[Icecast] Icecast 2.3 RC1 Announcement

[oddsock]

Just wanted to let everyone know that we also welcome reports such as 
"everything works as expected" too.  It's hard for us to gauge the quality 
of the release unless we hear both good and bad reports...

thanks.

oddsock
At 02:29 PM 8/21/2005, you wrote:
>Ok folks, we are getting ready for version 2.3 of icecast and have built 
>an RC1 distribution.  We encourage everyone to try out this new release 
>and provide us feedback.  Please report all bugs to http://bugs.xiph.org
>
>Here are the details :
>
>Source Distribution: 
>http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast-2.3.0.rc1.tar.gz
>Source RPM: 
>http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast-2.3.0.rc1-0.src.rpm
>Win32 Binary: 
>http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast2_win32_v2.3.0_rc1_setup.exe 
>
>
>New Features
># Streaming support for ogg speex, ogg flac, ogg midi
># intro file support - per mount settable
># on-demand relays, global and per-relay settable
># fallback to file, extends on the intro file handling.
># new mount-level settings
>    1. public, type/subtype, genre settings, stream description,
>    2. stream url, stream name, bitrate (override what is sent from the 
> source client)
>    3. mp3 metadata interval
>    4. on-[dis]connect scripts can be stated per-mount, invoked at source 
> start/stop and take 1 arg which is the mountpoint.
># New URL listener authenticator .included is an example php-based 
>application that can be used in conjunction with the url authenticator to 
>manage a simple subscription-based broadcast.
># HTPasswd authenticator uses in-memory structures now.
># On demand files now can be fed through an authenticator
># Update to admin/web xslt interface
>
>Fixes
># real/helix works
># win32 access log correct
># stats client is stable now (curl -X STATS http://admin@host:port/)
># show mountpoints on stats that are inactive but have an active fallback
># more updates over HUP possible
>
>Note that we with regard to the new URL authenticator, we will be 
>providing a demonstration application which can be used to manage a basic 
>subscription-based offering.  This application is not included in the RC, 
>but will be included in the official release (or if we do another RC it 
>will be included in that)...
>
>- Icecast Development Team
>
>
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