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| -rw-r--r-- | changes/automake_required | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/autoreconf | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bufferevent-support | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bug1982 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/cpudetect | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/enhancement1668 | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/eventdns_routerinfo_key | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/microdesc_dl | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/nodelist | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/tor-fw-helper | 14 |
10 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/changes/automake_required b/changes/automake_required new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bb5035518f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/automake_required @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + o Build changes + - Our build system requires automake 1.6 or later to create the + Makefile.in files. Previously, you could have used 1.4. + This only affects developers and people building Tor from git; + people who build Tor from the source distribution without changing + the Makefile.am files should be fine. diff --git a/changes/autoreconf b/changes/autoreconf new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c08cc7a376 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/autoreconf @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + o Minor build changes: + - Use autoreconf to launch autoconf, automake, etc from autogen.sh. + This is more robust against some of the failure modes associated + with running the autotools chain on its own. + diff --git a/changes/bufferevent-support b/changes/bufferevent-support new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e39c36f13b --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bufferevent-support @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + o Major features + - Tor can now optionally build with the "bufferevents" buffered IO + backend provided by Libevent, when building with Libevent 2.0.7-rc + or later. To use this feature, make sure you have the latest possible + version of Libevent, and run autoconf with the --enable-bufferevents + flag. Using this feature will make our networking code more flexible, + lets us stack layers on each other, and let us use more efficient + zero-copy transports where available. + - As an experimental feature, when using the "bufferevents" buffered + IO backend, Tor can try to use Windows's IOCP networking API. This + is off by default. To turn it on, add "DisableIOCP 0" to your torrc. + diff --git a/changes/bug1982 b/changes/bug1982 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..30ce2df7c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug1982 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + o Major features: + - Allow EntryNodes to include country codes like {de} or IP addresses + or network masks. Previously we had disallowed these options + because we didn't have an efficient way to keep the list up to + date. Resolves bug 1982. diff --git a/changes/cpudetect b/changes/cpudetect new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..eeaa492f58 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/cpudetect @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Minor features + - If you set the NumCPUs option to 0, Tor will try to detect how many + CPUs you have. This is the new default behavior. diff --git a/changes/enhancement1668 b/changes/enhancement1668 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0d9f88fa06 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/enhancement1668 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Minor features: + - Make logging resolution configurable and change default from 1 + millisecond to 1 second. Implements enhancement 1668. + diff --git a/changes/eventdns_routerinfo_key b/changes/eventdns_routerinfo_key new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..46dcb52dbb --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/eventdns_routerinfo_key @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Minor feature removals + - Removed old code to work around versions of Tor so old that they + used multiple forked processes to handle DNS requests. Such + versions of Tor are no longer in use as servers. diff --git a/changes/microdesc_dl b/changes/microdesc_dl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..aca634c13f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/microdesc_dl @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Major features: + - Caches now download and cache all the consensus flavors that + they know about. This allows them to assess which microdescriptors + they need to fetch. diff --git a/changes/nodelist b/changes/nodelist new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..033a6c10fb --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/nodelist @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + o Code refactorings + - Unified our node-listing and selecting logic. We had at least + two major ways to look at the question of "which Tor servers do + we know about": our list of router descriptors, and the current + consensus. We're adding a third in microdescriptors. Having + so many systems without an abstraction layer over them was + hurting the codebase. Now, we have a new "node_t" abstraction + that presents a consistent interface to a client's view of + a Tor node, and holds (nearly) all of the mutable state + formerly in routerinfo_t and routerstatus_t. diff --git a/changes/tor-fw-helper b/changes/tor-fw-helper new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f87d828b8f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/tor-fw-helper @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + o Major features: + - Tor now has the ability to wrangle NAT devices like a good network cowbot + with the tor-fw-helper tool. The tor-fw-helper tool supports Apple's + NAT-PMP protocol and the UPnP standard for TCP port mapping. This + optional tool may be enabled at compile time by configuring with + '--enable-upnp' or '--enable-natpmp' or with both. This tool may be + called by hand or by Tor. By configuring the PortForwarding option, Tor + will launch the helper on a regular basis to ensure that the NAT mapping + is regularly updated. Additionally, a user may also specify an + alternative helper by using the PortForwardingHelper option. The helper + may be specified by name or with the full path to the helper. The default + helper is named 'tor-fw-helper' and any alternative helper must take the + tor-fw-helper-spec.txt into account. + |