Version 0 9 Released - Mosquitto

This is a features release. It is probably the most significant change for mosquitto so far.

The important change is the removal of the sqlite dependency, along with the associated pcre and sqlite3-pcre dependencies. This results in better performance both in terms of messages handled per second and memory usage. Optional support for importing existing persistent databases in sqlite3 format is provided, with the option compiled in by default. This will be set to not be compiled by default in 0.10 and then removed in 0.11.

This release also provides support for the recently updated MQTT v3.1 spec - most notably offering username/password authentication support. The client library and clients have full v3.1 support. The broker is fully compatible with v3.1, but doesn't provide any mechanism for controlling username/password control. This will come in 0.10.

One goal of mosquitto is to be a drop in replacement for the IBM rsmb broker. Another goal is to do more than rsmb :) I'm still working on the first goal, but this release helps with the second as mosquitto now has IPv6 support, which isn't supported in rsmb.

A detailed list of changes is given below:

Client and message data is now stored in memory with custom routines rather than a sqlite database. This removes the dependencies on sqlite, pcre and sqlite3-pcre. It also means that the persistent database format has had to be reimplemented in a custom format. Optional support for importing old sqlite databases is provided.
Added IPv6 support for mosquitto and the clients.
Provide username and password support for the clients and client libraries. This is part of the new MQTT v3.1 spec.
The broker supports the username and password connection flags, but will not do anything with the username and password.
Python callback functions now optionally take an extra argument which will return the user object passed to the Mosquitto() constructor, or the calling python object itself if nothing was given to Mosquitto().
Remove the mosquitto command line option -i interface.
Remove the mosquitto.conf "interface" variable.
Add support for the listener config variable (replaces the interface variable)
Add support for the bind_address config variable.
Change the port config variable behaviour to match that of rsmb (applies to the default listener only, can be given just once).
Fix QoS 2 protocol compliance - stop sending duplicate messages and handle timeouts correctly. Fixes bug #598290.
Set retain flag correctly for outgoing messages. It should only be set for messages sent in response to a subscribe command (ie. stale data).
Fix bug in returning correct CONNACK result to on_connect client callback.
Don't send client will if it is disconnected for exceeding its keepalive timer.
Fix client library unsubscribe function incorrectly sending a SUBSCRIBE command when it should be UNSUBSCRIBE.
Fix max_inflight_messages and max_queued_messages operation. These parameters now apply only to QoS 1 and 2 messages and are used regardless of the client connection state.
mosquitto.conf now installed to /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf instead of /etc/mosquitto.conf. The /etc/mosquitto/ directory will be used for password and access control files in the future.
Give the compile time option of using 32-bit integers for the database IDs instead of 64-bit integers. This is useful where htobe64()/be64toh() are not available or for embedded systems for example.
The DUP bit is now set correctly when resending PUBREL messages.
A port to Windows native has been partially completed. This currently drops a number of features, including the ability to change configuration parameters and persistent storage.

See the download page for the update. Debian and Ubuntu users should note that the package libmosquitto0-python has been renamed python-mosquitto to comply with Debian naming policies. The Debian packages aren't yet ready.