Build changes for better working with git.

 * Automatically generated ChangeLog.
 * Proper NEWS file
 * Enable whitespace hooks in git if available.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 88 deletions

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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,97 +1,32 @@
-0.9.5
- - Build fixes for MAC OS 10.4 and 10.5
- - Build fixes for Solaris
+=== ChangeLog discontinued ===
 
-0.9.4 [30-07-2008]
- - Rework event handling system so we don't use a full thread per
-   connection, but instead only use threads for active requests.
+ With the move to git, this project is switching from a ChangeLog
+ file to relying on commit messages to provide change history. Please
+ write commit messages in the following format:
 
-0.9.3 [not publicly released]
- - Support sending access groups to mod_httpauth apache2x module.
- - Support retrieving LDAP access groups for users.
- - Build warning fixes.
- - Allow better migration of live digest sessions between httpauth
-   daemons by using the 'stale' flag when things seem out of date.
- - apache2x module now supports connecting to multiple daemon addresses
-   and failover between them.
+=== begin example commit ===
 
-0.9.2 [22-05-2008]
- - Authenticate sub requests properly in the apache module.
+ Short explanation of the commit
 
-0.9.1 [09-05-2008]
- - Fix building pgsql and mysql modules.
+ Longer explanation explaining exactly what's changed, whether any
+ external or private interfaces changed, what bugs were fixed (with bug
+ tracker reference if applicable) and so forth. Be concise but not too
+ brief.
 
-0.9 [22-04-2008]
- - Allow 128 character long NTLM domains.
- - Parse passwords from LDAP more circumspectly.
- - Bump max connection limit to 1024.
- - Fix some spurious warnings
+=== end example commit ===
 
-0.8 [06-07-2007]
- - Support ignoring of HTTP method in digest. Useful for pass-through
-   authentication between SOAP services and websites.
- - Fix problems building apache1x module
+ - Always add a brief description of the commit to the _first_ line of
+ the commit and terminate by two newlines. This may be the title of
+ a fixed bug, copied from Bugzilla.
 
-0.7 [28-05-2007]
- - Use my real name 'Stef Walter'
-   See: http://memberwebs.com/nielsen/
+ - First line (the brief description) must only be one sentence and
+ should start with a capital letter unless it starts with a
+ lowercase symbol or identifier. Don't use a trailing full stop,
+ and don't exceed 72 characters.
 
-0.6 [20-12-2006]
-  - Guarantee unique connection identfier for NTLM when using apache2
-  - Fix crasher when doing basic auth.
-  - Allow numbers in handler names.
-  - In the Jetty authenticator generate a unique authentication identifier
-    which facilitates NTLM authentication
-  - Reconnect to httpauthd when that daemon has been restarted.
-
-0.5.2
-  - Better messages when keepalives are not used with NTLM
-  - Fix problems in java servlet authenticator [Ross Elliot]
-  - Disable NTLM via servlet and Jetty java authenticators (a custom one
-    which provides connection id info is needed).
-
-0.5.1
-  - Fix problem with NTLM connection caching
-  - Fix problem with NTLM not authenticating POST in IE properly
-  - Fix locking while connecting to SMB server
-  - Better log handling when things are fast and furious
-  - Don't hang on exit on FreeBSD
-
-0.5
-  - Added Dummy handler
-  - PostgreSQL support
-  - MYSQL support
-  - Fixed Base64 decoding problems
-  - Added mkha1 tool
-  - Lots of bug fixes and testing
-  - Get httpauthd to reconnect properly
-  - Tested and completed NTLM support
-  - Bundled java client code
-
-0.4.2
-  - Separated base handler functionality, reorganized files, code
-  - Conditional compilation of various handlers
-
-0.4.1
-  - Fix unititialized memory bug
-  - Fixed address parsing and formatting bugs
-  - Fixed hash table bugs
-
-0.4
-  - Better reconnection after a closed connection from mod_httpauth
-  - Fixed LDAP bind type authentication bug
-
-0.3
-  - Changed 'method' to 'handler' throughout
-  - Fixed bug in hash.c
-  - Imported new hash table features
-  - Writes out pid file when requested with -p option
-  - Better logging for connections
-  - Proper signal handling and cleanup behavior
-
-0.2
-  - Changed protocol to a more secure resilient protocol
-
-0.1
-  - Initial non-public implementation
+ - The main description (the body) is normal prose and should use
+ normal punctuation and capital letters where appropriate.
 
+ - When committing code on behalf of others use the --author option,
+ e.g. git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe@coder.org>" and
+ --signoff.