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Willy Tarreau 59fa1d1414 [RELEASE] Released version 2.4-dev15
Released version 2.4-dev15 with the following main changes :
    - BUG/MINOR: payload: Wait for more data if buffer is empty in payload/payload_lv
    - BUG/MINOR: stats: Apply proper styles in HTML status page.
    - BUG/MEDIUM: time: make sure to always initialize the global tick
    - BUG/MINOR: tcp: fix silent-drop workaround for IPv6
    - BUILD: tcp: use IPPROTO_IPV6 instead of SOL_IPV6 on FreeBSD/MacOS
    - CLEANUP: socket: replace SOL_IP/IPV6/TCP with IPPROTO_IP/IPV6/TCP
    - BUG/MINOR: http_fetch: make hdr_ip() resistant to empty fields
    - BUG/MINOR: mux-h2: Don't emit log twice if an error occurred on the preface
    - MINOR: stream: Don't trigger errors on destructive HTTP upgrades
    - MINOR: frontend: Create HTTP txn for HTX streams
    - MINOR: stream: Be sure to set HTTP analysers when creating an HTX stream
    - BUG/MINOR: stream: Properly handle TCP>H1>H2 upgrades in http_wait_for_request
    - BUG/MINOR: config: Add warning for http-after-response rules in TCP mode
    - MINOR: muxes: Add a flag to notify a mux does not support any upgrade
    - MINOR: mux-h1: Don't perform implicit HTTP/2 upgrade if not supported by mux
    - MINOR: mux-pt: Don't perform implicit HTTP upgrade if not supported by mux
    - MEDIUM: mux-h1: Expose h1 in the list of supported mux protocols
    - MEDIUM: mux-pt: Expose passthrough in the list of supported mux protocols
    - MINOR: muxes: Show muxes flags when the mux list is displayed
    - DOC: config: Improve documentation about proto/check-proto keywords
    - MINOR: stream: Use stream type instead of proxy mode when appropriate
    - MINOR: filters/http-ana: Decide to filter HTTP headers in HTTP analysers
    - MINOR: http-ana: Simplify creation/destruction of HTTP transactions
    - MINOR: stream: Handle stream HTTP upgrade in a dedicated function
    - MEDIUM: Add tcp-request switch-mode action to perform HTTP upgrade
    - MINOR: config/proxy: Don't warn for HTTP rules in TCP if 'switch-mode http' set
    - MINOR: config/proxy: Warn if a TCP proxy without backend is upgradable to HTTP
    - DOC: config: Add documentation about TCP to HTTP upgrades
    - REGTESTS: Add script to tests TCP to HTTP upgrades
    - BUG/MINOR: payload/htx: Ingore L6 sample fetches for HTX streams/checks
    - MINOR: htx: Make internal.strm.is_htx an internal sample fetch
    - MINOR: action: Use a generic function to check validity of an action rule list
    - MINOR: payload/config: Warn if a L6 sample fetch is used from an HTTP proxy
    - MEDIUM: http-rules: Add wait-for-body action on request and response side
    - REGTESTS: Add script to tests the wait-for-body HTTP action
    - BUG/MINOR: http-fetch: Fix test on message state to capture the version
    - CLEANUP: vars: always pre-initialize smp in vars_parse_cli_get_var()
    - MINOR: global: define diagnostic mode of execution
    - MINOR: cfgparse: diag for multiple nbthread statements
    - MINOR: server: diag for 0 weight server
    - MINOR: diag: create cfgdiag module
    - MINOR: diag: diag if servers use the same cookie value
    - MINOR: config: diag if global section after non-global
    - TESTS: slightly reorganize the code in the tests/ directory
    - TESTS: move tests/*.cfg to tests/config
    - REGTESTS: ssl: "set ssl cert" and multi-certificates bundle
    - REGTESTS: ssl: mark set_ssl_cert_bundle.vtc as broken
    - CONTRIB: halog: fix issue with array of type char
    - CONTRIB: tcploop: add a shutr command
    - CONTRIB: debug: add the show-fd-to-flags script
    - CONTRIB: debug: split poll from flags
    - CONTRIB: move some dev-specific tools to dev/
    - BUILD: makefile: always build the flags utility
    - DEV: flags: replace the unneeded makefile with a README
    - BUILD: makefile: integrate the hpack tools
    - CONTRIB: merge ip6range with iprange
    - CONTRIB: move some admin-related sub-projects to admin/
    - CONTRIB: move halog to admin/
    - ADMIN: halog: automatically enable USE_MEMCHR on the right glibc version
    - BUILD: makefile: build halog with the correct flags
    - BUILD: makefile: add a "USE_PROMEX" variable to ease building prometheus-exporter
    - CONTRIB: move prometheus-exporter to addons/promex
    - DOC: add a few words about USE_* and the addons directory
    - CONTRIB: move 51Degrees to addons/51degrees
    - CONTRIB: move src/da.c and contrib/deviceatlas to addons/deviceatlas
    - CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl
    - CONTRIB: move contrib/opentracing to addons/ot
    - BUG/MINOR: opentracing: initialization after establishing daemon mode
    - DOC: clarify that compression works for HTTP/2
2021-04-02 19:16:32 +02:00
.github CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
addons BUG/MINOR: opentracing: initialization after establishing daemon mode 2021-04-02 18:21:19 +02:00
admin BUILD: makefile: build halog with the correct flags 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
contrib CONTRIB: move contrib/opentracing to addons/ot 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
dev BUILD: makefile: integrate the hpack tools 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
doc [RELEASE] Released version 2.4-dev15 2021-04-02 19:16:32 +02:00
examples CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2020-06-26 11:27:28 +02:00
include MINOR: diag: create cfgdiag module 2021-04-01 18:03:37 +02:00
reg-tests REGTESTS: ssl: mark set_ssl_cert_bundle.vtc as broken 2021-04-02 17:13:55 +02:00
scripts BUILD: Makefile: move REGTESTST_TYPE default setting 2021-02-05 11:41:16 +01:00
src CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
tests TESTS: move tests/*.cfg to tests/config 2021-04-02 10:59:29 +02:00
.cirrus.yml CI: cirrus: update FreeBSD image to 12.2 2021-02-12 16:04:52 +01:00
.gitattributes MINOR: Configure the cpp userdiff driver for *.[ch] in .gitattributes 2021-02-22 18:17:57 +01:00
.gitignore CONTRIB: move halog to admin/ 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
.travis.yml CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
BRANCHES DOC: fix some spelling issues over multiple files 2021-01-08 14:53:47 +01:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 2.4-dev15 2021-04-02 19:16:32 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING DOC: fix some spelling issues over multiple files 2021-01-08 14:53:47 +01:00
INSTALL DOC: add a few words about USE_* and the addons directory 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
LICENSE LICENSE: add licence exception for OpenSSL 2012-09-07 13:52:26 +02:00
MAINTAINERS CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
Makefile CONTRIB: move contrib/opentracing to addons/ot 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00
README DOC: create a BRANCHES file to explain the life cycle 2019-06-15 22:00:14 +02:00
ROADMAP DOC: update the outdated ROADMAP file 2019-06-15 21:59:54 +02:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 2.4-dev15 2021-04-02 19:16:32 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 2.4-dev15 2021-04-02 19:16:32 +02:00

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for
ease of use.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for :

  - INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  - BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  - LICENSE for the project's license
  - CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory :

  - doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy
  - doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual
  - doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual
  - doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine
  - doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux
  - doc/management.txt for the management guide
  - doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite
  - doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference
  - doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style
  - doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)