This keeps track of important changes to the 1.x branch. Important changes that need extra attention when releasing v1.2.

• All factory() methods. The have been replaced by forge().
• Agent::is_mobile(). Replaced by is_mobiledevice().
• Arr::element(). Replaced by get().
• Arr::elements(). Replaced by get().
• Arr::replace_keys(). Replaced by replace_key().
• Controller::render(). Is no longer used as actions need to return a Response object now.
• Database_Connection::transactional(). Was already a NOOP.
• DB::transactional(). Called Database_Connection::transactional().
• Fieldset::errors(). Replaced by error().
• Fieldset::repopulate(). Undocumented parameter was removed, functionality is offered by populate().
• Fuel::find_file(). Replaced by Finder::search().
• Fuel::list_files(). Replaced by Finder::instance()->list_files().
• Fuel::add_path(). Was used by find_file(), no longer needed.
• Fuel::get_paths(). Was used by find_file(), no longer needed.
• Fuel::add_package(). Replaced by Package::load().
• Fuel::remove_package(). Replaced by Package::unload().
• Fuel_Exception class. Replaced by FuelException.
• Input::get_post(). Replaced by param().
• Lang::line(). Replaced by get().
• Request404Exception class. Is replaced by HttpNotFoundException.
• Uri properties $uri and $segments are now protected. Use Uri::get() and Uri::get_segment() or Uri::get_segments().
• Validation::errors(). Replaced by error().
• Viewmodel property $_template. Is replaced by $_view.
• Viewmodel::set_template(). Replaced by set_view().

• Pagination: Class will be removed and replaced by a new Paginate class.
• Fuel::add_module(). Is replaced by Module::load().
• Fuel::module_exists(). Is replaced by Module::exists().
• Theme::asset(). Replaced by asset_path().
• Theme::info(). Replaced by get_info().
• Theme::all_info(). Replaced by load_info().

• Security class now requires you to define the security.output_filter application config setting. An exception is thrown if it isn't present.
• Security::htmlentities() now defaults to use ENT_QUOTES instead of ENT_COMPAT as flag. This is configurable in the second argument for the method and the default can be overwritten in config as security.htmlentities_flags.

• Controller: action methods, or the controllers after() method if present, now must return a Response object.
• Controller: before() and after() methods are now optional, as documented.
• Controller_Hybrid: combines Controller_Template and Controller_Rest in a single base controller for mixed HTTP and REST responses.
• Controller_Rest: added a fallback to "action_" when no HTTP method action is found.
• Controller_Rest: you can now define custom HTTP status codes.
• Controller_Template: the $auto_render setting has been removed, to prevent rendering return whatever you want to use instead.
• Database: The PDO driver now supports list_columns().
• Module: new Module class to load or unload modules.
• Uri: the URL extension is no longer part of the URI. A new extension() method allows you to fetch it.
• Request: Request_Curl now properly deals with succesful requests that return a 4xx or 5xx HTTP status.
• Request: Request_Curl and Request_Soap now supports returning header information. A get_headers() has been added to fetch them manually.
• Router: can now be configured to treat URI's without regards to case.

• Arr: Arr::to_assoc() now throws a BadMethodCallException on bad input.
• Arr: Arr::assoc_to_keyval() now requires all parameters and first parameter must be an array or implement Iterator.
• Arr: Added reverse_flatten(), is_assoc() and insert_before_key() methods.
• Arr: Added in_array_recursive() to do a recursive in_array() lookup.
• Asset: Separated into the static front (Asset) and dynamic instance (Asset_Instance).
• Asset: Separated into the static front (Asset) and dynamic instance (Asset_Instance).
• Asset: css(), js() and img() methods are now chainable.
• Asset: you can now specify a URL as location, for CDN support.
• Asset: new fail_silently config value allows you to skip missing assets.
• Cli: now supports ANSICON on Windows for colored commandline output.
• Config: is now driver based to support php, ini, yaml and json type configs.
• Config: now allow you to load a file by FQFN.
• Cookie: all cookie data can now be fetched like Input class does.
• Date: All fuel notices have been replaced by UnexpectedValueExceptions.
• Date: On windows an extra fallback has been added for the create_from_string() method.
• Date: new display_timezone()' and get_timezone_abbr()`, and changes to support working with multiple timezones.
• DB: cache() now has the option not to cache empty resultsets.
• DB: where() do now support closures to specify the where clause.
• DB: Update now supports limit() and order_by().
• DB: now tries to reconnect when a disconnected DB connection is detected.
• DButil: create_database() now supports 'IF NOT EXIST'.
• DButil: Better support for the CONSTRAINT keyword.
• DButil: new add_foreign_key() and drop_foreign_key() methods.
• Event: shutdown events are now also executed after exit and die statements.
• Fieldset: added set_fieldset_tag() to define the fieldset tag. Fieldset: added add_before() and add_after() methods to insert a new field before/after a specific field.
• Fieldset_Field: added add_description() method and {description} tag to templates.
• Fieldset_Field: added add_error_message() method to create error message overwrites per field.
• File: download() now allows you to continue processing after calling it.
• Form: Separated into the static front (Form) and dynamic instance (Form_Instance).
• Inflector: now supports Hungarian accepted characters when converting to ascii.
• Input: method() now supports the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
• Input: new json() and xml() methods to fetch json or xml from the HTTP request body.
• Lang: load() method now supports overwriting when merging language files.
• Lang: now allow you to load a file by FQFN.
• Lang: is now driver based to support php, ini, yaml and json type language files.
• Lang: language files can now be saved (as php, ini, yaml or json) using save().
• Migrate: now tracks individual migrations, so they don't have to have a sequence number anymore.
• Model_Crud: now supports created_at and updated_at fields, like ORM\Model does.
• Model_Crud: now has full callback support.
• Model_Crud: you can now run validation separately (::validates) and skip validation when saving a model.
• Profiler: profiler logging methods are now NO-OP's when the profiler is not loaded.
• Profiler: now writes it's output under the page content, instead of using an overlay.
• Session: Added session task to create and remove sessions table.
• Session: New sessions are not saved until there is data present in the session.
• Theme: Separated into the static front (Theme) and dynamic instance (Theme_Instance).
• Theme: now supports installation outside the docroot (for views).
• Theme: now uses the Asset class to load theme assets.
• Theme: instances now support templates, template partials and partial chrome templates.
• Validation: You can now disable fallback to global input using the 'validation.global_input_fallback' config setting.

• Auth: Auth login drivers no have a validate_user method to validate a user/password without setting up a logged-in session.
• Auth: SimpleAuth SimpleUserUpdateExceptions are now numbered to be able to identify the exact error after catching the exception.
• Email: Now handles SMTP timeouts properly.
• Email: You can now specify the return address.
• Email: Now handles BCC lists correctly when using SMTP.
• Email: Respects new lines in alt body better.
• Email: You can now specify the return address.
• Oil: Use phpunit.xml from APPPATH if present when running unit tests.
• Oil: Reinstated oil package command to install packages from git repositories.
• Oil: You can define the environment the command has to run in using the -env commandline switch.
• Oil: Scaffolding now supports both Model_Crud and Orm\Model.
• Oil: Scaffolding now supports adding created-at and updated-at.
• Oil: Scaffolding now supports skipping the creation of a migration file using -no-migration.
• Oil: There is now a core task to generate the table for the database session store.
• Orm: New model method is_fetched() checks if relation data is fetched without triggering a new query.
• Orm: Validation section of the properties has a new key skip to indicate the field should not be validated.