doc/changes/3.20.rst
author Laurent Wouters <lwouters@cenotelie.fr>
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:19:42 +0200
changeset 12297 38058ce2a9ec
parent 10504 3755cd64fff8
child 12792 e2cdb1be6bd9
permissions -rw-r--r--
[server] Fixed issue with the adapters cache of a cloned EditedEntity The adapters' cache of the entity within an EditedEntity used to be copied along the entity itself during a cloning operation of the EditedEntity. This raises an issue when the adapters' cache is not empty and contains cached values linking to transaction-specific data (or the transaction itself). This prevents the clone EditedEntity being used in a transaction outside the one that created it. This change resets the adapters' cache of the new copy so that no cached value remain. The new copy can then be used in a new transaction afterwards.

3.20 (06/01/2015)
=================

New features
------------

* virtual relations: a new ComputedRelation class can be used in
  schema.py; its `rule` attribute is an RQL snippet that defines the new
  relation.

* computed attributes: an attribute can now be defined with a `formula`
  argument (also an RQL snippet); it will be read-only, and updated
  automatically.

  Both of these features are described in `CWEP-002`_, and the updated
  "Data model" chapter of the CubicWeb book.

* cubicweb-ctl plugins can use the ``cubicweb.utils.admincnx`` function
  to get a Connection object from an instance name.

* new 'tornado' wsgi backend

* session cookies have the HttpOnly flag, so they're no longer exposed to
  javascript

* rich text fields can be formatted as markdown

* the edit controller detects concurrent editions, and raises a ValidationError
  if an entity was modified between form generation and submission

* cubicweb can use a postgresql "schema" (namespace) for its tables

* "cubicweb-ctl configure" can be used to set values of the admin user
  credentials in the sources configuration file

* in debug mode, setting the _cwtracehtml parameter on a request allows tracing
  where each bit of output is produced

.. _CWEP-002: http://hg.logilab.org/review/cwep/file/tip/CWEP-002.rst


API Changes
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* ``ucsvreader()`` and ``ucsvreader_pb()`` from the ``dataimport`` module have
  2 new keyword arguments ``delimiter`` and ``quotechar`` to replace the
  ``separator`` and ``quote`` arguments respectively. This makes the API match
  that of Python's ``csv.reader()``.  The old arguments are still supported
  though deprecated.

* the migration environment's ``remove_cube`` function is now called ``drop_cube``.

* cubicweb.old.css is now cubicweb.css.  The previous "new"
  cubicweb.css, along with its cubicweb.reset.css companion, have been
  removed.

* the jquery-treeview plugin was updated to its latest version


Deprecated Code Drops
----------------------

* most of 3.10 and 3.11 backward compat is gone; this includes:

  - CtxComponent.box_action() and CtxComponent.build_link()
  
  - cubicweb.devtools.htmlparser.XMLDemotingValidator
  
  - various methods and properties on Entities, replaced by cw_edited
    and cw_attr_cache
  
  - 'commit_event' method on hooks, replaced by 'postcommit_event'
  
  - server.hook.set_operation(), replaced by
    Operation.get_instance(...).add_data()
  
  - View.div_id(), View.div_class() and View.create_url()
  
  - `*VComponent` classes
  
  - in forms, Field.value() and Field.help() must take the form and
    the field itself as arguments
  
  - form.render() must get `w` as a named argument, and
    renderer.render() must take `w` as first argument
  
  - in breadcrumbs, the optional `recurs` argument must be a set, not
    False
  
  - cubicweb.web.views.idownloadable.{download_box,IDownloadableLineView}
  
  - primary views no longer have `render_entity_summary` and `summary`
    methods
  
  - WFHistoryVComponent's `cell_call` method is replaced by
    `render_body`
  
  - cubicweb.dataimport.ObjectStore.add(), replaced by create_entity
  
  - ManageView.{folders,display_folders}