Release presentation

At 08:00 UTC (10:00 CEST) of the release day, as the tradition dictates, I do a live-streamed release presentation on Twitch. Made available on YouTube after

Numbers

the 277th release
4 changes
42 days (total: 10,929)
281 bugfixes (total: 14,770)
476 commits (total: 40,084)
0 new public libcurl function (total: 100)
0 new curl_easy_setopt() option (total: 312)
0 new curl command line option (total: 278)
84 contributors, 58 new (total: 3,844)
45 authors, 28 new (total: 1,546)
24 security fixes (total: 239)

Security

This time we announce no less than twenty-four fixed vulnerabilities. So many that I decided to not list them individually here. Go check them on the curl security page.

Changes

• The symbol formerly known as CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32 is now deprecated in favor of the more accurately named CURL_GLOBAL_WINSOCK. Used with the curl_global_init function.
• SMB(S) support is gone. Neither curl nor libcurl support these protocols anymore.
• The tool’s –no-clobber option got two improvements: 1) it now inserts the number into the file name as “-[number]” before the file extension if there is an extension. 2) It now tries many more numbers before giving up. Up to 9999.

Bugfixes

Over two hundred and sixty bugfixes landed in this release. Check them out in the 8.23.0 changelog.