Lots of exciting features... hope they all make it in the final release! ;)
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 13:20, Ikai Lan (Google) <ikai.l+gro...@google.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > Prerelease SDK 1.5.0 is ready for download! There are a ton of bug fixes in > this release as well as some pretty big features. Check it out. You can get > the SDKs here: > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/downloads/list > The release notes are below. You'll notice that they're much longer than > usual. We've listed out many of the bugs in the public issues tracker we've > addressed. > Python > ============================== > - Support for Backends which allow developers to create infrastructure > components that complement the existing dynamic apps which App Engine > already > provides. Instances of a backend can maintain state, be addressed > individually, and are not subject to per-request time limits. They can > also be > configured to consume more memory and CPU than ordinary dynamic instances. > - Task Queues support pull mode, allowing for more control over task queue > work > rates. To use pull queues, include the 'mode' argument in your queue.yaml. > - Pull queues are supported by a REST API, allowing access from outside App > Engine. To use the REST API, you must also include a valid ACL section > specifying which users can lease tasks from the pull queue. > - Task Queue payload limits have been increased. Push queues now support > 100KB > per task, pull queues support 1MB per task. Within App Engine, the new > limit > is 32 MB per batch of tasks. With the REST API the limit is 1 MB per > batch. > - HTTP request and response sizes have been increased to 32 MB. > - We have removed the rate quotas for requests, datastore operations, > memcache operations, and image API operations. Resource quotas still > apply. > - When creating new applications, developers will now see the High > Replication > Datastore as the default configuration option. Developers that still wish > to > use the Master/Slave configuration must explicitly choose this option at > application creation time. > - The Task Queue maximum configurable processing rate has been increased to > 500/s. > - All application Owners, as listed in the Admin Console, can download the > app's > code, unless code download is disabled for the application. > - Added db.py support for making calls to the datastore asynchronously. > Available functions are get_async(), put_async(), delete_async(), > allocate_ids_async(). Call get_result on the return value of asynchronous > datastore functions to block on the call. > - Metadata queries can now get all namespaces, kinds, and properties in a > given > range. > - The Testbed API now supports the Channel API. > - Users can provide Django settings to be loaded in webapp's django_setup. > - Modified Dashboard latency graphs to indicate they only include dynamic > requests. > - Fixed an issue where Federated User data didn't survive a get-put-delete > operation cycle. > - Fixed an issue where metadata queries did not support unicode characters. > - Fixed an issue where HTTP headers could contain new line characters. > - A warning message is shown when the Python version used to run the SDK is > different than the Python version used in production. > - Fixed an issue with Federated Users causing the Admin Console dataviewer > to > fail. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=384 > - MacOS and Windows style newlines are now supported for logging in the SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=560 > - Fixed an issue where sending mail with smtp_host set did not work. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=626 > - Fixed the file permissions for appinfo_errors.py and appinfo.py in the > SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=725 > - Fixed an issue deploying an app with version set to 0. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=735 > - Fixed an issue where the SDK allowed GET or DELETE with a body, which does > not work in production. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=983 > - Fixed an issue where URLFetch/urllib did not work with MacOS and > Python 2.6.0-2.6.3. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=985 > - Fixed the an issue in the SDK where the mail body was incorrectly > generated > when the sendmail option was enabled. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1061 > - Fixed an issue in the SDK dataviewer where editing a > ListProperty(db.Category) > resulted in a BadValueError. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1139 > - Fixed an issue in the SDK where the signal module could be imported, as it > is not supported. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1150 > - Improved support for reserving an app id that is a canonicalized version > of > a user's Gmail address. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1196 > - Added a more useful error messages for unavailable App Ids. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1303 > - The SDK now uses hashlib instead of sha. Python 2.4 is no longer > supported. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1334 > - Fixed an issue where images.composite() did not support PNG transparency > in > the SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1417 > - Added better error messages for cron.yaml parsing. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1490 > - Fixed an issue where uploading an index.yaml file with DOS line endings > caused an error. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1548 > - Fixed an issue where unicode characters in a script caused an error. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1675 > - Task Queue names can now include the "_" character. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1723 > - The sender of an email is no longer BCC'd when they are already included > in > the email. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1907 > - Fixed an issue where non-string types were interpreted as strings when > parsing the index.yaml file. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2158 > - Image API now supplies image format. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2308 > - Fixed webapp.request.get_range to work with default=None. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2363 > - Added a more helpful error message when trying to send email to a > malformed > address. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2386 > - The SDK now returns an error if the Content-length header is not included > in a > post request, matching production. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2512 > - Fixed an issue using URLFetch to fetch pages where the URL contained > unicode. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2670 > - Fixed an issue where the SDK looked in the wrong folder for the SDK > Version > file. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3050 > - Fixed a webapp.Request get() issue where the default was not being > properly > returned when allow_multiple was set to True. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3235 > - Fixed an issue where handler.get_url did not work for non-default versions > of > Django. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3300 > - Fixed an issue where X-AppEngine-TaskRetryCount did not increment in the > SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3501 > - Applied a user patch that partially fixed an issue where bulkloader resume > was not working. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3581 > - Fixed a logging issue with the SDK BlobImageDispatcher. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3606 > - The Images API now supports WebP. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3802 > - ListProperty now supports datetime.time and datetime.date, as documented. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3818 > - Fixed an issue where the Content-length header was being incorrectly > stored as > an integer. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3875 > - Fixed an issue where the Admin Console didn't keep the app version viewed > consistent across actions. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4023 > - Fixed an issue using os.environ in appengine_config.py in the SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4209 > - Fixed an issue where HTTP requests on the SDK where truncated if a > semicolon > was included in the request. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4241 > - Fixed an issue where images.get_serving_url() did not handle > blob_info.key() > correctly. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4346 > - Fixed an issue where checking for a new version caused the appcfg > download_app > command to fail. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4553 > - Fixed a typo in the Admin Console on the New App page. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4620 > - Return a better error when a ReferenceProperty fails to resolve. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4626 > - Fixed an issue where sending mail from an app registered on the HR > datastore > required the app id be prefaced with s~. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4671 > - Fixed an issue where URLFetch with urllib over HTTPS didn't work. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4824 > > Java > ============= > - Support for Backends which allow developers to create infrastructure > components that complement the existing dynamic apps which App Engine > already > provides. Instances of a backend can maintain state, be addressed > individually, and are not subject to per-request time limits. They can > also be > configured to consume more memory and CPU than ordinary dynamic instances. > - Task Queues support pull mode, allowing for more control over task queue > work > rates. To use pull queues, include the 'mode' element in your queue.xml. > - Pull queues are supported by a REST API, allowing access from outside App > Engine. To use the REST API, you must also include a valid ACL section > specifying which users can lease tasks from the pull queue. > - Task Queue payload limits have been increased. Push queues now support > 100KB > per task, pull queues support 1MB per task. Within App Engine, the new > limit > is 32 MB per batch of tasks. With the REST API the limit is 1 MB per > batch. > - HTTP request and response sizes have been increased to 32 MB. > - We have removed the rate quotas for requests, datastore operations, > memcache operations, and image API operations. Resource quotas still > apply. > - When creating new applications, developers will now see the High > Replication > Datastore as the default configuration option. Developers that still wish > to > use the Master/Slave configuration must explicitly choose this option at > application creation time. > - The Task Queue maximum configurable processing rate has been increased to > 500/s. > - Modified Dashboard latency graphs to indicate they only include dynamic > requests. > - Fixed an issue where the Javadoc for the File API was not generated. > - Fixed an issue where the API Deadlines were not being enforced in the SDK. > - Fixed an issue where Federated User data didn't survive a get-put-delete > operation cycle. > - Fixed an issue with Federated Users causing the Admin Console dataviewer > to > fail. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=384 > - Fixed an issue causing SDK URL Fetch not to work behind proxy. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=544 > - Fixed an issue deploying an app with version set to 0. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=735 > - Improved support for reserving an app id that is a canonicalized version > of > a user's Gmail address. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1196 > - Added a more useful error message for unavailable App Ids. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1303 > - Added clearer error messaging for invalid transactions in the SDK. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1357 > - Added better error messages for cron.xml parsing. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1490 > - Entity constructors are now consistent with KeyFactory constructors. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1626 > - Task Queue names can now include the "_" character. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1723 > - The sender of an email is no longer BCC'd when they are already included > in > the email. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1907 > - Added a more helpful error message when trying to send email to a > malformed > address. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2386 > - The SDK now returns an error if the Content-length header is not included > in a > post request, matching production. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2512 > - Fixed an issue where the wrong type of error was being thrown on HTTP > request > timeout. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2464 > - The Images API now supports WebP. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3802 > - Fixed an issue where the Admin Console didn't keep the app version viewed > consistent across actions. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4023 > - Added Javadocs for TaskOptions.taskName(). > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4316 > - Fixed a typo in the Admin Console on the New App page. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4620 > - Fixed an issue where sending mail from an app registered on the HR > datastore > required the app id be prefaced with s~. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4671 > - Fixed an issue where HTTP POST was broken in the SDK if the Content-Length > header was specified. > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4836 > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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