App Engine 1.5.3 Pre-release SDKs are out

[Marzia Niccolai]

Hi,

The pre-release SDKs are located here:

Java: http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/files/appengine-java-sdk-1.5.3_prerelease.zip
Python: http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/files/google_appengine_1.5.3_prerelease.zip

Here are the release notes:

Python Version 1.5.3
=============================
- We've removed the limit on the size of blob uploads using the Blobstore API.
- You can now send emails with any attachment extension that is not included on
 the email attachment extension blacklist.
- Added a db.get_indexes() method to retrieve an application's indexes and
 their corresponding states.
- The Datastore Admin functionality can now be enabled directly in the Admin
 Console.
- Added a set_default_fetch_deadline to the URLFetch API which sets the
 URLFetch deadline globally.
- Fixed an issue where the dev_appserver did not respect a new
 task_retry_limit.
- Fixed an issue in the Channel API where jsapi was not served with the correct
 mime type.
- Fixed an issue that broke use_library when the Python SDK was located in a
 directory that contained the word 'django'.
- Fixed an issue where blobs could not be uploaded using HTTPS.
- Fixed an issue where GQL didn't allow querying for valid kind names
 containing '.', '-', and ':' by supporting quoted identifiers.
   http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2584

Java Version 1.5.3
=============
- We've removed the limit on the size of blob uploads using the Blobstore API.
- You can now send emails with any attachment extension that is not included on
 the email attachment extension blacklist.
- Added a getIndexes() method to the DatastoreService to retrieve an
 application's indexes and their corresponding states.
- The Datastore Admin functionality can now be enabled directly in the Admin
 Console.
- You can now use Remote API to access the services of one App Engine
 application from a different App Engine application.
- AppCfg now supports download_app, which will download all files that were
 uploaded from your war directory.
- The Java OAuth API now allows you to specify a custom OAuth scope.
- The Java Testing APIs now default to UTC if no timezone is specified.
- Fixed an issue in the Channel API where jsapi was not served with the correct
 mime type.
- Fixed an issue where blobs could not be uploaded using HTTPS.
- Fixed an issue where the -V (version) and -A (application) flags did not work
 with AppCfg.
- Fixed an issue where GQL didn't allow querying for valid kind names
 containing '.', '-', and ':' by supporting quoted identifiers.
   http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2584

Happy testing.

-Marzia

[Joshua Smith]

Does this mean there is no limit at all? (We've bumped into Amazon S3's 5GB limit now and then, so having an alternative which was unlimited would be HUGE for us!)

[Roberto Saccon]

what does this mean:

  - The Java OAuth API now allows you to specify a custom OAuth scope.

Don't we need to use thirdparty jars for signing oauth requests ??? If you integrate with Google Apps marketplace and/or Google webstore (and follow the google sample apps), then you and up with dozens of jars required to get the thing working, now I hope this streamlines things.

--

Roberto

[James Broberg]

Amazon's limit is 5TB, not 5GB - although you can only upload it in up
to 5GB parts for a single PUT.

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[Joshua Smith]

Oh, that must have changed at some point (it used to be that the maximum size of a file in a bucket was 5GB). Good news, indeed!