Update, the release notes links for 1.7.0 will be valid in a few days, until then, you can use: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/whatsnew/1.6.html
Best Jan -- > On 7. Nov 2017, at 17:58, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > Dear CouchDB Community, > > The Apache CouchDB development team is proud to announce the > immediate availability of versions 2.1.1 and 1.7.0. > > Both releases are security releases and fix multiple CRITICAL > issues. Updates are mandatory. > > Due to the severity of the issues and the limited options for > workarounds, we will delay the release of detailed descriptions > by seven (7) days and publish a full report on Tuesday, November > 14th. We expect all CouchDB users to update their installations > before then. > > We are working with various package managers to ensure a smooth > update path, but we can not make any promises. We advise all > users to prepare to update from source, instructions can be > found in the CouchDB documentation: > > http://docs.couchdb.org/en/2.1.1/install/index.html (2.1.1) and > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/tree/1.7.0/share/doc/src/install (1.7.0). > > For download options, see the download section of the main CouchDB > website: > > > http://couchdb.apache.org/#download > > > * * * > > > ## Release Details > > In addition to the security fix, both releases include a number of additional > features and bugfixes. > > # New features in 2.1.1 > > - Support compilation and running under Erlang/OTP 20.x. > - Improve compaction speed by 10-40%. > - Improve design doc cache performance. > - Add support for partial indexes in Mango. > - Add bookmark pagination to Mango. > - Add execution_stats option to Mango queries for performance analysis. > - The cookie domain for AuthSession cookies, used in a proxy authentication > configuration, can now be customised via the ini file > - The current node's local interface can now be accessed at > /_node/_local/{endpoint} as well as at > /_node/<nodename>@<hostname>/{endpoint}. > - Fauxton now uses a version of React with a BSD license. > - See the full list here: > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/blob/0c804c8b15ae0008ee1ef042cb812d1e16e4144b/src/whatsnew/2.1.rst#version-2-1-1. > > # Other Bug Fixes in 2.1.1 > > - The couch_peruser functionality is now really fixed. Really. > - It is now possible to modify shard maps for system databases. > - Fix issue on macOS with mounted volumes that have a space in their name. > - 50+ bug fixes and performance improvements, see the full list here: > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/blob/0c804c8b15ae0008ee1ef042cb812d1e16e4144b/src/whatsnew/2.1.rst#version-2-1-1 > > # New features in 1.7.0 > > - Support Erlang Versions 18, 19, & 20. > - Support glibc >= 2.20. > - support for the _bulk_get endpoint to improve replication performance with > PouchDB. > - Replace etap test suite with EUnit. > - Support for user configurable SSL ciphers. > - Upgrade Coffeescript to version 1.10. > - See the full list here: > http://docs.couchdb.org/en/1.7.0/whatsnew/1.7.html#version-1-7-0 > > # Other Bug Fixes in 1.7.0 > > - Disable Nagle’s algorithm by default. > - Wrong Expires header weekday. > - Bind both to IPv4 and IPv6. > - Duplicate document _ids created under high edit load. > - See the full list here: > http://docs.couchdb.org/en/1.7.0/whatsnew/1.7.html#version-1-7-0 > > * * * > -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
