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Release Notes
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Below you can find release notes for the trunk version of WinSW.
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##### 2.0
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Release date: Dec 30, 2016
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Improvements:
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* [Issue #103 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/103 ) -
Provide the executable for `.NET Framework 4.0` .
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([PR #147 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/147))
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* With this binary patching of `exe.config` is no longer required to get WinSW running on newest systems.
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* [Issue #154 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/154 ) -
Provide WinSW configuration file samples.
([PR #170 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/170))
* Samples are available within release packages
* Introduce the new [WinSW Extension Engine ](doc/extensions/extensions.md ).
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([PR #42 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/42))
* Add new `SharedDirectoriesMapper` extension. See the docs [here ](doc/extensions/sharedDirectoryMapper.md )
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([PR #42 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/42)).
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* [Issue #125 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/125 ) -
Add new `RunawayProcessKiller` extension. See the docs [here ](doc/extensions/runawayProcessKiller.md ).
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([PR #133 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/133))
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* [Issue #69 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/69 ) -
Migrate event logging to [Apache log4net ](https://logging.apache.org/log4net/ ).
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([PR #145 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/145), [PR #73 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/73 ) and others).
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* [Issue #85 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/85 ) -
Use `FileStream#SafeFileHandle` the deprecated `FileStream#Handle` in the CLI `redirect` mode.
([PR #167 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/167))
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Fixed issues:
* [Issue #124 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/124 ) -
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Prevent CPU overutilization when waiting for the process to exit.
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([PR #135 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/135))
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* [Issue #159 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/159 ) -
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Properly retrieve `waithint` , `sleeptime` , `resetfailure` , and `stoptimeout` options from XML configs with metadata before `settings` .
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([PR #175 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/175))
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* [Issue #164 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/164 ) -
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Print warnings in the `uninstall` command when the service cannot be uninstalled immediately.
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([PR #165 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/165))
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* [Issue #171 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/171 ) -
Prevent failure when `stoparguments` are defined without `stopexecutable` in the XML file.
([PR #170 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/170))
* [Issue #59 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/59 ) -
Prevent failure during process termination if child processes cannot be retrieved due to the pending system shutdown.
([PR #172 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/172))
* [Issue #54 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/54 ) -
Security: Do not dump WinSW environment variables to the Event log.
([PR #173 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/173))
* Do not propagate exceptions from `Process.Kill()` if the process actually exits.
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([PR #166 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/166))
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Non-code changes:
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* Major documentation refactoring and update.
* Use [GitHub Releases ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/releases ) as a main release source.
* Jenkins [Maven repository ](http://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/com/sun/winsw/winsw/ ) is no longer the main release source
* It will be periodically updated on-demand
* [Issue #65 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/65 ) -
Introduce NuGet packaging and publishing.
* Releases are being published on `www.nuget.org` .
[Package page ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/WinSW/ )
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* [Issue #80 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/80 ) -
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Maven releases now pick releases from GitHub Releases.
The package version is guaranteed to be same as the assembly version.
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([PR #162 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/pull/162))
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* [Issue #142 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/142 ) -
Introduce the CI/CD flow being hosted on AppVeyor. The project page is [here ](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/oleg-nenashev/winsw ).
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Compatibility notes:
* WinSW `2.x` is **fully compatible** with WinSW `1.x` in terms of the command-line interface and configuration files.
* Any behavior difference will be considered as a bug
* New features like [WinSW extensions ](doc/extensions/extensions.md ) are disabled by default.
They can be enabled via the configuration file.
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##### 1.19.1
Release date: Nov 05, 2016
Fixed issues:
* Fix the version number in the executable file metadata and CLI
##### 1.19
Release date: Aug 02, 2016
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* No functional changes.
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##### 1.18
Fixed issues: Aug 23, 2015
* [Issue #91 ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/91 ) - `%BASE%` contained the executable path instead of the directory path (regression in `1.17` )
##### 1.17
Release date: Mar 29, 2015
Changes: See the [winsw-1.17 milestone ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/milestone/1 ).
##### Previous versions
WinSW versions older than `1.17` have no explicit changelog.
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If you need such info, see the [commit history ](https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/commits/master ).
