diff -r 76ab3c71aff2 -r c67bcee93248 doc/3.20.rst --- a/doc/3.20.rst Mon Jul 06 17:39:35 2015 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -What's new in CubicWeb 3.20 -=========================== - -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 ------------ - -* ``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}