commit 5d78457dc102e9b55087152ddce09995dcf2fcf6
author Sean Griffin <sean@seantheprogrammer.com> Mon Aug 01 15:56:01 2016 -0400
committer Sean Griffin <sean@seantheprogrammer.com> Mon Aug 01 16:19:48 2016 -0400
tree 6294c02cafc99af51ded85a259a5a939698b42ef
parent 0142c03a5cc2321b08533d8b6943f9b70f9e8dfa

Release v0.7.0

The headline feature of this version is associations. Just add
`#[belongs_to(User)]` above your struct, and it becomes incredibly easy
to manipulate larger batches of data. See
http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/associations/index.html for a full guide.

Diesel is taking a slightly different approach to what you may have seen
in the past, which I'm calling "non-invasive associations". In contrast
to something like Active Record or Ecto, where the association lives on
the parent, the data is completely independent. The type of a user and
all its posts is `(User, Vec<Post>)`.

This release also marks the elimination of Diesel's reliance on
procedural macros. They're still available as an option, and their usage
is recommended. However, a lot of people have had a desire to shy away
from them. For all of our code generation that does not perform IO,
there is now a completely stable non-procedural macro, which has been
designed to work with the [custom_derive][custom-derive] crate. See [the
CHANGELOG][changelog] for a full list.

[custom-derive]: https://github.com/DanielKeep/rust-custom-derive
[changelog]: https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/blob/v0.7.0/CHANGELOG.md

`diesel_codegen` has been split into two crates. This is a breaking
change which will affect 100% of our users. Please see
https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/commit/36b8801bf5e9594443743e6a7c62e29d3dce36b7
for more information on how to migrate.

This release has also had a contributor who has gone above and beyond to
help out. I'd like to take this opportunity to announce the 4th addition
to the Diesel core team, @killercup! Your contributions have been much
appreciated, and your code review has been invaluable.

Thank you to everybody who contributed to this release.

- derekdreery
- kardeiz
- Michael Macias
- Mike Piccolo
- Pascal Hertleif
- Richard Dodd
- Tim Brooks

On to 0.8! With this release, we are approaching the benchmarks I had
set for 1.0. We will still have at least 2 more releases before the 1.0
release, but it's quickly becoming the next target. We will be
publishing a roadmap soon.