SECURITY: ========= This release fixes one security issue: CVE-2016-8734: Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversion clients using http(s):// http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt
NEWS: ===== See CHANGES (URL below) for more information about the differences between 1.8.0 and previous Subversion releases. IMPORTANT: Please read the release notes (URL below) before upgrading from a previous major release. 1.8 includes a new working copy format with a manual upgrade operation. This will render your working copy unusable with previous major releases. Furthermore, there are some issues trying to upgrade corrupt working copies. Please see the release notes http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html for more details about the changes in Subversion. See http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.8.17/CHANGES for more details about the changes in 1.8.17. This release changes mod_dav_svn to no longer map requests to the local filesystem. Administrators of mod_dav_svn servers should read the section about this in the release notes: http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#mod_dav_svn-fsmap DESCRIPTION: ============ Subversion is a version control system designed to be a compelling successor to CVS. Please see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html for the latest official release of the Subversion Book. QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. -- David Rothenberger ---- daver...@acm.org