=== 2.8 / 2012-10-17
* Minor enhancements
* Added Net::HTTP::Persistent::detect_idle_timeout which can be used to
determine the idle timeout for a host.
* The read timeout may now be updated for every request. Issue #33 by
Mislav Marohnić
* Added NO_PROXY support. Pull Request #31 by Laurence Rowe.
* Added #cert and #key aliases for Net::HTTP compatibility. Pull request
#26 by dlee.
* The artifice gem now disables SSL session reuse to prevent breakage of
testing frameworks. Pull Request #29 by Christopher Cooke.
* Disabled Net::HTTP::Persistent::SSLReuse on Ruby 2+. This feature is now
built-in to Net::HTTP.
* Bug fixes
* Socket options are set again following connection reset. Pull request #28
by cmaion.
* #shutdown now works even if no connections were made. Pull Request #24 by
James Tucker.
* Updated test RSA key size to 1024 bits. Bug #25 by Gunnar Wolf.
* The correct host:port are shown in the exception when a proxy connection
fails. Bug #30 by glebtv.
=== 2.6 / 2010-03-26
* Minor enhancement
* Net::HTTP::Persistent#idle_timeout may be set to nil to disable expiration
of connections. Pull Request #21 by Aaron Stone
Changes:
* 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
* net-http-persistent now complains if OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER is equal to
OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE.
* Bug fixes.
=== 2.3.2
* Bug fix
* Finish connections that were closed by Net::HTTP so they can be restarted.
=== 2.3.1 / 2011-10-26
* Bug fix
* If a request object already contains a Connection header it will no longer
be overridden. This allows keep-alive connections to be disabled on a
per-request basis.
=== 2.3 / 2011-10-25
* Minor Enhancement
* The time since last use for a connection is now recorded in error
messages for the connection.
=== 2.2 / 2011-10-24
* Minor Enhancements
* Added timeouts for idle connections which are set through #idle_timeout.
The default timeout is 5 seconds. Reducing the idle timeout is preferred
over setting #retry_change_requests to true if you wish to avoid the "too
many connection resets" error when POSTing data.
* Documented tunables and settings in one place in Net::HTTP::Persistent
=== 2.1 / 2011-09-19
* Minor Enhancement
* For HTTPS connections, SSL sessions are now reused avoiding the extra
round trips and computations of extra SSL handshakes. If you have
problems with SSL session reuse it can be disabled by
Net::HTTP::Persistent#reuse_ssl_sessions
* Bug Fixes
* The default certificate store is now used even if #verify_mode was not
set. Issue #7, Pull Request #8 by Matthew M. Boedicker
=== 2.0 / 2011-08-26
* Incompatibility
* Net::HTTP::Persistent#verify_mode now defaults to
OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER. This may cause HTTPS request failures if your
default certificate store lacks the correct certificates.
Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for 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
according to RFC 2616.
