1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
4 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
5 Module::Pluggable::Object
6 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
7 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
8 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
9 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
10 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
11 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
12 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
13 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
14 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
15 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
16 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
17 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
18 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
19 - Added ActionClass attribute
20 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
21 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
22 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
23 - cleaned up logging and debug output
25 - Added warning for setup being called twice
26 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
27 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
31 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
32 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
34 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
35 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
37 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
38 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
39 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
42 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
43 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
45 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
47 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
49 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
50 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
51 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
52 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
54 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
55 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
57 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
58 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
59 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
60 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
61 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
62 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
63 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
64 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
65 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
66 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
67 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
68 to more sane settings.
69 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
70 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
71 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
72 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
73 (stress tests run 12% faster)
74 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
76 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
77 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
78 - Cleaned generated tests
79 - Added Root controller concept
80 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
82 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
83 - Added plugin introspection.
84 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
85 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
86 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
88 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
89 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
90 was not run. (Eric Wong)
91 - Cleaned up generated tests
92 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
93 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
94 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
95 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
97 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
98 - Updated prereq versions
100 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
101 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
102 - Added YAML config support
103 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
104 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
105 correct execution order.
106 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
107 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
108 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
109 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
110 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
111 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
112 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
114 - Exceptions now return status 500.
115 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
116 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
117 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
118 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
119 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
120 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
121 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
123 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
124 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
126 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
127 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
128 including those that attach to /
129 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
130 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
131 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
132 using $c->req->params('foo').
133 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
135 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
136 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
137 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
138 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
139 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
140 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
142 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
143 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
144 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
145 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
146 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
147 - Improved PAR support
148 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
149 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
150 - Static::Simple changes:
151 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
153 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
154 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
156 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
157 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
158 - Switched to Module::Install
159 - Renamed tests for easier editing
160 - Reformatted documentation
161 - Renamed -nonew to -force
163 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
165 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
167 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
168 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
169 request. (Sam Vilain)
170 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
171 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
172 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
173 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
175 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
176 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
178 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
179 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
181 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
182 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
185 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
186 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
188 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
189 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
191 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
195 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
196 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
197 - Fixed args handling in forward()
198 - Fixed forwarding to classes
199 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
200 - Fixed relative forwarding
201 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
203 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
204 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
207 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
208 - Improved format of startup debug log.
209 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
210 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
211 if the browser is closed.
212 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
213 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
215 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
216 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
217 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
218 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
219 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
220 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
222 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
223 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
224 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
225 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
226 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
227 parent app is shut down.
228 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
230 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
231 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
232 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
234 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
236 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
237 - Whole new dispatcher!
239 - Added path_to method
240 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
242 - Added a new welcome screen.
243 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
244 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
245 - Added self restarting test server
246 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
247 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
248 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
249 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
250 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
251 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
253 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
254 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
255 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
256 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
258 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
259 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
261 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
262 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
265 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
266 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
267 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
268 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
269 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
270 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
272 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
273 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
274 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
275 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
276 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
277 kill loggging for a whole request.
278 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
279 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
280 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
281 coverage and maintainability.
282 - Added fork support to built in test server.
283 - Fixed all memory leaks.
284 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
285 core to be thread-safe.
286 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
288 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
289 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
290 - Improved documentation
291 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
292 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
293 action. (Andy Grundman)
294 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
296 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
297 - Now with updated manifest.
299 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
300 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
302 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
304 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
305 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
306 - added arguments for detach
307 - new credits section in pod
308 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
309 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
311 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
313 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
315 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
316 - Fix for inheritance bug.
317 - Allow forward with arguments.
319 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
320 - make module build cons README automatically.
321 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
322 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
323 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
324 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
325 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
326 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
327 - added $c->request->cookie
328 - added Catalyst::Setup
329 - refactored Catalyst::import()
330 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
331 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
332 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
334 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
335 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
336 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
338 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
339 - improved base locating in MP engines
340 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
341 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
342 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
344 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
345 - fixed a bug in https detection
346 - fixed auto chain finally
347 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
349 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
350 - improved uploads and parameters
351 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
352 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
353 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
354 - fixed win32 installer
355 - added deep recursion detection
357 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
358 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
359 in Path and Regex attributes
360 - new helper templates
361 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
362 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
363 instance (not the same app!)
365 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
366 - added support for MP registry scripts
367 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
368 - added SpeedyCGI engine
370 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
371 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
372 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
373 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
374 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
375 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
376 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
377 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
378 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
379 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
381 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
382 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
383 - added Plugins chapter to manual
384 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
385 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
386 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
387 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
388 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
389 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
390 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
392 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
395 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
396 - some documentation bugs fixed
397 - added Catalyst::Utils
398 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
399 - fixed upload bug with MP19
400 - added $c->req->body
401 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
402 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
404 - extended attribute handling
405 - added global config for components
407 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
408 - new core to support inheritance trees
409 - new syntax for action declaration
410 - new helper system using TT2
411 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
412 - added Test::Pod support
413 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
414 - added option to run tests against a remote server
415 - renamed errors() to error()
417 - countless minor improvements
418 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
419 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
421 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
422 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
423 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
424 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
425 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
427 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
428 - updated helper scripts
429 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
430 the script directory. We promise!
432 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
433 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
434 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
435 - removed cgi-server.pl
436 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
437 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
438 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
439 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
441 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
442 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
444 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
445 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
446 - previous release was borked!
447 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
449 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
450 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
451 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
452 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
453 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
454 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
455 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
456 - updated helper scripts
457 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
458 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
460 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
461 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
462 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
464 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
466 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
467 - debug message for parameters
468 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
470 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
471 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
473 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
474 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
476 - more debug messages
479 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
480 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
481 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
483 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
484 - updated cookbook example
485 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
487 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
488 - no more regex actions in forward
489 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
491 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
492 - catch errors in application class
493 - handle die properly.
495 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
498 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
499 - moved bin to script
501 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
502 - improved documentation
503 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
506 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
507 - server_base sucks, removed
508 - added $c->log->dump()
510 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
511 - removed some warnings
513 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
515 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
517 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
518 - improved documentation
520 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
521 - fixed more little bugs
523 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
524 - improved documentation
525 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
527 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
528 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
529 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
530 !?default, !?begin and !?end
531 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
532 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
535 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
536 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
537 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
539 - improved documentation for actions
541 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
542 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
543 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
545 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
546 - error reporting for app class
547 - no more engine debug messages
548 - class->method forwards get resolved now
550 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
551 - friendlier statistics
553 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
554 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
556 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
559 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
560 - real version number for CPAN.pm
561 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
562 - more statistics in debug logs
563 - ? prefix for forward()
565 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
566 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
567 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
569 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
570 - added ? for prefixed actions
573 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
574 - arguments for _default
575 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
576 - added $c->req->method
578 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
579 - POD fixes and improvements
581 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
582 - first development release