diff -r 76ab3c71aff2 -r c67bcee93248 doc/changes/3.16.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/changes/3.16.rst Thu Jan 08 22:11:06 2015 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +What's new in CubicWeb 3.16? +============================ + +New functionalities +-------------------- + +* Add a new dataimport store (`SQLGenObjectStore`). This store enables a fast + import of data (entity creation, link creation) in CubicWeb, by directly + flushing information in SQL. This may only be used with PostgreSQL, as it + requires the 'COPY FROM' command. + + +API changes +----------- + +* Orm: `set_attributes` and `set_relations` are unified (and + deprecated) in favor of `cw_set` that works in all cases. + +* db-api/configuration: all the external repository connection information is + now in an URL (see `#2521848 `_), + allowing to drop specific options of pyro nameserver host, group, etc and fix + broken `ZMQ `_ source. Configuration related changes: + + * Dropped 'pyro-ns-host', 'pyro-instance-id', 'pyro-ns-group' from the client side + configuration, in favor of 'repository-uri'. **NO MIGRATION IS DONE**, + supposing there is no web-only configuration in the wild. + + * Stop discovering the connection method through `repo_method` class attribute + of the configuration, varying according to the configuration class. This is + a first step on the way to a simpler configuration handling. + + DB-API related changes: + + * Stop indicating the connection method using `ConnectionProperties`. + + * Drop `_cnxtype` attribute from `Connection` and `cnxtype` from + `Session`. The former is replaced by a `is_repo_in_memory` property + and the later is totaly useless. + + * Turn `repo_connect` into `_repo_connect` to mark it as a private function. + + * Deprecate `in_memory_cnx` which becomes useless, use `_repo_connect` instead + if necessary. + +* the "tcp://" uri scheme used for `ZMQ `_ + communications (in a way reminiscent of Pyro) is now named + "zmqpickle-tcp://", so as to make room for future zmq-based lightweight + communications (without python objects pickling). + +* Request.base_url gets a `secure=True` optional parameter that yields + an https url if possible, allowing hook-generated content to send + secure urls (e.g. when sending mail notifications) + +* Dataimport ucsvreader gets a new boolean `ignore_errors` + parameter. + + +Unintrusive API changes +----------------------- + +* Drop of `cubicweb.web.uicfg.AutoformSectionRelationTags.bw_tag_map`, + deprecated since 3.6. + + +User interface changes +---------------------- + +* The RQL search bar has now some auto-completion support. It means + relation types or entity types can be suggested while typing. It is + an awesome improvement over the current behaviour ! + +* The `action box` associated with `table` views (from `tableview.py`) + has been transformed into a nice-looking series of small tabs; it + means that the possible actions are immediately visible and need not + be discovered by clicking on an almost invisible icon on the upper + right. + +* The `uicfg` module has moved to web/views/ and ui configuration + objects are now selectable. This will reduce the amount of + subclassing and whole methods replacement usually needed to + customize the ui behaviour in many cases. + +* Remove changelog view, as neither cubicweb nor known + cubes/applications were properly feeding related files. + + +Other changes +------------- + +* 'pyrorql' sources will be automatically updated to use an URL to locate the source + rather than configuration option. 'zmqrql' sources were broken before this change, + so no upgrade is needed... + +* Debugging filters for Hooks and Operations have been added. + +* Some cubicweb-ctl commands used to show the output of `msgcat` and + `msgfmt`; they don't anymore.