gRPC C Core [C++/Python/Ruby/PHP/C#/obj-c/Node] 1.4.0 pre1

[David Garcia Quintas]

Hello everyone,

We've just pushed out the pre-release packages for 1.4.0. We request and encourage all users to try it out, and provide feedback for the upcoming actual 1.4.0 release. Thank you all!

Release Notes:

This is the 1.4 pre-release of gRPC

C-core

• Bug fix in Cronet transport (#10958)

• Server backward compatibility management (#10849)

C++:

• Server backward compatibility management (#11118)

Python:

• .Server-side authentication context (issue 7710, pull request 10993)

Ruby:

• Bug fixes

PHP:

• Composer dependency change (#11173): we deccoupled the google/protobuf package dependency. Please either explicitly add google/protobuf to your `composer.json` file or install the “protobuf” PECL extension for better performance.

• Experimental Windows support (#8161): users can now download pre-compiled DLL on the PECL package page: https://pecl.php.net/package/grpc

• Fixed memory leaks (#9559, #10996)

• Fixed gRPC extension reported version (#10842)

• Fixed Protoc plugin comment escape issue (#11025)

C#:

• Improvement to API usage-error feedback (#11353)

• Performance Improvements

Objective-c:

• Supports parsing responses in a user-spcified dispatch queue

Node:

• .The API documentation has been expanded and reorganized.

• Added the class `Client`, which is a generic superclass for generated client classes. Some global functions for operating on client objects have also been added to `Client.prototype`.

• Fixed issue with building against older versions of OpenSSL (#11264) (credit to smulikHakipod).