Sequel is now divided into two parts: sequel_core and sequel_model. These two parts are distributed as two separate gems. The sequel gem bundles sequel_core and sequel_model together. If you don't use Sequel::Model in your code, you can just install and use sequel_core.
The hooks implementation have been rewritten from scratch, is much more robust and offers a few new features:
More ways to define hooks: hooks can now be defined by supplying a
block or a method name, or by overriding the hook instance method.
Inheritable hooks: Hooks can now be inherited, which means that you
can define general hooks in a model superclass, and use them in subclasses. You can also define global hooks on Sequel::Model that will be invoked for all model classes.
Hook chains can be broken by returning false from within the hook.
New after_initialize hook, invoked after instance initialization.
The hook invocation order can no longer be changed. Hooks are
invoked in order of definition, from the top of the class hierarchy (that is, from Sequel::Model) down to the specific class.
Removed deprecated adapter stubs, and all other deprecations in both
sequel_core and sequel_model.
Fixed String#to_time to raise error correctly for invalid time
stamps.
Fixed error behavior when parse_tree or ruby2ruby are not available.
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