Apache Subversion 1.7.9 - Changelog

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.7.9:

April 5th, 2013

User-visible changes:
Client-side bugfixes:
· improved error messages about svn:date and svn:author props. (r1440620)
· fix local_relpath assertion (issue #4257)
· fix memory leak in `svn log` over svn:// (r1458341)
· fix incorrect authz failure when using neon http library (issue #4332)
· fix segfault when using kwallet (r1421103)

Server-side bugfixes:
· svnserve will log the replayed rev not the low-water rev. (r1461278)
· mod_dav_svn will omit some property values for activity urls (r1453780)
· fix an assertion in mod_dav_svn when acting as a proxy on / (issue #4272)
· improve memory usage when committing properties in mod_dav_svn (r1443929)
· fix svnrdump to load dump files with non-LF line endings (issue #4263)
· fix assertion when rep-cache is inaccessible (r1422100)
· improved logic in mod_dav_svn's implementation of lock. (r1455352)
· avoid executing unnecessary code in log with limit (r1459599)

Developer-visible changes:
General:
· fix an assertion in dav_svn_get_repos_path() on Windows (r1425368)
· fix get-deps.sh to correctly download zlib (r13520131)
· doxygen docs will now ignore prefixes when producing the index (r1429201)
· fix get-deps.sh on freebsd (r1423646)

Bindings:
· javahl status api now respects the ignoreExternals boolean (r1435361)

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.7.8:

December 21st, 2012

User-visible changes:
Client- and server-side bugfixes:
· Fix typos in pt_BR, es and zh_TW translations (r1402417, r1402421)

Client-side bugfixes:
· fix crash with --username option on Windows (r1396285)
· add missing attributes to "svn log -v --xml" output (r1398100)
· fix svn patch ignoring hunks after no trailing newline (r139917)
· fix hang with ra_serf during error processing (r1403583)
· ignore file externals with mergeinfo when merging (r1401915)
· fix SEGV with "svnmucc cp rev arg" during argv processing (issue #4079)
· fix conflict handling on symlinks (issue #4091)

Server-side bugfixes:
· properly detect threading availability (r1398325)
· fix "svnadmin load --bypass-prop-validation" (r1237779)
· fix parsing of [groupsfoo] sections in authz file (issue #3531)
· add Vary: header to GET responses to improve cacheability (r1390653)
· fix fs_fs to cleanup after failed rep transmission (r1403964, et al)
· fix mod_dav_svn to complain about revisions > HEAD (r1403588)

Developer-visible changes:
General:
· fix incorrect status returned by 1.6 API (r1403258)
· fix compilation with g++ 4.7 (r1345740)
· fix svn_uri_get_file_url_from_dirent on Windows (r1409146)

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.7.7:

October 10th, 2012

Client- and server-side bugfixes:
· fix memory read bug (r137614)
· update Chinese translation

Client-side bugfixes:
· fix issues with applying Git patch files (r1374800, et al)
· fix status does not descend into dir externals after upgrade (issue #4016)
· fix file externals don't update with old mod_dav_svn (issue #4224)
· fix external diff tool duplicates Index: lines with 'svn diff' (r1380697)
· fix GNOME keyring library fails with very old glib (r1378847)
· fix unknown password stores in config file cause error (r1375052)
· fix assertions in ra_serf running against server root (r1365519, et al)
· fix ra_serf checkout/export aborts early on Windows (issue #4174)

Server-side bugfixes:
· fix an assert with SVNAutoVersioning in mod_dav_svn (issue #4231)
· fix unbounded memory use with SVNPathAuthz short_circuit (r1387943)
· fix svndumpfilter exclude --targets requires leading slash (issue #4234)
· fix connection ttl for memcache should be 50 seconds (r1391641)
· stabilize order of paths in dumpfiles with APR 1.4.6 (r1344864, et al)

Developer-visible changes:
General:
· print "All tests successful" at the end of 'make check' (r1375089)
· fix sandbox violation in a test (r1371282)
· fix tests fail when running within a format 30 WC (r1391188, et al)
· fix return value of svn_client_update4() incorrect (r1380295)
· fix make check summary missing test failures (r1390965)
· fix build does not fail when apache httpd is not available (r1374198)

Bindings:
· fix swig-pl build fails with swig 2.0.7 and newer. (r1389658)
· fix swig-py runtime problems with swig 2.0.5 and newer (r1351117)

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.7.0:

October 12th, 2011

· This is the most complete Subversion release to date, and we encourage users of Subversion to upgrade as soon as reasonable. This release contains a large number of new features, bug fixes and other improvements.

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.6.15:

November 25th, 2010

· User-visible changes:
· improve svnsync handling of dir copies (r962377, -8)
· hide unreadable dirs in mod_dav_svn's GET response (r996884)
· make 'svnmucc propsetf' actually work (r1005446)
· limit memory fragmentation in svnserve (r1022675)
· fix 'svn export' regression from 1.6.13 (r1032970)
· fix 'svn export' mistakenly uri-encodes paths (issue #3745)
· fix server-side memory leaks triggered by 'blame -g' (r1032808)
· prevent crash in mod_dav_svn when using SVNParentPath (r1033166)
· allow 'log -g' to continue in the face of invalid mergeinfo (r1028108)
· filter unreadable paths for 'svn ls' and 'svn co' (r997026, -070, -474)
· fix abort in 'svn blame -g' (issue #3666)
· fix file handle leak in ruby bindings (issue #3512)
· remove check for 1.7-style working copies (issue #3729)

· Developer-visible changes:
· improve some swig parameter mapping (r984565, r1035745)
· improve test accuracy over dav (r991534, r877814)
· create fails.log for test runs (r964349)
· improve detection of 'svnversion' when buildling (r877219, et al)
· don't violate API layering in dumpstream logic (issue #3733)
· don't report working copy installs as switched (r1033921)

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.6.6:

October 22nd, 2009

· Some crashes and other issues have been fixed.

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.6.0:

March 20th, 2009

· This release includes better filesystem storage mechanisms, authentication data handling improvements, early support for tree conflict detection, and more.

What's new in Apache Subversion 1.5.2:

August 31st, 2008

· Set correct permissions on created fsfs shards
· Pass client capabilities to start-commit hook
· Disallow creating nested repositories
· Support Neon 0.28.3
· Properly canonicalize URIs with an empty hostname
· Improved merge performance for superfluous ranges
· Better error message for 'Malformed URL for repository'
· Improved svn:externals parsing
· fixed: improper ordering in 'svnlook diff' output
· fixed: mod_dav_svn memory leak with 'SVNPathAuthz short_circuit'
· fixed: duplicate svn:externals targets fail on co/up
· fixed: 'svn merge --depth' inconsistencies
· fixed: ra_serf test failures (1.5.x-ra_serf-backports branch)
· fixed: memory leak and crashes in FS
· fixed: core dump with relative externals
· fixed: 'svn copy' working copy corruption
· fixed: perl bindings errors in non-English locale
· fixed: 'svn merge' incorrectly reverses previous merges
· fixed: 'svn merge' errors with subtree mergeinfo
· make libsvn_ra_neon initialization thread-safe
· respect LDFLAGS in Swig bindings
· fixed: test failures in non-English locales