doc/changes/3.15.rst
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+What's new in CubicWeb 3.15?
+============================
+
+New functionnalities
+--------------------
+
+* Add Zmq server, based on the cutting edge ZMQ (http://www.zeromq.org/) socket
+  library.  This allows to access distant instance, in a similar way as Pyro.
+
+* Publish/subscribe mechanism using ZMQ for communication among cubicweb
+  instances.  The new zmq-address-sub and zmq-address-pub configuration variables
+  define where this communication occurs.  As of this release this mechanism is
+  used for entity cache invalidation.
+
+* Improved WSGI support. While there is still some caveats, most of the code
+  which was twisted only is now generic and allows related functionalities to work
+  with a WSGI front-end.
+
+* Full undo/transaction support : undo of modification has eventually been
+  implemented, and the configuration simplified (basically you activate it or not
+  on an instance basis).
+
+* Controlling HTTP status code used is not much more easier :
+
+  - `WebRequest` now has a `status_out` attribut to control the response status ;
+
+  - most web-side exceptions take an optional ``status`` argument.
+
+API changes
+-----------
+
+* The base registry implementation has been moved to a new
+  `logilab.common.registry` module (see #1916014). This includes code from :
+
+  * `cubicweb.vreg` (the whole things that was in there)
+  * `cw.appobject` (base selectors and all).
+
+  In the process, some renaming was done:
+
+  * the top level registry is now `RegistryStore` (was `VRegistry`), but that
+    should not impact cubicweb client code ;
+
+  * former selectors functions are now known as "predicate", though you still use
+    predicates to build an object'selector ;
+
+  * for consistency, the `objectify_selector` decoraror has hence be renamed to
+    `objectify_predicate` ;
+
+  * on the CubicWeb side, the `selectors` module has been renamed to
+    `predicates`.
+
+  Debugging refactoring dropped the more need for the `lltrace` decorator.  There
+  should be full backward compat with proper deprecation warnings.  Notice the
+  `yes` predicate and `objectify_predicate` decorator, as well as the
+  `traced_selection` function should now be imported from the
+  `logilab.common.registry` module.
+
+* All login forms are now submitted to <app_root>/login. Redirection to requested
+  page is now handled by the login controller (it was previously handle by the
+  session manager).
+
+* `Publisher.publish` has been renamed to `Publisher.handle_request`. This
+  method now contains generic version of logic previously handled by
+  Twisted. `Controller.publish` is **not** affected.
+
+Unintrusive API changes
+-----------------------
+
+* New 'ldapfeed' source type, designed to replace 'ldapuser' source with
+  data-feed (i.e. copy based) source ideas.
+
+* New 'zmqrql' source type, similar to 'pyrorql' but using ømq instead of Pyro.
+
+* A new registry called `services` has appeared, where you can register
+  server-side `cubicweb.server.Service` child classes. Their `call` method can be
+  invoked from a web-side AppObject instance using new `self._cw.call_service`
+  method or a server-side one using `self.session.call_service`. This is a new
+  way to call server-side methods, much cleaner than monkey patching the
+  Repository class, which becomes a deprecated way to perform similar tasks.
+
+* a new `ajax-func` registry now hosts all remote functions (i.e. functions
+  callable through the `asyncRemoteExec` JS api). A convenience `ajaxfunc`
+  decorator will let you expose your python function easily without all the
+  appobject standard boilerplate. Backward compatibility is preserved.
+
+* the 'json' controller is now deprecated in favor of the 'ajax' one.
+
+* `WebRequest.build_url` can now take a __secure__ argument. When True cubicweb
+  try to generate an https url.
+
+
+User interface changes
+----------------------
+
+A new 'undohistory' view expose the undoable transactions and give access to undo
+some of them.