# WebKit 0.6.1 Release Notes

Version 0.6.1
Webware for Python 0.6.1

## Introduction

- Version 0.6.1b1 was released on 12/9/2001.

## Bug fixes

- Fixed concurrency issues in Dynamic session store.
- The webkit unix init script...
  - now works with args "stop" and "restart"
  - works on non-RedHat systems
  - removes the "pid file" upon shutdown
- Fixed Session.sessionEncode() so that it produces the proper query string.
- Fixed some methods of HTTPRequest so they work properly with IIS.
- Fixed hanging and crashing problems in wkcgi.exe.
- Added new Application.config settings (see User's Guide for details):
  - ExtensionsToServe
  - UseCascadingExtensions
  - ExtensionCascadeOrder
  - FilesToHide
  - FilesToServe
- Added callMethodOfServlet() to Application.
- Added convenience methods forward(), includeURL(), and callMethodOfServlet() to Page. These are equivalent to the methods in Application of the same name, except that they don't take the transaction as the first argument.
- Added Application.addShutDownHandler(func) which you can use to register a function that should be called on shutdown.