hashes, and for :rfc:`3230` HTTP Instance + Digests (including updates from :rfc:`5843`). Here's an `example (screenshot)`_. * :program:`mb edit`: An editor set via the environmental variable ``$VISUAL`` is now used, if none is set in ``$EDITOR``. This fixed `issue 96`_. * :program:`mb db vacuum`: A new option ``-q`` allows to silence the commands output (`issue 99`_). + +New platforms: + +* Ubuntu 11.10 packages are now built and tested. + +* Debian 6.0 packages have been tested. + Bug fixes: _at_@ -47,12 +54,7 @@ adds a new flag to the database called ``ipv6_only`` to denote mirrors that are not reachable by IPv4. Once this new flag is used, it will allow to redirect clients to this type of mirrors. (And IPv6-only mirrors won't go away -- rather -the contrary.) - -New platforms: - -* Ubuntu 11.10 packages are now built and tested. -* Debian 6.0 packages have been tested. +the contrary :-) .. _`example (screenshot)`: http://mirrorbrain.org/static/images/screenshots/metalink_http.png .. _`issue 15`: http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue15 _at_@ -1675,7 +1677,7 @@ * :program:`rsyncinfo` tool added * scanner bugfix regarding following redirects for large file checks * failover testbed for text mirrorlists implemented -* metalinks: switch back to RFC822 format +* metalinks: switch back to :rfc:`822` format * new ``ZrkadloMetalinkPublisher`` directive * fix issue with ``<size>`` element * now there is another (more natural) way to request a metalink: by appending _______________________________________________ mirrorbrain-commits mailing list Archive: http://mirrorbrain.org/archive/mirrorbrain-commits/ Note: To remove yourself from this list, send a mail with the content unsubscribe to the address mirrorbrain-commits-request_at_mirrorbrain.orgReceived on Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:45:06 GMT
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