1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
5 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
6 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
7 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
8 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
9 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
10 - Added lots of API documentation.
11 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
12 to more sane settings.
13 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
14 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
15 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
17 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
18 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
19 - Cleaned generated tests
20 - Added Root controller concept
21 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
23 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
24 - Added plugin introspection.
25 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
26 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
27 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
29 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
30 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
31 was not run. (Eric Wong)
32 - Cleaned up generated tests
33 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
34 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
35 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
36 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
38 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
39 - Updated prereq versions
41 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
42 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
43 - Added YAML config support
44 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
45 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
46 correct execution order.
47 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
48 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
49 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
50 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
51 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
52 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
53 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
55 - Exceptions now return status 500.
56 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
57 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
58 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
59 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
60 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
61 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
62 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
64 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
65 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
67 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
68 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
69 including those that attach to /
70 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
71 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
72 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
73 using $c->req->params('foo').
74 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
76 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
77 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
78 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
79 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
80 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
81 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
83 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
84 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
85 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
86 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
87 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
88 - Improved PAR support
89 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
90 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
91 - Static::Simple changes:
92 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
94 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
95 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
97 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
98 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
99 - Switched to Module::Install
100 - Renamed tests for easier editing
101 - Reformatted documentation
102 - Renamed -nonew to -force
104 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
106 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
108 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
109 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
110 request. (Sam Vilain)
111 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
112 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
113 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
114 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
116 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
117 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
119 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
120 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
122 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
123 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
126 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
127 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
129 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
130 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
132 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
136 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
137 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
138 - Fixed args handling in forward()
139 - Fixed forwarding to classes
140 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
141 - Fixed relative forwarding
142 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
144 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
145 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
148 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
149 - Improved format of startup debug log.
150 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
151 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
152 if the browser is closed.
153 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
154 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
156 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
157 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
158 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
159 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
160 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
161 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
163 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
164 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
165 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
166 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
167 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
168 parent app is shut down.
169 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
171 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
172 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
173 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
175 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
177 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
178 - Whole new dispatcher!
180 - Added path_to method
181 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
183 - Added a new welcome screen.
184 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
185 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
186 - Added self restarting test server
187 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
188 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
189 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
190 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
191 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
192 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
194 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
195 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
196 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
197 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
199 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
200 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
202 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
203 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
206 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
207 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
208 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
209 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
210 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
211 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
213 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
214 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
215 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
216 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
217 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
218 kill loggging for a whole request.
219 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
220 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
221 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
222 coverage and maintainability.
223 - Added fork support to built in test server.
224 - Fixed all memory leaks.
225 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
226 core to be thread-safe.
227 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
229 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
230 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
231 - Improved documentation
232 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
233 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
234 action. (Andy Grundman)
235 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
237 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
238 - Now with updated manifest.
240 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
241 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
243 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
245 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
246 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
247 - added arguments for detach
248 - new credits section in pod
249 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
250 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
252 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
254 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
256 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
257 - Fix for inheritance bug.
258 - Allow forward with arguments.
260 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
261 - make module build cons README automatically.
262 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
263 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
264 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
265 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
266 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
267 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
268 - added $c->request->cookie
269 - added Catalyst::Setup
270 - refactored Catalyst::import()
271 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
272 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
273 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
275 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
276 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
277 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
279 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
280 - improved base locating in MP engines
281 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
282 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
283 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
285 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
286 - fixed a bug in https detection
287 - fixed auto chain finally
288 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
290 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
291 - improved uploads and parameters
292 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
293 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
294 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
295 - fixed win32 installer
296 - added deep recursion detection
298 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
299 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
300 in Path and Regex attributes
301 - new helper templates
302 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
303 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
304 instance (not the same app!)
306 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
307 - added support for MP registry scripts
308 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
309 - added SpeedyCGI engine
311 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
312 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
313 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
314 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
315 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
316 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
317 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
318 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
319 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
320 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
322 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
323 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
324 - added Plugins chapter to manual
325 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
326 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
327 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
328 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
329 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
330 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
331 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
333 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
336 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
337 - some documentation bugs fixed
338 - added Catalyst::Utils
339 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
340 - fixed upload bug with MP19
341 - added $c->req->body
342 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
343 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
345 - extended attribute handling
346 - added global config for components
348 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
349 - new core to support inheritance trees
350 - new syntax for action declaration
351 - new helper system using TT2
352 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
353 - added Test::Pod support
354 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
355 - added option to run tests against a remote server
356 - renamed errors() to error()
358 - countless minor improvements
359 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
360 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
362 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
363 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
364 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
365 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
366 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
368 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
369 - updated helper scripts
370 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
371 the script directory. We promise!
373 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
374 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
375 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
376 - removed cgi-server.pl
377 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
378 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
379 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
380 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
382 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
383 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
385 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
386 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
387 - previous release was borked!
388 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
390 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
391 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
392 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
393 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
394 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
395 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
396 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
397 - updated helper scripts
398 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
399 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
401 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
402 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
403 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
405 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
407 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
408 - debug message for parameters
409 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
411 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
412 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
414 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
415 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
417 - more debug messages
420 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
421 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
422 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
424 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
425 - updated cookbook example
426 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
428 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
429 - no more regex actions in forward
430 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
432 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
433 - catch errors in application class
434 - handle die properly.
436 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
439 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
440 - moved bin to script
442 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
443 - improved documentation
444 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
447 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
448 - server_base sucks, removed
449 - added $c->log->dump()
451 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
452 - removed some warnings
454 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
456 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
458 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
459 - improved documentation
461 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
462 - fixed more little bugs
464 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
465 - improved documentation
466 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
468 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
469 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
470 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
471 !?default, !?begin and !?end
472 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
473 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
476 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
477 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
478 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
480 - improved documentation for actions
482 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
483 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
484 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
486 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
487 - error reporting for app class
488 - no more engine debug messages
489 - class->method forwards get resolved now
491 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
492 - friendlier statistics
494 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
495 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
497 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
500 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
501 - real version number for CPAN.pm
502 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
503 - more statistics in debug logs
504 - ? prefix for forward()
506 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
507 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
508 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
510 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
511 - added ? for prefixed actions
514 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
515 - arguments for _default
516 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
517 - added $c->req->method
519 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
520 - POD fixes and improvements
522 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
523 - first development release