What’s New

This file lists new features and major changes to Norman. For a detailed changelog, see the mercurial log.

Norman-0.7.2

Release Date: 2012-02-25

• Support for Python 2.6 added.
• Fixed Issue #1: Using uidname=None in serialise.Sqlite does not behave as documented.
• Documentation updated, and installation instructions added.

Norman-0.7.1

Release Date: 2012-02-12

• Query.table exposed, resulting in a major implementation change in Query.add. This function now exists for all queries, but raises an error if called when it cannot be used.
• Query.add can now be used for queries of whole tables.
• Add AutoDatabase and AutoTable classes.
• Make Field.readonly and Field.unique mutable.
• Allow Field definitions to be copied to another Table.
• Add Database.delete method.
• Allow a None return value from serialise.Reader.create_record.
• Fix issue in python2 where uuids cannot be converted to strings.
• Documentation updated.

Norman-0.7.0

Release Date: 2012-12-14

• Many internal changes in the way data is stored and indexed, centred around the introduction of two new classes, Store and Index.
• All fields are now automatically indexed. As a results the index parameter to Field objects falls away, and a new key argument is introduced.
• Table objects have a new attribute, ~`Table._store`, which refers to the Store used for the table. This may be changed when the
• The serialise framework has been completely overhauled and the API simplified. Extensive changes in this module.
• Add a new CSV serialiser.
• Add validate.map validator to convert values.
• Improved the string representation of Query and Field instances.
• Deprecated functionality removed

Norman-0.6.2

Release Date: 2012-09-03

• Add built-in support for many-to-many joins.
• Hooks added to Table to allow more control over validation.
• Add Query.field, allowing queries to traverse tables.
• Add Query.add, allowing records to be created based on query criteria.
• Add a return value when calling Query objects.
• Field level validation added, including some validator factories.
• Add validate.todatetime, validate.todate and validate.totime.
• Deprecated the tools module.

Norman-0.6.1

Release Date: 2012-07-12

• New serialiser framework added, based on serialise.Serialiser. A sample serialiser, serialise.Sqlite is included.
• serialise.Sqlite3 has been deprecated.
• Documentation overhauled introducing major changes to the documentation layout.
• Add boolean comparisons, Query.delete and Query.one methods to Query.
• Table now supports inheritance by copying its fields.
• Several changes to implementations, generally to improve performance and consistency.

Norman-0.6.0

Release Date: 2012-06-12

• Python 2.6 support by Ilya Kutukov
• Move serialisation functions to a new serialise module. This module will be expanded and updated in the near future.
• Add sensible repr to Table and NotSet objects
• Query object added, introducing a new method of querying tables, involving Field and Query comparison operators.
• Join class created, which will replace Group in 0.7.0.
• Field.name and Field.owner, which previously existed, have now been formalised and documented.
• Field.default is respected when initialising tables
• Table._uid property added for Table objects.
• Allow Table.validate_delete to make changes.
• Two new tools functions added: tools.dtfromiso and tools.reduce2.
• Database.add method added.
• Documentation updated to align with docstrings.
• Fix a bunch of style and PEP8 related issues
• Minor bugfixes

Norman-0.5.2

Release Date: 2012-04-20

• Fixed failing tests
• Group.add implemented and documented
• Missing documentation fixed

Norman-0.5.1

Release Date: 2012-04-20

• Exceptions raised by validation errors are now all ValueError
• Group object added to represent sub-collections
• Deletion validation added to tables through Table.validate_delete
• Minor documentation updates
• Minor bugfixes

Norman-0.5.0

Release Date: 2012-04-13

• First public release, repository imported from private project.