Apache CouchDB NEWS
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For details about backwards incompatible changes, please see:

  http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/BreakingChanges

Each release section notes when backwards incompatible changes have been made.

Version 0.9.0
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This release contains backwards incompatible changes, please see above for help.

 * Modular configuration.
 * Performance enhancements for document and view access.
 * More resilient replication process.
 * Replication streams binary attachments.
 * Administrator role and basic authentication.
 * Document validation functions in design documents.
 * Show and list functions for rendering documents and views as developer
   controlled content-types.
 * External process server module.
 * Attachment uploading from Futon.
 * Etags for views, lists, shows, document and attachment requests.
 * Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.

Version 0.8.1-incubating
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 * Various bug fixes for replication, compaction, the HTTP interface and the
   JavaScript View Server.

Version 0.8.0-incubating
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This release contains backwards incompatible changes, please see above for help.

 * Changed core licensing to the Apache Software License 2.0.
 * Refactoring of the core view and storage engines.
 * Added support for incremental map/reduce views.
 * Changed database file format.
 * Many improvements to Futon, the web administration interface.
 * Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.
 * Swapped out Erlang's inets HTTP server for the Mochiweb HTTP server.
 * SpiderMonkey is no longer included with CouchDB, but rather treated as an
   external dependency.
 * Added bits of awesome.

Version 0.7.2
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 * Small changes to build process and `couchdb` command.
 * Database server official port is now 5984 TCP/UDP instead of 8888.

Version 0.7.1
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 * Small compatibility issue with Firefox 3 fixed.

Version 0.7.0
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 * Infrastructure rewritten to use the GNU build system for portability.
 * The built-in database browsing tool has been rewritten to provide a much
   nicer interface for interacting directly with CouchDB from your web browser.
 * XML and Fabric have been replaced with JSON and JavaScript for data
   transport and View definitions.

Version 0.6.0
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 * A replication facility is now available.
 * CouchPeek can now create, delete and view documents.
 * Building from source is easier and less error prone.

Version 0.5.0
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 * A built-in CouchPeek utility.
 * A full install kit buildable from a single command.
 * A new GNU/Linux version is available. An OS X version is coming soon.

Version 0.4.0
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 * Non-existent variables are now nil lists.
 * Couch error codes and messages are no longer sent in the HTTP fields,
   instead they are exclusively returned in the XML body. This is to avoid HTTP
   header parsing problems with oddly formed error messages.
 * Returned error messages are now logged at the server at the `info` level to
   make general debugging easier.
 * Fixed a problem where big table builds caused timeout errors.
 * Lots of changes in the low level machinery. Most formulas will continue to
   function the same.
 * Added full compiler support for extended characters in formula source.
 * Support for Perl/Ruby like regular expressions.
 * Added `total_rows` and `result_start` attributes to tables.

Version 0.3.0
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 * CouchDB now fully supports Unicode and locale specific collation via the ICU
   library, both in the Fabric engine and computed tables.
 * The `in` operator has been added to Fabric.
 * The `startdoc` query string variable specifies the starting document to use if
   there are multiple rows with identical startkeys.
 * The `skip` query string variable specifies the number of rows to skip before
   returning results. The `skip` value must be a positive integer. If used with
   a `count` variable the skipped rows aren't counted as output.
 * Various changes to the output XML format.