Improvements:
Ruby 1.9 early compatbility: Merged commits form Eric Wong and Matt Aimonetti.
Better RubyGems support thanks to added env she-bang to mongrel_rails executable.
Smartly load http11 extension using fat-binary approach.
Bugfixes:
Fixed proper version reporting under 1.9
Consider MinGW as valid Windows platform.
Properly drop PID when daemonizing (EngineYard patched 1.1.5.1).
Reorganization:
Rake task project reorganization and reformat using Hoe.
Compile extension using rake-compiler
Upgraded http11_parser to work with Ragel 6.2
Deprecated obsolete Windows service example scripts (from 2006!)
Relocate Http11 JRuby extension to share http11 C extension folder and name.
Fix bug where num_processors is not actually set from mongrel_rails.
Fix camping handler. Correct treatment of @throttle parameter.
Fix security flaw of DirHandler; reported on mailing list.
Fix worker termination bug; fix JRuby 1.0.3 load order issue; fix require issue on systems without Rubygems.
Fix mongrel_rails restart bug; fix bug with Rack status codes.
Pure Ruby URIClassifier.
More modular architecture.
JRuby support.
Move C URIClassifier into mongrel_experimental project.
Backport fixes for versioning inconsistency, mongrel_rails bug, and DirHandler bug.
Fix user-switching bug; make people upgrade to the latest from the RC.
Signed gem; many minor bugfixes and patches.
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