1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh)
5 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
6 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug.
8 - add _application accessor
10 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
11 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
13 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
14 - Additions and updates to tutorial
16 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
17 - unescape captures to match args
18 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
19 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
20 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
22 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
23 - fix for component loading
24 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
27 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
28 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
29 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
30 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
33 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
35 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
36 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
37 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
39 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
42 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
44 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
45 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
46 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
47 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
48 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
49 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
50 Module::Pluggable::Object
51 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
52 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
53 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
54 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
55 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
56 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
57 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
58 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
59 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
60 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
61 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
62 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
63 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
64 - Added ActionClass attribute
65 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
66 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
67 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
68 - cleaned up logging and debug output
69 - significant documentation revisions
70 - Added warning for setup being called twice
71 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
72 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
76 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
77 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
79 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
80 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
82 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
83 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
84 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
87 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
88 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
90 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
92 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
94 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
95 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
96 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
97 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
99 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
100 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
102 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
103 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
104 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
105 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
106 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
107 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
108 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
109 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
110 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
111 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
112 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
113 to more sane settings.
114 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
115 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
116 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
117 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
118 (stress tests run 12% faster)
119 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
121 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
122 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
123 - Cleaned generated tests
124 - Added Root controller concept
125 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
127 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
128 - Added plugin introspection.
129 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
130 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
131 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
133 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
134 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
135 was not run. (Eric Wong)
136 - Cleaned up generated tests
137 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
138 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
139 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
140 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
142 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
143 - Updated prereq versions
145 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
146 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
147 - Added YAML config support
148 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
149 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
150 correct execution order.
151 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
152 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
153 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
154 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
155 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
156 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
157 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
159 - Exceptions now return status 500.
160 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
161 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
162 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
163 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
164 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
165 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
166 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
168 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
169 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
171 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
172 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
173 including those that attach to /
174 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
175 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
176 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
177 using $c->req->params('foo').
178 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
180 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
181 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
182 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
183 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
184 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
185 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
187 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
188 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
189 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
190 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
191 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
192 - Improved PAR support
193 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
194 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
195 - Static::Simple changes:
196 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
198 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
199 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
201 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
202 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
203 - Switched to Module::Install
204 - Renamed tests for easier editing
205 - Reformatted documentation
206 - Renamed -nonew to -force
208 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
210 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
212 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
213 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
214 request. (Sam Vilain)
215 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
216 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
217 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
218 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
220 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
221 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
223 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
224 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
226 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
227 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
230 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
231 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
233 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
234 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
236 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
240 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
241 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
242 - Fixed args handling in forward()
243 - Fixed forwarding to classes
244 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
245 - Fixed relative forwarding
246 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
248 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
249 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
252 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
253 - Improved format of startup debug log.
254 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
255 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
256 if the browser is closed.
257 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
258 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
260 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
261 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
262 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
263 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
264 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
265 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
267 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
268 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
269 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
270 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
271 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
272 parent app is shut down.
273 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
275 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
276 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
277 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
279 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
281 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
282 - Whole new dispatcher!
284 - Added path_to method
285 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
287 - Added a new welcome screen.
288 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
289 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
290 - Added self restarting test server
291 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
292 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
293 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
294 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
295 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
296 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
298 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
299 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
300 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
301 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
303 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
304 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
306 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
307 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
310 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
311 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
312 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
313 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
314 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
315 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
317 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
318 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
319 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
320 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
321 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
322 kill loggging for a whole request.
323 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
324 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
325 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
326 coverage and maintainability.
327 - Added fork support to built in test server.
328 - Fixed all memory leaks.
329 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
330 core to be thread-safe.
331 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
333 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
334 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
335 - Improved documentation
336 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
337 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
338 action. (Andy Grundman)
339 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
341 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
342 - Now with updated manifest.
344 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
345 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
347 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
349 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
350 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
351 - added arguments for detach
352 - new credits section in pod
353 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
354 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
356 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
358 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
360 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
361 - Fix for inheritance bug.
362 - Allow forward with arguments.
364 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
365 - make module build cons README automatically.
366 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
367 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
368 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
369 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
370 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
371 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
372 - added $c->request->cookie
373 - added Catalyst::Setup
374 - refactored Catalyst::import()
375 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
376 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
377 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
379 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
380 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
381 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
383 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
384 - improved base locating in MP engines
385 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
386 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
387 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
389 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
390 - fixed a bug in https detection
391 - fixed auto chain finally
392 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
394 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
395 - improved uploads and parameters
396 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
397 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
398 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
399 - fixed win32 installer
400 - added deep recursion detection
402 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
403 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
404 in Path and Regex attributes
405 - new helper templates
406 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
407 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
408 instance (not the same app!)
410 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
411 - added support for MP registry scripts
412 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
413 - added SpeedyCGI engine
415 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
416 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
417 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
418 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
419 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
420 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
421 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
422 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
423 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
424 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
426 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
427 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
428 - added Plugins chapter to manual
429 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
430 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
431 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
432 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
433 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
434 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
435 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
437 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
440 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
441 - some documentation bugs fixed
442 - added Catalyst::Utils
443 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
444 - fixed upload bug with MP19
445 - added $c->req->body
446 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
447 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
449 - extended attribute handling
450 - added global config for components
452 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
453 - new core to support inheritance trees
454 - new syntax for action declaration
455 - new helper system using TT2
456 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
457 - added Test::Pod support
458 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
459 - added option to run tests against a remote server
460 - renamed errors() to error()
462 - countless minor improvements
463 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
464 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
466 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
467 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
468 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
469 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
470 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
472 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
473 - updated helper scripts
474 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
475 the script directory. We promise!
477 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
478 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
479 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
480 - removed cgi-server.pl
481 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
482 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
483 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
484 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
486 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
487 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
489 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
490 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
491 - previous release was borked!
492 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
494 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
495 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
496 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
497 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
498 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
499 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
500 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
501 - updated helper scripts
502 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
503 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
505 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
506 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
507 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
509 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
511 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
512 - debug message for parameters
513 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
515 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
516 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
518 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
519 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
521 - more debug messages
524 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
525 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
526 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
528 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
529 - updated cookbook example
530 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
532 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
533 - no more regex actions in forward
534 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
536 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
537 - catch errors in application class
538 - handle die properly.
540 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
543 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
544 - moved bin to script
546 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
547 - improved documentation
548 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
551 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
552 - server_base sucks, removed
553 - added $c->log->dump()
555 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
556 - removed some warnings
558 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
560 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
562 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
563 - improved documentation
565 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
566 - fixed more little bugs
568 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
569 - improved documentation
570 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
572 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
573 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
574 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
575 !?default, !?begin and !?end
576 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
577 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
580 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
581 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
582 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
584 - improved documentation for actions
586 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
587 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
588 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
590 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
591 - error reporting for app class
592 - no more engine debug messages
593 - class->method forwards get resolved now
595 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
596 - friendlier statistics
598 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
599 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
601 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
604 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
605 - real version number for CPAN.pm
606 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
607 - more statistics in debug logs
608 - ? prefix for forward()
610 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
611 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
612 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
614 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
615 - added ? for prefixed actions
618 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
619 - arguments for _default
620 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
621 - added $c->req->method
623 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
624 - POD fixes and improvements
626 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
627 - first development release