Socket.IO 0.8.3 - multiple bugfixes and improvements

[Guillermo Rauch]

Server

0.8.3 / 2011-09-03

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  * Fixed `\n` parsing for non-JSON packets (fixes #479).

  * Fixed parsing of certain unicode characters (fixes #451).

  * Fixed transport message packet logging.

  * Fixed emission of `error` event resulting in an uncaught exception if unhandled (fixes #476).

  * Fixed; allow for falsy values as the configuration value of `log level` (fixes #491).

  * Fixed repository URI in `package.json`. Fixes #504.

  * Added text/plain content-type to handshake responses [einaros]

  * Improved single byte writes [einaros]

  * Updated socket.io-flashsocket default port from 843 to 10843 [3rd-Eden]

  * Updated client.

Client

0.8.3 / 2011-09-03

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  * Fixed `\n` parsing for non-JSON packets.

  * Fixed; make Socket.IO XHTML doctype compatible (fixes #460 from server)

  * Fixed support for Node.JS running `socket.io-client`.

  * Updated repository name in `package.json`.

  * Added support for different policy file ports without having to port

    forward 843 on the server side [3rd-Eden]

Important note:

If your server setup included some special policy for port 843 for flash sockets, please keep in mind that the default is now 10843.

If you wish to continue to be using 843, please supply the appropriate option:

io.set('flash policy port', 843)

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Guillermo Rauch

LearnBoost CTO
http://devthought.com