+2017-10-06, Version 5.6.3
+ * collectd: support for boolean string config values has been
+ reintroduced. Thanks to Sebastian Harl. #2083, #2098
+ * collectd: The capability checking has been changed to use
+ "cap_get_proc()". Thanks to Marc Fournier. #2151
+ * Documentation: A section documenting ignore lists has been added to
+ collectd.conf(5). Thanks to Florian Forster.
+ * AMQP plugin: The "ExchangeType" option is now also valid for
+ publishers. Thanks to Florian Forster. #2286
+ * Apache, Ascent, BIND, cURL, cURL-JSON, cURL-XML, nginx, Write HTTP
+ plugins: Handling of URLs that redirect elsewhere has been fixed.
+ Thanks to Pavel Rochnyack. #2328
+ * BIND plugin: Fix parsing of the sample time provided by BIND.
+ Previously, the time was assumed to be in the local time zone when in
+ fact it was in UTC. Thanks to Ed Ravin. #1268
+ * BIND plugin: Memory leaks have been fixed. Thanks to Ruben Kerkhof.
+ #2303
+ * Chrony plugin: Build flags have been fixed. Thanks to Thomas Jost and
+ Marc Fournier. #2133
+ * cURL-JSON plugin: The timeout value has been changed to default to the
+ collection interval. This fixes a regression. Thanks to Marc Fournier.
+ * cURL-JSON plugin: Handling of arrays has been fixed. Thanks to Florian
+ Forster. #2266
+ * DBI plugin: Memory leaks at shutdown have been fixes. Thanks to Pavel
+ Rochnyack and Florian Forster.
+ * E-Mail, Exec, UnixSock plugins: Group ID lookup on systems with many
+ groups has been fixed. Thanks to Ruben Kerkhof and Florian Forster.
+ #2208
+ * IPC plugin: A compilation error on AIX has been fixed. Thanks to Pavel
+ Rochnyack. #2305
+ * LogFile plugin: If writing to the file fails, print log messages on
+ "STDERR" instead. Thanks to Marc Fournier.
+ * Log Logstash plugin: If writing the log entry fails, print it to
+ "STDERR" instead. Thanks to Marc Fournier.
+ * memcachec, Tail plugins: A resource leak in the matching
+ infrastructure has been fixed. Thanks to Krzysztof Matczak. #2192
+ * MQTT plugin: Invalid symbols in topic names are now replaced and a
+ resource leak has been fixed. Thanks to Denys Fedoryshchenko. #2123
+ * Network plugin: A potential endless-loop has been fixed. This can be
+ triggered remotely by sending a signed network packet to a server
+ which is not set up to check signatures. Thanks to Marcin Kozlowski
+ and Pavel Rochnyack. #2174, #2233, CVE-2017-7401
+ * Network plugin: A use-after-free has been fixed. Thanks to Pavel
+ Rochnyack. #2375
+ * Notify Email plugin: The plugin is no longer explicitly linked against
+ libssl and libcrypto, relies on libesmtp being linked correctly.
+ Thanks to Marc Fournier. Debian#852924
+ * NTPd plugin: Calculation of loop offset and error has been fixed.
+ Thanks to Neil Wilson. #2188
+ * OpenLDAP plugin: An incorrect use of the ldap library, leading to a
+ crash, has been fixed. Thanks to Marc Fournier. #2331
+ * Perl plugin: A potential double-free has been fixed. Thanks to Florian
+ Forster. #2278
+ * Perl plugin: Print an error when an incorrect configuration is
+ encountered. Thanks to Pavel Rochnyack. #927
+ * RRDtool plugin: Incorrect handling of the flushes timeout option has
+ been fixed. Handling of the "RandomTimeout" has been fixed. Thanks to
+ Pavel Rochnyack. #2363
+ * SMART plugin: Some warning messages have been removed and the code has
+ been cleaned up. Thanks to Florian Forster. #2062
+ * SMART plugin: A check for the "CAP_SYS_RAWIO" capability has been
+ added. Thanks to Marc Fournier.
+ * SNMP plugin: A double free has been fixed. Thanks to Pavel Rochnyack.
+ #2291
+ * Write Graphite plugin: Error handling in the case that calculating a
+ metric's rate fails has been improved. Previously, the raw counter
+ values were sent to Graphite. Thanks to Iain Buclaw. #2209
+ * Write Kafka plugin: A 32 bit random number is now used when formatting
+ a random key. Thanks to Florian Forster. #2074
+
2016-11-30, Version 5.6.2
* collectd: A compile error on AIX has been fixed: "MSG_DONTWAIT" is not
available on AIX. Thanks to Chao Yang.