[serverctl] complete the schema-diff command with options that will fix & enhance it. Notably: - filter out eids (doesn't make sense for the filesystem schema) - handle permissions, trying to detect the default ones Needs yams #174042. Closes #2996547.

[server] deprecate the old multi-source system It is removed in 3.19. Closes #2919299

[doc] document changed attribute default value storage

defaultval migration for sqlite

[schema] store default attribute values in a Bytes field, allowing python objects as default values Notes: * Binary objects grow two methods * we depend on a newer yams version * the code is quite simplified as a result of the whole change * a very old and nasty bug where bool(default values) evaluating to False not being properly migrated is killed Closes #2414591.

[source/native] fix sqlserver pattern matcher for unique constraints (closes #3227593) The matcher is used to parse the low-level error message and extract meaningful information for the end users. If broken, the users see an alarming and bewildering message. A full & definitive fix is scheduled for CubicWeb 3.18.

[dbapi] Fix broken inmemory:// URLs parsing (closes #3225832) ParseResult.path is what comes after the "domain name" in standard URLs. So in the case of 'inmemory://<instance' URLs, it is always empty. ParseResult.netloc contains the "domain name" part that we really want.

[metadata hook] rename an operation for the sake of readability

[book] Typo fix and rephrasing in devrepo/migration

[cwshell] rename history file to .cwshell_history (erudi is dead, long live cw)

[entity] Entity.related(): add a targettypes argument (closes #2957313) This allows to restrict the entity types returned by the method (passed to cw_related_rql). When such an argument is given, no caching happens.

[source configuration] silent lgc 0.60 deprecation warning

[web] remove action "Got Rhythm" (closes #3093362)

[debian] Break old geocoding It wants cubicweb.interfaces.

[wsgi] remove ages old hack to set base_url Its meaning has been lost in the mist of time.

[wsgi] also provide an example using werkzeug (if available) Related to #3005509.

[wsgi] add the simplest possible wsgi (debug) server This server is able to: * serve on a given port using the stdlib SimpleHTTPServer * run looping tasks Closes #3005509.

[querier/security] instrument a bit the querier read security checks Related to #2920304

[book] Improve PostgreSQL configuration section * Do not advice for specific PostgreSQL version (point to meta-packages if available in Linux distros); * First mention packages from Linux distros, put the link to official postgres documentation at the end; Closes #2725302.

[js] add a selector string escaping function will help use id strings in jquery selector expressions, e.g: "foo.[subject]:42" -> "foo\.\[subject\]\:42" Related to #3154531.

[merge] backport stable fixes

[test/ldapsource] backout 192a748550c7 which broke RQL2LDAPFilterTC

[rset] make sure rset.description is always a list It's more consistent, and avoids pylint warning "Instance of 'tuple' has no 'append' member"

[schema] edit syntax tree instead of playing with strings for RQLExpressions Lets us support more complex expressions involving e.g. "HAVING" clauses. Closes #3202855

[py3k] note about future warning on __eq__ vs __hash__ Closes #3179561.

[formfields] py3k kill future compat warning Related to #3179561.

[entity] do not raise an AssertionError if the kwargs given to set_relations/attributes is empty Regression was introduced in 3.16 with the new cw_set API. Old set_relations and set_attributes methods did not crash on empty kwargs. Closes #3104019.

[packaging] setup.py: don't exclude skeleton/debian/* from being installed Closes #3192725.