mechanize 2.1.pre.1 is up on rubygems.org. Notable improvements over
mechanize 2.0.1 include:
- Improvements in handling of connections closed by the server including
a connection
idle timeout setting and the ability to disable keep-alive
connections. This addresses
the “too many connection resets” error. - Improvements in cookie handling by Akinori MUSHA including cookie
behavior like most
modern browsers, proper TLD cookie domain handling via the domain_name
gem - SSL peer certificate validation is enabled by default.
You can read the full list of changes in the mechanize release notes:
http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/CHANGELOG_rdoc.html#label-2.1+%2F+%3F%3F
You can install the prerelease version of mechanize by running:
gem install mechanize --prerelease
If you find bugs in the prerelease version please file an issue in the
mechanize issues tracker on github: