1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
5 - Added lots of API documentation.
6 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
8 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
10 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
11 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
12 - Cleaned generated tests
13 - Added Root controller concept
14 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
16 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
17 - Added plugin introspection.
18 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
19 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
20 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
22 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
23 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
24 was not run. (Eric Wong)
25 - Cleaned up generated tests
26 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
27 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
28 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
29 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
31 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
32 - Updated prereq versions
34 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
35 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
36 - Added YAML config support
37 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
38 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
39 correct execution order.
40 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
41 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
42 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
43 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
44 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
45 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
46 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
48 - Exceptions now return status 500.
49 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
50 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
51 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
52 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
53 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
54 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
55 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
57 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
58 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
60 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
61 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
62 including those that attach to /
63 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
64 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
65 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
66 using $c->req->params('foo').
67 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
69 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
70 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
71 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
72 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
73 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
74 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
76 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
77 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
78 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
79 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
80 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
81 - Improved PAR support
82 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
83 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
84 - Static::Simple changes:
85 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
87 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
88 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
90 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
91 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
92 - Switched to Module::Install
93 - Renamed tests for easier editing
94 - Reformatted documentation
95 - Renamed -nonew to -force
97 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
99 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
101 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
102 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
103 request. (Sam Vilain)
104 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
105 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
106 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
107 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
109 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
110 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
112 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
113 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
115 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
116 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
119 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
120 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
122 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
123 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
125 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
129 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
130 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
131 - Fixed args handling in forward()
132 - Fixed forwarding to classes
133 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
134 - Fixed relative forwarding
135 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
137 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
138 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
141 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
142 - Improved format of startup debug log.
143 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
144 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
145 if the browser is closed.
146 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
147 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
149 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
150 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
151 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
152 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
153 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
154 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
156 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
157 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
158 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
159 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
160 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
161 parent app is shut down.
162 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
164 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
165 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
166 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
168 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
170 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
171 - Whole new dispatcher!
173 - Added path_to method
174 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
176 - Added a new welcome screen.
177 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
178 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
179 - Added self restarting test server
180 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
181 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
182 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
183 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
184 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
185 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
187 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
188 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
189 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
190 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
192 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
193 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
195 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
196 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
199 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
200 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
201 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
202 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
203 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
204 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
206 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
207 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
208 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
209 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
210 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
211 kill loggging for a whole request.
212 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
213 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
214 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
215 coverage and maintainability.
216 - Added fork support to built in test server.
217 - Fixed all memory leaks.
218 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
219 core to be thread-safe.
220 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
222 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
223 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
224 - Improved documentation
225 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
226 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
227 action. (Andy Grundman)
228 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
230 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
231 - Now with updated manifest.
233 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
234 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
236 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
238 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
239 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
240 - added arguments for detach
241 - new credits section in pod
242 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
243 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
245 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
247 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
249 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
250 - Fix for inheritance bug.
251 - Allow forward with arguments.
253 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
254 - make module build cons README automatically.
255 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
256 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
257 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
258 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
259 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
260 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
261 - added $c->request->cookie
262 - added Catalyst::Setup
263 - refactored Catalyst::import()
264 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
265 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
266 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
268 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
269 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
270 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
272 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
273 - improved base locating in MP engines
274 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
275 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
276 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
278 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
279 - fixed a bug in https detection
280 - fixed auto chain finally
281 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
283 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
284 - improved uploads and parameters
285 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
286 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
287 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
288 - fixed win32 installer
289 - added deep recursion detection
291 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
292 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
293 in Path and Regex attributes
294 - new helper templates
295 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
296 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
297 instance (not the same app!)
299 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
300 - added support for MP registry scripts
301 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
302 - added SpeedyCGI engine
304 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
305 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
306 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
307 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
308 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
309 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
310 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
311 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
312 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
313 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
315 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
316 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
317 - added Plugins chapter to manual
318 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
319 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
320 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
321 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
322 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
323 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
324 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
326 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
329 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
330 - some documentation bugs fixed
331 - added Catalyst::Utils
332 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
333 - fixed upload bug with MP19
334 - added $c->req->body
335 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
336 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
338 - extended attribute handling
339 - added global config for components
341 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
342 - new core to support inheritance trees
343 - new syntax for action declaration
344 - new helper system using TT2
345 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
346 - added Test::Pod support
347 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
348 - added option to run tests against a remote server
349 - renamed errors() to error()
351 - countless minor improvements
352 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
353 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
355 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
356 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
357 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
358 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
359 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
361 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
362 - updated helper scripts
363 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
364 the script directory. We promise!
366 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
367 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
368 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
369 - removed cgi-server.pl
370 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
371 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
372 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
373 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
375 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
376 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
378 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
379 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
380 - previous release was borked!
381 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
383 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
384 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
385 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
386 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
387 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
388 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
389 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
390 - updated helper scripts
391 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
392 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
394 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
395 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
396 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
398 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
400 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
401 - debug message for parameters
402 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
404 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
405 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
407 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
408 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
410 - more debug messages
413 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
414 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
415 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
417 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
418 - updated cookbook example
419 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
421 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
422 - no more regex actions in forward
423 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
425 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
426 - catch errors in application class
427 - handle die properly.
429 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
432 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
433 - moved bin to script
435 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
436 - improved documentation
437 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
440 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
441 - server_base sucks, removed
442 - added $c->log->dump()
444 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
445 - removed some warnings
447 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
449 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
451 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
452 - improved documentation
454 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
455 - fixed more little bugs
457 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
458 - improved documentation
459 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
461 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
462 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
463 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
464 !?default, !?begin and !?end
465 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
466 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
469 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
470 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
471 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
473 - improved documentation for actions
475 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
476 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
477 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
479 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
480 - error reporting for app class
481 - no more engine debug messages
482 - class->method forwards get resolved now
484 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
485 - friendlier statistics
487 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
488 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
490 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
493 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
494 - real version number for CPAN.pm
495 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
496 - more statistics in debug logs
497 - ? prefix for forward()
499 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
500 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
501 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
503 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
504 - added ? for prefixed actions
507 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
508 - arguments for _default
509 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
510 - added $c->req->method
512 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
513 - POD fixes and improvements
515 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
516 - first development release