1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
4 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
5 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
6 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
7 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
8 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
9 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
10 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
11 - Added ActionClass attribute
12 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
13 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
14 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
15 - cleaned up logging and debug output
17 - Added warning for setup being called twice
18 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
19 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
23 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
24 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
26 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
27 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
29 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
30 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
31 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
34 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
35 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
37 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
39 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
41 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
42 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
43 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
44 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
46 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
47 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
49 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
50 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
51 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
52 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
53 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
54 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
55 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
56 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
57 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
58 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
59 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
60 to more sane settings.
61 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
62 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
63 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
64 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
65 (stress tests run 12% faster)
66 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
68 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
69 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
70 - Cleaned generated tests
71 - Added Root controller concept
72 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
74 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
75 - Added plugin introspection.
76 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
77 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
78 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
80 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
81 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
82 was not run. (Eric Wong)
83 - Cleaned up generated tests
84 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
85 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
86 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
87 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
89 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
90 - Updated prereq versions
92 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
93 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
94 - Added YAML config support
95 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
96 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
97 correct execution order.
98 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
99 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
100 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
101 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
102 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
103 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
104 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
106 - Exceptions now return status 500.
107 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
108 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
109 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
110 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
111 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
112 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
113 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
115 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
116 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
118 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
119 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
120 including those that attach to /
121 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
122 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
123 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
124 using $c->req->params('foo').
125 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
127 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
128 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
129 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
130 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
131 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
132 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
134 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
135 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
136 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
137 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
138 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
139 - Improved PAR support
140 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
141 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
142 - Static::Simple changes:
143 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
145 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
146 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
148 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
149 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
150 - Switched to Module::Install
151 - Renamed tests for easier editing
152 - Reformatted documentation
153 - Renamed -nonew to -force
155 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
157 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
159 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
160 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
161 request. (Sam Vilain)
162 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
163 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
164 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
165 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
167 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
168 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
170 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
171 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
173 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
174 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
177 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
178 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
180 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
181 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
183 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
187 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
188 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
189 - Fixed args handling in forward()
190 - Fixed forwarding to classes
191 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
192 - Fixed relative forwarding
193 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
195 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
196 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
199 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
200 - Improved format of startup debug log.
201 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
202 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
203 if the browser is closed.
204 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
205 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
207 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
208 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
209 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
210 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
211 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
212 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
214 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
215 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
216 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
217 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
218 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
219 parent app is shut down.
220 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
222 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
223 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
224 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
226 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
228 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
229 - Whole new dispatcher!
231 - Added path_to method
232 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
234 - Added a new welcome screen.
235 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
236 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
237 - Added self restarting test server
238 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
239 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
240 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
241 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
242 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
243 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
245 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
246 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
247 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
248 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
250 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
251 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
253 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
254 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
257 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
258 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
259 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
260 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
261 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
262 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
264 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
265 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
266 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
267 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
268 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
269 kill loggging for a whole request.
270 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
271 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
272 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
273 coverage and maintainability.
274 - Added fork support to built in test server.
275 - Fixed all memory leaks.
276 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
277 core to be thread-safe.
278 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
280 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
281 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
282 - Improved documentation
283 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
284 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
285 action. (Andy Grundman)
286 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
288 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
289 - Now with updated manifest.
291 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
292 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
294 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
296 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
297 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
298 - added arguments for detach
299 - new credits section in pod
300 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
301 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
303 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
305 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
307 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
308 - Fix for inheritance bug.
309 - Allow forward with arguments.
311 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
312 - make module build cons README automatically.
313 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
314 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
315 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
316 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
317 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
318 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
319 - added $c->request->cookie
320 - added Catalyst::Setup
321 - refactored Catalyst::import()
322 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
323 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
324 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
326 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
327 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
328 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
330 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
331 - improved base locating in MP engines
332 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
333 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
334 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
336 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
337 - fixed a bug in https detection
338 - fixed auto chain finally
339 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
341 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
342 - improved uploads and parameters
343 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
344 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
345 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
346 - fixed win32 installer
347 - added deep recursion detection
349 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
350 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
351 in Path and Regex attributes
352 - new helper templates
353 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
354 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
355 instance (not the same app!)
357 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
358 - added support for MP registry scripts
359 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
360 - added SpeedyCGI engine
362 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
363 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
364 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
365 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
366 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
367 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
368 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
369 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
370 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
371 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
373 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
374 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
375 - added Plugins chapter to manual
376 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
377 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
378 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
379 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
380 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
381 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
382 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
384 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
387 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
388 - some documentation bugs fixed
389 - added Catalyst::Utils
390 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
391 - fixed upload bug with MP19
392 - added $c->req->body
393 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
394 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
396 - extended attribute handling
397 - added global config for components
399 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
400 - new core to support inheritance trees
401 - new syntax for action declaration
402 - new helper system using TT2
403 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
404 - added Test::Pod support
405 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
406 - added option to run tests against a remote server
407 - renamed errors() to error()
409 - countless minor improvements
410 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
411 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
413 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
414 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
415 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
416 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
417 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
419 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
420 - updated helper scripts
421 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
422 the script directory. We promise!
424 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
425 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
426 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
427 - removed cgi-server.pl
428 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
429 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
430 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
431 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
433 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
434 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
436 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
437 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
438 - previous release was borked!
439 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
441 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
442 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
443 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
444 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
445 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
446 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
447 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
448 - updated helper scripts
449 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
450 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
452 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
453 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
454 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
456 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
458 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
459 - debug message for parameters
460 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
462 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
463 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
465 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
466 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
468 - more debug messages
471 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
472 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
473 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
475 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
476 - updated cookbook example
477 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
479 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
480 - no more regex actions in forward
481 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
483 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
484 - catch errors in application class
485 - handle die properly.
487 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
490 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
491 - moved bin to script
493 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
494 - improved documentation
495 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
498 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
499 - server_base sucks, removed
500 - added $c->log->dump()
502 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
503 - removed some warnings
505 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
507 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
509 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
510 - improved documentation
512 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
513 - fixed more little bugs
515 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
516 - improved documentation
517 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
519 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
520 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
521 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
522 !?default, !?begin and !?end
523 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
524 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
527 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
528 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
529 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
531 - improved documentation for actions
533 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
534 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
535 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
537 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
538 - error reporting for app class
539 - no more engine debug messages
540 - class->method forwards get resolved now
542 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
543 - friendlier statistics
545 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
546 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
548 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
551 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
552 - real version number for CPAN.pm
553 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
554 - more statistics in debug logs
555 - ? prefix for forward()
557 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
558 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
559 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
561 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
562 - added ? for prefixed actions
565 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
566 - arguments for _default
567 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
568 - added $c->req->method
570 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
571 - POD fixes and improvements
573 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
574 - first development release