# Recent Changes

> Put up in a place
> where it's easy to see
> the cryptic admonishment
> T.T.T.
> When you feel how depressingly
> slowly you climb,
> it's well to remember that
> Things Take Time.

> Piet Hein

This page lists all recent changes to my web site except for new journal entries, along with a brief description. Some of this information will be repeated in my journal, but more minor changes will only be noted here. An RSS feed of this information is also available.

Also see changes from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.

## August 2021

2021-08-30 — Test UTF-8 entry

  Test entry — with UTF-8 dash.

2021-08-30 — kstart 4.3

  Add support for kafs by continuing with -t behavior if kafs is present. Use libkeyutils if available to isolate a command's keyring from the invoking program if running a specific command with -t. Use a better exit status when a command is killed with a signal. Use explicit_bzero to clear the password for k5start -s. Other portability fixes and updates.

2021-08-18 — Review: The Past is Red

  Review of The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.

2021-08-16 — Review: Black Sun

  Review of Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

2021-08-15 — Review: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

  Review of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers.

2021-08-08 — Review: The Last Battle

  Review of The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.

2021-08-07 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-08-01 — Review: Piranesi

  Review of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.

## July 2021

2021-07-31 — Review: Fugitive Telemetry

  Review of Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells.

2021-07-24 — Add finalists for the World Fantasy Award

  Add the finalists for the 2021 World Fantasy Award for best novel.

2021-07-24 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-07-03 — Add Clarke Award nominees and Locus Award Winners

  Add the nominees for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the winners of the 2021 Locus Awards (Network Effect by Martha Wells for best SF novel, The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin for best fantasy novel, and Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger for best first novel).

## June 2021

2021-06-27 — control-archive 1.9.1

  A data-only release that updates the Big Eight control signing key and removes some obsolete information about net.*.

2021-06-27 — Added web page for Big Eight control information

  New web page summarizing control information for the Big Eight hierarchies with links to the control message signing keys and the PGP Moose key.

2021-06-20 — Review: Demon Lord of Karanda

  Review of Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings.

2021-06-19 — Review: The Magician's Nephew

  Review of The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis.

2021-06-06 — Review: Stoneskin

  Review of Stoneskin by K.B. Spangler.

2021-06-05 — Add winner of 2021 Nebula Award for best novel

  Add the winner of the 2021 Nebula Award for best novel (Network Effect by Martha Wells).

2021-06-05 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

## May 2021

2021-05-31 — Review: The Horse and His Boy

  Review of The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis.

2021-05-30 — Review: The Relentless Moon

  Review of The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal.

2021-05-29 — Review: The Silver Chair

  Review of The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.

2021-05-29 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-05-15 — Review: A Desolation Called Peace

  Review of A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine.

2021-05-02 — Review: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

  Review of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis.

## April 2021

2021-04-27 — Review: Beyond Shame

  Review of Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha.

2021-04-24 — Review: Learning React

  Review of Learning React by Alex Banks & Eve Porcello.

2021-04-24 — Add nominees for the 2021 Hugo Award

  Add the nominees for the 2021 Hugo Award for best novel.

2021-04-10 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-04-05 — Add 2021 winner of the BSFA award

  Add 2021 winner of the BSFA award for best novel (The City We Became, by N.K. Jemisin).

2021-04-05 — Add 2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award

  Add 2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for best novel (The Road out of Winter, by Alison Stine).

2021-04-03 — Review: Prince Caspian

  Review of Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis.

## March 2021

2021-03-30 — Review: Paladin's Strength

  Review of Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher.

2021-03-29 — Add series information to Paladin's Grace

  Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher is the first of a series. Add the series information and a mention of the sequel.

2021-03-28 — Review: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

  Review of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan.

2021-03-28 — Add sample INN init script and systemd unit file

  In the documentation pages for INN CURRENT, 2.6, and 2.5, add the sample init script and systemd unit.

2021-03-28 — Pod::Thread 2.00

  Handle the navbar and table of contents internally in the module rather than via a pre-scanning pass. Honor CVS Id strings found anywhere in the document. Don't title-case words in section titles in the navbar that contain an underscore.

2021-03-21 — cvs2xhtml 1.15

  Convert to Python 3. Update my email address.

2021-03-21 — cl2xhtml 1.12

  Convert to Python 3. Update my email address.

2021-03-21 — faq2html 1.36

  Support formatting of dense bullet lists with line continuations but no blank lines between bullets. Update my email address.

2021-03-21 — Remove DocKnot from my personal Debian repository list

  DocKnot has now been uploaded to Debian proper.

2021-03-21 — Add separate web pages for Pod::Thread

  As the first step in cleaning up my static site generator pages, and in prepration for uploading it to CPAN in its own right, move Pod::Thread to its own separate web pages.

2021-03-20 — pam-krb5 4.10

  Fix use-after-free if krb5_cc_get_principal fails on the newly-created ticket cache.

2021-03-20 — rra-c-util 9.0

  Rename SQLite Autoconf macros and their outputs from SQLITE to SQLITE3. Fix support for optional libraries. Rename KRB5_CPPFLAGS_GCC to KRB5_CPPFLAGS_WARNINGS. Stop defining AM_CONDITIONAL in Autoconf macros. Check for working Kerberos headers as well as libraries. Add C stubs for sd_notify and sd_notifyf and a preprocessor stub for sd_is_socket. Fix portable/sd-daemon.h to include prerequisite headers. Fix RRA_PROG_PYTHON with Python 3.0 and older Python 2.x versions. Fix problems with the util/fdflag test. Use AS_ECHO where possible. Fix perlcritic with YAML::XS.

2021-03-20 — Clean GnuPG key

  Refresh the expiration on my signing key and re-export my key with the export-clean flag, which cleans up a bunch of duplicate and expired signatures.

2021-03-20 — Add nominees for 2021 Nebula Award for best novel

  Add the nominees for the 2021 Nebula Award for best novel.

2021-03-14 — New experimental Big Eight control message signing key

  Published a new experimental signing key for Big Eight control messages that was generated with a modern GnuPG.

2021-03-13 — Add 2020 British Fantasy Award winner

  Add winner of the 2020 British Fantasy Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel (The Bone Ships, by RJ Barker).

2021-03-01 — Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  Review of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.

## February 2021

2021-02-28 — Review: Architects of Memory

  Review of Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne.

2021-02-27 — DocKnot %VERSION%

  Add support for a global user configuration file. Allow the distribution directory to be specified in it. Add support for GnuPG signing of generated tarballs. Fix docknot --help. Remove the obsolete load_appdata_json helper. Fix some documentation bugs left over from the 4.00 release.

2021-02-21 — Review: Finder

  Review of Finder by Suzanne Palmer.

2021-02-20 — Review: The Fated Sky

  Review of The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal.

2021-02-17 — Review: Solutions and Other Problems

  Review of Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh.

2021-02-14 — Review: Spheres of Influence

  Review of Spheres of Influence by Ryk E. Spoor.

2021-02-14 — Add winner of 2020 Mythopoeic Award

  Add the winner of the (delayed) 2020 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (Snow White Learns Witchcraft, by Theodora Goss).

2021-02-13 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-02-07 — Review: The Future of Another Timeline

  Review of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz.

2021-02-01 — Remove changes from December 2020

  Remove the changes from December 2020 from the recent changes page.

## January 2021

2021-01-30 — Broken link cleanup

  Another periodic cleanup of broken links.

2021-01-28 — INN 2.6.4

  Added support for systemd notifications and socket activation. Adapt the length of the DH parameter during DHE key exchanges in nnrpd. Return information about retired CNFS buffers from cnfsstat. Externalize the CSS information from generated innreport reports. Support storing wire format articles with sm. Add a flag to rnews to disallow additional unpackers, a flag to save rejected articles, and a flag to log the message ID of duplicate articles. Add a compile-time option to enable hardening flags.

2021-01-26 — Review: A Deadly Education

  Review of A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik.

2021-01-25 — Review: The City We Became

  Review of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin.

2021-01-24 — Review: Laziness Does Not Exist

  Review of Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price.

2021-01-18 — Review: The Secret Barrister

  Review of The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister.

2021-01-04 — Update some blog roll links

  Update URL to Nicola Griffith's blog, and switch Karl Schroeder's blog to https.

2021-01-03 — Review: The Once and Future Witches

  Review of The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow.

2021-01-01 — Update award winners

  Add links to all award pages that have good award web sites. Add notes where the 2020 award was canceled or delayed. Add the winner of the 2020 Prix Aurora Award for best adult novel (The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda) and the Sunburst award for adults (Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia).

2021-01-01 — Rotate 2020 changes

  Move all web site changes from 2020 to a separate page and remove all entries older than December of 2020 from the current changes page.

2021-01-01 — 2020 reading in review

  Add an overview of my 2020 reading, main book recommendations, and reading statistics.