1 Libidn NEWS -- History of user-visible changes. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Simon Josefsson
3 See the end for copying conditions.
5 * Version 0.6.3 (released 2006-03-08)
7 ** Fixes for the build environment.
9 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
11 * Version 0.6.2 (released 2006-02-07)
13 ** Fix objdir != srcdir builds for the Java documentation.
14 Thanks to Bernard Leak <bernard@brenda-arkle.demon.co.uk>.
16 ** Update of gnulib files.
18 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
20 * Version 0.6.1 (released 2006-01-20)
22 ** Make it possible to cross-compile to mingw32.
23 You can build Libidn for Windows by invoking `./configure
24 --host=i586-mingw32msvc' (or similar).
26 ** Minor changes in how the C# code is built.
28 ** Update of gnulib files.
30 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
32 * Version 0.6.0 (released 2005-12-03)
34 ** A C# port of Libidn has been contributed by Alexander Gnauck.
35 The port resides in the csharp/ directory. Configure will build it if
36 a working C# compiler can be found. Mono's "mcs" compiler is known to
37 work (available in Debian in the "mono-mcs" package), but PNET's
38 "cscc" compiler should also work (available in Debian in the "pnet"
39 package). The port is licensed under the GPL. Some Microsoft Visual
40 Studio project files are also present in the csharp/ directory, which
41 may be useful when building the port under Windows. The C# API is
42 currently not documented, improvements are gratefully accepted.
44 ** Support shared libraries on Cygwin and Mingw32, thanks to Yaakov S.
48 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
50 * Version 0.5.20 (released 2005-10-23)
52 ** The header file pr29.h is now installed by 'make install'.
54 ** Translation updates.
56 ** Update of gnulib files.
58 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
60 * Version 0.5.19 (released 2005-09-19)
62 ** The test for setlocale and nl_langinfo has now been separated.
63 The autoconf script now test for locale.h, setlocale and
64 nl_langinfo(CODESET) independently.
66 ** Gnulib updates, fixes for getopt.
68 ** Java manuals in doc/java/ are now generated by Gjdoc from GNU Classpath.
70 ** Kaffe is used to link the pre-built libidn-*.jar file.
72 ** Translation updates.
74 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
76 * Version 0.5.18 (released 2005-07-16)
78 ** The macro AX_CREATE_STDINT_H that is used to create idn-int.h
81 ** Fix use of 'head -1' in configure script (should be 'head -n -1'),
82 ** thanks to Carsten Lohrke.
84 ** Announce the help-libidn mailing list in documentation and README.
86 ** Translation updates.
88 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
90 * Version 0.5.17 (released 2005-05-26)
92 ** The gnulib portability files were updated.
94 ** The license template in files were updated with the new address.
96 ** Translation updated.
98 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
100 * Version 0.5.16 (released 2005-05-06)
102 ** Mark static PR29 data tables as 'const', thanks to Joe Orton.
104 ** Kinyarwanda translations added, thanks to Steve Murphy.
106 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
108 * Version 0.5.15 (released 2005-03-19)
110 ** Improvements to code to convert data between character sets.
111 The license template was changed to the LGPL, from the GPL template
112 that was mistakenly used in the previous two releases. Document here
113 that cleaning up this code has solved memory allocation and arithmetic
116 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
118 * Version 0.5.14 (released 2005-03-19)
120 ** Building for srcdir != objdir from CVS now work, thanks to Linus Nordberg.
122 ** Simplified Chinese translations added, thanks to Meng Jie.
124 ** Vietnamese translation added, thanks to Clytie Siddall.
126 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
128 * Version 0.5.13 (released 2005-01-29)
130 ** The code to convert data between character encodings have been cleaned up.
131 The stringprep_convert function has been added to gnulib, under the
132 name iconv_string, and is now used by libidn. This should not have
133 any user-visible consequences, though.
135 ** It is now possible to bootstrap with unmodified Automake installations.
137 ** Italian translation added, thanks to Marco Colombo.
139 ** Swedish translation updated.
141 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
143 * Version 0.5.12 (released 2004-12-04)
145 ** Java code now support the XMPP NodePrep and ResourcePrep profiles.
147 ** Bug fixes and improvements to Java code.
148 The allowUnassigned flag is now respected properly. The prohibited
149 code points check now works. Arguments are now checked. Convenience
150 method with allowUnassigned set to false was added.
152 ** Update getopt from gnulib.
154 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
156 * Version 0.5.11 (released 2004-11-21)
158 ** Fix formatting of man pages, based on warnings from Doclifter.
160 ** Update of gnulib files to fix potential getopt problem on ELF systems.
162 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
164 * Version 0.5.10 (released 2004-11-08)
166 ** Libtool's -export-symbols-regex is now used to only export official APIs.
167 Before, applications might accidentally access internal functions.
168 Note that this is not supported on all platforms, so you must still
169 make sure you are not using undocumented symbols in Libidn.
171 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
173 * Version 0.5.9 (released 2004-11-07)
175 ** Align GTK-DOC build infrastructure with GTK-DOC official recommendations.
176 This mean that you can now browse the Libidn API manual using Devhelp.
178 ** Update of gnulib files to fix potential problem in getopt on BSD.
180 ** Documentation improvements.
182 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
184 * Version 0.5.8 (released 2004-10-12)
186 ** BidiMirroring-3.2.0.txt is now included, not only the generated source code.
187 This allow builds to succeed after 'make realclean'.
189 ** Generated files now have consistent 'DO NOT EDIT!' comments.
191 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
193 * Version 0.5.7 (released 2004-10-12)
195 ** Shared library version incremented, because new APIs were added.
196 This was forgotten in the last release.
198 ** French translation updated.
202 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
204 * Version 0.5.6 (released 2004-10-02)
206 ** Added functions to convert return codes to human readable text.
208 ** Now using GNULib in command line front end (src/) for portability code.
209 See <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/> for more information on
210 GNULib. This should make the code easier to read and maintain.
212 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
215 punycode_strerror: ADD.
216 stringprep_strerror: ADD.
218 TLD_NO_TLD: ADD. Replaces TLD_NOTLD.
219 TLD_NOTLD: DEPRECATED. Use TLD_NO_TLD instead.
221 * Version 0.5.5 (released 2004-09-13)
223 ** Hide accidentally exported variable g_utf8_skip, by marking it as static.
227 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
228 g_utf8_skip: REMOVED. (But never meant to be used.)
230 * Version 0.5.4 (released 2004-08-08)
232 ** Translation updates.
234 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
236 * Version 0.5.3 (released 2004-08-05)
238 ** Fix crash in `idn --tld' command line tool.
240 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
242 * Version 0.5.2 (released 2004-07-14)
244 ** Java "make install" rules are now DESTDIR compatible.
246 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
248 * Version 0.5.1 (released 2004-07-09)
250 ** Cross compile builds should work.
251 It should work for any sane cross compile target, but the only tested
252 platform is uClibc/uClinux on Motorola Coldfire.
254 ** The example programs now correctly invoke `setlocale (LC_ALL, "")'.
256 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
258 * Version 0.5.0 (released 2004-06-26)
260 ** Functions to detect "normalization problem sequences" as per PR-29 added.
261 See the new chapter "PR29 Functions" in the manual
262 (doc/libidn.{ps,pdf,html}) for more information and the background
263 story. An external link that discuss the problem is
264 <http://www.unicode.org/review/pr-29.html>.
266 ** More translations.
267 Added Esperanto (by Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS).
269 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
270 pr29.h: ADD. Prototypes for PR29 types and functions.
271 pr29_4, pr29_4z, pr29_8z: ADD. New API entry points for PR29 functions.
272 Pr29_rc: ADD. New error code enum type for PR29 functions.
274 * Version 0.4.9 (released 2004-06-11)
276 ** The Java library (java/libidn-*.jar) is included in the distribution.
278 ** JavaDoc manuals (doc/javadoc/) are included.
280 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
282 * Version 0.4.8 (released 2004-06-01)
284 ** The Java source code is actually included in the distribution.
286 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
288 * Version 0.4.7 (released 2004-05-31)
290 ** The Java port should now be functional, contributed by Oliver Hitz.
291 See the new section "Java API" in the manual for more information.
293 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
295 * Version 0.4.6 (released 2004-05-24)
297 ** The header file idn-free.h is actually installed by 'make install'.
299 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
301 * Version 0.4.5 (released 2004-05-21)
303 ** In IDNA ToUnicode, a `free' on a stale pointer fixed by Ulrich Drepper.
305 ** Several memory leaks fixed by Ulrich Drepper.
307 ** Added more SASLPrep and NFKC test vectors.
309 ** Automake 1.8.4 is used.
311 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
312 idn_free: ADD. Wrapper around system `free'.
313 idn-free.h: ADD. Prototype for `idn_free'.
314 See idn-free.h for discussion. The interface is
315 currently not documented. Comments and feedback is
318 * Version 0.4.4 (released 2004-04-29)
320 ** Fixed two bugs in iSCSI definition, syncing with newly published RFC 3722.
321 The first bug was an omission of prohibiting the characters in C.1.1,
322 C.1.2 and C.7 (space characters and characters that are inappropriate
323 for canonical representation). The second was a bug in the definition
324 of the table, causing the entire table to be skipped, of the special
325 prohibited output character table defined in RFC 3722 (see section 6,
326 the characters in the table are various ASCII characters and U+3002).
328 ** A few test vectors for iSCSI were added.
330 ** The self tests are linked with libtool -no-install to avoid wrapper script.
332 ** Separated self test utilities into a separate library, shared by all tests.
334 ** More translations.
335 Added Romanian (by Laurentiu Buzdugan).
337 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
339 * Version 0.4.3 (released 2004-04-22)
341 ** Fixed a bug in table processing code to prohibit control characters.
342 The problem was that the code used a code point of 0 to indicate end
343 of table, but if (as for table C.2.1) a range starts with 0, this
344 logic would fail. The end-of-table test is now that both the start
345 and end code points of the range is 0. Table C.2.1 is responsible for
346 prohibiting non-ASCII control characters, i.e. ASCII 0-31 and 127.
347 Before, libidn silently accepted such strings without complaining.
349 ** A few test vectors for SASLprep were added.
351 ** The pkg-config script no longer include a -R parameter.
353 ** More translations.
354 Added Dutch (by Elros Cyriatan), and German (by Roland Illig).
356 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
358 * Version 0.4.2 (released 2004-03-20)
360 ** A Punycode implementation in Java was added, by Oliver Hitz.
361 Eventually hopefully a StringPrep, Nameprep and IDNA implementation
362 will be added as well. Currently you need to specify --enable-java to
363 enable the Java interface. The Java sources (below java/) are
364 compiled into byte-code (not native code) into a JAR library.
366 ** More translations.
367 Added Danish (by Morten Bo Johansen), French (by Michel Robitaille),
368 Polish (by Jakub Bogusz), and Serbian (by Aleksandar Jelenak).
370 ** Norwegian TLD table added, by Thomas Jacob.
372 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
374 * Version 0.4.1 (released 2004-03-08)
376 ** The user messages from the command line utility are now translated.
377 Currently English and Swedish is supported.
379 ** Logic of stringprep_locale_charset modified.
380 Future versions will use, in order, $CHARSET iff defined, nl_langinfo
381 (CODESET) iff working, or fall back to returning "ASCII". Earlier it
382 attempted to guess the system locale, in contrast with the current
383 application's locale, via some setlocale save/set/reset magic. This
384 change may require you to invoke setlocale() in your application,
385 which is (should be) required for non-ASCII to work anyway. Based on
386 discussion with Ulrich Drepper.
388 ** The command-line utility now invoke setlocale (LC_ALL, "") at startup.
390 ** Fixed SASLprep tables to prohibit non-ASCII space in output.
391 Non-ASCII space has always been mapped to ASCII space, so it is not
392 clear this really have any effect, but the specification require it.
394 ** Building Libidn as part of GLIBC has been updated.
395 Refer to libc/README for more information. Incidentally, GLIBC in CVS
396 now include a copy of Libidn.
398 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
399 IDNA_DLOPEN_ERROR: ADD. Only used internally by Libidn in libc.
401 * Version 0.4.0 (released 2004-02-28)
403 ** Support for TLD restrictions on IDN strings, contributed by Thomas Jacob.
404 Many TLDs restrict the set of characters that can be used, from the
405 full Unicode 3.2 range that is normally available. This contribution
406 make it possible for you to test strings for TLD conformance locally.
407 The code can be disabled by --disable-tld. If enabled (the default),
408 the new API "tld.h" is installed which can be used to check a string
409 for conformance to TLD specific rules. This add a new self test, and
410 a new chapter in the manual. People responsible for maintaining TLD
411 tables are hereby encouraged to contribute them (under reasonable
412 licensing terms) for inclusion in future versions of Libidn. Be
413 warned that the API for TLD checking may change throughout the 0.4.x
414 series as we get feedback on it.
416 ** Kerberos 5 stringprep profile macro is no longer documented.
417 The macro itself will probably be removed in the future, if the
418 specification is dropped from the Kerberos WG agenda.
420 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
421 stringprep_kerberos5: DEPRECATED.
424 Tld_rc: ADD. New data types.
427 tld_get_z: ADD. New functions to extract TLD from string.
429 tld_default_table: ADD. New functions to get TLD table from TLD name.
431 tld_check_4tz: ADD. New function to provide core TLD operations.
435 tld_check_lz: ADD. New functions that combine all TLD operations in one call.
437 * Version 0.3.7 (released 2004-01-22)
439 ** The command line parameter '--' idiom is documented.
441 ** The iSCSI stringprep profile now recognized as "iSCSI".
442 The earlier name "ISCSIprep" is still recognized, for backwards
445 ** DocBook manuals no longer included (the tools are too unstable).
447 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
449 * Version 0.3.6 (released 2004-01-06)
451 ** The manual now contain a troubleshooting section for the command line tool.
453 ** The PHP interface pass the string directly on the command line.
455 ** The macro that create 'idn-int.h' has been updated to latest version.
457 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
459 * Version 0.3.5 (released 2003-12-15)
461 ** The program 'idn' accepts input strings directly on the command line.
463 ** The program 'idn' defaults to --idna-to-ascii if no parameter is given.
465 ** The program 'idn' now print user instructions before waiting for input.
467 ** DocBook HTML output not included any longer.
468 The reason is that the filenames generated by docbook2html appear to
469 be rather random, so it is difficult to maintain the Makefile.am rules
472 ** Autoconf 2.59, automake 1.8 and libtool from CVS is used.
474 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
475 IDNA_CONTAINS_NON_LDH: ADD. Same integer value as IDNA_CONTAINS_LDH.
476 IDNA_CONTAINS_LDH: DEPRECATED. LDH (letter-digits-hyphens) characters
477 are not an error, but non-LDH characters are, when
478 IDNA_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES is used. The logic of the
479 mnemonic name of this error constant was reversed.
481 * Version 0.3.4 (released 2003-11-09)
483 ** DocBook manuals in XML, PDF, PostScript, ASCII and HTML formats included.
485 * Version 0.3.3 (released 2003-10-18)
487 ** Fixed list of Stringprep profiles in 'idn --help' and 'idn.php'.
489 ** Fixed debug information in 'idn'.
491 ** Internal improvements.
492 Leads to reduced heap memory usage. Simplified inter-dependency among
493 files in lib/* to make it easier to copy them into your project.
495 ** Debugging stringprep profile 'generic' removed.
497 ** Punycode implementation updated to rfc3492bis-00.
499 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
502 stringprep: CHANGED. 'profile' is marked as 'const'.
503 stringprep_profile: CHANGED. 'profile' is marked as 'const'.
504 stringprep_generic: REMOVED. Never meant for public use.
506 * Version 0.3.2 (released 2003-10-07)
508 ** SASL ANONYMOUS stringprep profile "trace" added.
509 It is equivalent to the already supported "plain" SASL ANONYMOUS
510 stringprep profile, except for the name.
512 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
513 The 'in' parameter to stringprep_profile was changed from 'char*' to
516 * Version 0.3.1 (released 2003-10-02)
518 ** Fixed handling of implicit and explicit zero-length root labels in ToASCII.
520 ** Fixed support for Hangul Syllables during Unicode NFKC normalization.
522 ** Fixed Unicode NFKC normalization of (some) BMP code points.
523 This was done by syncing the NFKC code with latest GLIB, and may have
524 fixed other bugs in the earlier versions of the updated functions.
526 ** Added more IDNA test vectors.
528 ** Emacs Lisp IDNA implementation now set the UseSTD3ASCIIRules flag.
529 This is the appropriate setting for mail-related uses of IDNA.
531 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
533 * Version 0.3.0 (released 2003-09-23)
535 ** Ported to Mac OS X.
537 ** Gnulib code removed, we now assume a C89 compatible environment.
539 ** Building libidn as a libc add-on now works again.
541 ** Man pages for all public API functions are included.
543 ** Fixed bug in SASLprep profile.
545 ** API and ABI is NOT backwards compatible with the previous version.
546 All previously labeled (since 0.1.x) obsolete functions have been dropped.
547 The use of 'enum' types instead of 'int' added in 0.2.3 reverted, it
548 confused documentation generators and wasn't all that common practice.
550 * Version 0.2.3 (released 2003-08-26)
552 ** Example 4 was the same as example 3, now changed to demo ToUnicode.
554 ** Documentation improvements.
556 ** Prototype cleanups.
557 The proper enum types (Stringprep_rc, Idna_rc, etc) are now used in
558 several places where plain int where used before. String lengths are
559 handled by (s)size_t instead of int.
561 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
563 * Version 0.2.2 (released 2003-08-13)
565 ** Fixed problem with strings longer than 4GB in punycode functions.
566 The punycode code cannot handle strings longer than 4GB. The code now
567 return PUNYCODE_BAD_INPUT on too long input, instead of failing in an
570 ** The "idn --idna-to-unicode" command now output locale encoded strings.
572 ** Build fixes, bug fixes.
574 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
576 * Version 0.2.1 (released 2003-07-04)
578 ** Don't reject zero-length trailing labels as in, e.g., "www.example.org.".
579 The IDNA RFC is not clear on this topic, zero-length labels in general
580 are forbidden by the ToASCII algorithm in section 4.1 step 8, but the
581 terminology section define, inside a parenthesis, that the zero-length
582 root label is in fact not considered a label at all in IDNA.
586 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
588 * Version 0.2.0 (released 2003-06-19)
590 ** Unicode code point data is now uint32_t, defined in "idn-int.h".
591 A header file "idn-int.h" is generated and installed to make sure the
592 "uint32_t" data type is available on all platforms. The reason for
593 this change is that on 64-bit platforms, the application was required
594 to convert 32 bit integers (which is how Unicode code points are
595 typically represented) into 64 bit integers before calling libidn
598 ** New idna_*() functions have improved flags handling.
599 The allowunassigned and usestd3asciirules parameters were collapsed
600 into a flags parameter, that can take on the IDNA_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED and
601 IDNA_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES values. This allows for easier extensions
602 to support, e.g., Unicode 4.0 or RFC 952 ASCII rules checking. Note
603 that the old entry points are unmodified (in this regard), and new
604 entry points with this modification were added.
606 ** The manual was moved into a separate directory doc/.
610 ** API and ABI is not backwards compatible.
611 In punycode.h and stringprep.h the "unsigned long" data type was
612 changed into "uint32_t", which cause a API and ABI missmatch. For
613 idna.h, the old entry points that used "unsigned long" still exist,
614 and new entry points that uses "uint32_t" was added. To update your
615 application, you probably only need to change "unsigned long" to
616 "uint32_t". As a result of these changes, the shared object version
619 * Version 0.1.15 (released 2003-06-07)
623 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
625 * Version 0.1.14 (released 2003-05-10)
627 ** Experimental documentation generation in contrib/doxygen/.
628 Simply invoke "doxygen" in that directory and it should build the
631 ** Lisp API bug fixes.
633 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
635 * Version 0.1.13 (released 2003-03-13)
637 ** Unfinished Java *.class files implementing the libidn API.
638 See the contrib/java/ directory. It is implemented using the Java
639 Native Interface, and light initial testing indicate interoperability
640 between GCJ, IBM's JDK and Sun's JDK.
642 ** Building is now silent when gengetopt is not present.
646 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
648 * Version 0.1.12 (released 2003-03-06)
650 ** Building libidn doesn't require gengetopt.
651 Warnings are still printed though. Gengetopt will be replaced by argp
654 ** Command line tool "idn" supports stringprep too.
656 ** New stringprep API entry point: stringprep_profile().
657 It takes a name of the stringprep profile as an argument instead of
658 the stringprep table structure.
660 ** stringprep_*.h are deprecated and will be removed in the future.
661 All symbols have been moved to stringprep.h. The reasons are that (1)
662 the files typically only defined one CPP macro and exported one symbol
663 definition, which is wasteful as it generates too much work in the
664 manual, and (2) using one header file for all profiles allows easier
665 access to all stringprep profiles during runtime. Note that the files
666 are still installed, but they only #include stringprep.h now, for
667 backwards compatibility.
669 ** GNU Libc add-on build instructions updated to GNU Libc 2.3.2.
671 ** SASLprep stringprep profile added.
673 ** An online interface to libidn written in PHP added to contrib/web/.
675 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
677 * Version 0.1.11 (released 2003-02-26)
679 ** Command line application "idn" is included.
680 A simple wrapper around the library that allows you to invoke punycode
681 encoding/decoding and IDNA ToASCII/ToUnicode on the command line.
683 ** Emacs Lisp interface for punycode and IDNA included.
684 See punycode.el and idna.el.
686 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
688 * Version 0.1.10 (released 2003-02-21)
690 ** idna_*_to_ace() and idna_*ace_to_*() are deprecated in favor of
691 ** idna_to_ascii_from_*() and idna_to_unicode_*_from_*() respectively.
692 The reason was that the old interfaces did not accept the
693 AllowUnassigned and UseSTD3ASCIIRules flags. Note that the old
694 functions are not removed, but will be in the future.
696 ** IPS iSCSI stringprep profile added.
698 ** A new contrib/ directory added.
699 Currently it contains a Python interface to Libidn, contributed by
702 ** idna.h and punycode.h are now installed by "make install".
704 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
706 * Version 0.1.9 (released 2003-02-20)
708 ** SASL ANONYMOUS "plain" stringprep profile added.
710 ** XMPP nodeprep profile fixed.
712 ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
713 For future releases, the NEWS entry will specifically mention whether
714 the C header API or library ABI backwards compatibility is affected.
716 * Version 0.1.8 (released 2003-02-14)
718 ** Portability fixes.
719 This includes not building the API Reference Manual with GTK-DOC by
720 default, if you want it use configure parameter --enable-gtk-doc after
721 making sure your gtkdoc-mkdb accept the --tmpl-dir parameter.
723 ** The type for string length variables is now (s)size_t.
724 Unfortunately this means binary shared library binary backwards
727 ** New nameprep test vectors.
729 * Version 0.1.7 (released 2003-02-12)
731 ** Uses official IDNA ACE prefix.
733 * Version 0.1.6 (released 2003-02-11)
735 ** Uses tentative IDNA ACE prefix.
737 ** Added XMPP Node/Resource Identifiers stringprep profiles.
739 ** Fixed prohibited character checks for bidi.
741 * Version 0.1.5 (released 2003-01-28)
743 ** The library can now be built as part of GNU Libc.
744 This is experimental and only tested against GNU Libc version 2.3.1.
745 See the libc/ directory, and libc/README in particular.
749 * Version 0.1.4 (released 2003-01-15)
751 ** Documentation fixes.
753 ** Portability fixes.
757 * Version 0.1.3 (released 2003-01-15)
759 ** Added texinfo manual.
761 * Version 0.1.2 (released 2003-01-08)
763 ** Added high-level IDNA API.
765 ** Added example3.c and example4.c demonstrating the high-level IDNA API.
767 * Version 0.1.1 (released 2003-01-08)
769 ** Added documentation using GTK-DOC.
771 ** The obsolete stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4_fast API entry point was removed.
772 By accident it was never removed in 0.1.0.
774 * Version 0.1.0 (released 2003-01-05)
776 ** Official GNU project.
778 ** Renamed from libstringprep to libidn.
780 ** Supports punycode and IDNA. Caveat emptor: I don't use it myself.
782 ** Uses "unsigned long" for Unicode code points instead of "long".
783 Long is guaranteed to be at least 32 bits by C standards so it is
784 always sufficiently large, no need to use uint32_t and the like.
786 ** The obsolete stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4_fast API entry point was removed.
788 * Version 0.0.8 (released 2002-12-13)
790 ** Portability fixes (now works under Cygwin on Windows 2000).
794 * Version 0.0.7 (released 2002-12-09)
796 ** Apply all tables to entire strings, not just first hit.
800 * Version 0.0.5 (released 2002-12-07)
802 ** Fix prohibited characters handling.
806 ** Renamed type (struct) stringprep_table_element to Stringprep_table_element.
808 ** Renamed type stringprep_profile to Stringprep_profile.
810 ** Renamed type (struct) stringprep_table to Stringprep_table.
812 ** Added more self-tests.
814 * Version 0.0.4 (released 2002-12-06)
816 ** Add unassigned code point handling, including self test cases.
818 ** Portability fixes.
820 * Version 0.0.3 (released 2002-11-30)
822 ** Exported utility function `stringprep_utf8_to_unichar', complementary
823 to existing `stringprep_unichar_to_utf8'.
825 ** Renamed `stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4_fast' to `stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4' to
826 clean up API. The old entry point is maintained for binary backwards
827 compatibility though.
829 ** The distribution is from now on signed using GnuPG.
833 * Version 0.0.2 (released 2002-11-07)
839 * Version 0.0.1 (released 2002-11-06)
841 ** Add utility functions stringprep_locale_charset(), stringprep_convert()
842 and stringprep_locale_to_utf8 () that can be used to convert text from
843 system's locale into UTF-8, which should be done before invoking
844 stringprep(). The functions requires iconv() in the operating system.
846 ** An example program (example.c) that illustrates how libstringprep can be
849 ** The pkg-config --libs output should now include necessary -R options.
851 * Version 0.0.0 (released 2002-11-05)
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