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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 026e3d1cf..9a93de69e 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ -apt (1.5~alpha4) experimental; urgency=medium +apt (1.5~beta1) unstable; urgency=medium - All known issues in the new https method have been fixed, including - support for https:// proxies and the CONNECT method. Therefore, the - the http method is now the default for https access. + [ New HTTPS method ] + The default http method now supports HTTPS itself, including encrypted proxies + and connecting to HTTPS sites via HTTPS proxies; and the apt-transport-https + package only provides a "curl+https" method now as a fallback, but will be + removed shortly. If TLS support is unwanted, it can be disabled overall by + setting the option Acquire::AllowTLS to "false". - The apt-transport-https package is deprecated, and installs a 'curl' method - now that can be used as a fallback with curl+https URLs, or by setting - Dir::Bin::Methods::https to "curl". - - -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:26:44 +0200 - -apt (1.5~alpha1) experimental; urgency=medium + As for backwards compatibility, the options IssuerCert and SslForceVersion + are not supported anymore, and any specified certificate files must in the + PEM format (curl might have allowed DER files as well). [ Changes to unauthenticated repositories ] The security exception for apt-get to only raise warnings if it encounters @@ -23,21 +22,12 @@ apt (1.5~alpha1) experimental; urgency=medium Binary::apt-get::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "true"; See apt-secure(8) manpage for configuration details. - [ Experimental https support in http ] - The http method will eventually replace the curl-based https method, but for - now, this is an opt-in experiment that can be enabled by setting - Dir::Bin::Methods::https to "http". Known issues: - - We do not support HTTPS proxies yet - - We do not support proxying HTTPS connections yet (CONNECT) - - IssuerCert and SslForceVersion are unsupported - TLS code paths can be disabled by setting Acquire::AllowTLS to "false". - [ Release Info Changes ] If values like Origin, Label, and Codename change in a Release file, update fails, or asks a user (if interactive). Various --allow-releaseinfo-change are provided for non-interactive use. - -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:49:30 +0200 + -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:09:23 +0200 apt (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=medium @@ -162,4 +152,3 @@ apt (0.5.25) unstable; urgency=low recreated the next time. -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 8 May 2004 12:38:07 -0700 - |