doc/4.0.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@logilab.fr>
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:27:08 +0200
changeset 9048 8481fc6aa6dd
parent 9043 97c3bb9a7c99
child 9113 af6efc15fc90
permissions -rw-r--r--
[server/session] Implement anonymous_session Now we have a simple rule to compute if a session is anonymous we can implement the property for server session too. Having it on server side session will helps the rework of the API to access repository. The new schema drop the concept of DBAPISession and use server side session for the same purpose. Related to #2953943 Related to #2503918

What's new in CubicWeb 4.0?
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Behavior Changes
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* The anonymous property of Session and Connection are now computed from the
  related user login. If it match the ``anonymous-user`` in the config the
  connection is anonymous. Beware that the ``anonymous-user`` config is web
  specific. Therefore, no session may be anonymous in repository only setup.

API changes
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* ``RepositorySessionManager.postlogin`` is now called with two arguments,
  request and session. And this now happens before the session is linked to the
  request.

* ``SessionManager`` and ``AuthenticationManager`` now take a repo object at
  initialization time instead of a vreg.

* The ``async`` argument of ``_cw.call_service`` have been dropped. All call are
  now  synchronous. The zmq notification bus looks like a good replacement for
  most async usecase.

* ``repo.stats()`` is now deprecated. The same information are available through
  a service (``_cw.call_service('repo_stats')``)

* ``repo.gc_stats()`` is now deprecated. The same information are available through
  a service (``_cw.call_service('repo_gc_stats')``)

* ``request.set_session`` no longer takes an optional ``user`` argument.

* CubicwebTC does not have repo and cnx as class attributes anymore. They are
  standard instance attributes. ``set_cnx`` and ``_init_repo`` class methods
  become instance methods.


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

* The ldapuser source has been dropped. ldapfeed is the only official source
  remaining for ldap.

* session.hijack_user mechanism has been dropped.