RELEASE_NOTES

libnetconf 0.10.0

This release includes the following changes:

 * SSH support is provided using libssh instead libssh2
   - required the introduction of new nc_init() flags,
     it must be called in every libnetconf application,
     even clients
 * optional support for POSIX shared memory instead of System V
 * lnctool - validation files generation updated
 * Support for non-standard terminal environment in SSH callbacks input
 * Augment statement processing fixed - local augments and chained augments
 * Notification thread starvation fixed
 * NETCONF session IDs are now unique numbers with no relation to PIDs
 * Subtree filtering optimized to when merging data from different modules
 * <rpc>/<rpc-reply> creation optimized
 * Fix reverting transAPI changes on root-to-leaf direction.
 * Fix handling datastore content when data contains XML header (<?xml)
 * Provide daatstore custom implementation via libnetconf.h
 * missing read_datastore_data() when validation is disabled
 * fix memory leaks and uninitialized memory usage issues
 * fix several building issues
 * ... and lots of other small bugfixes

Removed functions:

 * ncds_apply_rpc()

Added functions:

 * nc_del_keypair_path()
 * nc_session_accept_libssh_channel()	- libnetconf will read data directly from an SSH channel
 * nc_session_accept_tls()				- libnetconf will read data directly from a TLS session
 * ncxml_reply_data_ns()
 * ncntf_session_get_active_subscription()

Added init macros:

 * NC_INIT_CLIENT
 * NC_INIT_LIBSSH_PTHREAD


API/ABI is incompatible with 0.9.0, see reports in 'doc/compat_reports/'
directory.


libnetconf 0.9.0

This release includes the following changes:

 * Python bindings (of a basic libnetconf functionality)
 * Possibility to completely replace transport layer using
   nc_session_accept_inout() and nc_session_connect_inout() functions
 * TransAPI moved to version 5 (external file monitoring)
 * Redesigned library initiation (nc_init()) and closing (nc_close())
 * Support for multiple top-level elements defined in a single data-model
 * Support for a nested 'groupings' definitions in the data models
 * Improved handling of the 'features' defined in the data models
 * Handling TLS certificates revocation list (nc_tls_init())
 * NETCONF <lock>/<unlock> operations generate a NETCONF event notification
 * lncdatastore(1) tool allowing developers to analyse how libnetconf see the
   loaded data models
 * Support for the DNSSEC SSHFP retrieval when client checks the fingerprint
   of a new SSH server
 * A specific check of the remote SSH host authenticity can be now specified
   as a callback
 * Support for better recovery after an application crash
 * Better symbol visibility control
 * Several bugs of subtree filtering
 * ... and many other small bugfixes

Deprecated functions:

 * ncds_apply_rpc(), will be removed 1.0.0, use ncds_apply_rpc2all() instead


For API/ABI compatibility to previous versions, see reports in
'doc/compat_reports/' directory.