Well, testing new features is less important than making sure current features don't break. Our expectation isn't that people can test new features (it'd just be stubs, anyway), it's that we haven't changed the APIs in some way that breaks some usage we aren't aware of.
-- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@gmail.com>wrote: > Unfortunately its sort of catch-22. Without docs, its makes it very > hard to figure out how to use the new feature - to be able to test it :( > > Granted some of the changes don't need documentation, eg the limits > being raised. Perusing the source, is often enlightening, but > cumbersome. > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Ikai Lan (Google) <ika...@google.com> > wrote: > > No external docs for anything yet (see my original post). We're working > to > > get this out as quickly as possible. Where we can really be helped is if > > everyone here looking forward to the release did some local testing of > the > > SDK. We'll likely uncover bugs in our testing, but the sooner we can > uncover > > things, the sooner we can get this out. > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > > plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Tapir <tapir....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> The: "Cross Group (XG) transactions".feature should be added earlier. > >> It is so important, especially for nosql app. > >> > >> On Oct 4, 3:40 am, "Ikai Lan (Google)" <ikai.l+gro...@google.com> > >> wrote: > >> > Hey everyone, > >> > > >> > Prerelease SDK 1.5.5 is now available for download! You can get it > here: > >> > > >> > > >> > Python: > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/downloads/detail?name=google... > >> > > >> > > >> > Java: > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/downloads/detail?name=appeng... > >> > > >> > We provide prerelease SDKs as previews for things to come. New > features > >> > should not work in production yet, and documentation is typically > still > >> > a > >> > work in progress. Release notes are below as well as in the prerelease > >> > packages: > >> > > >> > Python > >> > =============================== > >> > - Python 2.7 is now available as an experimental runtime for all > >> > applications > >> > using the High Replication Datastore. To upload your app to the > Python > >> > 2.7 > >> > runtime, change the runtime argument in your app.yaml to python27. > >> > - We have released an experimental utility, available in the Admin > >> > Console, > >> > to > >> > assist in migrating your application to the High Replication > >> > datastore. > >> > This > >> > utility allows you to copy the bulk of your data in the background, > >> > while > >> > the > >> > source application is still serving. You then need a brief read-only > >> > period to > >> > migrate your application data while you copy the data that has > changed > >> > from > >> > the time the original copy started. > >> > - We have increased the number of files you can upload with your > >> > application > >> > from 3,000 to 10,000. > >> > - We have increased the size limit for a single file uploaded to App > >> > Engine > >> > from > >> > 10MB to 32MB. > >> > - We have increased the Frontend request deadline from 30 seconds to > 60 > >> > seconds. > >> > - We have increased the URLFetch maximum deadline from 10 seconds to > 60 > >> > seconds. > >> > - We have increased the URLFetch Post payload from 1MB to 5MB. > >> > - App Engine now supports Cross Group (XG) transactions with the High > >> > Replication Datastore, which allow you to perform transactions > across > >> > multiple entity groups. > >> > - We have released an experimental API that can write to Google > Storage > >> > for > >> > Developers directly from App Engine. > >> > - We have added a graph to the admin console that displays the number > of > >> > instances for which you will be billed. > >> > - In the XMPP API, get_presence() is deprecated in favor of using the > >> > inbound > >> > presence handlers documented in > >> > > >> > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/xmpp/overview.html#Handl... > >> > . > >> > - The Task Queue API 'target' parameter now accepts a new value, > >> > taskqueue.DEFAULT_APP_VERSION, which will send the task to the > default > >> > frontend version, rather than the version or backend where the 'add' > >> > method is > >> > being called. > >> > - In the URLFetch API, make_fetch_call() now returns an RPC object. > >> > - Fixed an issue in the Admin Console where the "Run Now" button did > not > >> > work > >> > for tasks with a '-' in the name. > >> > - Fixed an issue where the SDK did not decode Base64 encoded blobs. > >> > - Fixed an issue to provide a better error message when using the Mail > >> > API > >> > to > >> > send email to an invalid user address. > >> > - Fixed an issue in the SDK where a skip_files entry caused an > >> > ImportError > >> > when > >> > the library was located elsewhere in the PYTHONPATH. > >> > - Fixed an issue in the SDK index viewer where the arrows indicating > >> > whether > >> > a > >> > query was ascending or descending were not properly rendered. > >> > - Fixed an issue where httplib did not support the deadline argument > for > >> > URLFetch calls. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2216 > >> > - Fixed an issue where you could not schedule a cron job to run every > >> > 100 > >> > minutes. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5243 > >> > - Fixed an issue in the SDK where failed tasks retried immediately > >> > instead > >> > of > >> > waiting for 30 seconds. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5587 > >> > - Fixed an issue making it possible to modify request headers using > the > >> > deferred > >> > library. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5861 > >> > > >> > Java > >> > ============= > >> > - We have released an experimental utility, available in the Admin > >> > Console, > >> > to > >> > assist in migrating your application to the High Replication > >> > datastore. > >> > This > >> > utility allows you to copy the bulk of your data in the background, > >> > while > >> > the > >> > source application is still serving. You then need to take a short > >> > downtime to > >> > migrate your application data while you copy the data that has > changed > >> > from > >> > the time the original copy started. > >> > - We have increased the number of files you can upload with your > >> > application > >> > to > >> > from 3,000 to 10,000. > >> > - We have increased the size limit for a single file uploaded to App > >> > Engine > >> > from > >> > 10MB to 32MB. > >> > - We have increased the Frontend request deadline from 30 seconds to > 60 > >> > seconds. > >> > - We have increased the URLFetch maximum deadline from 10 seconds to > 60 > >> > seconds. > >> > - We have increased the URLFetch Post payload from 1MB to 5MB. > >> > - App Engine now supports Cross Group (XG) transactions with the High > >> > Replication Datastore, which allow you to perform transactions > across > >> > multiple > >> > entity groups. > >> > - We have released an experimental API that can write to Google > Storage > >> > for > >> > Developers directly from App Engine. > >> > - We have added a graph to the admin console that displays the number > of > >> > instances for which you will be billed. > >> > - In the XMPP API, getPresence() is deprecated in favor of using the > >> > inbound > >> > presence handlers documented in > >> > > >> > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/xmpp/overview.html#Handlin... > >> > . > >> > - Fixed an issue in the Admin Console where the "Run Now" button did > not > >> > work > >> > for tasks with a '-' in the name. > >> > - Fixed an issue to provide a better error message when a user tries > to > >> > parse an > >> > HttpRequest's input stream more than once in a request. > >> > - Fixed an issue to provide a better error message when using the Mail > >> > API > >> > to > >> > send email to an invalid user address. > >> > - Fixed an issue in the SDK where > >> > HttpServletRequest.getInputStream().read() > >> > always returned -1. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5396 > >> > - Fixed an issue where you could not schedule a cron job to run every > >> > 100 > >> > minutes. > >> > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5861 > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ikai Lan > >> > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > >> > plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > 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. > 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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