NEWS for Guile-WWW

- 2.30 | 2011-02-12
  - portability fix for Guile 1.9.14 (among others, probably)

- 2.29 | 2011-01-24
  - portability fix: don't assume ‘(set! (P OBJ) V)’ returns ‘V’
  - allow ‘big-dishing-loop’ to set ‘modlisp-ish’ reply style
  - drop "experimental" from modlisp documentation
  - add "make check" support
  - use Guile-BAUX for doc maintenance, module munging

- 2.28 | 2010-06-22
  - new home page: http://www.nongnu.org/guile-www/
  - doc fix: variables now included in index (e.g., ‘CRLF’)
  - new EXPERIMENTAL modlisp support
    - ‘make-big-dishing-loop’ takes keyword arg #:style
    - ‘mouthpiece’ takes optional arg ‘style’
    - new module: (www server-utils modlisp)
  - new (www server-utils answer) procs
    - flat-length
    - tree-flat-length!
    - string<-tree
    - string<-headers
  - MARKED FOR REMOVAL 2011-12-31
    - proc ‘(www server-utils answer) string<-header-components’

- 2.27 | 2010-02-02
  - improve portability: don't use `return-it'
  - dropped (see entries for NEWS 2.24, 2.23)
    - module: (www data content-type)
    - (www data http-status) data structure: *http-status*-META
    - (www data http-status) data structure: *http-status*
    - `make-big-dishing-loop' keyword arg: #:GET-upath
  - maintenance uses GNU Autoconf 2.65

- 2.26 | 2009-06-29
  - bugfixes to (www server-utils filesystem) procs
    - access-forbidden?-proc: allow "filename is "docroot" for
    - cleanup-filename: handle edge cases more consistently
  - configure option dropped: --disable-shsub

- 2.25 | 2009-05-28
  - changes to (www cgi)
    - bugfix: parse cookies using comma as inter-cookie delim
    - bugfix: query-string no longer masks form-data
    - new proc: cgi:cookie-names
    - new support for ‘uploads-lazy’ (file contents management) style
  - new module: (www server-utils form-2-form)
  - new (www server-utils cookies) proc: simple-parse-cookies
  - new (www server-utils parse-request) procs
    - hqf<-upath
    - alist<-query
    - read-body
  - documentation spiffed
  - distribution includes guile-www.pdf
  - maintenance uses GNU Autoconf 2.63, GNU Automake 1.11

- 2.24 | 2009-01-27
  - new module: (www data mime-types)
  - new (www data http-status) proc: http-status-string
  - new entries for alist ‘*content-type-by-filename-extension*’
    - svg => image/svg+xml
    - css => text/css
  - MARKED FOR REMOVAL 2009-12-31
    - module (www data content-type)
    - data structures in module (www data http-status)
      - *http-status*
      - *http-status*-META

- 2.23 | 2008-05-28
  - in (www data content-type), ‘xml’ maps to "application/xml"
  - changes to (www server-utils big-dishing-loop)
    - MARKED FOR REMOVAL 2009-12-31: make-big-dishing-loop #:GET-upath
    - ‘make-big-dishing-loop’ options @findex'd in manual
    - new ‘make-big-dishing-loop’ option: #:method-handlers
    - new proc: named-socket
  - changes to (www server-utils answer)
    - ‘mouthpiece’ commands @findex'd in manual
    - new ‘mouthpiece’ command: #:inhibit-content!
  - new (www http) proc: http:connect

- 2.22 | 2008-04-20
  - bug-report address updated (see output of ./configure --help)
  - mouthpiece #:send-reply now also takes ‘shutdown’ "how arg" CLOSE
  - maintenance uses GNU Autoconf 2.62, GNU Automake 1.10.1
  - public repo: http://www.gnuovla.org/wip/  (guile-www)

- 2.21 | 2007-10-04
  - license now GPLv3+ (see COPYING)
  - bugfix: mouthpiece #:set-reply-status:success updates status box
  - maintenance uses GNU Autoconf 2.61

- 2.20 | 2007-05-16
  - bugfix for examples/wily-guile: add correct dir to %load-path
  - (www cgi) proc deleted: cgi:make-cookie (notice given in version 2.14)
  - distribution includes docs in HTML

- 2.19 | 2007-05-14
  - pre-install felicity
    - modules "compiled" (har har) at "make" time
    - new convenience wrapper program: examples/wily-guile

- 2.18 | 2007-02-16
  - new ‘(www server-utils answer) mouthpiece’ command: #:add-direct-writer
  - new module: (www utcsec)

- 2.17 | 2007-02-01
  - log-http-response-proc sets output port to be line-buffered
  - new proc in (www server-utils big-dishing-loop): echo-upath
  - changes to make-big-dishing-loop
    - bugfix: #:socket-setup works (crippling typo corrected)
    - for #:concurrency #f, no longer close port when done
    - for #:concurrency non-#f, "parent" calls #:parent-finish proc
    - unless #:need-input-port, "child" does ‘shutdown 2’ on the socket
  - maintenance uses Autoconf 2.60

- 2.16 | 2006-07-14
  - make-big-dishing-loop accepts keyword arg #:concurrency

- 2.15 | 2006-04-26
  - bugfix: don't include Host twice (http:head, http:get, http:post-form)
  - maintenance uses Automake 1.9.6 and Texinfo 4.8

- 2.14 | 2006-02-19
  - (www cgi) now handles unset HTTP_ACCEPT
  - additions to module (www server-utils answer)
    - string: CRLF
    - procedure: fs
    - procedure: walk-tree
    - procedure: string<-header-components
    - ‘mouthpiece’ #:add-header now also takes boolean NAME
  - new module: (www server-utils cookies)

- 2.13 | 2005-08-17
  - for speed, use ‘read-string!/partial’ in (www cgi) and (www http)

- 2.12 | 2005-06-09
  - new proc in (www cgi): cgi:nv-pairs
  - contrib/*-check files mentioned in ChangeLog

- 2.11 | 2005-05-09
  - big-dishing-loop macros moved to (module) top-level
  - FSF street address updated in copyright notices

- 2.10 | 2005-04-17
  - changes to (www cgi)
    - cgi:values now maintains same order as in submitted form
    - cgi:init now resets all internal state (suitable for fastcgi)
  - new configure option: --disable-shsub
  - new module: (www server-utils cgi-prep)

- 2.9 | 2005-01-25
  - www:http-head-get can discard all but the alist portion of the msg obj

- 2.8 | 2004-11-20
  - new proc in (www main): www:http-head-get

- 2.7 | 2004-10-21
  - new proc in (www http): http:head

- 2.6 | 2004-07-15
  - cgi:make-cookie now accepts keywords for ‘name’ and ‘value’ args
  - bugfix: http:request handles missing response status-line TEXT as ""

- 2.5 | 2004-03-11
  - new proc in (www server-utils parse-request): skip-headers
  - new ‘(www server-utils answer) mouthpiece’ command: #:add-formatted
  - new module: (www server-utils big-dishing-loop)

- 2.4 | 2004-03-01
  - changes to (www server-utils answer) proc ‘mouthpiece’
    - bugfix in #:rechunk-content (fencepost error)
    - #:send-reply sets 2nd position in status-box to content-length
  - new module: (www server-utils log)

- 2.3 | 2004-02-29
  - new module: (www server-utils parse-request)
  - new module: (www server-utils filesystem)
  - new module: (www server-utils answer)
  - new module: (www data http-status)
  - new module: (www data content-type)

- 2.2 | 2004-01-24
  - bug fix: ‘cgi:uploads’ now handles "multipart/mixed" content properly
  - bug fix: ‘cgi:uploads’ now deletes cell as documented
  - doc fix: ‘cgi:getenv’ w/ key ‘http-accept-types’ => list of strings
  - new feature: proc ‘http:post-form’ now also handles "file uploads"
  - installation change: .scm files are punified (whitespace/comments removed)

- 2.1 | 2004-01-15
  - doc fix: ‘cgi:getenv’ doc was missing
  - new module: (www url-coding)
  - proc ‘cgi:init’ performance improvement (env var lazy init)

- 2.0 | 2004-01-13
  - incompatible API changes
    - cgi:make-cookie no longer accepts #&-style keywords (#:-style ok)
    - non-procedures no longer exported
      - for cgi-FOO (22 vars), read access now through proc ‘cgi:getenv’
      - no longer provided: http:version, http:user-agent
  - installation dir change
    - configure script determines $(GUILE_SITE)
    - modules installed as $(GUILE_SITE)/www/*.scm
  - module catalog updated on "make install" (if supported by system)
  - doc methodology/content improvements

- 1.1.1ttn5 | 2003-02-15
  - bug fix: http:request now extracts content-length info properly

- 1.1.1ttn4 | 2003-02-12
  - bug fix: http:get now uses ‘Host’ header in the http request
  - bug fix: examples/wwwcat handles non-#f ‘program-arguments’ values

- 1.1.1ttn3 | 2002-12-03
  - new proc in (www http): http:post-form

- 1.1.1ttn2 | 2002-10-20
  - for CGI scripts, handle SERVER_SOFTWARE that omits "/version" info

- 1.1.1ttn1 | 2002-10-05
  - for CGI scripts, HTTP_ACCEPT parsing now also handles ", "

- 1.1.1 | 2002-04-26
  - new CGI cookies support by Aaron VanDevender
  - miscellaneous distribution news
    - new subdir examples/
    - example program "wwwcat" no longer installed on "make install"
    - INSTALL now explains which files are copied where on "make install"

- 1.0.1 | 2001-11-18
  - fixed documentation bug that prevented guile-www.info from loading

- 1.0 | 2001-11-16



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