B. Changes from Version (3.2.8)

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B. Changes from Version (3.2.8)

New Features

- (MODPYTHON-78) Added support for Apache 2.2.
- (MODPYTHON-94) New `req.is_https()` and `req.ssl_var_lookup()` methods. These communicate direct with the Apache mod_ssl module, allowing it to be determined if the connection is using SSL/TLS and what the values of internal ssl variables are.
- (MODPYTHON-131) The directory used for mutex locks can now be specified at at compile time using `./configure --with-mutex-dir value` or at run time with `PythonOption mod_python.mutex_directory value`.
- (MODPYTHON-137) New `req.server.get_options()` method. This returns the subset of Python options set at global scope within the Apache configuration. That is, outside of the context of any VirtualHost, Location, Directory or Files directives.
- (MODPYTHON-145) The number of mutex locks can now be specified at run time with `PythonOption mod_python.mutex_locks value`.
- (MODPYTHON-172) Fixed three memory leaks that were found in _apachemodule.parse_qsl, req.readlines and util.cfgtree_walk.

Improvements

- (MODPYTHON-77) Third party C modules that use the simplified API for the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), as described in PEP 311, can now be used. The only requirement is that such modules can only be used in the context of the "`main_interpreter`".
- (MODPYTHON-119) DbmSession unit test no longer uses the default directory for the dbm file, so the test will not interfer with the user's current apache instance.
- (MODPYTHON-158) Added additional debugging and logging output for where mod_python cannot initialise itself properly due to Python or mod_python version mismatches or missing Python module code files.

Bug Fixes

- (MODPYTHON-84) Fixed request.sendfile() bug for symlinked files on Win32.
- (MODPYTHON-122) Fixed configure problem when using bash 3.1.x.
- (MODPYTHON-173) Fixed DbmSession to create db file with mode 0640.