Changes in 2.0.8

Here're changes in version 2.0.8. It includes feature improvements and bug fixes. The biggest improvement is DigestAuth? support.

Almost all changes are based on patches/reports from users. Thank you very much!

• HTTP
  • added request/response filter interface and implemented DigestAuth? based on the filter interface. DigestAuth? calc engine is based on http://tools.assembla.com/breakout/wiki/DigestForSoap Thanks to sromano. (#155)
  • re-implemented BasicAuth? based on the filter interface. send BasicAuth? header only if it's needed. (#31)
  • handle a response which has 2XX status code as a successfull response while retry check. applied the patch from Micah Wedemeyer. Thanks! (#158)

• Connection
  • show more friendly error message for unconnectable URL. (#156)

• bug fixes
  • to avoid MIME format incompatibility, add empty epilogue chunk explicitly. Thanks to the anonymous user who reported #154 (#154)
  • rescue EPIPE for keep-alive reconnecting. Thanks to anonymous user who posted a patch at #124. (#124)