v2.37.0

[joseluisq]

This new v2.37.0 release brings several security and bug fixes. New features like the possibility to download directories as tarballs, better control for server log ANSI output, end of support for a few unmaintained Windows platforms and other improvements.

End of support for unmaintained Windows 7, 8, 8.1 platforms

As anticipated in v2.36.1, SWS no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 platforms. SWS now requires Rust 1.82.0 or later to build, and the minimum supported Windows platform is Windows 10.

Cargo experimental feature restored

The Cargo experimental feature is part of the binary release again (v2.37.0 and future releases).

Fixes

• b56e3c4 Bugfix/security dependency updates including tokio, rustls, chrono, flate2, windows-service, serde and other crates. SWS now requires Rust 1.82.0 or later to build. PR Update dependencies 30.05.2025 and MSRV to 1.82.0 #546, Update dependencies 26.05.2025 and MSRV 1.81.0 #545 by @joseluisq
• a384d92 Update Alpine 3.20.6 and Debian 12.10 Docker images. PR Update Alpine (3.20.6) and Debian (12.10) Docker images #539 by @joseluisq
• cb19995 Generic server log info output even on higher log levels. PR Fix generic server INFO log output entries at startup, even on higher log levels #542 fixes INFO output even on higher log levels #541 reported by @Tasssadar.

Features

• 89f5846 Support for downloading a directory as a compressed tarball (tar.gz) via the new --directory-listing-download=targz option. PR Add support for downloading a directory as a compressed tarball #544 by @ekangmonyet resolves Ability to download zip, tar etc? #67 suggested by @shirshak55. See docs.
• 0236980 Control log ANSI output via boolean new --log-with-ansi=true option (SWS is now no-ANSI by default). PR Control log ANSI output via boolean --log-with-ansi option #543 resolves Support disabling log colors #540 suggested by @Tasssadar. See docs.

Refactorings

• Misc: 5d1eaac Automate post-release updates using CI. PR Automate post-release updates via CI #538 by @joseluisq

For more details see the v2.37.0 milestone and the full changelog v2.36.1...v2.37.0.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to our new donor @mrkesu for supporting the project.

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This discussion was created from the release v2.37.0.