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1: Announcement: NaviServer 4.99.31 available
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 08/13/24 10:15 AM

Dear all,

I am glad to announce that the release of NaviServer 4.99.31 is available at SourceForge [1] and on GitHub [2]. In essence, this release contains a few small bug fixes and some backported features from the NaviServer 5 development (auto SNI and Improved handling of large file uploads, portability improvements). Since we want to release NaviServer 5 after Tcl9, and Tcl9 is still not out, some of the backports become more urgent.

The installation scripts [3] are pointing now per default to version 4.99.31.

If you are interested in the newest version of NaviServer, don't hesitate to try it from the main branch of the GitHub repository [4].

All the best!

-gustaf neumann

[1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/naviserver/files/naviserver/4.99.31/
[2] https://github.com/orgs/naviserver-project/repositories
[3] https://github.com/gustafn/install-ns
[4] https://github.com/naviserver-project/naviserver

All the best!
-gustaf neumann

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NaviServer 4.99.31, released 2024-08-11
=======================================

 71 files changed, 897 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)
New Features:
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  - Added auto-SNI support to "ns_http" and "ns_connchan open": When
    opening an TLS-connection to named target, the used hostname is
    automatically used as a default value for the SNI-host.  The
    automatically derived values has a lower priority than the
    parameter "-hostname" of "ns_http run" or "ns_connchan open".

    This change eases of use with cloud services and affects all
    packages using, e.g., "ns_http", including reverse proxies.

  - Introduced experimental command "ns_fseekchars": This changes
    Improves file-based parsing of multipart/form-data, supporting
    files larger than 4GB, reducing memory usage, and speeding up
    processing..
Bug Fixes:
----------

    - Fixed invalid memory reallocation of pool descriptors array
      [commit 7efaafe4].

    - Fixed potential issue for move operation with overlapping memory
      areas. This change is which was critical for ARM architecture
      when musl is used (Alpine Linux) [commit 20438ed4].

    - Fixed potential crash in "ns_conn copy" to handle cases where an
      incoming request contains no content [commit 79b8cb8a].
Changes in Sample Configuration Files:
--------------------------------------

    - Sample configuration file updates for handling container
      mappings and whitelisting domain names [commits ece849ac,
      9a102a97, 86a176ab].

    - Backported from NaviServer 5: Includes multiple changes to
      configuration files and scripts [commit 0d32e5ea].
Misc Improvements:
------------------

    - Improved forward compatibility to ease backports [commit ef8b4386].

    - Improved spelling and documentation across multiple files to
      enhance readability and understanding [multiple commits e.g.,
      a2cdaa10, 15253120].

    - Improved portability by not assuming that type "char" is the
      same as "unsigned char", important for compatibility with
      different architectures [commit 7635ef00].

    - Made testing more robust for docker images with partial IPv6
      setups to improve reliability in varied deployment environments
      [commit 516ca38c].

    - Removed misleading and unneeded "-encoding binary": This command
      was a no-op since many Tcl releases and was removed in Tcl9 at
      all. This change clarifies code usage [commit a36d15b1].