1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
4 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
5 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
6 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
7 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
8 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
9 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
10 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
11 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
12 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
13 - Added ActionClass attribute
14 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
15 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
16 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
17 - cleaned up logging and debug output
19 - Added warning for setup being called twice
20 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
21 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
25 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
26 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
28 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
29 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
31 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
32 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
33 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
36 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
37 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
39 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
41 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
43 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
44 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
45 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
46 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
48 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
49 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
51 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
52 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
53 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
54 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
55 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
56 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
57 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
58 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
59 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
60 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
61 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
62 to more sane settings.
63 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
64 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
65 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
66 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
67 (stress tests run 12% faster)
68 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
70 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
71 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
72 - Cleaned generated tests
73 - Added Root controller concept
74 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
76 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
77 - Added plugin introspection.
78 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
79 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
80 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
82 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
83 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
84 was not run. (Eric Wong)
85 - Cleaned up generated tests
86 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
87 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
88 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
89 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
91 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
92 - Updated prereq versions
94 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
95 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
96 - Added YAML config support
97 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
98 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
99 correct execution order.
100 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
101 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
102 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
103 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
104 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
105 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
106 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
108 - Exceptions now return status 500.
109 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
110 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
111 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
112 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
113 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
114 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
115 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
117 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
118 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
120 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
121 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
122 including those that attach to /
123 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
124 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
125 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
126 using $c->req->params('foo').
127 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
129 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
130 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
131 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
132 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
133 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
134 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
136 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
137 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
138 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
139 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
140 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
141 - Improved PAR support
142 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
143 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
144 - Static::Simple changes:
145 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
147 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
148 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
150 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
151 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
152 - Switched to Module::Install
153 - Renamed tests for easier editing
154 - Reformatted documentation
155 - Renamed -nonew to -force
157 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
159 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
161 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
162 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
163 request. (Sam Vilain)
164 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
165 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
166 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
167 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
169 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
170 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
172 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
173 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
175 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
176 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
179 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
180 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
182 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
183 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
185 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
189 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
190 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
191 - Fixed args handling in forward()
192 - Fixed forwarding to classes
193 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
194 - Fixed relative forwarding
195 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
197 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
198 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
201 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
202 - Improved format of startup debug log.
203 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
204 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
205 if the browser is closed.
206 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
207 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
209 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
210 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
211 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
212 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
213 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
214 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
216 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
217 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
218 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
219 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
220 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
221 parent app is shut down.
222 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
224 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
225 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
226 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
228 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
230 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
231 - Whole new dispatcher!
233 - Added path_to method
234 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
236 - Added a new welcome screen.
237 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
238 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
239 - Added self restarting test server
240 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
241 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
242 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
243 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
244 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
245 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
247 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
248 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
249 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
250 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
252 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
253 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
255 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
256 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
259 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
260 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
261 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
262 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
263 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
264 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
266 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
267 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
268 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
269 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
270 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
271 kill loggging for a whole request.
272 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
273 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
274 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
275 coverage and maintainability.
276 - Added fork support to built in test server.
277 - Fixed all memory leaks.
278 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
279 core to be thread-safe.
280 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
282 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
283 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
284 - Improved documentation
285 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
286 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
287 action. (Andy Grundman)
288 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
290 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
291 - Now with updated manifest.
293 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
294 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
296 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
298 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
299 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
300 - added arguments for detach
301 - new credits section in pod
302 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
303 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
305 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
307 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
309 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
310 - Fix for inheritance bug.
311 - Allow forward with arguments.
313 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
314 - make module build cons README automatically.
315 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
316 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
317 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
318 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
319 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
320 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
321 - added $c->request->cookie
322 - added Catalyst::Setup
323 - refactored Catalyst::import()
324 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
325 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
326 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
328 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
329 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
330 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
332 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
333 - improved base locating in MP engines
334 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
335 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
336 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
338 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
339 - fixed a bug in https detection
340 - fixed auto chain finally
341 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
343 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
344 - improved uploads and parameters
345 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
346 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
347 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
348 - fixed win32 installer
349 - added deep recursion detection
351 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
352 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
353 in Path and Regex attributes
354 - new helper templates
355 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
356 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
357 instance (not the same app!)
359 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
360 - added support for MP registry scripts
361 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
362 - added SpeedyCGI engine
364 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
365 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
366 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
367 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
368 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
369 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
370 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
371 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
372 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
373 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
375 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
376 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
377 - added Plugins chapter to manual
378 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
379 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
380 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
381 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
382 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
383 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
384 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
386 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
389 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
390 - some documentation bugs fixed
391 - added Catalyst::Utils
392 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
393 - fixed upload bug with MP19
394 - added $c->req->body
395 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
396 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
398 - extended attribute handling
399 - added global config for components
401 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
402 - new core to support inheritance trees
403 - new syntax for action declaration
404 - new helper system using TT2
405 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
406 - added Test::Pod support
407 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
408 - added option to run tests against a remote server
409 - renamed errors() to error()
411 - countless minor improvements
412 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
413 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
415 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
416 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
417 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
418 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
419 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
421 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
422 - updated helper scripts
423 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
424 the script directory. We promise!
426 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
427 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
428 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
429 - removed cgi-server.pl
430 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
431 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
432 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
433 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
435 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
436 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
438 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
439 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
440 - previous release was borked!
441 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
443 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
444 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
445 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
446 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
447 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
448 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
449 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
450 - updated helper scripts
451 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
452 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
454 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
455 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
456 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
458 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
460 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
461 - debug message for parameters
462 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
464 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
465 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
467 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
468 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
470 - more debug messages
473 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
474 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
475 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
477 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
478 - updated cookbook example
479 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
481 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
482 - no more regex actions in forward
483 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
485 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
486 - catch errors in application class
487 - handle die properly.
489 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
492 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
493 - moved bin to script
495 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
496 - improved documentation
497 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
500 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
501 - server_base sucks, removed
502 - added $c->log->dump()
504 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
505 - removed some warnings
507 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
509 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
511 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
512 - improved documentation
514 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
515 - fixed more little bugs
517 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
518 - improved documentation
519 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
521 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
522 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
523 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
524 !?default, !?begin and !?end
525 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
526 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
529 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
530 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
531 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
533 - improved documentation for actions
535 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
536 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
537 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
539 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
540 - error reporting for app class
541 - no more engine debug messages
542 - class->method forwards get resolved now
544 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
545 - friendlier statistics
547 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
548 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
550 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
553 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
554 - real version number for CPAN.pm
555 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
556 - more statistics in debug logs
557 - ? prefix for forward()
559 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
560 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
561 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
563 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
564 - added ? for prefixed actions
567 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
568 - arguments for _default
569 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
570 - added $c->req->method
572 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
573 - POD fixes and improvements
575 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
576 - first development release