From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2012-02-08T08:46:42+09:00
Subject: [ANN] net-http-persistent 2.5 Released

net-http-persistent version 2.5 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.

=== 2.5 / 2012-02-07

* Minor enhancements
  * The proxy may be changed at any time.
  * The allowed SSL version may now be set via #ssl_version.
    Issue #16 by astera
  * Added Net::HTTP::Persistent#override_headers which allows overriding
  * Net::HTTP default headers like User-Agent.  See
    Net::HTTP::Persistent@Headers for details.  Issue #17 by andkerosine

* Bug fixes
  * The ruby 1.8 speed monkeypatch now handles EAGAIN for windows users.
    Issue #12 by Alwyn Schoeman
  * Fixed POST example in README.  Submitted by injekt.
  * Fixed various bugs in the shutdown of connections especially cross-thread
    (which you shouldn't be doing anyways).