SVN: r25666 - trunk/quixote

Author: nascheme
Date: 2004-11-22 17:58:44 -0500 (Mon, 22 Nov 2004)
New Revision: 25666

Modified:
   trunk/quixote/CHANGES
Log:
prepare for alpha2 release


Modified: trunk/quixote/CHANGES
===================================================================
--- trunk/quixote/CHANGES	2004-11-22 21:00:48 UTC (rev 25665)
+++ trunk/quixote/CHANGES	2004-11-22 22:58:44 UTC (rev 25666)
@@ -1,3 +1,71 @@
+2.0a2 (2004-11-22) r??:
+
+  * Refactor the Publisher object.  The new design gives "namespaces" more
+    control over traversal.  Packages are no longer imported automatically.
+    By default, namespaces must be 'Directory' instances.  The _q_access
+    hook is gone.  The 'namespace_stack' attribute is also gone.
+
+  * Provide a Publisher object that works more like Quixote 1 (available in
+    the 'publish1' module).  Also, restore the original form framework with
+    the name 'form1'.
+
+  * Stop passing HTTPRequest to exported functions and _q_lookup().  You
+    will need to use get_request() to access it.  Also, require that
+    _q_index be explicitly exported.
+
+  * Remove the HTTPRequest.redirect() method.
+
+  * Split error log and access log functionality into a separate class.
+    Try to simplify site configuration.  Configuration options can now be
+    passed as keyword args to the Publisher class.  The setup_logs() and
+    shutdown_logs() methods are gone.  Logs are now opened when the publisher
+    is initialized.
+
+  * Support $-substitution in templates, as in Python 2.4's string.Template
+    class.  $-substitution is applied to every '$'-containing literal in a
+    template.  Templates written before this change, if they contain literals
+    containing '$', *must* be converted by replacing each '$' with '$$'.
+
+  * Remove support for old style templates and support for versions of
+    Python older than 2.3.
+
+  * Use a common pattern for interfacing with HTTP servers.  Simplify
+    and cleanup the Medusa and Twisted code.  Add a SCGI server module
+    (it makes more sense to be part of Quixote rather than in the "scgi"
+    package).
+
+  * Rename HTTPRequest.get_form_var() to get_field().  That matches the
+    terminology used by RFCs.
+
+  * Add HTTPResponse.set_expires() method.
+
+  * Add HTTPRequest.get_query() method.  Use it instead of the QUERY_STRING
+    environment variable.  Add HTTPRequest.get_status_code().
+
+  * Compile .ptl files to .pyc files.  Also, remove 'htmltext' and
+    'TemplateIO' from the globals of .ptl modules.
+
+  * Move page compression functionality to http_response module.
+
+  * Add a 'content_type' attribute to HTTPResponse.  Refactor response
+    to make it harder to screw up the character set of the response.
+
+  * Add quixote.util.get_directory_path() for obtaining the list of
+    _q_traversed() Directories (essentially a replacement for
+    'namespace_stack')
+
+  * Move missing trailing slash detection and action to Directory.__call__()
+    and remove FIX_TRAILING_SLASH configuration option.
+
+  * Remove RUN_ONCE configuration variable and 'exit_now' attribute of
+    publisher.
+
+  * Stop generating 'Status' header for servers that don't need it.  Add
+    'include_status' keyword to HTTPResponse.write().
+
+  * Overhaul the demo.
+
+
 2.0a1 (2004-10-14) r25357:
 
   * Remove form1 library and rename form2 to form.