root/tags/rel_1-1-6/actionpack/CHANGELOG

*1.12.5* (August 10th, 2006)

* Updated security fix


*1.12.4* (August 8th, 2006)

* Documentation fix: integration test scripts don't require integration_test.  #4914 [Frederick Ros <sl33p3r@free.fr>]

* ActionController::Base Summary documentation rewrite.  #4900 [kevin.clark@gmail.com]

* Fix text_helper.rb documentation rendering.  #4725 [Frederick Ros]

* Fixes bad rendering of JavaScriptMacrosHelper rdoc.  #4910 [Frederick Ros]

* Enhance documentation for setting headers in integration tests. Skip auto HTTP prepending when its already there.  #4079 [Rick Olson]

* Documentation for AbstractRequest.  #4895 [kevin.clark@gmail.com] 

* Remove all remaining references to @params in the documentation. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Add documentation for redirect_to :back's RedirectBackError exception.  [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Update layout and content_for documentation to use yield rather than magic @content_for instance variables. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Cache CgiRequest#request_parameters so that multiple calls don't re-parse multipart data. [Rick]

* Fixed that remote_form_for can leave out the object parameter and default to the instance variable of the object_name, just like form_for [DHH]

* Added ActionController.filter_parameter_logging that makes it easy to remove passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information from being logged when a request is handled.  #1897 [jeremye@bsa.ca.gov]

* Fixed that real files and symlinks should be treated the same when compiling templates.  #5438 [zachary@panandscan.com]

* Add :status option to send_data and send_file. Defaults to '200 OK'.  #5243 [Manfred Stienstra <m.stienstra@fngtps.com>]

* Update documentation for erb trim syntax. #5651 [matt@mattmargolis.net]

* Short documentation to mention use of Mime::Type.register. #5710 [choonkeat@gmail.com]


*1.12.3* (June 28th, 2006)

* Fix broken traverse_to_controller. We now:
  Look for a _controller.rb file under RAILS_ROOT to load.
  If we find it, we require_dependency it and return the controller it defined. (If none was defined we stop looking.)
  If we don't find it, we look for a .rb file under RAILS_ROOT to load. If we find it, and it loads a constant we keep looking.
  Otherwise we check to see if a directory of the same name exists, and if it does we create a module for it.


*1.12.2* (June 27th, 2006)

* Refinement to avoid exceptions in traverse_to_controller.

* (Hackish) Fix loading of arbitrary files in Ruby's load path by traverse_to_controller. [Nicholas Seckar]


*1.12.1* (April 6th, 2006)

* Fixed that template extensions would be cached development mode #4624 [Stefan Kaes]

* Update to Prototype 1.5.0_rc0 [Sam Stephenson]

* Honor skipping filters conditionally for only certain actions even when the parent class sets that filter to conditionally be executed only for the same actions. #4522 [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Delegate xml_http_request in integration tests to the session instance. [Jamis Buck]

* Update the diagnostics template skip the useless '<controller not set>' text. [Nicholas Seckar]

* CHANGED DEFAULT: Don't parse YAML input by default, but keep it available as an easy option [DHH]

* Add additional autocompleter options [aballai, Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed fragment caching of binary data on Windows #4493 [bellis@deepthought.org]

* Applied Prototype $() performance patches (#4465, #4477) and updated script.aculo.us [Sam Stephenson, Thomas Fuchs]

* Added automated timestamping to AssetTagHelper methods for stylesheets, javascripts, and images when Action Controller is run under Rails [DHH]. Example:

    image_tag("rails.png") # => '<img alt="Rails" src="/images/rails.png?1143664135" />'
  
  ...to avoid frequent stats (not a problem for most people), you can set RAILS_ASSET_ID in the ENV to avoid stats:

    ENV["RAILS_ASSET_ID"] = "2345"
    image_tag("rails.png") # => '<img alt="Rails" src="/images/rails.png?2345" />'

  This can be used by deployment managers to set the asset id by application revision


*1.12.0* (March 27th, 2006)

* Add documentation for respond_to. [Jamis Buck]

* Fixed require of bluecloth and redcloth when gems haven't been loaded #4446 [murphy@cYcnus.de]

* Update to Prototype 1.5.0_pre1 [Sam Stephenson]

* Change #form_for and #fields_for so that the second argument is not required [Dave Thomas]

    <% form_for :post, @post, :url => { :action => 'create' } do |f| -%>
    
  becomes...
  
    <% form_for :post, :url => { :action => 'create' } do |f| -%>

* Update to script.aculo.us 1.6 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Enable application/x-yaml processing by default [Jamis Buck]

* Fix double url escaping of remote_function. Add :escape => false option to ActionView's url_for. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Add :script option to in_place_editor to support evalScripts (closes #4194) [codyfauser@gmail.com]

* Fix mixed case enumerable methods in the JavaScript Collection Proxy (closes #4314) [codyfauser@gmail.com]

* Undo accidental escaping for mail_to; add regression test. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added nicer message for assert_redirected_to (closes #4294) [court3nay]

    assert_redirected_to :action => 'other_host', :only_path => false
    
  when it was expecting...
  
    redirected_to :action => 'other_host', :only_path => true, :host => 'other.test.host'
  
  gives the error message...

    response is not a redirection to all of the options supplied (redirection is <{:only_path=>false, :host=>"other.test.host", :action=>"other_host"}>), difference: <{:only_path=>"true", :host=>"other.test.host"}>

* Change url_for to escape the resulting URLs when called from a view. [Nicholas Seckar, coffee2code]

* Added easy support for testing file uploads with fixture_file_upload #4105 [turnip@turnipspatch.com]. Example:

    # Looks in Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path + '/files/spongebob.png'
    post :change_avatar, :avatar => fixture_file_upload('/files/spongebob.png', 'image/png')

* Fixed UrlHelper#current_page? to behave even when url-escaped entities are present #3929 [jeremy@planetargon.com]

* Add ability for relative_url_root to be specified via an environment variable RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT. [isaac@reuben.com, Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed link_to "somewhere", :post => true to produce valid XHTML by using the parentnode instead of document.body for the instant form #3007 [Bob Silva]

* Added :function option to PrototypeHelper#observe_field/observe_form that allows you to call a function instead of submitting an ajax call as the trigger #4268 [jonathan@daikini.com]

* Make Mime::Type.parse consider q values (if any) [Jamis Buck]

* XML-formatted requests are typecast according to "type" attributes for :xml_simple [Jamis Buck]

* Added protection against proxy setups treating requests as local even when they're not #3898 [stephen_purcell@yahoo.com]

* Added TestRequest#raw_post that simulate raw_post from CgiRequest #3042 [francois.beausoleil@gmail.com]

* Underscore dasherized keys in formatted requests [Jamis Buck]

* Add MimeResponds::Responder#any for managing multiple types with identical responses [Jamis Buck]

* Make the xml_http_request testing method set the HTTP_ACCEPT header [Jamis Buck]

* Add Verification to scaffolds.   Prevent destructive actions using GET [Michael Koziarski]

* Avoid hitting the filesystem when using layouts by using a File.directory? cache. [Stefan Kaes, Nicholas Seckar]

* Simplify ActionController::Base#controller_path [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added simple alert() notifications for RJS exceptions when config.action_view.debug_rjs = true. [Sam Stephenson]

* Added :content_type option to render, so you can change the content type on the fly [DHH]. Example: render :action => "atom.rxml", :content_type => "application/atom+xml"

* CHANGED DEFAULT: The default content type for .rxml is now application/xml instead of type/xml, see http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/dive.html for reason [DHH]

* Added option to render action/template/file of a specific extension (and here by template type). This means you can have multiple templates with the same name but a different extension [DHH]. Example:
  
    class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
      def index
        @posts = Post.find :all
  
        respond_to do |type|
          type.html # using defaults, which will render weblog/index.rhtml
          type.xml  { render :action => "index.rxml" }
          type.js   { render :action => "index.rjs" }
        end
      end
    end

* Added better support for using the same actions to output for different sources depending on the Accept header [DHH]. Example:

    class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
      def create
        @post = Post.create(params[:post])
      
        respond_to do |type|
          type.js   { render }  # renders create.rjs
          type.html { redirect_to :action => "index" }
          type.xml  do
            headers["Location"] = url_for(:action => "show", :id => @post)
            render(:nothing, :status => "201 Created")
          end
        end
      end
    end

* Added Base#render(:xml => xml) that works just like Base#render(:text => text), but sets the content-type to text/xml and the charset to UTF-8 [DHH]

* Integration test's url_for now runs in the context of the last request (if any) so after post /products/show/1 url_for :action => 'new' will yield /product/new  [Tobias Luetke]

* Re-added mixed-in helper methods for the JavascriptGenerator.  Moved JavascriptGenerators methods to a module that is mixed in after the helpers are added.  Also fixed that variables set in the enumeration methods like #collect are set correctly.  Documentation added for the enumeration methods [Rick Olson].  Examples:

    page.select('#items li').collect('items') do |element|
      element.hide
    end
    # => var items = $$('#items li').collect(function(value, index) { return value.hide(); });

* Added plugin support for parameter parsers, which allows for better support for REST web services. By default, posts submitted with the application/xml content type is handled by creating a XmlSimple hash with the same name as the root element of the submitted xml. More handlers can easily be registered like this:

    # Assign a new param parser to a new content type
    ActionController::Base.param_parsers['application/atom+xml'] = Proc.new do |data| 
      node = REXML::Document.new(post) 
     { node.root.name => node.root }
    end

    # Assign the default XmlSimple to a new content type
    ActionController::Base.param_parsers['application/backpack+xml'] = :xml_simple
 
Default YAML web services were retired, ActionController::Base.param_parsers carries an example which shows how to get this functionality back. As part of this new plugin support, request.[formatted_post?, xml_post?, yaml_post? and post_format] were all deprecated in favor of request.content_type [Tobias Luetke]
 
* Fixed Effect.Appear in effects.js to work with floats in Safari #3524, #3813, #3044 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed that default image extension was not appended when using a full URL with AssetTagHelper#image_tag #4032, #3728 [rubyonrails@beautifulpixel.com]

* Added that page caching will only happen if the response code is less than 400 #4033 [g.bucher@teti.ch]

* Add ActionController::IntegrationTest to allow high-level testing of the way the controllers and routes all work together [Jamis Buck]

* Added support to AssetTagHelper#javascript_include_tag for having :defaults appear anywhere in the list, so you can now make one call ala javascript_include_tag(:defaults, "my_scripts") or javascript_include_tag("my_scripts", :defaults) depending on how you want the load order #3506 [Bob Silva]

* Added support for visual effects scoped queues to the visual_effect helper #3530 [Abdur-Rahman Advany]

* Added .rxml (and any non-rhtml template, really) supportfor CaptureHelper#content_for and CaptureHelper#capture #3287 [Brian Takita]

* Added script.aculo.us drag and drop helpers to RJS [Thomas Fuchs]. Examples:

    page.draggable 'product-1'
    page.drop_receiving 'wastebasket', :url => { :action => 'delete' }
    page.sortable 'todolist', :url => { action => 'change_order' }

* Fixed that form elements would strip the trailing [] from the first parameter #3545 [ruby@bobsilva.com]

* During controller resolution, update the NameError suppression to check for the expected constant. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Update script.aculo.us to V1.5.3 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added various InPlaceEditor options, #3746, #3891, #3896, #3906 [Bill Burcham, ruairi, sl33p3r]

* Added :count option to pagination that'll make it possible for the ActiveRecord::Base.count call to using something else than * for the count. Especially important for count queries using DISTINCT #3839 [skaes]

* Update script.aculo.us to V1.5.2 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added element and collection proxies to RJS [DHH]. Examples:

    page['blank_slate']                  # => $('blank_slate');
    page['blank_slate'].show             # => $('blank_slate').show();
    page['blank_slate'].show('first').up # => $('blank_slate').show('first').up();
    
    page.select('p')                      # => $$('p');
    page.select('p.welcome b').first      # => $$('p.welcome b').first();
    page.select('p.welcome b').first.hide # => $$('p.welcome b').first().hide();

* Add JavaScriptGenerator#replace for replacing an element's "outer HTML". #3246 [tom@craz8.com, Sam Stephenson]

* Remove over-engineered form_for code for a leaner implementation. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Document form_for's :html option. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Major components cleanup and speedup.  #3527 [Stefan Kaes]

* Fix problems with pagination and :include.  [Kevin Clark]

* Add ActiveRecordTestCase for testing AR integration. [Kevin Clark]

* Add Unit Tests for pagination [Kevin Clark]

* Add :html option for specifying form tag options in form_for. [Sam Stephenson]

* Replace dubious controller parent class in filter docs. #3655, #3722  [info@rhalff.com, eigentone@gmail.com]

* Don't interpret the :value option on text_area as an html attribute. Set the text_area's value. #3752 [gabriel@gironda.org]

* Fix remote_form_for creates a non-ajax form. [Rick Olson]

* Don't let arbitrary classes match as controllers -- a potentially dangerous bug. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fix Routing tests. Fix routing where failing to match a controller would prevent the rest of routes from being attempted. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Add :builder => option to form_for and friends. [Nicholas Seckar, Rick Olson]

* Fix controller resolution to avoid accidentally inheriting a controller from a parent module. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Set sweeper's @controller to nil after a request so that the controller may be collected between requests. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Subclasses of ActionController::Caching::Sweeper should be Reloadable. [Rick Olson]

* Document the :xhr option for verifications. #3666 [leeo]

* Added :only and :except controls to skip_before/after_filter just like for when you add filters [DHH]

* Ensure that the instance variables are copied to the template when performing render :update. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Add the ability to call JavaScriptGenerator methods from helpers called in update blocks. [Sam Stephenson]  Example:
  module ApplicationHelper
    def update_time
      page.replace_html 'time', Time.now.to_s(:db)
      page.visual_effect :highlight, 'time'
    end
  end

  class UserController < ApplicationController
    def poll
      render :update { |page| page.update_time }
    end
  end

* Add render(:update) to ActionView::Base. [Sam Stephenson]

* Fix render(:update) to not render layouts. [Sam Stephenson]

* Fixed that SSL would not correctly be detected when running lighttpd/fcgi behind lighttpd w/mod_proxy #3548 [stephen_purcell@yahoo.com]

* Added the possibility to specify atomatic expiration for the memcachd session container #3571 [Stefan Kaes]

* Change layout discovery to take into account the change in semantics with File.join and nil arguments. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Raise a RedirectBackError if redirect_to :back is called when there's no HTTP_REFERER defined #3049 [kevin.clark@gmail.com]

* Treat timestamps like datetimes for scaffolding purposes #3388 [Maik Schmidt]

* Fix IE bug with link_to "something", :post => true #3443 [Justin Palmer]

* Extract Test::Unit::TestCase test process behavior into an ActionController::TestProcess module. [Sam Stephenson]

* Pass along blocks from render_to_string to render. [Sam Stephenson]

* Add render :update for inline RJS. [Sam Stephenson]  Example:
  class UserController < ApplicationController
    def refresh
      render :update do |page|
        page.replace_html  'user_list', :partial => 'user', :collection => @users
        page.visual_effect :highlight, 'user_list'
      end
    end
  end

* allow nil objects for error_messages_for [Michael Koziarski]

* Refactor human_size to exclude decimal place if it is zero. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Update to Prototype 1.5.0_pre0 [Sam Stephenson]

* Automatically discover layouts when a controller is namespaced. #2199, #3424 [me@jonnii.com rails@jeffcole.net Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Add support for multiple proxy servers to CgiRequest#host [gaetanot@comcast.net]

* Documentation typo fix. #2367 [Blair Zajac]

* Remove Upload Progress. #2871 [Sean Treadway]

* Fix typo in function name mapping in auto_complete_field. #2929 #3446 [doppler@gmail.com phil.ross@gmail.com]

*  Allow auto-discovery of third party template library layouts. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Have the form builder output radio button, not check box, when calling the radio button helper. #3331 [LouisStAmour@gmail.com]

* Added assignment of the Autocompleter object created by JavaScriptMacroHelper#auto_complete_field to a local javascript variables [DHH]

* Added :on option for PrototypeHelper#observe_field that allows you to specify a different callback hook to have the observer trigger on [DHH]

* Added JavaScriptHelper#button_to_function that works just like JavaScriptHelper#link_to_function but uses a button instead of a href [DHH]

* Added that JavaScriptHelper#link_to_function will honor existing :onclick definitions when adding the function call [DHH]

* Added :disable_with option to FormTagHelper#submit_tag to allow for easily disabled submit buttons with different text [DHH]

* Make auto_link handle nil by returning quickly if blank? [Scott Barron]

* Make auto_link match urls with a port number specified. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Added support for toggling visual effects to ScriptaculousHelper::visual_effect, #3323. [Thomas Fuchs]

* Update to script.aculo.us to 1.5.0 rev. 3343 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added :select option for JavaScriptMacroHelper#auto_complete_field that makes it easier to only use part of the auto-complete suggestion as the value for insertion [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added delayed execution of Javascript from within RJS #3264 [devslashnull@gmail.com]. Example:

    page.delay(20) do
      page.visual_effect :fade, 'notice'
    end

* Add session ID to default logging, but remove the verbose description of every step [DHH]

* Add the following RJS methods: [Sam Stephenson]
  
    * alert - Displays an alert() dialog
    * redirect_to - Changes window.location.href to simulate a browser redirect
    * call - Calls a JavaScript function
    * assign - Assigns to a JavaScript variable
    * << - Inserts an arbitrary JavaScript string

* Fix incorrect documentation for form_for [Nicholas Seckar]

* Don't include a layout when rendering an rjs template using render's :template option. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

*1.1.2* (December 13th, 2005)

* Become part of Rails 1.0

* Update to script.aculo.us 1.5.0 final (equals 1.5.0_rc6) [Thomas Fuchs]

* Update to Prototype 1.4.0 final [Sam Stephenson]

* Added form_remote_for (form_for meets form_remote_tag) [DHH]

* Update to script.aculo.us 1.5.0_rc6

* More robust relative url root discovery for SCGI compatibility.  This solves the 'SCGI routes problem' -- you no longer need to prefix all your routes with the name of the SCGI mountpoint.  #3070 [Dave Ringoen]

* Fix docs for text_area_tag. #3083. [Christopher Cotton]

* Change form_for and fields_for method signatures to take object name and object as separate arguments rather than as a Hash. [DHH]

* Introduce :selected option to the select helper.  Allows you to specify a selection other than the current value of object.method.  Specify :selected => nil to leave all options unselected.  #2991 [Jonathan Viney <jonathan@bluewire.net.nz>]

* Initialize @optional in routing code to avoid warnings about uninitialized access to an instance variable. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Make ActionController's render honor the :locals option when rendering a :file. #1665. [Emanuel Borsboom, Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Allow assert_tag(:conditions) to match the empty string when a tag has no children. Closes #2959. [Jamis Buck]

* Update html-scanner to handle CDATA sections better. Closes #2970. [Jamis Buck]

* Don't put flash in session if sessions are disabled.  [Jeremy Kemper]

* Strip out trailing &_= for raw post bodies. Closes #2868. [Sam Stephenson]

* Pass multiple arguments to Element.show and Element.hide in JavaScriptGenerator instead of using iterators. [Sam Stephenson]

* Improve expire_fragment documentation.  #2966 [court3nay@gmail.com]

* Correct docs for automatic layout assignment. #2610. [Charles M. Gerungan]

* Always create new AR sessions rather than trying too hard to avoid database traffic.  #2731 [Jeremy Kemper]

* Update to Prototype 1.4.0_rc4. Closes #2943 (old Array.prototype.reverse behavior can be obtained by passing false as an argument). [Sam Stephenson]

* Use Element.update('id', 'html') instead of $('id').innerHTML = 'html' in JavaScriptGenerator#replace_html so that script tags are evaluated. [Sam Stephenson]

* Make rjs templates always implicitly skip out on layouts. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Correct length for the truncate text helper.  #2913 [Stefan Kaes]

* Update to Prototype 1.4.0_rc3. Closes #1893, #2505, #2550, #2748, #2783. [Sam Stephenson]

* Add support for new rjs templates which wrap an update_page block. [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Rename Version constant to VERSION. #2802 [Marcel Molina Jr.]

* Correct time_zone_options_for_select docs.  #2892 [pudeyo@rpi.com]

* Remove the unused, slow response_dump and session_dump variables from error pages.  #1222 [lmarlow@yahoo.com]

* Performance tweaks: use Set instead of Array to speed up prototype helper include? calls.  Avoid logging code if logger is nil.  Inline commonly-called template presence checks.  #2880, #2881, #2882, #2883 [Stefan Kaes]

* MemCache store may be given multiple addresses.  #2869 [Ryan Carver <ryan@fivesevensix.com>]

* Handle cookie parsing irregularity for certain Nokia phones.  #2530 [zaitzow@gmail.com]

* Added PrototypeHelper::JavaScriptGenerator and PrototypeHelper#update_page for easily modifying multiple elements in an Ajax response. [Sam Stephenson]  Example:

    update_page do |page|
      page.insert_html :bottom, 'list', '<li>Last item</li>'
      page.visual_effect :highlight, 'list'
      page.hide 'status-indicator', 'cancel-link'
    end
  
  generates the following JavaScript:
  
    new Insertion.Bottom("list", "<li>Last item</li>");
    new Effect.Highlight("list");
    ["status-indicator", "cancel-link"].each(Element.hide);
  
* Refactored JavaScriptHelper into PrototypeHelper and ScriptaculousHelper [Sam Stephenson]

* Update to latest script.aculo.us version (as of [3031])

* Updated docs for in_place_editor, fixes a couple bugs and offers extended support for external controls [Justin Palmer]

* Update documentation for render :file.  #2858 [Tom Werner]

* Only include builtin filters whose filenames match /^[a-z][a-z_]*_helper.rb$/ to avoid including operating system metadata such as ._foo_helper.rb.  #2855 [court3nay@gmail.com]

* Added FormHelper#form_for and FormHelper#fields_for that makes it easier to work with forms for single objects also if they don't reside in instance variables [DHH]. Examples:

  <% form_for :person, @person, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %>
    First name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
    Last name : <%= f.text_field :last_name %>
    Biography : <%= f.text_area :biography %>
    Admin?    : <%= f.check_box :admin %>
  <% end %>

  <% form_for :person, person, :url => { :action => "update" } do |person_form| %>
    First name: <%= person_form.text_field :first_name %>
    Last name : <%= person_form.text_field :last_name %>
    
    <% fields_for :permission => person.permission do |permission_fields| %>
      Admin?  : <%= permission_fields.check_box :admin %>
    <% end %>
  <% end %>
  
* options_for_select allows any objects which respond_to? :first and :last rather than restricting to Array and Range.  #2824 [Jacob Robbins <jrobbins@cmj.com>, Jeremy Kemper]

* The auto_link text helper accepts an optional block to format the link text for each url and email address.  Example: auto_link(post.body) { |text| truncate(text, 10) }  [Jeremy Kemper]

* assert_tag uses exact matches for string conditions, instead of partial matches. Use regex to do partial matches. #2799 [Jamis Buck]

* CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore.data_column_name = 'foobar' to use a different session data column than the 'data' default.  [nbpwie102@sneakemail.com]

* Do not raise an exception when default helper is missing; log a debug message instead.  It's nice to delete empty helpers.  [Jeremy Kemper]

* Controllers with acronyms in their names (e.g. PDFController) require the correct default helper (PDFHelper in file pdf_helper.rb).  #2262 [jeff@opendbms.com]


*1.11.0* (November 7th, 2005)

* Added request as instance method to views, so you can do <%= request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] %>, just like you can already access response, session, and the likes [DHH]

* Fix conflict with assert_tag and Glue gem #2255 [david.felstead@gmail.com]

* Add documentation to assert_tag indicating that it only works with well-formed XHTML #1937, #2570 [Jamis Buck]

* Added action_pack.rb stub so that ActionPack::Version loads properly [Sam Stephenson]

* Added short-hand to assert_tag so assert_tag :tag => "span" can be written as assert_tag "span" [DHH]

* Added skip_before_filter/skip_after_filter for easier control of the filter chain in inheritance hierachies [DHH]. Example:

    class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
      before_filter :authenticate
    end
    
    class WeblogController < ApplicationController
      # will run the :authenticate filter
    end
    
    class SignupController < ActionController::Base
      # will not run the :authenticate filter
      skip_before_filter :authenticate
    end

* Added redirect_to :back as a short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"]) [DHH]

* Change javascript_include_tag :defaults to not use script.aculo.us loader, which facilitates the use of plugins for future script.aculo.us and third party javascript extensions, and provide register_javascript_include_default for plugins to specify additional JavaScript files to load. Removed slider.js and builder.js from actionpack. [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fix problem where redirecting components can cause an infinite loop [Rick Olson]

* Added support for the queue option on visual_effect [Thomas Fuchs]

* Update script.aculo.us to V1.5_rc4 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fix that render :text didn't interpolate instance variables #2629, #2626 [skaes]

* Fix line number detection and escape RAILS_ROOT in backtrace Regexp [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed document.getElementsByClassName from Prototype to be speedy again [Sam Stephenson]

* Recognize ./#{RAILS_ROOT} as RAILS_ROOT in error traces [Nicholas Seckar]

* Remove ARStore session fingerprinting [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fix obscure bug in ARStore [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added TextHelper#strip_tags for removing HTML tags from a string (using HTMLTokenizer) #2229 [marcin@junkheap.net]

* Added a reader for flash.now, so it's possible to do stuff like flash.now[:alert] ||= 'New if not set' #2422 [Caio Chassot]


*1.10.2* (October 26th, 2005)

* Reset template variables after using render_to_string [skaes@web.de]

* Expose the session model backing CGI::Session

* Abbreviate RAILS_ROOT in traces


*1.10.1* (October 19th, 2005)

* Update error trace templates [Nicholas Seckar]

* Stop showing generated routing code in application traces [Nicholas Seckar]


*1.10.0* (October 16th, 2005)

* Make string-keys locals assigns optional. Add documentation describing depreciated state [skaes@web.de]

* Improve line number detection for template errors [Nicholas Seckar]

* Update/clean up documentation (rdoc)

* Upgrade to Prototype 1.4.0_rc0 [Sam Stephenson]

* Added assert_vaild. Reports the proper AR error messages as fail message when the passed record is invalid [Tobias Luetke]

* Add temporary support for passing locals to render using string keys [Nicholas Seckar]

* Clean up error pages by providing better backtraces [Nicholas Seckar]

* Raise an exception if an attempt is made to insert more session data into the ActiveRecordStore data column than the column can hold. #2234.  [justin@textdrive.com]

* Removed references to assertions.rb from actionpack assert's backtraces. Makes error reports in functional unit tests much less noisy. [Tobias Luetke]

* Updated and clarified documentation for JavaScriptHelper to be more concise about the various options for including the JavaScript libs. [Thomas Fuchs]

* Hide "Retry with Breakpoint" button on error pages until feature is functional. [DHH]

* Fix Request#host_with_port to use the standard port when Rails is behind a proxy. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Escape query strings in the href attribute of URLs created by url_helper.  #2333 [Michael Schuerig <michael@schuerig.de>]

* Improved line number reporting for template errors [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added :locals support for render :inline #2463 [mdabney@cavoksolutions.com]

* Unset the X-Requested-With header when using the xhr wrapper in functional tests so that future requests aren't accidentally xhr'ed #2352 [me@julik.nl, Sam Stephenson]

* Unescape paths before writing cache to file system. #1877. [Damien Pollet]

* Wrap javascript_tag contents in a CDATA section and add a cdata_section method to TagHelper #1691 [Michael Schuerig, Sam Stephenson]

* Misc doc fixes (typos/grammar/etc). #2445. [coffee2code]

* Speed improvement for session_options. #2287. [skaes@web.de]

* Make cacheing binary files friendly with Windows. #1975. [Rich Olson]

* Convert boolean form options form the tag_helper. #809. [Michael Schuerig <michael@schuerig.de>]

* Fixed that an instance variable with the same name as a partial should be implicitly passed as the partial :object #2269 [court3nay]

* Update Prototype to V1.4.0_pre11, script.aculo.us to [2502] [Thomas Fuchs]

* Make assert_tag :children count appropriately. Closes #2181. [jamie@bravenet.com]

* Forced newer versions of RedCloth to use hard breaks [DHH]

* Added new scriptaculous options for auto_complete_field #2343 [m.stienstra@fngtps.com]

* Don't prepend the asset host if the string is already a fully-qualified URL

* Updated to script.aculo.us V1.5.0_rc2 and Prototype to V1.4.0_pre7 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Undo condition change made in [2345] to prevent normal parameters arriving as StringIO.

* Tolerate consecutive delimiters in query parameters.  #2295 [darashi@gmail.com]

* Streamline render process, code cleaning. Closes #2294. [skae]

* Keep flash after components are rendered. #2291 [Rick Olson, Scott]

* Shorten IE file upload path to filename only to match other browsers.  #1507 [court3nay@gmail.com]

* Fix open/save dialog in IE not opening files send with send_file/send_data, #2279 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed that auto_discovery_link_tag couldn't take a string as the URL [DHH]

* Fixed problem with send_file and WEBrick using stdout #1812 [DHH]

* Optimized tag_options to not sort keys, which is no longer necessary when assert_dom_equal and friend is available #1995 [skae]

* Added assert_dom_equal and assert_dom_not_equal to compare tags generated by the helpers in an order-indifferent manner #1995 [skae]

* Fixed that Request#domain caused an exception if the domain header wasn't set in the original http request #1795 [Michael Koziarski]

* Make the truncate() helper multi-byte safe (assuming $KCODE has been set to something other than "NONE") #2103

* Add routing tests from #1945 [ben@groovie.org]

* Add a routing test case covering #2101 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Cache relative_url_root for all webservers, not just Apache #2193 [skae]

* Speed up cookie use by decreasing string copying #2194 [skae]

* Fixed access to "Host" header with requests made by crappy old HTTP/1.0 clients #2124 [Marcel Molina]

* Added easy assignment of fragment cache store through use of symbols for included stores (old way still works too)

  Before:
    ActionController::Base.fragment_cache_store = 
      ActionController::Base::Caching::Fragments::FileStore.new("/path/to/cache/directory")

  After:
    ActionController::Base.fragment_cache_store = :file_store, "/path/to/cache/directory"

* Added ActionController::Base.session_store=, session_store, and session_options to make it easier to tweak the session options (instead of going straight to ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS)

* Added TextHelper#cycle to cycle over an array of values on each hit (useful for alternating row colors etc) #2154 [dave-ml@dribin.org]

* Ensure that request.path never returns nil. Closes #1675 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Add ability to specify Route Regexps for controllers. Closes #1917. [Sebastian Kanthak]

* Provide Named Route's hash methods as helper methods. Closes #1744. [Nicholas Seckar, Steve Purcell]

* Added :multipart option to ActiveRecordHelper#form to make it possible to add file input fields #2034 [jstirk@oobleyboo.com]

* Moved auto-completion and in-place editing into the Macros module and their helper counterparts into JavaScriptMacrosHelper

* Added in-place editing support in the spirit of auto complete with ActionController::Base.in_place_edit_for, JavascriptHelper#in_place_editor_field, and Javascript support from script.aculo.us #2038 [Jon Tirsen]

* Added :disabled option to all data selects that'll make the elements inaccessible for change #2167, #253 [eigentone]

* Fixed that TextHelper#auto_link_urls would include punctuation in the links #2166, #1671 [eigentone]

* Fixed that number_to_currency(1000, {:precision => 0})) should return "$1,000", instead of "$1,000." #2122 [sd@notso.net]

* Allow link_to_remote to use any DOM-element as the parent of the form elements to be submitted #2137 [erik@ruby-lang.nl]. Example:

    <tr id="row023">
      <td><input name="foo"/></td>
      <td><input name="bar"/></td>
      <td><%= link_to_remote 'Save', :update => "row023",
            :submit => "row023", :url => {:action => 'save_row'} %></td>
    </tr>

* Fixed that render :partial would fail when :object was a Hash (due to backwards compatibility issues) #2148 [Sam Stephenson]

* Fixed JavascriptHelper#auto_complete_for to only include unique items #2153 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed all AssetHelper methods to work with relative paths, such that javascript_include_tag('stdlib/standard') will look in /javascripts/stdlib/standard instead of '/stdlib/standard/' #1963

* Avoid extending view instance with helper modules each request. Closes #1979

* Performance improvements to CGI methods. Closes #1980 [Skaes]

* Added :post option to UrlHelper#link_to that makes it possible to do POST requests through normal ahref links using Javascript

* Fixed overwrite_params

* Added ActionController::Base.benchmark and ActionController::Base.silence to allow for easy benchmarking and turning off the log

* Updated vendor copy of html-scanner to support better xml parsing

* Added :popup option to UrlHelper#link_to #1996 [gabriel.gironda@gmail.com]. Examples:

    link_to "Help", { :action => "help" }, :popup => true
    link_to "Busy loop", { :action => "busy" }, :popup => ['new_window', 'height=300,width=600']

* Drop trailing \000 if present on RAW_POST_DATA (works around bug in Safari Ajax implementation) #918

* Fix observe_field to fall back to event-based observation if frequency <= 0 #1916 [michael@schubert.cx]

* Allow use of the :with option for submit_to_remote #1936 [jon@instance-design.co.uk]

* AbstractRequest#domain returns nil when host is an ip address #2012 [kevin.clark@gmail.com]

* ActionController documentation update #2051 [fbeausoleil@ftml.net]

* Yield @content_for_ variables to templates #2058 [Sam Stephenson]

* Make rendering an empty partial collection behave like :nothing => true #2080 [Sam Stephenson]

* Add option to specify the singular name used by pagination.

* Use string key to obtain action value. Allows indifferent hashes to be disabled.

* Added ActionView::Base.cache_template_loading back.

* Rewrote compiled templates to decrease code complexity. Removed template load caching in favour of compiled caching. Fixed template error messages. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fix Routing to handle :some_param => nil better. [Nicholas Seckar, Luminas]

* Add support for :include with pagination (subject to existing constraints for :include with :limit and :offset) #1478 [michael@schubert.cx]

* Prevent the benchmark module from blowing up if a non-HTTP/1.1 request is processed

* Added :use_short_month option to select_month helper to show month names as abbreviations

* Make link_to escape the javascript in the confirm option #1964 [nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com]

* Make assert_redirected_to properly check URL's passed as strings #1910 [Scott Barron]

* Make sure :layout => false is always used when rendering inside a layout

* Use raise instead of assert_not_nil in Test::Unit::TestCase#process to ensure that the test variables (controller, request, response) have been set

* Make sure assigns are built for every request when testing #1866

* Allow remote_addr to be queried on TestRequest #1668

* Fixed bug when a partial render was passing a local with the same name as the partial

* Improved performance of test app req/sec with ~10% refactoring the render method #1823 [Stefan Kaes]

* Improved performance of test app req/sec with 5-30% through a series of Action Pack optimizations #1811 [Stefan Kaes]

* Changed caching/expiration/hit to report using the DEBUG log level and errors to use the ERROR log level instead of both using INFO

* Added support for per-action session management #1763

* Improved rendering speed on complicated templates by up to 100% (the more complex the templates, the higher the speedup) #1234 [Stephan Kaes]. This did necessasitate a change to the internals of ActionView#render_template that now has four parameters. Developers of custom view handlers (like Amrita) need to update for that.

* Added options hash as third argument to FormHelper#input, so you can do input('person', 'zip', :size=>10) #1719 [jeremye@bsa.ca.gov]

* Added Base#expires_in(seconds)/Base#expires_now to control HTTP content cache headers #1755 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed line number reporting for Builder template errors #1753 [piotr]

* Fixed assert_routing so that testing controllers in modules works as expected [Nicholas Seckar, Rick Olson]

* Fixed bug with :success/:failure callbacks for the JavaScriptHelper methods #1730 [court3nay/Thomas Fuchs]

* Added named_route method to RouteSet instances so that RouteSet instance methods do not prevent certain names from being used. [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed routes so that routes which do not specify :action in the path or in the requirements have a default of :action => 'index', In addition, fixed url generation so that :action => 'index' does not need to be provided for such urls. [Nicholas Seckar, Markjuh]

* Worked around a Safari bug where it wouldn't pass headers through if the response was zero length by having render :nothing return ' ' instead of ''

* Fixed Request#subdomains to handle "foo.foo.com" correctly


*1.9.1* (11 July, 2005)

* Fixed that auto_complete_for didn't force the input string to lower case even as the db comparison was

* Fixed that Action View should always use the included Builder, never attempt to require the gem, to ensure compatibility

* Added that nil options are not included in tags, so tag("p", :ignore => nil) now returns <p /> not <p ignore="" />  but that tag("p", :ignore => "") still includes it #1465 [michael@schuerig.de]

* Fixed that UrlHelper#link_to_unless/link_to_if used html_escape on the name if no link was to be applied. This is unnecessary and breaks its use with images #1649 [joergd@pobox.com]

* Improved error message for DoubleRenderError

* Fixed routing to allow for testing of *path components #1650 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added :handle as an option to sortable_element to restrict the drag handle to a given class #1642 [thejohnny]

* Added a bunch of script.aculo.us features #1644, #1677, #1695 [Thomas Fuchs]
  * Effect.ScrollTo, to smoothly scroll the page to an element
  * Better Firefox flickering handling on SlideUp/SlideDown
  * Removed a possible memory leak in IE with draggables
  * Added support for cancelling dragging my hitting ESC
  * Added capability to remove draggables/droppables and redeclare sortables in dragdrop.js (this makes it possible to call sortable_element on the same element more than once, e.g. in AJAX returns that modify the sortable element. all current sortable 'stuff' on the element will be discarded and the sortable will be rebuilt)
  * Always reset background color on Effect.Highlight; this make change backwards-compatibility, to be sure include style="background-color:(target-color)" on your elements or else elements will fall back to their CSS rules (which is a good thing in most circumstances)
  * Removed circular references from element to prevent memory leaks (still not completely gone in IE)
  * Changes to class extension in effects.js
  * Make Effect.Highlight restore any previously set background color when finishing (makes effect work with CSS classes that set a background color)
  * Fixed myriads of memory leaks in IE and Gecko-based browsers [David ZÃŒlke]
  * Added incremental and local autocompleting and loads of documentation to controls.js [Ivan Krstic]
  * Extended the auto_complete_field helper to accept tokens option
  * Changed object extension mechanism to favor Object.extend to make script.aculo.us easily adaptable to support 3rd party libs like IE7.js [David ZÃŒlke]
  
* Fixed that named routes didn't use the default values for action and possible other parameters #1534 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed JavascriptHelper#visual_effect to use camelize such that :blind_up will work #1639 [pelletierm@eastmedia.net]

* Fixed that a SessionRestoreError was thrown if a model object was placed in the session that wasn't available to all controllers. This means that it's no longer necessary to use the 'model :post' work-around in ApplicationController to have a Post model in your session.


*1.9.0* (6 July, 2005)

* Added logging of the request URI in the benchmark statement (makes it easy to grep for slow actions)

* Added javascript_include_tag :defaults shortcut that'll include all the default javascripts included with Action Pack (prototype, effects, controls, dragdrop)

* Cache several controller variables that are expensive to calculate #1229 [skaes@web.de]

* The session class backing CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore may be replaced with any class that duck-types with a subset of Active Record.  See docs for details #1238 [skaes@web.de]

* Fixed that hashes was not working properly when passed by GET to lighttpd #849 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed assert_template nil will be true when no template was rendered #1565 [maceywj@telus.net]

* Added :prompt option to FormOptions#select (and the users of it, like FormOptions#select_country etc) to create "Please select" style descriptors #1181 [Michael Schuerig]

* Added JavascriptHelper#update_element_function, which returns a Javascript function (or expression) that'll update a DOM element according to the options passed #933 [mortonda@dgrmm.net]. Examples:

    <%= update_element_function("products", :action => :insert, :position => :bottom, :content => "<p>New product!</p>") %>

    <% update_element_function("products", :action => :replace, :binding => binding) do %>
      <p>Product 1</p>
      <p>Product 2</p>
    <% end %>

* Added :field_name option to DateHelper#select_(year|month|day) to deviate from the year/month/day defaults #1266 [Marcel Molina]

* Added JavascriptHelper#draggable_element and JavascriptHelper#drop_receiving_element to facilitate easy dragging and dropping through the script.aculo.us libraries #1578 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added that UrlHelper#mail_to will now also encode the default link title #749 [f.svehla@gmail.com]

* Removed the default option of wrap=virtual on FormHelper#text_area to ensure XHTML compatibility #1300 [thomas@columbus.rr.com]

* Adds the ability to include XML CDATA tags using Builder #1563 [Josh Knowles]. Example:

    xml.cdata! "some text" # => <![CDATA[some text]]>

* Added evaluation of <SCRIPT> blocks in content returned to Ajax calls #1577 [Thomas Fuchs/court3nay/Sean Treadway]

* Directly generate paths with a leading slash instead of tacking it on later.  #1543 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed errant parameter modification in functional tests.  #1542 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Routes fail with leading slash #1540 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Added support for graceful error handling of Ajax calls #1217 [Jamis Buck/Thomas Fuchs]. Example:

    link_to_remote(
      "test", 
      :url => { :action => "faulty" }, 
      :update => { :success => "good", :failure => "bad" },
      403 => "alert('Forbidden- got ya!')",
      404 => "alert('Nothing there...?')", 
      :failure => "alert('Unkown error ' + request.status)")
  
* Attempt to explicitly flush the output at the end of CgiProcess#out

* Fixed assert_redirected_to to handle absolute controller paths properly #1472 [Rick Olson/Nicholas Seckar]

* Added event-based observations when frequency is not set on observe_field/form #1474 [flash@vanklinkenbergsoftware.nl]

* Added script.aculo.us Javascripts (controls.js, dragdrop.js, effects.js) (NEEDS MORE DESCRIPTION) #1509 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Fixed prototype to consider all fields it doesn't know as text (such as Safari's search) just like the browser in its serialization #1497 [Sean Treadway]

* Improved performance of Routes generation by a factor of 5 #1434 [Nicholas Seckar] 

* Added named routes (NEEDS BETTER DESCRIPTION) #1434 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Improved AbstractRequest documentation #1483 [court3nay@gmail.com]

* Added ActionController::Base.allow_concurrency to control whether the application is thread-safe, so multi-threaded servers like WEBrick knows whether to apply a mutex around the performance of each action. Turned off by default. EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE.

* Added TextHelper#word_wrap(text, line_length = 80) #1449 [tuxie@dekadance.se]

* Added a fall-through action for form_remote_tag that'll be used in case Javascript is unavailable #1459 [Scott Barron]. Example:

    form_remote_tag :html => { :action => url_for(:controller => "some", :action => "place") }

* Added :xhr => true/false option to verify so you can ensure that a request is coming from an Ajax call or not #1464 [Thomas Fuchs]

* Added tag_options as a third parameter to AssetHelper#auto_discovery_link_tag to control options like the title of the link #1430 [kevin.clark@gmail.com]

* Added option to pass in parameters to CaptureHelper#capture, so you can create more advanced view helper methods #1466 [duane.johnson@gmail.com]. Example:

    <% show_calendar(:year => 2005, :month => 6) do |day, options| %>
      <% options[:bgcolor] = '#dfd' if 10..15.include? day %>
      [<%= day %>]
    <% end %>

* Changed the default name of the input tag generated by FormTagHelper#submit_tag from "submit" to "commit" so it doesn't clash with form.submit() calls in Javascript #1271

* Fixed relative urls support for lighttpd #1048 [Nicholas Seckar/maznawak@nerim.net]

* Correct distance_of_time_in_words for integer arguments and make the second arg optional, treating the first arg as a duration in seconds.  #1458 [madrobby <thomas@fesch.at>]

* Fixed query parser to deal gracefully with equal signs inside keys and values #1345 [gorou]. 
  Example: /?sig=abcdef=:foobar=&x=y will pass now. 

* Added Cuba to country list #1351 [todd]

* Fixed radio_button to work with numeric values #1352 [demetrius]

* Added :extension option to NumberHelper#number_to_phone #1361 [delynnb]

* Added button_to as a form-based solution to deal with harmful actions that should be hidden behind POSTs. This makes it just as easy as link_to to create a safe trigger for actions like destroy, although it's limited by being a block element, the fixed look, and a no-no inside other forms. #1371 [tom@moertel.com]

* Fixed image_tag so an exception is not thrown just because the image is missing and alt value can't be generated #1395 [Marcel]

* Added a third parameter to TextHelper#auto_link called href_options for specifying additional tag options on the links generated #1401 [tyler.kovacs@gmail.com]. Example: auto_link(text, :all, { :target => "_blank" }) to have all the generated links open in a new window.

* Fixed TextHelper#highlight to return the text, not nil, if the phrase is blank #1409 [patrick@lenz.sh]

* Fixed TagHelper such that :name and 'name' keys in the options doesn't result in two attributes #1455 [take_tk]

* Ensure that helpers are only available to the controllers where they are defined and their subclasses.  #1394 [kdole@tamu.edu]

* render("foo/bar") works with a layout again 

* Fixed double-singularization on scaffolded pagination call (Address would be turned into Addres) #1216, #1404 [nilsga]

* Removed the require hack used by functional testing to work around an earlier bug in rake.

* Allow distance_of_time_in_words to work with any value that responds to #to_time (like dates) #969

* Support :render option for :verify #1440 [TobiasLuetke]

* Updated vendor copy of html-scanner lib to 0.5.2, for bug fixes and optimizations. The :content option may be used as expected--to find a tag whose textual content is a particular value--in assert_tag, now.

* Changed test requests to come from 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 such that they don't trigger debugging screens on exceptions, but instead call rescue_action_in_public

* Modernize scaffolding to match the generator: use the new render method and change style from the warty @params["id"] to the sleek params[:id].  #1367

* Include :id in the action generated by the form helper method.  Then, for example, the controller can do Model.find(params[:id]) for both edit and update actions.  Updated scaffolding to take advantage.  #1367

* Add assertions with friendly messages to TestCase#process to ensure that @controller, @request, and @response are set.  #1367

* Arrays, hashes sent via multipart posts are converted to strings #1032 [dj@omelia.org, me@julik.nl]

* render(:layout => true) is a synonym for render(:layout => nil)

* Make sure the benchmarking render method always returns the output of the render.

* render(:action), render(:template) and render() are the only three calls that default to using a layout. All other render calls assume :layout => false. This also fixes send_file, which was applying a layout if one existed for the current action.

* verify with :redirect_to won't redirect if a redirect or render has already been performed #1350

* render(:partial => true) is identical to the behavior of the deprecated render_partial()

* Fixed render(:partial => "...") to use an empty Hash for the local assigns #1365

* Fixed Caching::Fragments::FileStore.delete to not raise an exception if the delete fails.

* Deprecated all render_* methods in favor of consolidating all rendering behavior in Base#render(options). This enables more natural use of combining options, such as layouts. Examples:

    +---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
    | BEFORE                                                        | AFTER                                                 |
    +---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
    | render_with_layout "weblog/show", "200 OK", "layouts/dialog"  | render :action => "show", :layout => "dialog"         |
    | render_without_layout "weblog/show"                           | render :action => "show", :layout => false            |
    | render_action "error", "404 Not Found"                        | render :action => "error", :status => "404 Not Found" |
    | render_template "xml.div('stuff')", "200 OK", :rxml           | render :inline => "xml.div('stuff')", :type => :rxml  |
    | render_text "hello world!"                                    | render :text => "hello world!"                        |
    | render_partial_collection "person", @people, nil, :a => 1     | render :partial => "person", :collection => @people,  |
    |                                                               |        :locals => { :a => 1 }                         |
    +---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+      

* Deprecated redirect_to_path and redirect_to_url in favor of letting redirect_to do the right thing when passed either a path or url.

* Fixed use of an integer as return code for renders, so render_text "hello world", 404 now works #1327

* Fixed assert_redirect_to to work with redirect_to_path #869 [Nicholas Seckar]

* Fixed escaping of :method option in remote_form_tag #1218 [Rick Olson]

* Added Serbia and Montenegro to the country_select #1239 [todd@robotcoop.com]

* Fixed Request#remote_ip in testing #1251 [Jeremy Kemper]

* Fixed that compute_public_path should recognize external URLs, so image_tag("http://www.example.com/images/icon.gif") is not prefixed with the relative url path #1254 [victor-ronr-trac@carotena.net]

* Added support for descending year values in DateHelper#select_year, like select_year(Date.today, :start_year => 2005, :end_year => 1900), which would count down from 2005 to 1900 instead of the other way #1274 [nwoods@mail.com]

* Fixed that FormHelper#checkbox should return a checked checkbox if the value is the same as checked_value #1286 [Florian Weber]

* Fixed Form.disable in Prototype #1317 [Wintermute]

* Added accessors to logger, params, response, session, flash, and headers from the view, so you can write <% logger.info "stuff" %> instead of <% @logger.info "others" %> -- more consistent with the preferred way of accessing these attributes and collections from the controller

* Added support for POST data in form of YAML or XML, which is controller through the Content-Type header. Example request:

    Content-Type: application/xml
    <request><item><content>HelloWorld</content></item></request>
  
  ...is the same as:

    Content-Type: application/x-yaml
    ---
    item:
      content: HelloWorld

  ...is the same as:
  
    item[content]=HelloWorld
  
  Which in the end turns into { "item" => { "content" => "HelloWorld" } }. This makes it a lot easier to publish REST web services on top of your regular actions (as they won't care).
  
  Example Curl call:

    curl -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' -d '<request><item><content>KillMeMore</content></item></request>' http://www.example.com/service
</