diff -r 76ab3c71aff2 -r c67bcee93248 doc/changes/3.20.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/changes/3.20.rst Thu Jan 08 22:11:06 2015 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +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}