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[dataimport] move eid attribution from the metagenerator back to the nohook store
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3.22 (4 January 2016)
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New features
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* a huge amount of changes were done towards python 3.x support (as yet
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  incomplete).  This introduces a new dependency on six, to handle
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  python2/python3 compatibility.
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* new cubicweb.dataimport.massive_store module, a postgresql-specific store
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  using the COPY statement to accelerate massive data imports.  This
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  functionality was previously part of cubicweb-dataio (there are some API
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  differences with that previous version, however).
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* cubes custom sql scripts are executed before creating tables.  This allows
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  them to create new types or extensions.
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* the ``ejsonexport`` view can be specialized using the new ``ISerializable``
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  entity adapter.  By default, it will return an entity's (non-Bytes and
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  non-Password) attributes plus the special ``cw_etype`` and ``cw_source``
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  keys.
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* cubes that define custom final types are now handled by the ``add_cube``
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  migration command.
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* synchronization of external sources can be triggered from the web interface
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  by suitably privileged users with a new ``cw.source-sync`` action.
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User-visible changes
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* the ldapfeed source now depends on the `ldap3` module instead of
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  `python-ldap`.
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* replies don't get an ``Expires`` header by default.  However when they do,
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  they also get a coherent ``Cache-Control``.
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* data files are regenerated at each request, they are no longer cached by
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  ``cubicweb.web.PropertySheet``.  Requests for data files missing the instance
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  hash are handled with a redirection instead of a direct reply, to allow
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  correct cache-related reply headers.
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API changes
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* ``config.repository()`` creates a new Repository object each time, instead of
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  returning a cached object.  WARNING: this may cause unexpected issues if
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  several repositories end up being used.
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* migration scripts, as well as other scripts executed by ``cubicweb-ctl
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  shell``, are loaded with the print_function flag enabled (for backwards
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  compatibility, if that fails they are re-loaded without that flag)
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* the ``cw_fti_index_rql_queries`` method on entity classes is replaced by
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  ``cw_fti_index_rql_limit``, a generator which yields ``ResultSet`` objects
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  containing entities to be indexed.  By default, entities are returned 1000 at
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  a time.
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* ``IDownloadableAdapter`` API is clarified: ``download_url``,
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  ``download_content_type`` and ``download_file_name`` return unicode objects,
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  ``download_data`` returns bytes.
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* the ``Repository.extid2eid()`` entry point for external sources is deprecated.
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  Imports should use one of the stores from the ``cubicweb.dataimport`` package
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  instead.
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* the ``cubicweb.repoapi.get_repository()`` function's ``uri`` argument should
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  no longer be used.
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* the generic datafeed xml parser is deprecated in favor of the "store" API
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  introduced in cubicweb 3.21.
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* the session manager lives in the ``sessions`` registry instead of ``components``.
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* ``TZDatetime`` attributes are returned as timezone-aware python datetime
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  objects.  WARNING: this will break client applications that compare or use
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  arithmetic involving timezone-naive datetime objects.
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* creation_date and modification_date attributes for all entities are now
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  timezone-aware (``TZDatetime``) instead of localtime (``Datetime``).  More
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  generally, the ``Datetime`` type should be considered as deprecated.
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Deprecated code drops
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* the ``cubicweb.server.hooksmanager`` module was removed
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* the ``Repository.pinfo()`` method was removed
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* the ``cubicweb.utils.SizeConstrainedList`` class was removed
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