tag 1.8 -- "Lightbulb Sun"

gmid 1.8 "Lightbulb Sun"
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Released Jan 30, 2022.

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The following is a partial list of new features and improvements. For a
comprehensive list, see the ChangeLog file.


New Features
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 * reverse proxying support: gmid now can relay gemini requests to other
   hosts.
 * install gg too: it's a simple gemini client ("gemini get") initially
   developed as part of the regression suite.
 * added OCSP stapling support (by @The-King-of-Toasters, thanks!)
 * add gencert, a simple script to generate self-signed certs.
 * add renew-certs, a script to automatically renew self-signed certs.
 * multiple -n partially dump the parsed configuration.


Improvements
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 * reworked the fastcgi subsystem, now it's completely asynchronous.
 * refactored the internal of the server too.
 * refactored the regression suite (in particular reduced the timeout
   for single tests from 30 to 10 seconds.)
 * configure: add support for --prefix=... autoconf-style flag.
 * relax the "wont proxy" check: don't check that the port in the
   request is the same we're listening on. Suggested by Allen Sobot,
   thanks!
 * relax the strict ordering of options, locations and proxy blocks
   inside a server block.


Bug fixes
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 * don't pass through illegal replies from CGI scripts.
 * fix the "double slash" error in logs.
 * fix the configure for cross-compilation: don't run the test binaries
   just built. Suggested by Nikolay Korotkiy (@sikmir), thanks!
 * (seccomp) allow ugetrlimit(2), needed by glibc on arm7l. By Max,
   thanks!