1 ; Id: NEWS,v 1.1 2003/06/04 00:25:03 marka Exp
3 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0:
5 * Change ACE prefix of Punycode from 'zq--' to 'xn--'. And delete
6 configure's --with-punycode-prefix option.
8 * Add NAMEPREP version RFC3491. Other versions of NAMEPREP are
11 * Enable idnconv to handle a input line as long as memory permitted
12 when encoding/decoding.
14 * unicode-form-c and unicode-form-c/3.2.0 are not supported.
16 * Unicode 3.0.1 and Unicode 3.1.0 are not supported.
18 * Delete BIND8, Squid and GNU libiconv patches.
20 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0-pr2:
22 * The license of idnkit is changed to a less restrictive one. See
23 LICENSE.txt for the new license.
25 * The local codeset name used in the test suite, which is hard-coded
26 in the previous version, can be specified by a separate header file.
28 * IDN encoding and decoding now always check the validity of the
29 result by performing roundtrip conversion check.
31 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0-pr1:
33 * Some test cases are added to the testsuite.
35 * The testsuite can run on OpenBSD.
37 Major changes in idnkit version 020829:
39 * Testsuit is added for the library behavior check.
40 Testsuit and testcases are in lib/tests. Read INSTALL (INSTALL.ja)
41 for details. Tests aim at api, checker, converter, delimitermap,
42 mapper, mapselecter, normalizer, res, resconf, and ucs4 at the
45 * "amcacez" module is renamed to "punycode".
47 * AMC-ACE-Z and RACE are now treated as extra ACE.
49 * Add "--with-utf8=NAME" option to configure script.
51 Major changes in idnkit version 020730:
53 * Complete bidi check support for NAMEPREP draft -11.
55 * Type definitions of action flags for conversion APIs are changed
56 from int to idn_action_t.
58 * Add -nobidicheck option to idnconv command.
60 Major changes in idnkit version 020711:
62 * Default delimiters are added according to IDNA-10.
64 * ``delimiter-map'' entry in config file is removed.
66 * Add Unicode version 3.2 support.
68 * Add preliminary support of NAMEPREP draft -11.
69 This version supports NAMEPREP draft -11 without bidirectional label
72 * Supported NAMEPREP versions are changed.
73 idnkit supports NAMEPREP draft version -03, -10, and -11. Others
76 * IDN encoding DUDE is removed.
78 * New action flags are available for conversion APIs.
79 IDN_ENCODE_QUERY, IDN_DECODE_QUERY, IDN_ENCODE_STORED, and
80 IDN_DECODE_STORED are newly created according to IDNA specification.
81 See include/idn/res.h for precise description.
83 * Action flags IDN_ENCODE_APP, IDN_DECODE_APP and IDN_NAMEPREP change
85 See include/idn/res.h for precise description.
87 * New decode APIs are created.
88 idn_decodename2() and idn_res_decodename2() are defined to add
89 conversion process from "IDN string encoded in local encoding" to
90 UTF-8 before actual decode process of IDN.
92 * idnconv with -reverse option treats input as IDN string(s) encoded
93 in local encoding specified by -out option.
95 * idnconv recognizes `-A' option which is synonym for `-noasciicheck'.
97 * (Windows) idn Wrapper can run on Windows XP.
99 * BIND-8 patch for BIND-8.3.3 is available and other patches of BIND-8
102 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0-rc1:
104 * NAMEPREP draft -09 is supported.
106 * idnconv now accepts any encodings specified as argument for `-in'
107 or `-out' option. `-out' accepts non-ACE, and `-in' accepts ACE.
109 * In configuration file, `encoding-alias-file' entry is not supported
110 any longer. It is simply ignored.
112 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0-beta2:
114 * Supported nameprep version is changed.
115 Now idnkit supports nameprep-03, nameprep-06, and nameprep-08.
116 Nameprep-05 and nameprep-07 are not supported any more.
118 * Compatibility with mDNkit is added.
119 This feature provides applications formerly written using mDNkit
120 library with some source level compatibilities. If you want to use
121 this feature, set `--enable-mdnkit-compat' option at execution time
124 * Now idnkit can set up easily without configuration file.
125 As this feature is added, initialization function and some behavior
126 of top level API are changed.
128 * BIND-8 patch supports IDN conversion in itself.
130 * (Windows) idnkit library looks for configuration files with registry
133 * (Windows) idnkit library returns "CP<code page number>" as local
134 encoding name when the environment variable "IDN_LOCAL_CODESET" is
137 * (Windows) libidnkit/libidnkitlite are now installed as DLL.
139 * (Windows) idnconv can be executed as a console application.
141 Major changes in idnkit version 1.0-beta1:
143 * mDNkit has been renamed idnkit.
144 This means all symbols with "mdn" are renamed with "idn". For
145 example, a function `mdn_encodename()' is now `idn_encodename()', an
146 environment variable "MDN_DISABLE" is "IDN_DISABLE", system
147 configuretion file is "idn.conf", `runmdn' command is `runidn', and
150 * Also, library name has been changed to "libidnkit(lite)".
152 * `mdnsproxy' command has been removed.
154 * `runidn' (formerly known as `runmdn') command is not installed by
156 If you want to install it, set "yes" to `--enable-runidn' option
157 when you run configure script.
159 * idnkitlite library only instalation is supported.
160 Set "yes" to `--enable-liteonly' option at execution of configure
161 script to use this feature.
163 * BIND-9.1.3 patch has been removed.
165 * User configuration file is supported.
166 idnkit now uses ".idnrc" in user's home directory for configuration
167 of whole scheme. If there is no user configuration file, then it
168 tries to load the system configuration file "idn.conf".
170 * idnkit is now able to run without configuration file.
171 If there are no configuration files (both of user's and system's),
172 it sets normal configurations (the latest nameprep scheme it
173 supports and the IDN encoding "Punycode") automatically at runtime.
175 * Encoding alias information file is supported. (by generic libidnkit)
176 Its name is "idnalias.conf" by default and it should be located in
177 same directory where the system configuration file is. Example
178 alias information file "idnalias.conf.sample" is installed
181 * APIs are renewed. See manpage.
183 * Now idnkit has full support of IDNA-07.
185 * Internal representation of domain name is changed to UCS4 in place