1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
6 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
8 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
9 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
10 - Switched to Module::Install
11 - Renamed tests for easier editing
12 - Reformatted documentation
13 - Renamed -nonew to -force
15 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
17 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
19 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
20 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
22 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
23 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
24 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
25 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
27 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
28 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
30 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
31 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
33 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
34 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
37 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
38 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
40 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
41 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
43 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
47 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
48 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
49 - Fixed args handling in forward()
50 - Fixed forwarding to classes
51 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
52 - Fixed relative forwarding
53 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
55 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
56 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
59 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
60 - Improved format of startup debug log.
61 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
62 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
63 if the browser is closed.
64 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
65 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
67 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
68 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
69 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
70 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
71 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
72 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
74 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
75 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
76 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
77 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
78 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
79 parent app is shut down.
80 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
82 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
83 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
84 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
86 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
88 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
89 - Whole new dispatcher!
91 - Added path_to method
92 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
94 - Added a new welcome screen.
95 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
96 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
97 - Added self restarting test server
98 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
99 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
100 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
101 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
102 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
103 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
105 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
106 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
107 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
108 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
110 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
111 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
113 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
114 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
117 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
118 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
119 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
120 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
121 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
122 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
124 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
125 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
126 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
127 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
128 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
129 kill loggging for a whole request.
130 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
131 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
132 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
133 coverage and maintainability.
134 - Added fork support to built in test server.
135 - Fixed all memory leaks.
136 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
137 core to be thread-safe.
138 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
140 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
141 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
142 - Improved documentation
143 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
144 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
145 action. (Andy Grundman)
146 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
148 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
149 - Now with updated manifest.
151 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
152 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
154 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
156 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
157 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
158 - added arguments for detach
159 - new credits section in pod
160 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
161 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
163 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
165 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
167 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
168 - Fix for inheritance bug.
169 - Allow forward with arguments.
171 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
172 - make module build cons README automatically.
173 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
174 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
175 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
176 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
177 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
178 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
179 - added $c->request->cookie
180 - added Catalyst::Setup
181 - refactored Catalyst::import()
182 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
183 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
184 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
186 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
187 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
188 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
190 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
191 - improved base locating in MP engines
192 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
193 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
194 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
196 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
197 - fixed a bug in https detection
198 - fixed auto chain finally
199 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
201 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
202 - improved uploads and parameters
203 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
204 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
205 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
206 - fixed win32 installer
207 - added deep recursion detection
209 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
210 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
211 in Path and Regex attributes
212 - new helper templates
213 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
214 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
215 instance (not the same app!)
217 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
218 - added support for MP registry scripts
219 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
220 - added SpeedyCGI engine
222 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
223 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
224 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
225 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
226 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
227 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
228 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
229 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
230 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
231 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
233 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
234 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
235 - added Plugins chapter to manual
236 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
237 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
238 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
239 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
240 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
241 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
242 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
244 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
247 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
248 - some documentation bugs fixed
249 - added Catalyst::Utils
250 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
251 - fixed upload bug with MP19
252 - added $c->req->body
253 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
254 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
256 - extended attribute handling
257 - added global config for components
259 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
260 - new core to support inheritance trees
261 - new syntax for action declaration
262 - new helper system using TT2
263 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
264 - added Test::Pod support
265 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
266 - added option to run tests against a remote server
267 - renamed errors() to error()
269 - countless minor improvements
270 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
271 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
273 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
274 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
275 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
276 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
277 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
279 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
280 - updated helper scripts
281 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
282 the script directory. We promise!
284 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
285 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
286 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
287 - removed cgi-server.pl
288 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
289 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
290 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
291 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
293 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
294 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
296 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
297 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
298 - previous release was borked!
299 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
301 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
302 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
303 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
304 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
305 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
306 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
307 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
308 - updated helper scripts
309 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
310 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
312 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
313 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
314 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
316 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
318 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
319 - debug message for parameters
320 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
322 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
323 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
325 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
326 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
328 - more debug messages
331 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
332 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
333 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
335 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
336 - updated cookbook example
337 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
339 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
340 - no more regex actions in forward
341 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
343 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
344 - catch errors in application class
345 - handle die properly.
347 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
350 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
351 - moved bin to script
353 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
354 - improved documentation
355 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
358 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
359 - server_base sucks, removed
360 - added $c->log->dump()
362 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
363 - removed some warnings
365 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
367 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
369 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
370 - improved documentation
372 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
373 - fixed more little bugs
375 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
376 - improved documentation
377 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
379 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
380 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
381 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
382 !?default, !?begin and !?end
383 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
384 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
387 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
388 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
389 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
391 - improved documentation for actions
393 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
394 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
395 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
397 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
398 - error reporting for app class
399 - no more engine debug messages
400 - class->method forwards get resolved now
402 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
403 - friendlier statistics
405 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
406 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
408 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
411 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
412 - real version number for CPAN.pm
413 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
414 - more statistics in debug logs
415 - ? prefix for forward()
417 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
418 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
419 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
421 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
422 - added ? for prefixed actions
425 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
426 - arguments for _default
427 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
428 - added $c->req->method
430 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
431 - POD fixes and improvements
433 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
434 - first development release