1.5 Release

[freddy77]

Hi,
I think it's time for a new release. I had some doubt till I started preparing the list of changes. There are more than I thought!

This is the current list (from NEWS.md file):

User visible (not in a particular order):

• Generic:
  • Do not write to stdout/stderr;
  • (*) Fix certificate check for hostnames with wildcards;
  • (*) Update to Autoconf 2.71;
  • (*) Fix conversions of "-0" numeric;
  • (*) Minor compatibility for 32 bit for bulk copy;
  • Distribute OpenSSL libraries with Appveyour artifacts;
  • Use Unicode and wide characters for file paths for Windows;
  • Remove ANSI encoding code from SSPI code, always full Unicode;
  • (*) Set control method for final OpenSSL BIO to avoid some errors;
  • (*) Get Windows code page using Windows API for compatibility;
  • (*) Do not try to use pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np on newer Android;
  • Fix compatibility connecting to some old MSSQL 2000 server;
  • (*) Support Sybase server not configured with UTF-8 charset;
  • (*) Change some file license from GPL to LGPL;
  • (*) Support very old Sybase ASE versions;
  • (*) Ignore query errors during connection initial setup increase
    compatibility with different servers like OpenServer;
  • Support strict encryption for naked TLS (TDS 8.0);
  • (*) Don't leak allocations on syntax errors converting to binary;
  • Accommodate FreeBSD/Citrus iconv;
  • Fall back on unsupported address families locking for host address;
  • Avoid potential hangs on short replies reading TDS packets;
  • Add support for TDS 8.0;
  • Reject invalid NULL data in tds7_send_record (bulk transfer);
  • Allows freetds.conf to be stored in ~/.config (Unix).
• ODBC:
  • Fixed some attribute size for 64 bit platforms (now more compatible
    with MS driver);
  • (*) Prevent setting some wrong type in internal decriptors;
  • (*) Fix leak in odbc_parse_connect_string`;
  • Fix an issue compiling bcp test on 32 systems with unixODBC;
  • (*) Fix getting SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID attribute;
  • Check for maximum value for SQL_ATTR_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
  • (*) Return better error for invalid character set;
  • Check errors from SQLInstallDriverExW and SQLRemoveDriver;
  • Update some driver registration field for Windows;
  • (*) Remove minor leak parsing connection string;
  • Add Encrypt and HostNameInCertificate settings;
  • (*) Fix bug cancelling not active statements;
  • Fix SQLGetInfo SQL_DRIVER_HSTMT and SQL_DRIVER_HDESC;
  • Avoid shared object version for ODBC driver;
  • Allows SERVER to override DSN or SERVERNAME settings;
  • Allows to set version to AUTO from Windows dialog;
  • (*) Fix handling of SQL_C_STINYINT;
  • Fix return value when bulk operation not using status array fails;
  • Implement SQLDescribeParam using sp_describe_undeclared_parameters.
• Applications:
  • datacopy:
    • Allows copy when dest_collen > src_collen;
    • Increase CREATE TABLE command buffer to accommodate larger queries.
  • defncopy:
    • (*) Use memory instead of temporary file;
    • (*) Fix MS column length for N(VAR)CHAR types;
    • (*) Quote strings and identifiers;
    • (*) Handle correctly order of index recordset;
    • (*) Quote key index names.
• CT-Library:
  • Error reporting more compatible with Sybase;
  • Return CT-Library type values, not TDS ones;
  • Fix *resultlen for conversions to SYBIMAGE from cs_convert;
  • Populate datafmt->format to avoid not initialized values;
  • More debugging on not implemented bcp_colfmt_ps`;
  • Makes sure we don't use a negative number as string length;
  • Use client type, not propagate TDS one;
  • (*) Fix crash using ct_command with CS_MORE option;
  • (*) _blk_get_col_data: Consistently return TDS_FAIL on failure;
  • (*) Formally define BLK_VERSION_{155,157,160};
  • (*) Cap binary/image copying to the destination length;
  • (*) Conditionally distinguish NULL and empty results;
  • (*) Issue an error for unsupported server types from ct_describe;
  • Add support for setting hints for bulk copy using blk_props;
  • Support getting CS_ENDPOINT (socket file descriptor) using ct_con_props;
  • Support getting CS_PRODUCT_NAME using ct_con_props;
  • Introduce CS_INTERRUPT_CB and corresponding return values: CS_INT_*;
  • Better support new date/time types (DATETIME2, etc.) in bulk copy;
  • Report system errors' descriptions.
• DB-library:
  • Improve error reporting;
  • Allows to set port number with DBSETLPORT;
  • Allows encryption option.
• pool:
  • Disable Nagle algorithm on user socket for performance;
  • (*) Ignore extension in login packet for compatibility.
• server:
  • Reply correct version for TDS 7.4;
  • Avoid leaks in tds_get_query_head;
  • Set SO_REUSEADDR option;
  • Better support for string conversion and UTF-8;
  • Improve sending data, fix sending metadata;
  • Update prelogin reply allowing TDS 7.2;
  • Fix tds_send_login_ack product name length;
  • Support no-ASCII characters in environment names;
  • Return 0 rows during login;
  • Pass correct packet size environment in test server;
  • Do not overwrite error before displaying it;
  • Improve message writing functions;
  • Set TCP_NODELAY after accepting connected sockets.

(*) Feature backported in stable 1.4 branch.

Implementation:

• Remove various minor leaks;
• Remove some potential NULL dereference;
• (*) Add support for SYBSINT1 type conversion;
• Improve GNU compatibility in CMake using GNUInstallDirs;
• Remove many warnings compiling code with stricter options;
• Optimize numeric precision change;
• Use more bool type for boolean instead of integer;
• Minor compatibility with tests and Sybase/SAP libraries;
• Avoid some warnings from CMake;
• Various improvements to bounce utility:
  • Allows multiple connections;
  • Allows to specify a server name;
  • Allows to write dumps.
• Use 64 bit constants, add (U)INT64_C macros;
• Move tds_new macros to include/freetds/macros.h;
• Move tds_strndup to utils;
• Add GitHub actions to CI;
• Allows FREETDS_SRCDIR overrides for tests;
• Avoid potential zero-byte allocations (whose behavior is undefined)
  in libTDS;
• Unify header guards definitions;
• Unify tests includes in ctlib;
• Accommodate Windows static builds;
• Inform CMake of some accidentally Autotools-only tests;
• Add Visual Studio 2022 to Appveyor test matrix;
• Add tds_socket_set_nodelay utility;
• Change TDSCOLUMN::column_bindlen field to signed type;
• Use TDS server instead of Adaptive Server in error messages;
• Add and reuse TDS_END_LEN_STRING utility;
• Acknowledge non-exhaustive TDS_SERVER_TYPE switch statements;
• Use replacement getopt in tests for more compatibility;
• Include stdint.h in Visual Studio if available.

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Preparing the release involve some changes in documentation, a lot of testing (especially not so common environments), packaging, website updates. Usually involves some RC releases (last release there was a single RC).
I hope to get a RC release out this week or the next.

[freddy77]

Some notes

• updating user guide, a lot of things start to be really obsolete
• need more testing: Solaris (OpenIndiana), FreeBSD, big endian machine, OpenVMS (??)
• update automatic packaging on the website

[taozuhong]

Big step forward, great job awfully.