RELEASE-0.75.0

itools 0.75.0 (2012/07/26)
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itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single
meta-package for easier development and deployment:

  itools.abnf             itools.i18n             itools.rss
  itools.core             itools.ical             itools.srx
  itools.csv              itools.log              itools.stl
  itools.database         itools.loop             itools.tmx
  itools.datatypes        itools.odf              itools.uri
  itools.fs               itools.office           itools.web
  itools.gettext          itools.pdf              itools.workflow
  itools.git              itools.pkg              itools.xliff
  itools.handlers         itools.python           itools.xml
  itools.html             itools.relaxng          itools.xmlfile

There is a new dependency, itools.database requires the magic module from
libmagic [1].

itools.core:
- Rename thingy to prototype. Err.. That's what thingies were about,
  prototype programming [2].

itools.datatypes
- HTTPDate returns aware datetimes

itools.loop:
- improve cron, allow callable to return the next interval, allow to pass
  payload to the callable.

itools.web:
- The itools.http package has been merged into itools.web, some stuff
  has been moved to ikaaro.
- Now views are prototypes, and they are bound to the resource and context
  (so you can type self.context or self.resource). The class hierarchy has
  been simplified by merging 'BaseForm' into 'BaseView'.
- Safe methods (GET, HEAD, ...) cannot commit. We are RESTful [3], right?
- The context does more, and it can be subclassed, and the server can be
  told which context class to use for some path. The new 'StaticContext'
  class serves files from the filesystem.
- Allow to define access control by request method: "access_POST"
- Print the remote IP in the access log (not the one from the proxy).

itools.database:
- Some stuff moved from ikaaro: metadata, resources, etc. While still work
  in progress, the itools.database package is more complete.

itools.csv:
- Add support for headers with the 'has_header' variable.

itools.office:
- Add handlers for OOXML files


[1] http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype-based_programming
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer


Resources
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