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Djblets 3.3: Typing, Symbols, AmountSelectorWidget
Djblets 3.3 introduces a new form field widget for unit-based number input and further enhances our support for Python type hints. Typing Improvements The following modules now support Python type …
beanbag-docutils 2.2: Enhanced JSON Output
beanbag-docutils is our collection of extensions for the Sphinx documentation platform. This is a major feature release that introduces some new capabilities for JSON output, making it easier to in…
ChangeLog: Office Document Review, New Draft Banner, Actions Rewrite
Welcome back to ChangeLog, where we dive into the latest developments around Review Board, Power Pack, and other Beanbag products. Today we’re going to cover a major feature coming to Power Pack, p…
Djblets 3.1: Token Deprecations and API Fixes
We’ve released Djblets 3.1, our collection of production-quality add-ons for Django. This release features: Ability to deprecate token generatorsDeprecated token information in the APIFixes f…
Django Evolution 2.2: Django 3.2-4.1 Support
Django Evolution 2.2 is a major feature release, offering new database features, improved compatibility, and several bug fixes. Django Evolution is our alternative database migration library for Dj…
RBTools 3.1.2, Power Pack 5.1.1
Today, we’re bringing two new releases of RBTools and Power Pack, focusing on stability and feature improvements. RBTools 3.1.2 Highlights Now supports the upcoming Python 3.11.Added back dir…
beanbag-docutils 2.0: Python 3.11, New Sphinx Autodoc Features
beanbag-docutils is a set of extensions to the Sphinx ReStructuredText-based documentation system used by our products to help generate better documentation. Amongst other enhancements, it provides…
Djblets 2.3: Preparing for the Future
Djblets 2.3 is now out. This release adds compatibility fixes for Python 3.10 and gets our code ready to move to newer dependencies.
Django Evolution 2.1.3: Evolution and compatibility fixes
Django Evolution 2.1.3 a small but important bug fix release that addresses issues with Python 3.10, mysqlclient, and evolving very old databases.
kgb 7.0: Pytest, Python 3.10, and more
kgb now provides a spy_agency fixture for pytest unit tests. This will set up a SpyAgency for you, letting you spy on functions and assert calls. For example:
kgb 6.1: New spy operations, with nesting
kgb 6.1 has been released, featuring some new spy operations and enhancements to existing ones. kgb is our Python unit test library for crafting function spies, making it easy to check on the calls…
Djblets 2.2.1: Fixes for extension packaging
Djblets 2.2.1 has been released, fixing an issue with building extension packages. If a project (say, Review Board) made use of build_pipeline_settings() in its settings.py, it could cause problems…
beanbag-docutils 1.8: Sphinx 3 and Django 3
Django Evolution 2.1.2: SQLite Fixes
We may have just released 1.2.1, but we’re back with even more fixes! Django Evolution 2.1.2 solves a couple of issues encountered with SQLite that could happen when adding non-NULL fields to…
Django Evolution 2.1.1: DecimalField fixes
Django Evolution 2.1.1 is out, featuring: Fixes for evolving DecimalFields (including decimal_places and max_digits attributes) A change in wording — evolve –execute now says “No databa…
Djblets 2.0: Now supporting Python 3 and Django 1.11
We quietly released Djblets 2.0 a few days ago, now supporting Python 3 and Django 1.11. This is a major milestone for Djblets, as we’re finally leaving behind the formerly-necessary legacy v…
RBTools 2.0: Ready for Review Board 4.0
RBTools 2.0 is out, bringing compatibility improvements and new features for all users. The biggest improvement is the support for Review Board 4.0’s upcoming multi-commit review requests. Mu…
New Release: Django Evolution 2.1
Just a few months ago, we released Django Evolution 2.0, the first release to support database upgrades using both Django’s migrations and our own evolutions. Django Evolution 2.1 builds on t…
Announcing Django Evolution 2.0
After 3 years of development, and a pretty massive rewrite, we’ve released Django Evolution 2.0. Django Evolution is an add-on for Django that helps developer make and maintain changes to the…
ChangeLog: May 21, 2020 — Trial Limit Increases, New Releases, Student Wrap-Up
If you’re a regular follower of ChangeLog, you’ll notice we’ve gone from weekly to semi-monthly, and may be wondering what’s going on. Don’t worry, we’ll return …
RBTools 1.0.3: Mercurial Features, Commit Editing, Python 3 Fixes
Today’s release of RBTools 1.0.3 is a big one, featuring enhancements for Mercurial support, a vastly improved commit editing experience when landing changes, and several compatibility fixes …
ChangeLog: April 2, 2020 — Catching Up
This is our first ChangeLog in several weeks. As you all know, the current pandemic has resulted in a lot of changes and hardships in the world. We’re doing fine here, and our team has stayed…
ChangeLog: March 6, 2020 — Nearing Beta
These are exciting times, right? While everyone is preparing for the coronavirus, we’ve been preparing for Review Board 4.0 beta 1. And the coronavirus. The shelves are getting pretty empty i…
ChangeLog: February 20, 2020 — Accessibility, Student Demos
Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s ChangeLog. This week, we want to talk about accessibility improvements for Review Board 4.0, and show you what this semester’s students are working on. If yo…
ChangeLog: February 6, 2020 — GitHub API Changes, OAuth
Busy couple of weeks here. I’ve personally been sick, hence the lack of a ChangeLog last week. Sorry about that! We’ve made a lot of great progress on getting Review Board 4.0 ready for…
ChangeLog: January 23, 2020 — Student Sprint and Django Upgrade
What a week it’s been. We have two topics to go over: Last weekend’s student mentorship sprint, and a status update on the big Django upgrade. The student sprint was great! Last weekend…
ChangeLog: January 16, 2020 — Review Board Status and New Students
Hi everyone. Welcome to the first ChangeLog of 2020! We skipped last week due to the new Review Board 3.0.16 release, so let’s dive in and get caught up. Review Board 3.0.16 Last Tuesday, we …
RBCommons: User Roles and Billing Updates
We’ve just gone live on a major update to the billing capabilities in RBCommons. Try RBCommons without a credit card With all the fraud and stolen credit card numbers out there, it’s no…
ChangeLog: December 19, 2019 — Wrapping Up for the Holidays
Hi everyone! Welcome to our final ChangeLog of the year. We skipped last week, preparing for the big upcoming billing feature launch for RBCommons, which we discussed in November. That’s comi…
ChangeLog: December 5, 2019 — Student Projects, Repository Config
Welcome back, everyone! We’re here with another ChangeLog, this time focusing on a couple things that just wrapped up: This semester’s student projects, and a series of behind-the-scene…
ChangeLog – November 22, 2019 — Review Board 3.0.16 Status
As the holidays quickly approach, we’re trying to wrap up what we can from some of our bigger projects so we can enjoy some much-needed downtime with our loved ones. Thanksgiving is only a we…
ChangeLog: November 14, 2019 — Student Demos
This week’s ChangeLog is a bit different in focus. Instead of the work we’re doing, we want to talk about some of the work our students are doing. Want to skip the text but see some coo…
ChangeLog: November 7, 2019 — Multi-Repo Diffs, Admin UI, and RBCommons
This week in ChangeLog, let’s talk about three projects we’ve been working on this week: Multi-repository diffs The latest administration UI improvements Billing improvements and user r…
ChangeLog: October 31, 2019 — DiffX, CSS Components, Admin UI
This week, we’re going to dive into three major topics: DiffX, our proposed standard for a better Unified Diff format Our new in-house CSS Components standard The work being done on the Revie…
ChangeLog: October 24, 2019 – The Python 3 and Django 1.11 Migration
Hi, Christian Hammond here. Welcome back to ChangeLog, where we cover the latest going on in Review Board, RBCommons, and Beanbag in general. It’s been a while since we’ve posted one of…
Connect RBCommons to Slack, Travis CI, Asana, and more
All RBCommons plans now support integrating with third-party chat, continuous integration, and project management services, with more services to come. You can connect with Slack or Mattermost and …
kgb 4.0 – Enhanced Function Spies for Python Unit Tests
Today, we’ve released kgb 4.0, the latest in our handy Python module for creating function spies in unit tests. For those new to kgb, function spies allow unit tests to track when functions o…
Power Pack 3.0.2: Fixes for Team Foundation Server
Power Pack 3.0.2 improves integration with Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server: Copied files containing non-ASCII filenames can now be diffed Compatibility between various versions of Review B…
RBTools 1.0.2: Fixes for Python 3, Two-Factor Auth, and More
Improved Python 3 Support RBTools 1.0 introduced support for Python 3, and since then many more of our users have switched over and sent us patches to improve that support. We’ve also improve…
Power Pack 3.0: PDF Diffs and License Updates
The new major release of Power Pack 3.0 brings the ability to diff PDF documents, comparing how the text of the document changes between revisions, and makes it easier to manage your license subscr…
ChangeLog: November 5, 2018
The World Update: Python 3 and Django 2 In a previous post, we talked the work we’re doing to move to modern versions of Python and Django. We’re calling this the “World Update,&#…
RBTools 1.0.1 is out now
Today’s release of RBTools fixes some of the most common issues experienced in the recent 1.0 release: Improved Windows compatibility This release fixes some regressions on Windows, namely a crash …
RBTools 1.0 is here!
RBTools has been an important part of the life of Review Board users for many years. While it started off as a single tool for posting review requests, its feature set has evolved with time, turnin…
A New Era of Privacy – Beanbag, Review Board, and You
If you’ve been on the Internet at all in the past few weeks, you’ve likely been bombarded by e-mails from every service you’ve ever used telling you that they’ve updated the…
RBCommons 3.0 is Live!
Over the weekend, we deployed a new major version of RBCommons, offering many new features and laying the groundwork for additional ones we’ll be bringing you soon. New code review cap…
ChangeLog: New Integrations, Releases, and Prep for RBCommons 3.0
We’ve had a really busy couple of weeks since the last ChangeLog. There were two Review Board releases, a small setback with RB-Gateway, and lots of testing and infrastructure work for RBComm…
ChangeLog: Catching Up
It’s been too long since we last ran the ChangeLog series, and felt it was the right time to start it back up again. ChangeLog is a look into the latest behind-the-scenes work going into Revi…
Announcing kgb 2.0 for Python – Function spies for unit tests
We’ve just released a new major version of kgb, a Python library for creating function spies in unit tests. This is a very handy tool for helping craft unit tests in Python applications. kgb …
RBCommons updates have moved to the Beanbag Blog
For years, we’ve been maintaining three separate blogs for our products: the RBCommons Blog, Review Board News, and the Beanbag Blog. It made sense at the time to keep these separate, but the…
Introducing Issue Verification and Ship-It! Revocation
We’ve all been there… It’s a week before the deadline. Your team is working through the night, eager to land their changes as quickly as possible. Your teammate, Jake, was feeling frazz…
