[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: nghttp2, libnghttp2{_14, -devel}, {python{38, 39}, mingw64-{x86_64, i686}}-nghttp2 1.49
Cygwin nghttp2 Maintainer
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Sun Aug 28 03:51:43 GMT 2022
The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
* nghttp2 1.49
* libnghttp2_14 1.49
* libnghttp2-devel 1.49
* python38-nghttp2 1.49
* python39-nghttp2 1.49
* mingw64-x86_64-nghttp2 1.49
* mingw64-i686-nghttp2 1.49
HTTP/2 and its header compression algorithm HPACK implementation.
The framing layer of HTTP/2 is implemented as a reusable library.
Also included are an HTTP/2 client, server, proxy, load test and
benchmarking tool, and Python modules.
For more information see the project home page:
https://nghttp2.org/
or the repo README:
https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2#readme
Please see below or read /usr/share/doc/nghttp2/ChangeLog after
installation for complete details of changes:
https://nghttp2.org/blog/
v1.49 Aug 22nd, 2022
lib
* This release adds nghttp2_check_header_value_rfc9113 which complains
leading and trailing white spaces. The library now uses this function
instead of nghttp2_check_header_value when checking HTTP header fields.
asio
* libnghttp2_asio has been moved to its own repository and got new
maintainer. libnghttp2_asio related code in nghttp2 repository will
not get any updates and be removed at the end of 2022.
python
* Python bindings have been deprecated, and will not get any updates and
be removed at the end of 2022 due to the maintenance issues.
nghttpx
* Randomizing backend server selection has been added again.
* The broken PROXY-protocol when TLS is used has been fixed.
* nghttpx now removes trailing white spaces from HTTP header fields to
align with RFC 9113.
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