A new version of subversion is available. This is a new upstream release. NEWS: ===== See CHANGES (URL below) for more information about the differences between 1.6.16 and previous Subversion releases.
In addition to the normal collection of bug fixes, and stability enhancements, this release also addresses CVE-2011-0715, a remotely-triggerable DoS for httpd-based Subversion servers. More information can be found in the advisory: http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-0715-advisory.txt IMPORTANT: This release will silently upgrade your Subversion working copies to the 1.6 format, rendering them unusable with previous major versions of Subversion. Please see the release notes http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.6.html for more details about the changes in Subversion. See http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.6.16/CHANGES for more details about the changes in 1.6.16. DESCRIPTION: ============ Subversion is a version control system designed to be a compelling successor to CVS. Please see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/index.html for the latest official release of the Subversion Book, covering 1.5 or http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html for the WIP version of the book covering 1.6. DOWNLOAD: ========= Note that downloads from sourceware.org (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: ================================= To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-YOU=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- David Rothenberger ---- daver...@acm.org -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple