0.8

channels/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.1"
+__version__ = "0.8"
 
 # Load backends, using settings if available (else falling back to a default)
 DEFAULT_CHANNEL_BACKEND = "default"

docs/index.rst

@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Contents:
    scaling
    backends
    faqs
+   releases/index

docs/releases/0.8.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+0.8 (2015-09-10)
+----------------
+
+This release reworks a few of the core concepts to make the channel layer
+more efficient and user friendly:
+
+* Channel names now do not start with ``django``, and are instead just ``http.request``, etc.
+
+* HTTP headers/GET/etc are only sent with ``websocket.connect`` rather than all websocket requests,
+  to save a lot of bandwidth in the channel layer.
+
+* The session/user decorators were renamed, and a ``@channel_session_user`` and ``transfer_user`` set of functions
+  added to allow moving the user details from the HTTP session to the channel session in the ``connect`` consumer.
+
+* A ``@linearize`` decorator was added to help ensure a ``connect``/``receive`` pair are not executed
+  simultanously on two different workers.
+
+* Channel backends gained locking mechanisms to support the ``linearize`` feature.
+
+* ``runwsserver`` will use asyncio rather than Twisted if it's available.
+
+* Message formats have been made a bit more consistent.

docs/releases/index.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Release Notes
+-------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   0.8

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 setup(
     name='channels',
-    version="0.7",
+    version="0.8",
     url='http://github.com/andrewgodwin/django-channels',
     author='Andrew Godwin',
     author_email='andrew@aeracode.org',