New Features

• A url_escape plugin has been added. It adds url_escape and url_unescape methods for use in route block scope (including views).

• The assets plugin :css_compressor and :js_compressor options now accept Proc and Method values, which are called with the asset content and should return the compressed content.

Roda 4 Planning

• Roda 4 planning has started. See github.com/jeremyevans/roda/discussions/427 for details.

• As part of Roda 4 preparation, Ruby 1.9 support will be dropped in Roda 3.109.

Backwards Compatibility

• The :check_arity and :check_dynamic_arity application options now default to :warn. This means that if you provide a block which Roda turns into a method, and the arity for the block is not the expected arity for the method, you will get a warning. Starting in Roda 4, Roda will not check the arity, and if the arity is incorrect, you will get an ArgumentError raised when the method is called.

• Providing a symbol other than :none to the assets plugin :css_compressor and :js_compressor options now results in a warning. Switch to passing a Proc or Method. See the assets plugin documentation for how to convert a supported symbol to an appropriate Proc or Method.

  If the assets plugin :css_compressor and :js_compressor options has a nil value (the default), and there is an available compressor that Roda uses, Roda will now warn when compressing. Switch to providing an appropriate Proc or Method as the option value.

  Roda 4 will only support nil, :none, procs, and methods as valid values for the :css_compressor and :js_compressor options.

• Passing a :upgrade_from_rack_session_cookie_secret or :gzip_over option to the sessions plugin now warns. Support for upgrading Rack sessions and support for compressing sessions will be removed in Roda 4.

• The delay_build plugin now warns when loaded. It has been a no-op for many versions, so if you are using it, you can remove it. This plugin will be removed in Roda 4.

• The RodaRequest#consume private method now warns if there is a block given instead of a second argument and there is a match. If you are using this support, update the call to pass a method symbol as a second argument instead of passing a block. This support will be removed in Roda 4.