[ftputil] [ANN] ftputil 2.2a1

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi all,

Welcome to the first alpha release of ftputil 2.2, ftputil 2.2a1.
Please download it from http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/download .

This version adds caching of stat results to ftputil. This also
affects indirect calls via FTPHost.path, e. g. methods isfile,
exists, getmtime, getsize. The test script at
http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/browser/tags/release2_2a1/sandbox/list_dir_test.py
runs about 20 times as fast as before adding caching! :-)

As the "alpha" part implies, this release is not production-ready,
it's even kind of experimental: The caching works but there's no
cache entry expiration yet. (I plan to implement an LRU expiration
strategy or something similar.) Apart from that, the release is
tested as any production release. I suggest using the --prefix
option for installing alpha releases.

That said, it would be helpful if you tested this release and
report your findings. When testing the code, please make sure
that your code uses the ftputil version you intend (alpha vs.
production version), e. g. by setting the PYTHONPATH environment
variable. I'm very interested in the speedups - and any problems
you encounter.

Stefan