Jellybean

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.09a

Notes:
Installation bug fixes, forking bugs fixed, general code cleanup.  If you're not running this version, you're not getting the whole Jellybean experience.  High priority upgrade!	

Changes:
+ Added		- Removed		~ Changed

13 August 2000
 + add more comments to Beads.pm
 + check for init.pl errors in Beads.pm
 + simplified Config::is_modified even further (that's about it for that one)
 + add handler init error check to FileContainer::init()
 + added open check for mimetypes file to FileContainer::init()
 + made Beads.pm reinit manglers as list of strings, not one big string
 + added mangler() to return mangler text from Authorize.pm
 + always set $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} in Engine::_GET()
 + only save configuration file if it's changed (Engine::dump_tree())
 + mark Config file as unmodified after successful load in Config::load()
 ~ use dereferencing syntactic sugar to reduce punctuation in Config.pm (jlp)
 ~ fixed sectionNames and sectionKeys to use proper names in Config.pm (jlp)
 ~ use single quotes when interpolation unnecessary in FileContainer.pm
 ~ simplified FileContainer::activate() slightly, added comments
 ~ made Container.pm track manglers as ordered list, not straight text
 ~ use single quotes, update a comment or two in Object.pm
 ~ made Authorize.pm use Config.pm to find password file
 ~ simplified Engine::serve() a bit
 ~ rename %mangles to %manglers in Container.pm
 ~ modified README and htdocs/index.html for new version
 ~ changed Config::section_keys to use or keyword (fix precedence bug)
 - removed temporary hashes from Config::section_keys, fixed return value
 - removed map in void context from FileContainer::init() mime section
 - removed Authorize stuff from Engine.pm

11 August 2000
 + don't reload bml.defs if it's not new, added $DEFS_TIME (bml.pm)
 + sanity check if bml definition file not named in ParseBML() (bml.pm)
 + scope $/ localization in ParseBML()
 + use CGI to get parameters in bml::GetParams()
 + remove need for IO::File in bml.pm
 ~ some formatting changes, update version (bml.pm)
 ~ change negated if statements to use unless (bml.pm)
 ~ made _POST record POST method correctly
 ~ don't put POST content in QUERY_STRING (Engine.pm)

09 August 2000
 + added $dumpable flag to Container and Object (for forking fix)
 + if fork() fails, use single server mode instead of dying (Engine.pm)
 + put dump_tree() back in Engine
 + made child activation code respect $active in Engine::make_new_child()
 + dump_tree() returns unless it's the parent or non-forked version (Engine.pm)
 + added 5 sec. timeout on sockets in Jellybean::Engine::init() 
 + added . to allowed character in filepaths in Beads.pm (mah)
 + added flock() to Beads::save(), just in case
 + don't append version to filename in install.pl if $no_copy set (mah)
 ~ changed request-checking code in Engine::init() (easier path)
 ~ made Engine::fork_loop() use $active flag and call dump_tree() and exit
 ~ change to sysopen() in Beads::save() for flock help
 ~ updated listener loops to redo if socket hits timeout (Engine.pm)
 ~ changed SIGINT handler to set $active flag for exiting loop in Engine.pm
 ~ moved exiting code into loop() in Engine.pm
 ~ BUGFIX: change 'undef' to 'IGNORE' in forking $SIG{INT} reset (Engine)
 ~ updated jellyconf to use the new set() method of Jellybean::Config (jlp)
 - removed SIGCHLD ignorer from Engine::CLEANUP()
 - removed dump_tree in Engine.pm

08 August 2000
 ~ Changed the init.pl code Beads.pm generates to use "Class->new()"
   constructor syntax instead of "new Class" (which is deprecated) (jlp)

07 August 2000
 ~ fix Beads.pm choking on underscores and hyphens in pathnames (jlp)