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Changes to W3 Common Library

This is a list of changes to the W3 common code . See also the list of things to be done . The following list is in reverse chronological order.

November 1992 Version1.0b

  • Fix some bugs in Make system.
  • Memory bug fixed: On failure to connect to HTTP server, it would free() an uninitialized pointer!
  • Some trace messages were output to stdout instead of stderr.
  • Allow "ftp:" prefix on URL . Effect is currently equivalent to that of the "file:" prefix.
  • Local file access not allowed in secure mode. (telnet access was never allowed in this mode). Secure mode is used for telnet server and mail robot.

October 1992 version 1.0

  • Library libwww.a made independently of browsers to save time and space and to force good modularity
Tim BL