1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
5 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
6 if the browser is closed.
7 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
8 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
10 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
11 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
12 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
13 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
14 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
15 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
17 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
18 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
19 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
20 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
21 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
22 parent app is shut down.
23 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
25 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
26 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
27 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
29 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
31 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
32 - Whole new dispatcher!
34 - Added path_to method
35 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
37 - Added a new welcome screen.
38 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
39 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
40 - Added self restarting test server
41 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
42 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
43 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
44 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
45 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
46 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
48 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
49 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
50 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
51 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
53 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
54 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
56 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
57 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
60 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
61 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
62 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
63 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
64 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
65 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
67 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
68 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
69 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
70 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
71 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
72 kill loggging for a whole request.
73 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
74 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
75 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
76 coverage and maintainability.
77 - Added fork support to built in test server.
78 - Fixed all memory leaks.
79 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
80 core to be thread-safe.
81 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
83 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
84 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
85 - Improved documentation
86 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
87 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
88 action. (Andy Grundman)
89 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
91 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
92 - Now with updated manifest.
94 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
95 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
97 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
99 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
100 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
101 - added arguments for detach
102 - new credits section in pod
103 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
104 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
106 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
108 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
110 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
111 - Fix for inheritance bug.
112 - Allow forward with arguments.
114 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
115 - make module build cons README automatically.
116 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
117 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
118 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
119 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
120 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
121 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
122 - added $c->request->cookie
123 - added Catalyst::Setup
124 - refactored Catalyst::import()
125 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
126 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
127 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
129 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
130 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
131 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
133 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
134 - improved base locating in MP engines
135 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
136 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
137 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
139 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
140 - fixed a bug in https detection
141 - fixed auto chain finally
142 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
144 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
145 - improved uploads and parameters
146 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
147 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
148 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
149 - fixed win32 installer
150 - added deep recursion detection
152 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
153 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
154 in Path and Regex attributes
155 - new helper templates
156 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
157 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
158 instance (not the same app!)
160 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
161 - added support for MP registry scripts
162 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
163 - added SpeedyCGI engine
165 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
166 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
167 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
168 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
169 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
170 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
171 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
172 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
173 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
174 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
176 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
177 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
178 - added Plugins chapter to manual
179 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
180 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
181 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
182 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
183 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
184 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
185 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
187 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
190 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
191 - some documentation bugs fixed
192 - added Catalyst::Utils
193 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
194 - fixed upload bug with MP19
195 - added $c->req->body
196 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
197 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
199 - extended attribute handling
200 - added global config for components
202 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
203 - new core to support inheritance trees
204 - new syntax for action declaration
205 - new helper system using TT2
206 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
207 - added Test::Pod support
208 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
209 - added option to run tests against a remote server
210 - renamed errors() to error()
212 - countless minor improvements
213 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
214 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
216 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
217 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
218 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
219 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
220 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
222 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
223 - updated helper scripts
224 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
225 the script directory. We promise!
227 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
228 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
229 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
230 - removed cgi-server.pl
231 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
232 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
233 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
234 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
236 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
237 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
239 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
240 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
241 - previous release was borked!
242 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
244 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
245 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
246 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
247 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
248 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
249 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
250 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
251 - updated helper scripts
252 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
253 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
255 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
256 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
257 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
259 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
261 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
262 - debug message for parameters
263 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
265 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
266 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
268 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
269 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
271 - more debug messages
274 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
275 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
276 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
278 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
279 - updated cookbook example
280 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
282 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
283 - no more regex actions in forward
284 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
286 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
287 - catch errors in application class
288 - handle die properly.
290 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
293 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
294 - moved bin to script
296 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
297 - improved documentation
298 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
301 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
302 - server_base sucks, removed
303 - added $c->log->dump()
305 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
306 - removed some warnings
308 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
310 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
312 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
313 - improved documentation
315 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
316 - fixed more little bugs
318 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
319 - improved documentation
320 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
322 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
323 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
324 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
325 !?default, !?begin and !?end
326 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
327 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
330 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
331 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
332 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
334 - improved documentation for actions
336 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
337 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
338 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
340 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
341 - error reporting for app class
342 - no more engine debug messages
343 - class->method forwards get resolved now
345 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
346 - friendlier statistics
348 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
349 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
351 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
354 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
355 - real version number for CPAN.pm
356 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
357 - more statistics in debug logs
358 - ? prefix for forward()
360 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
361 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
362 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
364 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
365 - added ? for prefixed actions
368 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
369 - arguments for _default
370 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
371 - added $c->req->method
373 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
374 - POD fixes and improvements
376 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
377 - first development release