From: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nakahiro@...>
Date: 2008-12-16T16:21:41+09:00
Subject: [ANN] httpclient 2.1.3-RC

Hi all,

I'm working on releasing httpclient/2.1.3.  'httpclient' gives
something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby.
'httpclient' formerly known as 'http-access2'.  See
http://dev.ctor.org/httpclient/ for more detail.

httpclient / http-access2 users, would you please test the RC with
your application and let me know if you have any problem?  2.1.3 will
be released in a few week.

Sorry for [ANN] noise.

Regards,
// NaHi

= Changes in 2.1.3 =

 * Features
   * Proxy Authentication for SSL.
   * performance improvements.  as fast as RFuzz::HttpClient,
eventmachine and curb for keep-alive sites, and as fast as net/http
for non keep-alive sites.  you can get
   * added propfind and proppatch methods.

 * Changes
   * avoid unnecessary memory consuming for get_content/post_content
with block.  get_content returns nil when you call it with a block.
   * post_content with IO did not work when redirect/auth cycle is
required. (CAUTION: post_content now correctly follows redirection and
posts the given content)
   * exception handling cleanups.
     * raises HTTPClient::ConfigurationError for environment problem
(trying to do SSL without openssl installed for example)
     * raises HTTPClient::BadResponse for HTTP response problem.  you
can get the response HTTPMessage returned via $!.res.
     * raises SocketError for connection problem (as same as before).

 * Bug fixes
   * avoid unnecessary negotiation cycle for Negotiate(NTLM)
authentication.  Thanks Rishav for great support for debugging
Negotiate authentication.
   * get_content/post_content with block yielded unexpected message
body during redirect/auth cycle.
   * relative URI redirection should be allowed from 2.1.2 but it did
not work...  fixed.
   * avoid unnecessary timeout waiting when no message body returned
such as '204 No Content' for DAV.
   * avoid blocking on socket closing when the socket is already
closed by foreign host and the client runs under MT-condition.