net-http-persistent version 2.5 has been released!
* http://docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent
* https://github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent
Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby 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
and retry according to RFC 2616.
=== 2.5 / 2012-02-07
* Minor enhancements
* 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
* Bug fixes
* The ruby 1.8 speed monkeypatch now handles EAGAIN for windows users.
Issue #12 by Alwyn Schoeman
* Fixed POST example in README. Submitted by injekt.
* Fixed various bugs in the shutdown of connections especially cross-thread
(which you shouldn't be doing anyways).