1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added Root controller concept
6 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
7 - Added plugin introspection.
8 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
9 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
10 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
12 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
13 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
14 was not run. (Eric Wong)
15 - Cleaned up generated tests
16 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
17 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
18 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
19 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
21 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
22 - Updated prereq versions
24 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
25 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
26 - Added YAML config support
27 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
28 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
29 correct execution order.
30 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
31 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
32 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
33 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
34 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
35 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
36 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
38 - Exceptions now return status 500.
39 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
40 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
41 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
42 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
43 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
44 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
45 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
47 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
48 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
50 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
51 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
52 including those that attach to /
53 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
54 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
55 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
56 using $c->req->params('foo').
57 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
59 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
60 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
61 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
62 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
63 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
64 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
66 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
67 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
68 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
69 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
70 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
71 - Improved PAR support
72 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
73 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
74 - Static::Simple changes:
75 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
77 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
78 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
80 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
81 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
82 - Switched to Module::Install
83 - Renamed tests for easier editing
84 - Reformatted documentation
85 - Renamed -nonew to -force
87 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
89 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
91 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
92 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
94 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
95 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
96 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
97 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
99 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
100 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
102 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
103 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
105 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
106 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
109 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
110 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
112 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
113 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
115 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
119 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
120 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
121 - Fixed args handling in forward()
122 - Fixed forwarding to classes
123 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
124 - Fixed relative forwarding
125 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
127 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
128 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
131 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
132 - Improved format of startup debug log.
133 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
134 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
135 if the browser is closed.
136 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
137 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
139 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
140 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
141 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
142 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
143 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
144 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
146 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
147 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
148 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
149 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
150 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
151 parent app is shut down.
152 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
154 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
155 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
156 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
158 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
160 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
161 - Whole new dispatcher!
163 - Added path_to method
164 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
166 - Added a new welcome screen.
167 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
168 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
169 - Added self restarting test server
170 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
171 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
172 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
173 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
174 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
175 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
177 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
178 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
179 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
180 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
182 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
183 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
185 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
186 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
189 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
190 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
191 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
192 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
193 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
194 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
196 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
197 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
198 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
199 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
200 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
201 kill loggging for a whole request.
202 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
203 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
204 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
205 coverage and maintainability.
206 - Added fork support to built in test server.
207 - Fixed all memory leaks.
208 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
209 core to be thread-safe.
210 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
212 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
213 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
214 - Improved documentation
215 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
216 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
217 action. (Andy Grundman)
218 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
220 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
221 - Now with updated manifest.
223 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
224 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
226 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
228 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
229 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
230 - added arguments for detach
231 - new credits section in pod
232 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
233 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
235 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
237 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
239 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
240 - Fix for inheritance bug.
241 - Allow forward with arguments.
243 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
244 - make module build cons README automatically.
245 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
246 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
247 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
248 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
249 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
250 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
251 - added $c->request->cookie
252 - added Catalyst::Setup
253 - refactored Catalyst::import()
254 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
255 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
256 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
258 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
259 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
260 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
262 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
263 - improved base locating in MP engines
264 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
265 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
266 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
268 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
269 - fixed a bug in https detection
270 - fixed auto chain finally
271 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
273 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
274 - improved uploads and parameters
275 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
276 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
277 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
278 - fixed win32 installer
279 - added deep recursion detection
281 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
282 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
283 in Path and Regex attributes
284 - new helper templates
285 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
286 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
287 instance (not the same app!)
289 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
290 - added support for MP registry scripts
291 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
292 - added SpeedyCGI engine
294 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
295 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
296 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
297 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
298 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
299 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
300 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
301 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
302 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
303 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
305 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
306 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
307 - added Plugins chapter to manual
308 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
309 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
310 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
311 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
312 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
313 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
314 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
316 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
319 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
320 - some documentation bugs fixed
321 - added Catalyst::Utils
322 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
323 - fixed upload bug with MP19
324 - added $c->req->body
325 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
326 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
328 - extended attribute handling
329 - added global config for components
331 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
332 - new core to support inheritance trees
333 - new syntax for action declaration
334 - new helper system using TT2
335 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
336 - added Test::Pod support
337 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
338 - added option to run tests against a remote server
339 - renamed errors() to error()
341 - countless minor improvements
342 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
343 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
345 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
346 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
347 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
348 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
349 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
351 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
352 - updated helper scripts
353 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
354 the script directory. We promise!
356 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
357 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
358 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
359 - removed cgi-server.pl
360 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
361 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
362 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
363 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
365 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
366 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
368 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
369 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
370 - previous release was borked!
371 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
373 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
374 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
375 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
376 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
377 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
378 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
379 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
380 - updated helper scripts
381 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
382 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
384 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
385 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
386 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
388 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
390 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
391 - debug message for parameters
392 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
394 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
395 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
397 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
398 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
400 - more debug messages
403 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
404 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
405 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
407 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
408 - updated cookbook example
409 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
411 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
412 - no more regex actions in forward
413 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
415 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
416 - catch errors in application class
417 - handle die properly.
419 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
422 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
423 - moved bin to script
425 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
426 - improved documentation
427 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
430 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
431 - server_base sucks, removed
432 - added $c->log->dump()
434 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
435 - removed some warnings
437 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
439 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
441 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
442 - improved documentation
444 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
445 - fixed more little bugs
447 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
448 - improved documentation
449 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
451 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
452 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
453 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
454 !?default, !?begin and !?end
455 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
456 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
459 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
460 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
461 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
463 - improved documentation for actions
465 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
466 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
467 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
469 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
470 - error reporting for app class
471 - no more engine debug messages
472 - class->method forwards get resolved now
474 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
475 - friendlier statistics
477 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
478 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
480 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
483 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
484 - real version number for CPAN.pm
485 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
486 - more statistics in debug logs
487 - ? prefix for forward()
489 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
490 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
491 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
493 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
494 - added ? for prefixed actions
497 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
498 - arguments for _default
499 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
500 - added $c->req->method
502 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
503 - POD fixes and improvements
505 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
506 - first development release