1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
6 using $c->req->params('foo').
8 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
9 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
10 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
11 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
12 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
13 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
15 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
16 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
17 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
18 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
19 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
20 - Improved PAR support
21 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
22 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
23 - Static::Simple changes:
24 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
26 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
27 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
29 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
30 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
31 - Switched to Module::Install
32 - Renamed tests for easier editing
33 - Reformatted documentation
34 - Renamed -nonew to -force
36 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
38 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
40 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
41 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
43 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
44 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
45 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
46 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
48 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
49 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
51 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
52 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
54 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
55 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
58 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
59 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
61 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
62 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
64 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
68 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
69 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
70 - Fixed args handling in forward()
71 - Fixed forwarding to classes
72 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
73 - Fixed relative forwarding
74 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
76 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
77 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
80 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
81 - Improved format of startup debug log.
82 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
83 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
84 if the browser is closed.
85 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
86 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
88 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
89 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
90 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
91 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
92 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
93 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
95 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
96 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
97 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
98 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
99 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
100 parent app is shut down.
101 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
103 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
104 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
105 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
107 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
109 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
110 - Whole new dispatcher!
112 - Added path_to method
113 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
115 - Added a new welcome screen.
116 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
117 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
118 - Added self restarting test server
119 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
120 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
121 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
122 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
123 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
124 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
126 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
127 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
128 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
129 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
131 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
132 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
134 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
135 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
138 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
139 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
140 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
141 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
142 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
143 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
145 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
146 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
147 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
148 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
149 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
150 kill loggging for a whole request.
151 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
152 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
153 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
154 coverage and maintainability.
155 - Added fork support to built in test server.
156 - Fixed all memory leaks.
157 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
158 core to be thread-safe.
159 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
161 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
162 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
163 - Improved documentation
164 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
165 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
166 action. (Andy Grundman)
167 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
169 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
170 - Now with updated manifest.
172 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
173 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
175 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
177 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
178 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
179 - added arguments for detach
180 - new credits section in pod
181 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
182 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
184 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
186 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
188 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
189 - Fix for inheritance bug.
190 - Allow forward with arguments.
192 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
193 - make module build cons README automatically.
194 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
195 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
196 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
197 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
198 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
199 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
200 - added $c->request->cookie
201 - added Catalyst::Setup
202 - refactored Catalyst::import()
203 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
204 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
205 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
207 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
208 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
209 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
211 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
212 - improved base locating in MP engines
213 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
214 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
215 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
217 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
218 - fixed a bug in https detection
219 - fixed auto chain finally
220 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
222 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
223 - improved uploads and parameters
224 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
225 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
226 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
227 - fixed win32 installer
228 - added deep recursion detection
230 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
231 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
232 in Path and Regex attributes
233 - new helper templates
234 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
235 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
236 instance (not the same app!)
238 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
239 - added support for MP registry scripts
240 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
241 - added SpeedyCGI engine
243 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
244 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
245 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
246 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
247 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
248 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
249 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
250 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
251 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
252 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
254 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
255 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
256 - added Plugins chapter to manual
257 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
258 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
259 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
260 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
261 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
262 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
263 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
265 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
268 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
269 - some documentation bugs fixed
270 - added Catalyst::Utils
271 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
272 - fixed upload bug with MP19
273 - added $c->req->body
274 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
275 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
277 - extended attribute handling
278 - added global config for components
280 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
281 - new core to support inheritance trees
282 - new syntax for action declaration
283 - new helper system using TT2
284 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
285 - added Test::Pod support
286 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
287 - added option to run tests against a remote server
288 - renamed errors() to error()
290 - countless minor improvements
291 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
292 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
294 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
295 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
296 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
297 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
298 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
300 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
301 - updated helper scripts
302 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
303 the script directory. We promise!
305 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
306 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
307 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
308 - removed cgi-server.pl
309 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
310 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
311 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
312 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
314 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
315 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
317 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
318 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
319 - previous release was borked!
320 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
322 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
323 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
324 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
325 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
326 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
327 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
328 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
329 - updated helper scripts
330 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
331 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
333 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
334 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
335 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
337 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
339 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
340 - debug message for parameters
341 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
343 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
344 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
346 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
347 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
349 - more debug messages
352 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
353 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
354 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
356 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
357 - updated cookbook example
358 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
360 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
361 - no more regex actions in forward
362 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
364 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
365 - catch errors in application class
366 - handle die properly.
368 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
371 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
372 - moved bin to script
374 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
375 - improved documentation
376 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
379 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
380 - server_base sucks, removed
381 - added $c->log->dump()
383 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
384 - removed some warnings
386 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
388 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
390 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
391 - improved documentation
393 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
394 - fixed more little bugs
396 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
397 - improved documentation
398 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
400 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
401 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
402 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
403 !?default, !?begin and !?end
404 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
405 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
408 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
409 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
410 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
412 - improved documentation for actions
414 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
415 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
416 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
418 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
419 - error reporting for app class
420 - no more engine debug messages
421 - class->method forwards get resolved now
423 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
424 - friendlier statistics
426 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
427 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
429 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
432 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
433 - real version number for CPAN.pm
434 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
435 - more statistics in debug logs
436 - ? prefix for forward()
438 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
439 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
440 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
442 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
443 - added ? for prefixed actions
446 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
447 - arguments for _default
448 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
449 - added $c->req->method
451 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
452 - POD fixes and improvements
454 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
455 - first development release