From 0164ffeb2534f050148348e50a51641491b6a65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: farcepest Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:11:05 -0400 Subject: Let's not forget history... --- MySQLdb/HISTORY | 313 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 161 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-) (limited to 'MySQLdb') diff --git a/MySQLdb/HISTORY b/MySQLdb/HISTORY index eebac4a..f90b466 100644 --- a/MySQLdb/HISTORY +++ b/MySQLdb/HISTORY @@ -1,152 +1,161 @@ -===================== - What's new in 1.2.4 -===================== - -beta 2 -====== - -Reverted an accidental change in the exception format. (issue #1) - -Reverted some raise statements so that they will continue to work with Python < 2.6 - - -beta 1 -====== - -A lot of work has been done towards Python 3 compatibility, and avoiding warnings with Python 2.7. -This includes import changes, converting dict.has_kay(k) to k in dict, updating some test suite methods, etc. - -Due to the difficulties of supporting Python 3 and Python < 2.7, 1.2.4 will support Python 2.4 though 2.7. -1.3.0 will support Python 3 and Python 2.7 and 2.6. - -MySQLdb-2.0 is instead going to become moist-1.0. See https://github.com/farcepest/moist - -The Windows build has been simplified, and I plan to correct pre-built i386 packages built -against the python.org Python-2.7 package and MySQL Connector/C-6.0. Contact me if you -need ia64 packages. - -The connection's cursorclass (if not default) was being lost on reconnect. - -Newer versions of MySQL don't use OpenSSL and therefore don't have HAVE_SSL defined, but they do have -a different SSL library. Fixed this so SSL support would be enabled in this case. - -The regex that looked for SQL INSERT statement and VALUES in cursor.executemany() was made case-insensitive -again. - - -===================== - What's new in 1.2.3 -===================== - -ez_setup.py has been update to include various fixes that affect the build. - -Better Python version and dependency detection as well as eliminate exception -warnings under Python 2.6. - -Eliminated memory leaks related to Unicode and failed connections. - -Corrected connection .escape() functionality. - -Miscellaneous cleanups and and expanded testing suite to ensure ongoing release -quality. - -===================== - What's new in 1.2.2 -===================== - -The build system has been completely redone and should now build -on Windows without any patching; uses setuptools. - -Added compatibility for Python 2.5, including support for with statement. - -connection.ping() now takes an optional boolean argument which can -enable (or disable) automatic reconnection. - -Support returning SET columns as Python sets was removed due to an -API bug in MySQL; corresponding test removed. - -Added a test for single-character CHAR columns. - -BLOB columns are now returned as Python strings instead of byte arrays. - -BINARY character columns are always returned as Python strings, and not -unicode. - -Fixed a bug introduced in 1.2.1 where the new SHOW WARNINGS support broke -SSCursor. - -Only encode the query (convert to a string) when it is a unicode instance; -re-encoding encoded strings would break things. - -Make a deep copy of conv when connecting, since it can be modified. - -Added support for new VARCHAR and BIT column types. - -DBAPISet objects were broken, but nobody noticed. - - -======================== - What's new in 1.2.1_p2 -======================== - -There are some minor build fixes which probably only affect MySQL -older than 4.0. - -If you had MySQL older than 4.1, the new charset and sql_mode -parameters didn't work right. In fact, it was impossible to create -a connection due to the charset problem. - -If you are using MySQL-4.1 or newer, there is no practical difference -between 1.2.1 and 1.2.1_p2, and you don't need to upgrade. - - -===================== - What's new in 1.2.1 -===================== - -Switched to Subversion. Was going to do this for 1.3, but a -SourceForge CVS outage has forced the issue. - -Mapped a lot of new 4.1 and 5.0 error codes to Python exceptions - -Added an API call for mysql_set_character_set(charset) (MySQL > 5.0.7) - -Added an API call for mysql_get_character_set_info() (MySQL > 5.0.10) - -Revamped the build system. Edit site.cfg if necessary (probably not -in most cases) - -Python-2.3 is now the minimum version. - -Dropped support for mx.Datetime and stringtimes; always uses Python -datetime module now. - -Improved unit tests - -New connect() options: -* charset: sets character set, implies use_unicode -* sql_mode: sets SQL mode (i.e. ANSI, etc.; see MySQL docs) - -When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, enables MULTI_STATEMENTS - -When using MySQL-5.0 or newer, enables MULTI_RESULTS - -When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, more detailed warning messages -are produced - -SET columns returned as Python Set types; you can pass a Set as -a parameter to cursor.execute(). - -Support for the new MySQL-5.0 DECIMAL implementation - -Support for Python Decimal type - -Some use of weak references internally. Cursors no longer leak -if you don't close them. Connections still do, unfortunately. - -ursor.fetchXXXDict() methods raise DeprecationWarning - -cursor.begin() is making a brief reappearence. - -cursor.callproc() now works, with some limitations. - +===================== + What's new in 1.2.4 +===================== + +beta 3 +====== + +Unified test database configuration, and set up CI testing with Travis. + +Applied several patches from André Malo (ndparker@users.sf.net) which fix some issues +with exception handling and reference counting and TEXT/BLOB conversion. + + +beta 2 +====== + +Reverted an accidental change in the exception format. (issue #1) + +Reverted some raise statements so that they will continue to work with Python < 2.6 + + +beta 1 +====== + +A lot of work has been done towards Python 3 compatibility, and avoiding warnings with Python 2.7. +This includes import changes, converting dict.has_kay(k) to k in dict, updating some test suite methods, etc. + +Due to the difficulties of supporting Python 3 and Python < 2.7, 1.2.4 will support Python 2.4 though 2.7. +1.3.0 will support Python 3 and Python 2.7 and 2.6. + +MySQLdb-2.0 is instead going to become moist-1.0. See https://github.com/farcepest/moist + +The Windows build has been simplified, and I plan to correct pre-built i386 packages built +against the python.org Python-2.7 package and MySQL Connector/C-6.0. Contact me if you +need ia64 packages. + +The connection's cursorclass (if not default) was being lost on reconnect. + +Newer versions of MySQL don't use OpenSSL and therefore don't have HAVE_SSL defined, but they do have +a different SSL library. Fixed this so SSL support would be enabled in this case. + +The regex that looked for SQL INSERT statement and VALUES in cursor.executemany() was made case-insensitive +again. + + +===================== + What's new in 1.2.3 +===================== + +ez_setup.py has been update to include various fixes that affect the build. + +Better Python version and dependency detection as well as eliminate exception +warnings under Python 2.6. + +Eliminated memory leaks related to Unicode and failed connections. + +Corrected connection .escape() functionality. + +Miscellaneous cleanups and and expanded testing suite to ensure ongoing release +quality. + +===================== + What's new in 1.2.2 +===================== + +The build system has been completely redone and should now build +on Windows without any patching; uses setuptools. + +Added compatibility for Python 2.5, including support for with statement. + +connection.ping() now takes an optional boolean argument which can +enable (or disable) automatic reconnection. + +Support returning SET columns as Python sets was removed due to an +API bug in MySQL; corresponding test removed. + +Added a test for single-character CHAR columns. + +BLOB columns are now returned as Python strings instead of byte arrays. + +BINARY character columns are always returned as Python strings, and not +unicode. + +Fixed a bug introduced in 1.2.1 where the new SHOW WARNINGS support broke +SSCursor. + +Only encode the query (convert to a string) when it is a unicode instance; +re-encoding encoded strings would break things. + +Make a deep copy of conv when connecting, since it can be modified. + +Added support for new VARCHAR and BIT column types. + +DBAPISet objects were broken, but nobody noticed. + + +======================== + What's new in 1.2.1_p2 +======================== + +There are some minor build fixes which probably only affect MySQL +older than 4.0. + +If you had MySQL older than 4.1, the new charset and sql_mode +parameters didn't work right. In fact, it was impossible to create +a connection due to the charset problem. + +If you are using MySQL-4.1 or newer, there is no practical difference +between 1.2.1 and 1.2.1_p2, and you don't need to upgrade. + + +===================== + What's new in 1.2.1 +===================== + +Switched to Subversion. Was going to do this for 1.3, but a +SourceForge CVS outage has forced the issue. + +Mapped a lot of new 4.1 and 5.0 error codes to Python exceptions + +Added an API call for mysql_set_character_set(charset) (MySQL > 5.0.7) + +Added an API call for mysql_get_character_set_info() (MySQL > 5.0.10) + +Revamped the build system. Edit site.cfg if necessary (probably not +in most cases) + +Python-2.3 is now the minimum version. + +Dropped support for mx.Datetime and stringtimes; always uses Python +datetime module now. + +Improved unit tests + +New connect() options: +* charset: sets character set, implies use_unicode +* sql_mode: sets SQL mode (i.e. ANSI, etc.; see MySQL docs) + +When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, enables MULTI_STATEMENTS + +When using MySQL-5.0 or newer, enables MULTI_RESULTS + +When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, more detailed warning messages +are produced + +SET columns returned as Python Set types; you can pass a Set as +a parameter to cursor.execute(). + +Support for the new MySQL-5.0 DECIMAL implementation + +Support for Python Decimal type + +Some use of weak references internally. Cursors no longer leak +if you don't close them. Connections still do, unfortunately. + +ursor.fetchXXXDict() methods raise DeprecationWarning + +cursor.begin() is making a brief reappearence. + +cursor.callproc() now works, with some limitations. + -- cgit v1.2.1