1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
4 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
5 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
6 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
7 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
8 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
9 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
10 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
11 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
12 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
13 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
14 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
15 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
16 - Added ActionClass attribute
17 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
18 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
19 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
20 - cleaned up logging and debug output
22 - Added warning for setup being called twice
23 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
24 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
28 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
29 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
31 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
32 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
34 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
35 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
36 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
39 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
40 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
42 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
44 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
46 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
47 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
48 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
49 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
51 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
52 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
54 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
55 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
56 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
57 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
58 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
59 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
60 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
61 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
62 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
63 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
64 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
65 to more sane settings.
66 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
67 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
68 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
69 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
70 (stress tests run 12% faster)
71 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
73 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
74 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
75 - Cleaned generated tests
76 - Added Root controller concept
77 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
79 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
80 - Added plugin introspection.
81 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
82 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
83 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
85 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
86 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
87 was not run. (Eric Wong)
88 - Cleaned up generated tests
89 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
90 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
91 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
92 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
94 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
95 - Updated prereq versions
97 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
98 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
99 - Added YAML config support
100 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
101 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
102 correct execution order.
103 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
104 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
105 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
106 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
107 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
108 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
109 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
111 - Exceptions now return status 500.
112 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
113 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
114 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
115 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
116 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
117 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
118 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
120 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
121 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
123 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
124 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
125 including those that attach to /
126 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
127 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
128 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
129 using $c->req->params('foo').
130 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
132 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
133 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
134 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
135 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
136 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
137 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
139 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
140 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
141 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
142 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
143 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
144 - Improved PAR support
145 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
146 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
147 - Static::Simple changes:
148 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
150 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
151 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
153 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
154 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
155 - Switched to Module::Install
156 - Renamed tests for easier editing
157 - Reformatted documentation
158 - Renamed -nonew to -force
160 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
162 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
164 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
165 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
166 request. (Sam Vilain)
167 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
168 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
169 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
170 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
172 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
173 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
175 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
176 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
178 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
179 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
182 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
183 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
185 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
186 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
188 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
192 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
193 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
194 - Fixed args handling in forward()
195 - Fixed forwarding to classes
196 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
197 - Fixed relative forwarding
198 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
200 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
201 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
204 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
205 - Improved format of startup debug log.
206 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
207 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
208 if the browser is closed.
209 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
210 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
212 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
213 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
214 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
215 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
216 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
217 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
219 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
220 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
221 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
222 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
223 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
224 parent app is shut down.
225 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
227 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
228 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
229 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
231 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
233 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
234 - Whole new dispatcher!
236 - Added path_to method
237 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
239 - Added a new welcome screen.
240 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
241 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
242 - Added self restarting test server
243 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
244 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
245 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
246 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
247 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
248 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
250 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
251 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
252 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
253 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
255 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
256 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
258 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
259 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
262 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
263 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
264 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
265 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
266 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
267 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
269 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
270 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
271 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
272 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
273 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
274 kill loggging for a whole request.
275 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
276 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
277 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
278 coverage and maintainability.
279 - Added fork support to built in test server.
280 - Fixed all memory leaks.
281 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
282 core to be thread-safe.
283 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
285 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
286 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
287 - Improved documentation
288 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
289 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
290 action. (Andy Grundman)
291 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
293 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
294 - Now with updated manifest.
296 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
297 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
299 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
301 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
302 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
303 - added arguments for detach
304 - new credits section in pod
305 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
306 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
308 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
310 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
312 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
313 - Fix for inheritance bug.
314 - Allow forward with arguments.
316 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
317 - make module build cons README automatically.
318 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
319 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
320 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
321 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
322 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
323 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
324 - added $c->request->cookie
325 - added Catalyst::Setup
326 - refactored Catalyst::import()
327 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
328 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
329 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
331 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
332 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
333 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
335 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
336 - improved base locating in MP engines
337 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
338 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
339 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
341 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
342 - fixed a bug in https detection
343 - fixed auto chain finally
344 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
346 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
347 - improved uploads and parameters
348 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
349 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
350 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
351 - fixed win32 installer
352 - added deep recursion detection
354 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
355 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
356 in Path and Regex attributes
357 - new helper templates
358 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
359 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
360 instance (not the same app!)
362 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
363 - added support for MP registry scripts
364 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
365 - added SpeedyCGI engine
367 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
368 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
369 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
370 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
371 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
372 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
373 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
374 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
375 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
376 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
378 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
379 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
380 - added Plugins chapter to manual
381 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
382 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
383 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
384 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
385 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
386 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
387 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
389 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
392 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
393 - some documentation bugs fixed
394 - added Catalyst::Utils
395 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
396 - fixed upload bug with MP19
397 - added $c->req->body
398 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
399 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
401 - extended attribute handling
402 - added global config for components
404 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
405 - new core to support inheritance trees
406 - new syntax for action declaration
407 - new helper system using TT2
408 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
409 - added Test::Pod support
410 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
411 - added option to run tests against a remote server
412 - renamed errors() to error()
414 - countless minor improvements
415 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
416 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
418 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
419 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
420 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
421 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
422 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
424 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
425 - updated helper scripts
426 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
427 the script directory. We promise!
429 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
430 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
431 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
432 - removed cgi-server.pl
433 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
434 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
435 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
436 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
438 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
439 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
441 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
442 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
443 - previous release was borked!
444 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
446 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
447 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
448 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
449 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
450 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
451 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
452 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
453 - updated helper scripts
454 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
455 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
457 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
458 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
459 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
461 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
463 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
464 - debug message for parameters
465 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
467 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
468 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
470 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
471 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
473 - more debug messages
476 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
477 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
478 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
480 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
481 - updated cookbook example
482 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
484 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
485 - no more regex actions in forward
486 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
488 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
489 - catch errors in application class
490 - handle die properly.
492 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
495 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
496 - moved bin to script
498 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
499 - improved documentation
500 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
503 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
504 - server_base sucks, removed
505 - added $c->log->dump()
507 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
508 - removed some warnings
510 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
512 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
514 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
515 - improved documentation
517 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
518 - fixed more little bugs
520 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
521 - improved documentation
522 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
524 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
525 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
526 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
527 !?default, !?begin and !?end
528 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
529 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
532 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
533 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
534 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
536 - improved documentation for actions
538 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
539 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
540 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
542 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
543 - error reporting for app class
544 - no more engine debug messages
545 - class->method forwards get resolved now
547 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
548 - friendlier statistics
550 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
551 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
553 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
556 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
557 - real version number for CPAN.pm
558 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
559 - more statistics in debug logs
560 - ? prefix for forward()
562 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
563 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
564 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
566 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
567 - added ? for prefixed actions
570 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
571 - arguments for _default
572 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
573 - added $c->req->method
575 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
576 - POD fixes and improvements
578 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
579 - first development release