Pylons 0.9.4 Released

Dec 30, 2006 5 min read Python, Code

It's with great pleasure that I announce the release of Pylons 0.9.4. This release has quite a few bug fixes and enhancements, the most since the 0.9 milestone. It's also likely one of the last big updates before a 1.0 release candidate (there will be some small changes in 0.9.5 and possibly a 0.9.6).

First, the most important changes for those upgrading from an existing Pylons application:

  • WARNING: Removed the lang_extract and lang_compile commands. They used

pygettext.py and its associated msgfmt.py, which lacked the ability to extract ngettext style function calls and had issues with unicode strings. The new I18NToolBox project aims to provide this functionality (and more) via the gettext command line utilities. http://i18ntoolbox.ufsoft.org

  • WARNING: Myghty's allow_globals config var has changed, causing the

following when running pre-compiled templates: Error(TypeError): do_run_component() takes exactly 13 non-keyword arguments (5 given) Delete the compiled Myghty templates directory (specified by cache_dir or myghty_data_dir in the config file) to resolve the error.

  • WARNING: The localization function ‘_' now uses ugettext (returns unicode

strings) instead of gettext. To preserve the old behavior, append the following line to your project's lib.base and lib.helpers imports: from pylons.helpers import gettext as _

  • WARNING: Removed 0.8.x legacy code and backwards compatibility functions.

Please note that since some i18n functions have moved, your helpers.py will need to be updated to import _, and ungettext from pylons.i18n.

Also:

- The XMLRPC Controller got a significant update so that it now provides the full range of XML-RPC Introspection facilities for your service methods.

- SQLAlchemy convenience functions have been added to pylons.database for use with the SessionContext plugin, and to create and retain SA engines.

- Paste dependency was updated to 1.1.1, Routes to 1.6.1 (important update for map.resource functionality)

- Pylons special objects (g, c, h, request, session) now available in interactive debugger without _attach_globals.

  • Controller actions can now be generators

- Pylons base WSGI app uses wsgi.org routing_args spec for easier swapping of URL resolvers.

Install

Please see http://pylonshq.com/docs/0.9.4/install for installation details.

Full Changelog

  • WARNING: Removed the lang_extract and lang_compile commands. They used pygettext.py and its associated msgfmt.py, which lacked the ability to extract ngettext style function calls and had issues with unicode strings. The new I18NToolBox project aims to provide this functionality (and more) via the gettext command line utilities. http://i18ntoolbox.ufsoft.org
  • All Pylons special objects are now available within paster shell (not just h and g).
  • WARNING: Myghty's allow_globals config var has changed, causing the following when running pre-compiled templates:

Error(TypeError): do_run_component() takes exactly 13 non-keyword arguments (5 given) Delete the compiled Myghty templates directory (specified by cache_dir or myghty_data_dir in the config file) to resolve the error.

  • Changed i18n functions in templates to use proxy objects so that using set_lang in a template works right. Fixes #153.
  • Now allowing any template plugin to overwrite global PYLONS_VARS (such as c, g), not just pylonsmyghty.
  • Adding SQLAlchemy support to the database.py file. Saves the session engine to g to maintain it during the apps lifetime. Uses SessionContext plugin for management of the current session.
  • Updated config object so that init_app can take an optional template engine argument to declare the default template engine.
  • Updated Myghty plugin to use extra_vars_func when passed in.
  • Fixed Buffet to use extra_vars_func properly.
  • Fixed the validate decorator when there are validation errors and variable_decode=True: now passing the original params to htmlfill.render instead of the varable_decode'd version. Patch by FlimFlamMan.
  • Added ungettext function for use with pluralized i18n, and the N_ function (gettext_noop) to mark global strings for translation. Added ungettext, N_ and translator objects to be globals for templates. Refs #126.
  • WARNING: The localization function ‘_' now uses ugettext (returns unicode strings) instead of gettext. To preserve the old behavior, append the following line to your project's lib.base and lib.helpers imports:

from pylons.helpers import gettext as _

  • Pylons special objects are now available within the interactive debugger (deprecating _attach_locals).
  • Added setup-app run before unit tests run so that webapp has proper setup tasks handled. Fixes #113.
  • Added paste.deploy.CONFIG setup to middleware.py, websetup.py and testing files in the Pylons project templates. Closes #112.
  • Added security policy doc to index for use as Pylons security policy. Closes #91.
  • Improved the repr() of the c context object to show attributes.
  • Set environ[‘paste.testing_variables'] whenever that key is available, not just in testing mode.
  • Added capability to have an action be a generator function.
  • Added introspection capability to XMLRPCController and signature checking.
  • Updated Controller to use additional arg lookup scheme so that the source of the function args for _inspect_call can be easily overridden.
  • Updated RPCController, renamed to XMLRPCController. XMLRPCController now functions properly and will automatically return proper xmlrpc responses.
  • Added test configuration ini file to default template. Closes #114.
  • Fixed problem with pylons.database.PackageHub.get raising errors other than AttributeError when the database isn't configured. Added new UnconfiguredConnectionError exception, instead of just KeyError or TypeError (depending on what part of the configuration failed).
  • Fixed default g init, since bare object has no init method. Reported by Ian Bicking.
  • Fixed issue with SQLObject method override having wrong name. Reported by climbus with patch. Fixes #133.
  • Moved log function to pylons.helpers and translation functions to pylons.i18n. using pylons.util purely for Pylons internal util functions.
  • WARNING: Removed 0.8.x legacy code and backwards compatibility functions.
  • PylonsApp now has option to not use Routes middleware, default resolving uses new wsgi.org routing_args spec.
  • Refactored routes dispatching to use new Routes middleware.
  • Fixed paster shell command to properly acquire mapper object without relying on the template being configured in a specific manner.
  • Added keyword argument pool_connection to pylons.database.PackageHub; if set to false then SQLObject connections won't use pooled database connections (a new connection will be opened for each request).

Many thanks to Phil Jenvey, Ian Bicking, James Gardner, and all the other active members of the Pylons community!

Cheers, Ben

Ben Bangert
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