Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 Release Notes

   Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 has been released and is available for download.

   CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web. Store your data
   with JSON documents. Access your documents with your web browser, via
   HTTP. Query, combine, and transform your documents with JavaScript.
   CouchDB works well with modern web and mobile apps. You can even serve web
   apps directly out of CouchDB. And you can distribute your data, or your
   apps, efficiently using CouchDB’s incremental replication. CouchDB
   supports master-master setups with automatic conflict detection.

   Grab your copy here:

     http://couchdb.apache.org/

   Pre-built packages for Windows and OS X are available.

   CouchDB 1.6.0 is a feature release, and was originally published on
   2014-06-10.

   These release notes are based on the changelog.

Upgrade Notes

   The Proxy Authentication handler was renamed to
   proxy_authentication_handler to follow the *_authentication_handler form
   of all other handlers. The old proxy_authentification_handler name is
   marked as deprecated and will be removed in future releases. It’s strongly
   recommended to update the httpd/authentication_handlers option with the
   new value if you have this handler configured.

What's New

     * COUCHDB-2200: support Erlang/OTP 17.0 #35e16032
     * Fauxton: many improvements in our experimental new user interface,
       including switching the code editor from CodeMirror to Ace as well as
       better support for various browsers.
     * Add the max_count option (UUIDs Configuration) to allow rate-limiting
       the amount of UUIDs that can be requested from the /_uuids handler in
       a single request (CVE 2014-2668).
     * COUCHDB-1986: increase socket buffer size to improve replication speed
       for large documents and attachments, and fix tests on BSD-like
       systems. #9a0e561b
     * COUCHDB-1953: improve performance of multipart/related requests.
       #ce3e89dc
     * COUCHDB-2221: verify that authentication-related configuration
       settings are well-formed. #dbe769c6
     * COUCHDB-1922: fix CORS exposed headers. #4f619833
     * Rename proxy_authentification_handler to proxy_authentication_handler.
       #c66ac4a8
     * COUCHDB-1795: ensure the startup script clears the pid file on
       termination. #818ef4f9
     * COUCHDB-1962: replication can now be performed without having write
       access to the source database (#1d5fe2aa), the replication checkpoint
       interval is now configurable (#0693f98e).
     * COUCHDB-2025: add support for SOCKS5 proxies for replication. #fcd76c9
     * COUCHDB-1930: redirect to the correct page after submitting a new
       document with a different ID than the one suggested by Futon.
       #4906b591
     * COUCHDB-1923: add support for attachments and att_encoding_info
       options (formerly only available on the documents API) to the view
       API. #ca41964b
     * COUCHDB-1647: for failed replications originating from a document in
       the _replicator database, store the failure reason in the document.
       #08cac68b
     * A number of improvements for the documentation.