1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
4 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
5 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
11 - Updated prereq versions
13 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
14 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
15 - Added YAML config support
16 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
17 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
18 correct execution order.
19 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
20 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
21 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
22 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
23 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
24 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
25 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
27 - Exceptions now return status 500.
28 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
29 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
30 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
31 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
32 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
33 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
34 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
36 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
37 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
39 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
40 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
41 including those that attach to /
42 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
43 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
44 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
45 using $c->req->params('foo').
46 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
48 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
49 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
50 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
51 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
52 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
53 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
55 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
56 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
57 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
58 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
59 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
60 - Improved PAR support
61 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
62 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
63 - Static::Simple changes:
64 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
66 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
67 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
69 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
70 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
71 - Switched to Module::Install
72 - Renamed tests for easier editing
73 - Reformatted documentation
74 - Renamed -nonew to -force
76 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
78 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
80 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
81 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
83 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
84 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
85 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
86 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
88 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
89 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
91 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
92 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
94 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
95 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
98 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
99 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
101 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
102 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
104 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
108 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
109 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
110 - Fixed args handling in forward()
111 - Fixed forwarding to classes
112 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
113 - Fixed relative forwarding
114 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
116 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
117 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
120 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
121 - Improved format of startup debug log.
122 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
123 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
124 if the browser is closed.
125 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
126 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
128 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
129 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
130 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
131 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
132 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
133 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
135 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
136 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
137 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
138 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
139 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
140 parent app is shut down.
141 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
143 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
144 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
145 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
147 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
149 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
150 - Whole new dispatcher!
152 - Added path_to method
153 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
155 - Added a new welcome screen.
156 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
157 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
158 - Added self restarting test server
159 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
160 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
161 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
162 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
163 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
164 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
166 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
167 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
168 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
169 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
171 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
172 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
174 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
175 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
178 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
179 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
180 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
181 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
182 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
183 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
185 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
186 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
187 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
188 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
189 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
190 kill loggging for a whole request.
191 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
192 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
193 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
194 coverage and maintainability.
195 - Added fork support to built in test server.
196 - Fixed all memory leaks.
197 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
198 core to be thread-safe.
199 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
201 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
202 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
203 - Improved documentation
204 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
205 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
206 action. (Andy Grundman)
207 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
209 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
210 - Now with updated manifest.
212 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
213 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
215 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
217 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
218 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
219 - added arguments for detach
220 - new credits section in pod
221 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
222 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
224 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
226 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
228 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
229 - Fix for inheritance bug.
230 - Allow forward with arguments.
232 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
233 - make module build cons README automatically.
234 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
235 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
236 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
237 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
238 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
239 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
240 - added $c->request->cookie
241 - added Catalyst::Setup
242 - refactored Catalyst::import()
243 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
244 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
245 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
247 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
248 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
249 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
251 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
252 - improved base locating in MP engines
253 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
254 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
255 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
257 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
258 - fixed a bug in https detection
259 - fixed auto chain finally
260 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
262 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
263 - improved uploads and parameters
264 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
265 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
266 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
267 - fixed win32 installer
268 - added deep recursion detection
270 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
271 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
272 in Path and Regex attributes
273 - new helper templates
274 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
275 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
276 instance (not the same app!)
278 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
279 - added support for MP registry scripts
280 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
281 - added SpeedyCGI engine
283 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
284 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
285 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
286 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
287 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
288 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
289 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
290 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
291 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
292 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
294 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
295 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
296 - added Plugins chapter to manual
297 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
298 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
299 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
300 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
301 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
302 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
303 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
305 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
308 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
309 - some documentation bugs fixed
310 - added Catalyst::Utils
311 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
312 - fixed upload bug with MP19
313 - added $c->req->body
314 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
315 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
317 - extended attribute handling
318 - added global config for components
320 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
321 - new core to support inheritance trees
322 - new syntax for action declaration
323 - new helper system using TT2
324 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
325 - added Test::Pod support
326 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
327 - added option to run tests against a remote server
328 - renamed errors() to error()
330 - countless minor improvements
331 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
332 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
334 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
335 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
336 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
337 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
338 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
340 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
341 - updated helper scripts
342 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
343 the script directory. We promise!
345 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
346 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
347 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
348 - removed cgi-server.pl
349 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
350 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
351 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
352 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
354 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
355 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
357 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
358 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
359 - previous release was borked!
360 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
362 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
363 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
364 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
365 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
366 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
367 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
368 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
369 - updated helper scripts
370 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
371 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
373 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
374 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
375 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
377 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
379 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
380 - debug message for parameters
381 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
383 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
384 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
386 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
387 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
389 - more debug messages
392 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
393 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
394 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
396 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
397 - updated cookbook example
398 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
400 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
401 - no more regex actions in forward
402 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
404 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
405 - catch errors in application class
406 - handle die properly.
408 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
411 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
412 - moved bin to script
414 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
415 - improved documentation
416 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
419 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
420 - server_base sucks, removed
421 - added $c->log->dump()
423 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
424 - removed some warnings
426 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
428 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
430 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
431 - improved documentation
433 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
434 - fixed more little bugs
436 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
437 - improved documentation
438 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
440 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
441 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
442 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
443 !?default, !?begin and !?end
444 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
445 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
448 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
449 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
450 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
452 - improved documentation for actions
454 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
455 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
456 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
458 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
459 - error reporting for app class
460 - no more engine debug messages
461 - class->method forwards get resolved now
463 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
464 - friendlier statistics
466 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
467 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
469 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
472 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
473 - real version number for CPAN.pm
474 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
475 - more statistics in debug logs
476 - ? prefix for forward()
478 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
479 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
480 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
482 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
483 - added ? for prefixed actions
486 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
487 - arguments for _default
488 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
489 - added $c->req->method
491 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
492 - POD fixes and improvements
494 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
495 - first development release