Changes in synapse v0.16.1 (2016-06-20)

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Bug fixes:

* Fix assorted bugs in ``/preview_url`` (PR #872)
* Fix TypeError when setting unicode passwords (PR #873)

Performance improvements:

* Turn ``use_frozen_events`` off by default (PR #877)
* Disable responding with canonical json for federation (PR #878)

Changes in synapse v0.16.1-rc1 (2016-06-15)
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Features: None

Changes:

* Log requester for ``/publicRoom`` endpoints when possible (PR #856)
* 502 on ``/thumbnail`` when can't connect to remote server (PR #862)
* Linearize fetching of gaps on incoming events (PR #871)

Bugs fixes:

* Fix bug where rooms where marked as published by default (PR #857)
* Fix bug where joining room with an event with invalid sender (PR #868)
* Fix bug where backfilled events were sent down sync streams (PR #869)
* Fix bug where outgoing connections could wedge indefinitely, causing push
  notifications to be unreliable (PR #870)

Performance improvements:

* Improve ``/publicRooms`` performance(PR #859)
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