1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7000 2006-07-06 19:42:00
4 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
7 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
9 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
10 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
11 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
13 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
16 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
18 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
19 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
20 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
21 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
22 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
23 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
24 Module::Pluggable::Object
25 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
26 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
27 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
28 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
29 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
30 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
31 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
32 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
33 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
34 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
35 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
36 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
37 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
38 - Added ActionClass attribute
39 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
40 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
41 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
42 - cleaned up logging and debug output
43 - significant documentation revisions
44 - Added warning for setup being called twice
45 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
46 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
50 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
51 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
53 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
54 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
56 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
57 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
58 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
61 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
62 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
64 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
66 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
68 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
69 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
70 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
71 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
73 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
74 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
76 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
77 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
78 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
79 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
80 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
81 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
82 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
83 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
84 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
85 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
86 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
87 to more sane settings.
88 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
89 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
90 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
91 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
92 (stress tests run 12% faster)
93 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
95 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
96 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
97 - Cleaned generated tests
98 - Added Root controller concept
99 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
101 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
102 - Added plugin introspection.
103 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
104 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
105 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
107 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
108 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
109 was not run. (Eric Wong)
110 - Cleaned up generated tests
111 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
112 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
113 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
114 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
116 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
117 - Updated prereq versions
119 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
120 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
121 - Added YAML config support
122 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
123 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
124 correct execution order.
125 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
126 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
127 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
128 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
129 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
130 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
131 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
133 - Exceptions now return status 500.
134 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
135 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
136 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
137 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
138 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
139 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
140 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
142 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
143 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
145 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
146 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
147 including those that attach to /
148 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
149 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
150 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
151 using $c->req->params('foo').
152 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
154 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
155 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
156 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
157 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
158 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
159 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
161 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
162 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
163 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
164 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
165 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
166 - Improved PAR support
167 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
168 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
169 - Static::Simple changes:
170 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
172 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
173 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
175 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
176 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
177 - Switched to Module::Install
178 - Renamed tests for easier editing
179 - Reformatted documentation
180 - Renamed -nonew to -force
182 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
184 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
186 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
187 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
188 request. (Sam Vilain)
189 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
190 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
191 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
192 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
194 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
195 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
197 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
198 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
200 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
201 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
204 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
205 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
207 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
208 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
210 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
214 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
215 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
216 - Fixed args handling in forward()
217 - Fixed forwarding to classes
218 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
219 - Fixed relative forwarding
220 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
222 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
223 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
226 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
227 - Improved format of startup debug log.
228 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
229 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
230 if the browser is closed.
231 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
232 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
234 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
235 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
236 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
237 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
238 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
239 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
241 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
242 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
243 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
244 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
245 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
246 parent app is shut down.
247 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
249 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
250 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
251 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
253 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
255 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
256 - Whole new dispatcher!
258 - Added path_to method
259 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
261 - Added a new welcome screen.
262 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
263 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
264 - Added self restarting test server
265 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
266 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
267 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
268 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
269 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
270 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
272 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
273 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
274 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
275 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
277 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
278 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
280 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
281 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
284 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
285 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
286 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
287 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
288 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
289 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
291 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
292 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
293 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
294 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
295 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
296 kill loggging for a whole request.
297 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
298 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
299 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
300 coverage and maintainability.
301 - Added fork support to built in test server.
302 - Fixed all memory leaks.
303 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
304 core to be thread-safe.
305 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
307 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
308 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
309 - Improved documentation
310 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
311 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
312 action. (Andy Grundman)
313 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
315 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
316 - Now with updated manifest.
318 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
319 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
321 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
323 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
324 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
325 - added arguments for detach
326 - new credits section in pod
327 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
328 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
330 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
332 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
334 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
335 - Fix for inheritance bug.
336 - Allow forward with arguments.
338 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
339 - make module build cons README automatically.
340 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
341 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
342 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
343 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
344 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
345 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
346 - added $c->request->cookie
347 - added Catalyst::Setup
348 - refactored Catalyst::import()
349 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
350 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
351 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
353 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
354 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
355 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
357 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
358 - improved base locating in MP engines
359 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
360 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
361 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
363 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
364 - fixed a bug in https detection
365 - fixed auto chain finally
366 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
368 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
369 - improved uploads and parameters
370 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
371 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
372 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
373 - fixed win32 installer
374 - added deep recursion detection
376 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
377 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
378 in Path and Regex attributes
379 - new helper templates
380 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
381 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
382 instance (not the same app!)
384 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
385 - added support for MP registry scripts
386 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
387 - added SpeedyCGI engine
389 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
390 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
391 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
392 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
393 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
394 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
395 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
396 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
397 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
398 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
400 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
401 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
402 - added Plugins chapter to manual
403 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
404 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
405 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
406 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
407 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
408 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
409 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
411 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
414 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
415 - some documentation bugs fixed
416 - added Catalyst::Utils
417 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
418 - fixed upload bug with MP19
419 - added $c->req->body
420 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
421 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
423 - extended attribute handling
424 - added global config for components
426 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
427 - new core to support inheritance trees
428 - new syntax for action declaration
429 - new helper system using TT2
430 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
431 - added Test::Pod support
432 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
433 - added option to run tests against a remote server
434 - renamed errors() to error()
436 - countless minor improvements
437 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
438 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
440 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
441 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
442 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
443 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
444 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
446 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
447 - updated helper scripts
448 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
449 the script directory. We promise!
451 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
452 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
453 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
454 - removed cgi-server.pl
455 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
456 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
457 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
458 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
460 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
461 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
463 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
464 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
465 - previous release was borked!
466 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
468 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
469 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
470 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
471 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
472 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
473 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
474 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
475 - updated helper scripts
476 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
477 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
479 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
480 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
481 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
483 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
485 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
486 - debug message for parameters
487 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
489 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
490 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
492 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
493 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
495 - more debug messages
498 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
499 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
500 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
502 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
503 - updated cookbook example
504 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
506 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
507 - no more regex actions in forward
508 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
510 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
511 - catch errors in application class
512 - handle die properly.
514 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
517 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
518 - moved bin to script
520 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
521 - improved documentation
522 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
525 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
526 - server_base sucks, removed
527 - added $c->log->dump()
529 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
530 - removed some warnings
532 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
534 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
536 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
537 - improved documentation
539 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
540 - fixed more little bugs
542 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
543 - improved documentation
544 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
546 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
547 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
548 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
549 !?default, !?begin and !?end
550 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
551 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
554 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
555 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
556 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
558 - improved documentation for actions
560 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
561 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
562 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
564 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
565 - error reporting for app class
566 - no more engine debug messages
567 - class->method forwards get resolved now
569 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
570 - friendlier statistics
572 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
573 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
575 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
578 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
579 - real version number for CPAN.pm
580 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
581 - more statistics in debug logs
582 - ? prefix for forward()
584 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
585 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
586 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
588 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
589 - added ? for prefixed actions
592 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
593 - arguments for _default
594 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
595 - added $c->req->method
597 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
598 - POD fixes and improvements
600 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
601 - first development release