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authorStefan Fritsch <sf@apache.org>2012-02-18 18:38:54 +0100
committerStefan Fritsch <sf@apache.org>2012-02-18 18:38:54 +0100
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Mention AllowOverrideList, Define, EC keys, rotatelogs improvements.
Syntax fixes. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1290823 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@
platforms.</dd>
<dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>
- <dd>&lt;<directive module="core">If</directive>&gt; sections can be used to
- set the configuration based on per-request criteria</dd>
+ <dd><directive module="core" type="section">If</directive>,
+ <directive module="core" type="section">ElseIf</directive>,
+ and <directive module="core" type="section">Else</directive>
+ sections can be used to set the configuration based on per-request
+ criteria.</dd>
<dt>General-purpose expression parser</dt>
<dd>A new expression parser allows to specify
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@
<directive module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIfExpr</directive>,
<directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteCond</directive>,
<directive module="mod_headers">Header</directive>,
- <directive module="mod_headers" type="section">If</directive>,
+ <directive module="core" type="section">If</directive>,
and others.
</dd>
@@ -78,6 +81,17 @@
<dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>
<dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>
+ <dt>Override Configuration</dt>
+ <dd>The new <directive module="core">AllowOverrideList</directive>
+ directive allows more fine grained control which directives are
+ allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>
+
+ <dt>Config file variable</dt>
+ <dd>It is now possible to <directive module="core">Define</directive>
+ variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation
+ if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.
+ </dd>
+
</dl>
</section>
@@ -174,6 +188,8 @@
<dd><module>mod_ssl</module> can now be configured to share SSL Session
data between servers through memcached</dd>
+ <dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>
+
<dt><module>mod_proxy</module></dt>
<dd>The <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive
@@ -182,6 +198,7 @@
<directive module="core">LocationMatch</directive>
block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional
two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>
+ <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
<dt><module>mod_proxy_balancer</module></dt>
@@ -268,7 +285,8 @@
<title>Program Enhancements</title>
<dl>
<dt>fcgistarter</dt>
- <dd>FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>
+ <dd>New FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>
+
<dt>htcacheclean</dt>
<dd>Current cached URLs can now be listed, with optional metadata
included.</dd>
@@ -279,6 +297,10 @@
<dd>Cache size can now be limited by the number of inodes, instead
of or in addition to being limited by the size of the files on
disk.</dd>
+
+ <dt>rotatelogs</dt>
+ <dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>
+ <dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>
</dl>
</section>