Squid 3.0.RC1 release notes

The Squid Team are pleased to announce the release of Squid-3.0.RC1 for pre-release testing.

The Squid Team are pleased to announce the release of Squid-3.0.STABLE10.

A large number of the show-stopper bugs have been fixed along with general improvements to the ICAP support. -While this release is not deemed ready for production use, we believe it is ready for wider testing by the community.

A large number of the show-stopper bugs have been fixed along with general improvements to the ICAP support and additional Languages.

3. Changes since earlier STABLE releases of Squid-3.0

The 3.0 change history can be viewed here.

Some of the features found in Squid-2.6 is not available in Squid-3. -Some has been dropped as they are not needed. Some has not yet been forward-ported to Squid-3 and may appear in a later release.

refresh_stale_hit option. Not yet ported.

@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ Some has been dropped as they are not needed. Some has not yet been forward-port

Mapping of server error messages. Not yet ported.

http_access2 access directive. Not yet ported.

Location header rewrites. Not yet ported.

umask directive. Not yet ported.

wais_relay. Feature dropped as it's equivalent to cache_peer + cache_peer_access.

urlgroup. Not yet ported.

collapsed forwarding. Not yet ported.

@@ -553,7 +551,7 @@ If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go through without being processed by an ICAP server service_url = icap://servername:port/service -Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented +Note: reqmod_postcache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented Example: icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod @@ -615,6 +613,43 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.

+ +

include

New option to import entire secondary configuration files into squid.conf. +

+        Squid will follow the files immediately and insert all their content
+        as if it was at that position in squid.conf. As per squid.conf some
+        options are order-specific within the config as a whole.
+
+        A few layers of include are allowed, but too many are confusing and
+        squid will enforce an include depth of 16 files.
+
+        Syntax:
+                include /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2
+        
+

+ +

acl myportname

New acl type myportname, matching the name of the http(s)_port where the request was accepted +

+        acl aclname myportname 3128 ...         # http(s)_port name
+        
+

+ +

umask

Ported from 2.6. Behaviour identical. +

+        Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
+        is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
+
+        For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
+        your value with 0.
+        
+

@@ -688,10 +723,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.

Removed options:

-    userhash, not yet ported to Squid-3
-
-    sourcehash, not yet ported to Squid-2
-
     monitorurl, monitorsize etc, not yet ported to Squid-3
 
     connection-auth=, not yet ported to Squid-3
@@ -703,7 +734,7 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
      no-store, replaces the older read-only option
 
-    min-size, not yet portedto Squid-3
+    min-size, not yet ported to Squid-3
         
 
 
@@ -780,7 +811,9 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.

acl

The 'all' ACL is now provided as a built-in. Warnings will be displayed if any attempt is made to redefine it.

New types:

     acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...     # status code in reply
@@ -798,6 +831,7 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.

short_icon_urls

New default:

@@ -862,15 +896,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.

Removed format tags: -

-    >st     Request size including HTTP headers, not yet ported to Squid-3.
-
-    st      Request+Reply size including HTTP headers, not yet ported to Squid-3.
-        
-

reply_body_max_size

Syntax changed:

@@ -882,6 +907,11 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 
 url_rewrite_program

 No urlgroup support in either requests or responese
+
+
auth_param

+fake_auth helper for NTLM now accepts the '-S' parameter to strip NTLM domain off the username string.
+This is useful for class 4 Delay Pools in Squid 3.x
+
 
 
 
@@ -914,8 +944,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 Not yet ported to Squid-3.
 
refresh_stale_hit

 Not yet ported to Squid-3.
-
umask

-Not yet ported to Squid-3.
 
wais_relay_*

 equivalent to cache_peer + cache_peer_access.
 
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-3.0.sgml b/doc/release-notes/release-3.0.sgml
index de07cf484d..6e83ca4b00 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/release-3.0.sgml
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-3.0.sgml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 
-Squid 3.0.RC1 release notes
+Squid 3.0.STABLE10 release notes
 Squid Developers
-$Id: release-3.0.sgml,v 1.31 2007/12/14 05:34:16 amosjeffries Exp $
+$Id: release-3.0.sgml,v 1.30.2.5 2008/02/28 00:26:31 amosjeffries Exp $
 
 
 This document contains the release notes for version 3.0 of Squid.
@@ -14,20 +14,19 @@ for Applied Network Research and members of the Web Caching community.
 
 Notice
 
-The Squid Team are pleased to announce the release of Squid-3.0.RC1 for pre-release testing.
+The Squid Team are pleased to announce the release of Squid-3.0.STABLE10.
 
 This new release is available for download from  or the .
 
-A large number of the show-stopper bugs have been fixed along with general improvements to the ICAP support.
-While this release is not deemed ready for production use, we believe it is ready for wider testing by the community.
+A large number of the show-stopper bugs have been fixed along with general improvements to the ICAP support and additional Languages.
 
 We welcome feedback and bug reports. If you find a bug, please see  for how to submit a report with a stack trace.
 
 Known issues
 

-Although this release is deemed good enough for testing in many setups, please note the existence of .
+Although this release is deemed good enough for use in many setups, please note the existence of .
 
-Changes since earlier releases of Squid-3.0
+Changes since earlier STABLE releases of Squid-3.0
 

 The 3.0 change history can be .
 
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ to perform some simple XML based processing, offloading the final page assembly
 2.6 features not found in Squid-3.0
 

 Some of the features found in Squid-2.6 is not available in Squid-3.
-Some has been dropped as they are not needed. Some has not yet been forward-ported to Squid-3 and may appear in a later release.
+Some have been dropped as they are not needed. Some have not yet been forward-ported to Squid-3 and may appear in a later release.
 
 
 	refresh_stale_hit option. Not yet ported.
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ Some has been dropped as they are not needed. Some has not yet been forward-port
 	Mapping of server error messages. Not yet ported.
 	http_access2 access directive. Not yet ported.
 	Location header rewrites. Not yet ported.
-	umask directive. Not yet ported.
 	wais_relay. Feature dropped as it's equivalent to cache_peer + cache_peer_access.
 	urlgroup. Not yet ported.
 	collapsed forwarding. Not yet ported.
@@ -459,7 +457,7 @@ If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go
 through without being processed by an ICAP server
 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
 
-Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
+Note: reqmod_postcache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
 
 Example:
 icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
@@ -510,6 +508,37 @@ The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
 See the accf_http(9) man page.
 	
+
+	include
+	
New option to import entire secondary configuration files into squid.conf.
+	
+	Squid will follow the files immediately and insert all their content
+	as if it was at that position in squid.conf. As per squid.conf some
+	options are order-specific within the config as a whole.
+
+	A few layers of include are allowed, but too many are confusing and
+	squid will enforce an include depth of 16 files.
+
+	Syntax:
+		include /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2
+	
+
+	acl myportname
+	
New acl type myportname, matching the name of the http(s)_port where the request was accepted
+	
+        acl aclname myportname 3128 ...         # http(s)_port name
+	
+
+	umask
+	
Ported from 2.6. Behaviour identical.
+	
+	Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
+	is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
+
+	For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
+        your value with 0.
+	
+
 
 
 
@@ -573,10 +602,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 	
 	
Removed options:
 	
-    userhash, not yet ported to Squid-3
-
-    sourcehash, not yet ported to Squid-2
-
     monitorurl, monitorsize etc, not yet ported to Squid-3
 
     connection-auth=, not yet ported to Squid-3
@@ -586,7 +611,7 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 	
     no-store, replaces the older read-only option
 
-    min-size, not yet portedto Squid-3
+    min-size, not yet ported to Squid-3
 	
 	
COSS file system:
 	
@@ -647,7 +672,9 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
     ensures that the client will receive an updated version
     if one is available.
 	
+
 	acl
+	
The 'all' ACL is now provided as a built-in. Warnings will be displayed if any attempt is made to redefine it.
 	
New types:
 	
     acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...     # status code in reply
@@ -661,6 +688,7 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 	# match against the urlgroup as indicated by redirectors
 
 	
+
 	short_icon_urls
 	
New default:
 	
@@ -713,13 +741,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
     <sS     Upstream object size
 	
 
-	
Removed format tags:
-	
-    >st     Request size including HTTP headers, not yet ported to Squid-3.
-
-    st      Request+Reply size including HTTP headers, not yet ported to Squid-3.
-	
-
 	reply_body_max_size
 	
Syntax changed:
 	
@@ -729,6 +750,11 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 
 	url_rewrite_program
 	
No urlgroup support in either requests or responese
+
+	auth_param
+	
fake_auth helper for NTLM now accepts the '-S' parameter to strip NTLM domain off the username string.
+	   This is useful for class 4 Delay Pools in Squid 3.x
+
 
 
 
@@ -759,8 +785,6 @@ See the accf_http(9) man page.
 	
Not yet ported to Squid-3.
 	refresh_stale_hit
 	
Not yet ported to Squid-3.
-	umask
-	
Not yet ported to Squid-3.
 	wais_relay_*
 	
equivalent to cache_peer + cache_peer_access.

Squid 3.0.RC1 release notes

Squid 3.0.STABLE10 release notes

Squid Developers

Squid Developers

1. Notice

2. Known issues

3. Changes since earlier releases of Squid-3.0

3. Changes since earlier STABLE releases of Squid-3.0