Apache CouchDB 1.4.0 Release Notes

  Apache CouchDB 1.4.0 has been released and is available for download.

  CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web. Store your data
  with JSON documents. Access your documents with your web browser, via
  HTTP. Query, combine, and transform your documents with JavaScript.
  CouchDB works well with modern web and mobile apps. You can even serve web
  apps directly out of CouchDB. And you can distribute your data, or your
  apps, efficiently using CouchDB’s incremental replication. CouchDB
  supports master-master setups with automatic conflict detection.

  Grab your copy here:

    http://couchdb.apache.org/

  Pre-built packages for Windows and OS X are available.

  CouchDB 1.4.0 is a feature release, and was originally published on
  2013-09-03.

  These release notes are based on the CHANGES file.

Upgrade Notes

    * We now support Erlang/OTP R16B and R16B01; the minimum required
      version is R14B.
    * User document role values must now be strings. Other types of values
      will be refused when saving the user document.

Changes

    * COUCHDB-1684: Support for server-wide changes feed reporting on
      creation, updates and deletion of databases. #917d8988
    * COUCHDB-1139: it’s possible to apply list functions to _all_docs view.
      #54fd258e
    * Automatic loading of CouchDB plugins. #3fab6bb5
    * COUCHDB-1634: Reduce PBKDF2 work factor. #f726bc4d
    * Allow storing pre-hashed admin passwords via _config API. #c98ba561
    * COUCHDB-1772: Prevent invalid JSON output when using all_or_nothing
      _bulk_docs API. #dfd39d57
    * Add a configurable whitelist of user document properties. #8d7ab8b1
    * COUCHDB-1852: Support Last-Event-ID header in EventSource changes
      feeds. #dfd2199a
    * Much improved documentation, including an expanded description of
      validate_doc_update functions (commit:ef9ac469) and a description of
      how CouchDB handles JSON number values (#bbd93f77).
    * COUCHDB-1632: Ignore epilogues in multipart/related MIME attachments.
      #2b4ab67a
    * Split up replicator_db tests into multiple independent tests.