v0.9.0

Changes in synapse v0.9.0 (2015-05-07)

General:

• Add support for using a PostgreSQL database instead of SQLite. See
  docs/postgres.rst for details.
• Add password change and reset APIs. See Registration in the spec.
• Fix memory leak due to not releasing stale notifiers - SYN-339.
• Fix race in caches that occasionally caused some presence updates to be
  dropped - SYN-369.
• Check server name has not changed on restart.

Federation:

• Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable
  remote home servers. See Retrieving Server Keys in the spec.

Configuration:

• Add support for multiple config files.
• Add support for dictionaries in config files.
• Remove support for specifying config options on the command line, except
  for:
  • --daemonize - Daemonize the home server.
  • --manhole - Turn on the twisted telnet manhole service on the given
    port.
  • --database-path - The path to a sqlite database to use.
  • --verbose - The verbosity level.
  • --log-file - File to log to.
  • --log-config - Python logging config file.
  • --enable-registration - Enable registration for new users.

Application services:

• Reliably retry sending of events from Synapse to application services, as per
  Application Services spec.
• Application services can no longer register via the /register API,
  instead their configuration should be saved to a file and listed in the
  synapse app_service_config_files config option. The AS configuration file
  has the same format as the old /register request.
  See docs/application_services.rst for more information.