at least as stable as 1.8.3, and it has bug fixes I want :)
-- 1.9.4 release 20090211 "Rieclachan" --
U013) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
ADD. update configure macros
ADD. configure check to guess $ARFLAGS
FIX. aclocal.m4, configure[.in], libcanlock/Makefile.in, pcre/Makefile.in
021) Dennis Preiser <onkelp@gmx.de>
BUG. memleak in free_attributes()
FIX. memory.c
U012) Dennis Preiser <onkelp@gmx.de>
ADD. enhance attributes documentation
ADD. menu-option/attribute to turn verbatim block handling on and off
ADD. menu-option to color the lines between the verbatim marks
ADD. menu-option/attribute to trim article body (compact empty lines)
ADD. most tinrc options to attributes
ADD. merged auto_cc and auto_bcc into auto_cc_bcc
BUG. mem-leak in set_colors()
BUG. -S used group specific savedir if set via attributes
BUG. long lines in verbatim blocks may grabble the screen
BUG. unescaped metacharacter in DEFAULT_VERBATIM_BEGIN_REGEX
BUG. rot13 does not rotate the verbatim_begin_regex line
BUG. numeric attributes got lost on big-endian OSs
BUG. missing newline in multipart/mixed articles befor the very last
text/plain part
FIX. active.c, art.c, attrib.c, color.c, config.c, cook.c, debug.c
feed.c, filter.c, group.c, inews.c, init.c, lang.c, mail.c, main.c
memory.c, misc.c, options_menu.c, page.c, post.c, refs.c, rfc2047.c
save.c, search.c, select.c, sigfile.c, tags.c, thread.c, extern.h
proto.h, rfc2046.h, tin.h, tinrc.h, version.h, tincfg.tbl, tin.1
tin.5
U011) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. minor code cleanup
ADD. workaround bogus XHDR response from SoftVelocity Discussions 2.5q
ADD. configurable path via tin.defaults to overview.fmt file
ADD. send "LIST HEADES" befor doing "HDR" if server supports it
ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
ADD. started german manpage translation
ADD. issue extra "GROUP" when NEXT receives 411
ADD. issue a warning if attributes file has an unexpected version number
ADD. check for 8bit chars in Newsgroups, Followup-To and Distribution
befor posting
ADD. check user supplied Message-ID, Date and Expires-header befor
posting
ADD. speedup -S, -N, -M
ADD. improved DEFAULT_STRIP_WAS_REGEX
BUG. PageEditArticle was allowed for GROUP_TYPE_SAVE
BUG. Distribution was mime-decoded
BUG. don't break long body-lines in original article when superseding
BUG. don't send "LIST NEWSGROUPS" for mailgroups in the -n case
BUG. empty but present Followup-To header (server bug) was used in f'ups
BUG. didn't recheck CAPABILITIES after successfull auth or after mode
switching if received 500er response in the first pass
BUG. don't prompt for authdata if we can't auth as the server doesn't
offer any auth-method we can send
BUG. configure options --program-prefix, --program-suffix and
--program-transform-name didn't work
BUG. headers with just one byte content were automagicaly removed
BUG. -R didn't work if savedir was set to an unexpanded path
BUG. fixed memleak with -R
BUG. --disable-posting didn't catch 'x' (repost) early enough
FIX. active.c, art.c, attrib.c, auth.c, config.c, cook.c, debug.c, feed.c
filter.c, getline.c, group.c, header.c, help.c, inews.c, init.c
keymap.c, lang.c, list.c, mail.c, main.c, memory.c, misc.c
my_tmpfile.c, newsrc.c, nntplib.c, options_menu.c, page.c, post.c
prompt.c, refs.c, regex.c, rfc2046.c, save.c, screen.c, select.c
sigfile.c, tags.c, thread.c, version.c, xface.c, xref.c, extern.h
proto.h, stpwatch.h, tin.h, version.h, tincfg.tbl, Makefile[.in]
configure[.in], tin.defaults, tin.5, config.guess, config.sub
doc/l10n/*
-- 1.9.3 release 20080506 "Dalintober" --
U010) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
ADD. update configure macros
FIX. aclocal.m4, configure[.in], mkdirs.sh
U009) Dirk Nimmich <nimmich@muenster.de>
ADD. (g)oto group search now is case insensitive
ADD. infrastructure for editing and writing attributes
ADD. write attributes file from internal structures
BUG. possible memleak when freeing group attributes
ADD. check joinpath for overruns
BUG. potential buffer overruns
BUG. memleak in curses.c:ReadWch()
BUG. uninitialized mm_local_charset when no config files available,
leading to an endless loop on exit when newsrc cannot be written
BUG. inconsistent update of mm_local_charset on runtime
BUG. fixed length buffer in rfc1522_do_encode()
FIX. extern.h proto.h, tin.h, active.c, art.c, attrib.c, auth.c, config.c
curses.c, debug.c, feed.c, inews.c, init.c, joinpath.c, keymap.c
list.c, mail.c, main.c, memory.c, mimetypes.c, my_tmpfile.c
newsrc.c, nntplib.c, nrctbl.c, options_menu.c, pgp.c, post.c
rfc2046.c, save.c, select.c, sigfile.c, string.c, xref.c
020) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. my_realloc() didn't handle zero size reallocs
BUG. subjects > 256 chars were tunrcated at group-level without adding
a \0-termination
FIX. group.c, memory.c
U008) Rado S <regrado@web.de>
ADD. use same article numbers in different levels
FIX. extern.h, lang.c, page.c
019) Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
BUG. missing a check for a possible return value of pcre_exec()
FIX. misc.c, regex.c
U007) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. enable some more CAPABILLITIES related code
ADD. minor code cleanup
ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
ADD. allow .kp, .me, .rs, .tel and .asia TLDs
ADD. check permissions of .cancelsecret-file
ADD. --enable-cancel-locks configure option
ADD. --with-slrnface configure option
ADD. libcanlock update (1.0 -> 2b-4)
ADD. url_handler.pl as new DEFAULT_URL_HANDLER
ADD. remove leading/tailing whitespace in filter scope
ADD. increase internal buffer in rfc1522_encode()/rfc1522_do_encode()
ADD. restrictions to tin generated Message-IDs (disallow
.invalid-TLD, disallow IDs > 250 octets)
ADD. SIGUSR2 handler to write out newsrc
ADD. configure check for gsasl.h/libgsasl
ADD. AUTHINFO SASL PLAIN support if gsasl.h/libgsasl is found
ADD. use "LIST NEWSGROUPS grp" with -n cmd-line switch
ADD. use "LIST ACTIVE grp" with -n cmd-line switch
ADD. don't treat empty Bytes or Lines-filed in overview as error in
debug mode
ADD. parse LIST OVERVIEW.FMT
ADD. if LIST OVERVIEW.FMT didn't mention Xref:full, but XOVER includes
Xref: use it instead of sending XHDR XREF
ADD. do "XHDR XREF -" instead of gazillions of single cmds.
BUG. missing utf-8 validation for news_headers_to_display
BUG. newnewsrc tmp-file wasn't always removed
BUG. subscribe_pattern() was overcomplex
BUG. mail_to_someone() didn't convert the article into the local charset
REM. libinn support (was broken for ages)
FIX. active.c, art.c, attrib.c, auth.c, charset.c, config.c, color.c
cook.c, debug.c, filter.c, group.c, header.c, help.c, inews.c
init.c, keymap.c, lang.c, mail.c, main.c, memory.c, mimetypes.c
misc.c, my_tmpfile.c, newsrc.c, nntplib.c, options_menu.c, page.c
post.c, refs.c, regex.c, rfc2045.c, rfc2047.c, save.c, screen.c
search.c, select.c, sigfile.c, signcal.c, string.c, tags.c
tcurses.c, thread.c, version.c, xface.c, xref.c, config.guess
config.sub, de.po, autoconf.h[in], debug.h, extern.h, policy.h
proto.h, rfc2046.h, keymap.h, tin.h, version.h, Makefile
configure[.in], Makefile[.in], libcanlock/*, tin.1, tin.5
-- 1.9.2 release 20070201 "Dalaruan" --
018) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
BUG. assumed that wchar_t and wint_t are of the same size
FIX. tcurses.c
017) Antonio Querubin <tony@lava.net>
BUG. missplaced ||
FIX. nntplib.c
U006) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
ADD. update configure macros
FIX. aclocal.m4
U005) Dirk Nimmich <nimmich@muenster.de>
BUG. raw-mode didn't allow rot13
BUG. can't 'V'iew mime-parts with (illegally) encoded filename
BUG. CatchupNextUnread in page level didn't always work
BUG. 'C'atchup in pager was still not correct (we didn't ever enter the
next group)
BUG. fast/endless reconnection loop after a "200\n\r400\n\r" greeting
BUG. resent command on 503 error
ADD. rewrote NGLIMIT handling
REM. return value of change_config_file()
FIX. proto.h, tin.h, feed.c, group.c, nntplib.c, options_menu.c, page.c
post.c, save.c, select.c
015) Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de>
BUG. 'l' from the pager doesn't reposition cursor to last viewed
article
FIX. thread.c
014) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. "Kill text pattern" form killfile menu was applied to
Message-ID and References instead of Message-ID only
BUG. FILTER_FILE_OFFSET was wrong
ADD. allow .ax TLD
FIX. filter.c, policy.h, tin.h
013) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. minor manpage tweaking
FIX. tin.1, tin.5
012) Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
BUG. build problem with VPATH
FIX. Makefile.in
011) Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>
ADD. updated russian translation
FIX. ru.po
010) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. possible division by zero in thread_by_percentage()
FIX. art.c
U004) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. pcre update (6.6 -> 7.0)
ADD. RISC OS handling
ADD. more options to filter menu "Kill text pattern"
ADD. allow UTF-8 descriptions
REM. don't generate Sender on Mac OS X
ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
ADD. hide some regex in 'M'enu if the related option is off
ADD. disallow .so, .um TLDs
ADD. warn about useless cmd-line option combinations
ADD. enable CAPABILLITIES code
ADD. updated german translation
FIX. Makefile, aclocal.m4, configure[.in], extern.h, policy.h, filter.c
init.c, lang.c, main.c, mail.c, nntplib.c, options_menu.c, post.c
pcre/*, config.guess, config.sub, de.po
U003) Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de>
ADD. 'M'enu option for VERBATIM_*_REGEXs
ADD. new option: sort by date of last posted article
ADD. merge tinrc.{pgdn_goto_next,tab_goto_next_unread,
space_goto_next_unread} into one option tinrc.goto_next_unread
ADD. merge PAGE_PAGE_DOWN3 (SPACE) into GLOBAL_PAGE_DOWN
ADD. minor code cleanup
FIX. extern.h, keymap.h, proto.h, tin.h, tinrc.h, version.h, art.c
attrib.c, charset.c, config.c, cook.c, help.c, init.c, keymap.c
lang.c, options_menu.c, page.c, tincfg.tbl, keymap.sample, tin.1
tin.5
-- 1.9.1 release 20060409 "Benmore" --
U002) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. slrn style verbatim mark support (#v+/#v-)
ADD. use tinrc.date_format for %D date expansion
ADD. config.guess update
REM. unused gb, so and um TLDs
FIX. config.guess, autoconf.hin, extern.h, tin.h, cook.c, init.c
memory.c, misc.c, tin.1
009) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. didn't reissue GROUP cmd after reconnect with authentication
BUG. possible buffer overflow
REM. unnecessary test for wcsnlen
ADD. cat, jobs, travel and mobi TLDs
FIX. aclocal.m4, policy.h, misc.c, nntplib.c
-- 1.9.0 release 20060228 "Ardlussa" --
008) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
FIX. config.guess, config.sub
007) Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de>
BUG. buffer overflow in convert_tex2iso in UTF-8 environment
FIX. charset.c
U001) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. pcre update (6.4 -> 6.6)
REM. VMS support
FIX. Makefile, aclocal.m4, attrib.c, curses.c, config.c, header.c
inews.c, init.c, lang.c, mail.c, main.c, mimetypes.c, misc.c
newsrc.c, nntplib.c, post.c, read.c, save.c, signal.c, bugrep.h
tin.h, tnntp.h, version.h, pcre/*, vms/*
-- 1.8.3 release 20070201 "Scotasay" --
018) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
BUG. assumed that wchar_t and wint_t are of the same size
FIX. tcurses.c
017) Antonio Querubin <tony@lava.net>
BUG. missplaced ||
FIX. nntplib.c
016) Toomas Soome <Toomas.Soome@microlink.ee>
ADD. updated estonian translation
FIX. et.po
015) Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de>
BUG. 'l' from the pager doesn't reposition cursor to last viewed
article
FIX. thread.c
014) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. "Kill text pattern" form killfile menu was applied to
Message-ID and Rrferences instead of Message-ID only
BUG. FILTER_FILE_OFFSET was wrong
ADD. allow .ax TLD
FIX. tin.h, filter.c, policy.h
013) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
ADD. minor manpage tweaking
FIX. tin.1, tin.5
012) Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
BUG. build problem with VPATH
FIX. Makefile.in
Convert to options framework.
Prefer package version to internal version of pcre.
Add curses and inet6 options.
New features and changes since tin-1.6.0
Changes
-------
. interactive mailer can now be fed with headers. The old use_mailreader_i
config variable is obsolete and superseded by the new interactive_mailer
variable that can have three values:
0 no interactive mailreader (old use_mailreader_i=OFF)
1 interactive mailreader with headers
2 interactive mailreader without headers (old use_mailreader_i=ON)
New features
------------
. You can now specify a mailbox folder to save your sent mails (fcc=) so
you possibly don't need auto_cc or auto_bcc anymore. See tin(5).
. x_headers can take a command which generates the header(s). See tin(5).
. mime_forward (message/rfc822) attributes option
. single line scrolling in all levels
. minimalistic BiDi support (render_bidi)
. minimalistic IDNA decoding support
. display non-printable characters as octals in raw-mode
. user defined date_format
. support non-ascii key-bindings
. 'percentage match' threading
Retired Features
----------------
. AmigaOS support
New / changed Features:
-----------------------
. Rebindable keys
. New pager
. Searched for strings are highlighted
. GPG support
. NLS support
. Charset conversion using iconv(3)
. Indicator for articles newer than n-days
. art_mark_read, art_mark_killed, art_mark_selected are now configurable
. Piping '|' now works on the thread menu
. configurable scrolling via scroll_lines
. configurable URL handler via url_handler
. '.' sorts the newsgroup list
. Lots of bug fixes
. xref filter rules are now matched against a the reformatted xref line
. some others
Retired Features
----------------
. INDEX_DAEMON is no longer supported
. -U indexing is no longer supported
. ~/.tin/headers file is no longer directly supported. Use:
. filter rules xref_num and xref_score have been removed
. some others
Changes:
* Bug fixed: missing Subject caused crashes when followupping
* allow new GTLDs: .biz, .info, .name, .museum
* base64 encoding was broken
* format-string fixes
* empty random organization file could crash tin
and some more.
-- 1.4.5 release 20010409 "One More Nightmare" --
031) Dirk Nimmich <nimmich@uni-muenster.de>
BUG. empty news_headers_to_[not_]display_array could cause a SIGSEGV
BUG. changing beginner_level or show_description from the options menu
messed up the screen
FIX. proto.h, config.c, signal.c
030) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
ADD. VMS port
FIX. Makefile, aclocal.m4, config.guess, config.sub, configure[.in],
mkdirs.sh, bugrep.h, config.h, extern.h, proto.h, tin.h, config.c
lang.c, main.c, misc.c, save.c, signal.c, descrip.mms, pcre.mms
vms/libvms.mms, vms/parsdate.c, vms/vmsdir.c, vms/vmsfile.c,
vms/vmspwd.c, vms/select.h
029) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
BUG. possible bufferoverrun in read_groups_descriptions() on very long
groupnames/descriptions
ADD. allow superseding of articles even if one of the groups isn't
in the active file.
FIX. mail.c, post.c
