Apache CouchDB 1.4.0 Released

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87 points·dochtman··9 comments

Off topic but this has bugged me for years, Apache has the worst looking and most confusing docs/support material around (thankfully CouchDB eschew the Apache template). If two projects are equal and one is Apache I always choose the other just to save my eyes from bleeding.

Yeah, it always feels like what you're looking at is out of date and/or abandoned.

The actual couchdb site looks nice though: http://couchdb.apache.org/

And the built in couchdb management web server looks very elegant. It's important to have the tools that we live in front of for so much of our lives to look great, add energy and enhance concentration.

I was so excited about the BigCouch merge in 2.0, I forgot there was going to be a 1.4.0 release in the meantime.

Is there a "highlights reel" for this release? The Changes notes don't seem incredibly noteworthy for most users?

https://blogs.apache.org/couchdb/entry/apache_couchdb_1_4_0

From there things I am excited about:

* Support for server-wide changes feed reporting on creation, updates and deletion of databases. That is awesome. I've been wanting that for years. So not only do you get a realtime change feed for when one database change, you know also know if a new database was created.

* Ability to show a white-listed set of document properties from users db

* Support for Erlang R16

* Better documentation

CouchCouch is a BIG win for Couch! I hope it gets some well deserved attention after that.

What's CouchCouch? A quick google doesn't turn up anything relevant.

BigCouch I guess. However, this release doesn't include that merge.

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