From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2012-02-07T10:22:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] net-http-persistent 2.4.1 Released

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Just thought I'd say thanks for this awesome library.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:

> net-http-persistent version 2.4.1 has been released!
>
> * http://docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent
> * https://github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent
>
> Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby
> 1.8.
> It's thread-safe too!
>
> Using persistent HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of
> HTTP.
> Creating a new HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP
> round-trip and causes TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.
>
> Net::HTTP supports persistent connections with some API methods but does
> not
> handle reconnection gracefully.  Net::HTTP::Persistent supports
> reconnection
> and retry according to RFC 2616.
>
> === 2.4.1 / 2012-02-03
>
> * Bug fixes
>  * When FakeWeb or WebMock are loaded SSL sessions will not be reused to
>   prevent breakage of testing frameworks.  Issue #13 by Matt Brictson, pull
>   request #14 by Zachary Scott
>  * SSL connections are reset when the SSL parameters change.
>   Mechanize issue #194 by dsisnero
>  * Last-use times are now cleaned up in #shutdown.
>
>


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Tony Arcieri

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