Version 0.33

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index a84b9e0..c946f3a 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension Catalyst::Plugin::Session
 
+0.33 2012-03-08
+        - Note that flash is deprecated / not recommended due to it's
+          inherent races. Point out Catalyst::Plugin::StatusMessage instead
+
 0.32 2011-06-08
         - Fix handling with enables verify_address and add related test
 

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
index f7aed87..a84c2ac 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Carp;
 
 use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
 
-our $VERSION = '0.32';
+our $VERSION = '0.33';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 my @session_data_accessors; # used in delete_session
@@ -727,6 +727,15 @@ $c->flash (thus allowing multiple redirections), and the policy is to delete
 all the keys which haven't changed since the flash data was loaded at the end
 of every request.
 
+Note that use of the flash is an easy way to get data across requests, but
+it's also strongly disrecommended, due it it being inherently plagued with
+race conditions. This means that it's unlikely to work well if your
+users have multiple tabs open at once, or if your site does a lot of AJAX
+requests.
+
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::StatusMessage> is the recommended alternative solution,
+as this doesn't suffer from these issues.
+
     sub moose : Local {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;