svn commit: r686014 - /incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES

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Author: nslater
Date: Thu Aug 14 12:51:33 2008
New Revision: 686014

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=686014&view=rev
Log:
cleaned up CHANGES, fixed quotes

Modified:
    incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES

Modified: incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES?rev=686014&r1=686013&r2=686014&view=diff
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--- incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES (original)
+++ incubator/couchdb/trunk/CHANGES Thu Aug 14 12:51:33 2008
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
  * The `couchdb` script no longer uses `awk` for configuration checks as this
    was causing portability problems.
- * Updated `sudo` example in the README to use the `-i` option, this fixes
+ * Updated `sudo` example in the `README` to use the `-i` option, this fixes
    problems when invoking from a directory the `couchdb` user cannot access.
 
 Futon Utility Client:
@@ -64,53 +64,53 @@
    and old document revisions.
  * Support for incremental map/reduce views has been added.
  * To support map/reduce, the structure of design documents has changed. View
-   values are now JSON objects containing at least a "map" member, and
-   optionally a "reduce" member.
- * View servers are now identified by name (for example "javascript") instead of
-   by MIME type.
+   values are now JSON objects containing at least a `map` member, and
+   optionally a `reduce` member.
+ * View servers are now identified by name (for example `javascript`) instead of
+   by media type.
  * Automatically generated document IDs are now based on proper UUID generation
    using the crypto module.
- * The field "content-type" in the JSON representation of attachments has been
-   renamed to "content_type" (underscore).
+ * The field `content-type` in the JSON representation of attachments has been
+   renamed to `content_type` (underscore).
 
 HTTP Interface:
 
  * CouchDB now uses MochiWeb instead of inets for the HTTP server
    implementation. Among other things, this means that the extra configuration
-   files needed for inets (such as couch_httpd.conf) are no longer used.
- * The HTTP interface now completely supports the HEAD method. (COUCHDB-3)
- * Improved compliance of Etag handling with the HTTP specification.
+   files needed for inets (such as `couch_httpd.conf`) are no longer used.
+ * The HTTP interface now completely supports the `HEAD` method. (COUCHDB-3)
+ * Improved compliance of `Etag` handling with the HTTP specification.
    (COUCHDB-13)
- * Etags are no longer included in responses to document GET requests that
+ * Etags are no longer included in responses to document `GET` requests that
    include query string parameters causing the JSON response to change without
    the revision or the URI having changed.
  * The bulk document update API has changed slightly on both the request and the
    response side. In addition, bulk updates are now atomic.
- * CouchDB now uses TCP_NODELAY to fix performance problems with persistent
+ * CouchDB now uses `TCP_NODELAY` to fix performance problems with persistent
    connections on some platforms due to nagling.
  * Including a `?descending=false` query string parameter in requests to views
    no longer raises an error.
  * Requests to unknown top-level reserved URLs (anything with a leading
-   underscore) now return a "unknown_private_path" error instead of the
-   confusing "illegal_database_name".
+   underscore) now return a `unknown_private_path` error instead of the
+   confusing `illegal_database_name`.
  * The Temporary view handling now expects a JSON request body, where the JSON
-   is an object with at least a "map" member, and optional "reduce" and
-   "language" members.
+   is an object with at least a `map` member, and optional `reduce` and
+   `language` members.
  * Temporary views no longer determine the view server based on the Content-Type
-   header of the POST request, but rather by looking for a "language" member in
-   the JSON body of the request.
- * The status code of responses to DELETE requests is now 200 to reflect that
+   header of the `POST` request, but rather by looking for a `language` member
+   in the JSON body of the request.
+ * The status code of responses to `DELETE` requests is now 200 to reflect that
    that the deletion is performed synchronously.
 
 Javascript View Server:
 
  * SpiderMonkey is no longer included with CouchDB, but rather treated as a
-   normal external dependency. A simple C program (_couchjs) is provided that
+   normal external dependency. A simple C program (`_couchjs`) is provided that
    links against an existing SpiderMonkey installation and uses the interpreter
    embedding API.
  * View functions using the default Javascript view server can now do logging
    using the global `log(message)` function. Log messages are directed into the
-   CouchDB log at INFO level. (COUCHDB-59)
+   CouchDB log at `INFO` level. (COUCHDB-59)
  * The global `map(key, value)` function made available to view code has been
    renamed to `emit(key, value)`.
  * Fixed handling of exceptions raised by view functions.
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@
  * Futon now uses the XMLHTTPRequest API asynchronously to communicate with the
    CouchDB HTTP server, so that most operations no longer block the browser.
  * View results sorting can now be switched between ascending and descending by
-   clicking on the "Key" column header.
- * Fixed a bug where documents that contained a "@" character could not be
+   clicking on the `Key` column header.
+ * Fixed a bug where documents that contained a `@` character could not be
    viewed. (COUCHDB-12)
- * The database page now provides a "Compact" button to trigger database
+ * The database page now provides a `Compact` button to trigger database
    compaction. (COUCHDB-38)
  * Fixed portential double encoding of document IDs and other URI segments in
    many instances. (COUCHDB-39)