The major new change is support for remote repositories. SVN::Web no longer needs to run on the same host as hosts the actual repository. SVN::Web::Blame has also been added (analogous to the "svn blame" command), and diff generation is considerably faster while consuming much less memory.
The user can now choose from the range of available languages through the Web interface. RSS files are now generated by a template, removing the dependency on XML::RSS, and RSS feeds are now autodiscoverable. The admin can configure how timestamps are displayed in the interface, including the timezone that is used. Several bugs have been fixed, and the test suite greatly enhanced.
mod_perl2 is now supported as well as mod_perl1. Memory footprint when browsing or viewing revisions that affected a huge number of files has been greatly improved, in some cases by tens of megabytes. A stand-alone Web server is now included, making it much easier to try out the interface without making any changes to your primary Web server. The majority of errors are now caught and display friendlier (and localised) error messages.
Error messages are friendlier and easier to localise to other
languages. There's a new configuration syntax that allows
for easy configuration of per-action options. A (partial)
French localisation has been added. svn:externals properties
that are set on a directory are shown when browsing that
directory. You can select two arbitrary revisions and get a
diff showing the changes between those revisions. If you
only have one repository configured, then the list action can
be configured to immediately redirect to browsing that
repository.
