This release fixes a critical bug in the SMJS browser scripting module and an assertion failure in the search dialogs on systems lacking the regex.h header file. Also notable are fixes for parsing and updating of the elinks.conf file. Support for libgnutls-openssl has been disabled, as it is not GPLv2 compatible since GnuTLS 2.2.0.
This second release candidate mostly brings minor fixes, documentation improvements, and translation updates. The Debian package received a much needed update, and the fixed issues were identified.
This release merges a lot of changes from the
unstable branch. It mainly focuses on bugfixes,
while it also adds a few enhancements. Among the
updates are various security related fixes, so
people following the stable branch are advised to
update.