1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
6 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
7 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
8 - Static::Simple changes:
9 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
11 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
12 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
14 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
15 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
16 - Switched to Module::Install
17 - Renamed tests for easier editing
18 - Reformatted documentation
19 - Renamed -nonew to -force
21 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
23 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
25 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
26 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
28 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
29 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
30 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
31 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
33 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
34 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
36 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
37 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
39 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
40 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
43 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
44 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
46 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
47 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
49 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
53 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
54 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
55 - Fixed args handling in forward()
56 - Fixed forwarding to classes
57 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
58 - Fixed relative forwarding
59 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
61 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
62 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
65 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
66 - Improved format of startup debug log.
67 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
68 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
69 if the browser is closed.
70 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
71 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
73 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
74 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
75 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
76 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
77 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
78 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
80 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
81 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
82 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
83 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
84 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
85 parent app is shut down.
86 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
88 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
89 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
90 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
92 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
94 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
95 - Whole new dispatcher!
97 - Added path_to method
98 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
100 - Added a new welcome screen.
101 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
102 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
103 - Added self restarting test server
104 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
105 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
106 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
107 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
108 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
109 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
111 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
112 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
113 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
114 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
116 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
117 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
119 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
120 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
123 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
124 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
125 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
126 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
127 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
128 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
130 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
131 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
132 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
133 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
134 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
135 kill loggging for a whole request.
136 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
137 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
138 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
139 coverage and maintainability.
140 - Added fork support to built in test server.
141 - Fixed all memory leaks.
142 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
143 core to be thread-safe.
144 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
146 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
147 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
148 - Improved documentation
149 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
150 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
151 action. (Andy Grundman)
152 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
154 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
155 - Now with updated manifest.
157 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
158 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
160 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
162 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
163 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
164 - added arguments for detach
165 - new credits section in pod
166 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
167 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
169 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
171 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
173 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
174 - Fix for inheritance bug.
175 - Allow forward with arguments.
177 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
178 - make module build cons README automatically.
179 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
180 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
181 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
182 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
183 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
184 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
185 - added $c->request->cookie
186 - added Catalyst::Setup
187 - refactored Catalyst::import()
188 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
189 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
190 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
192 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
193 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
194 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
196 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
197 - improved base locating in MP engines
198 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
199 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
200 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
202 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
203 - fixed a bug in https detection
204 - fixed auto chain finally
205 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
207 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
208 - improved uploads and parameters
209 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
210 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
211 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
212 - fixed win32 installer
213 - added deep recursion detection
215 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
216 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
217 in Path and Regex attributes
218 - new helper templates
219 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
220 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
221 instance (not the same app!)
223 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
224 - added support for MP registry scripts
225 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
226 - added SpeedyCGI engine
228 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
229 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
230 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
231 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
232 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
233 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
234 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
235 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
236 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
237 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
239 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
240 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
241 - added Plugins chapter to manual
242 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
243 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
244 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
245 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
246 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
247 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
248 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
250 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
253 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
254 - some documentation bugs fixed
255 - added Catalyst::Utils
256 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
257 - fixed upload bug with MP19
258 - added $c->req->body
259 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
260 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
262 - extended attribute handling
263 - added global config for components
265 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
266 - new core to support inheritance trees
267 - new syntax for action declaration
268 - new helper system using TT2
269 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
270 - added Test::Pod support
271 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
272 - added option to run tests against a remote server
273 - renamed errors() to error()
275 - countless minor improvements
276 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
277 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
279 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
280 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
281 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
282 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
283 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
285 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
286 - updated helper scripts
287 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
288 the script directory. We promise!
290 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
291 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
292 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
293 - removed cgi-server.pl
294 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
295 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
296 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
297 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
299 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
300 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
302 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
303 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
304 - previous release was borked!
305 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
307 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
308 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
309 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
310 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
311 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
312 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
313 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
314 - updated helper scripts
315 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
316 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
318 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
319 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
320 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
322 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
324 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
325 - debug message for parameters
326 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
328 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
329 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
331 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
332 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
334 - more debug messages
337 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
338 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
339 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
341 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
342 - updated cookbook example
343 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
345 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
346 - no more regex actions in forward
347 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
349 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
350 - catch errors in application class
351 - handle die properly.
353 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
356 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
357 - moved bin to script
359 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
360 - improved documentation
361 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
364 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
365 - server_base sucks, removed
366 - added $c->log->dump()
368 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
369 - removed some warnings
371 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
373 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
375 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
376 - improved documentation
378 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
379 - fixed more little bugs
381 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
382 - improved documentation
383 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
385 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
386 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
387 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
388 !?default, !?begin and !?end
389 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
390 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
393 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
394 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
395 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
397 - improved documentation for actions
399 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
400 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
401 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
403 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
404 - error reporting for app class
405 - no more engine debug messages
406 - class->method forwards get resolved now
408 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
409 - friendlier statistics
411 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
412 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
414 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
417 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
418 - real version number for CPAN.pm
419 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
420 - more statistics in debug logs
421 - ? prefix for forward()
423 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
424 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
425 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
427 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
428 - added ? for prefixed actions
431 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
432 - arguments for _default
433 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
434 - added $c->req->method
436 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
437 - POD fixes and improvements
439 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
440 - first development release