1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
4 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
5 - Switched to Module::Install
6 - Renamed tests for easier editing
7 - Reformatted documentation
8 - Renamed -nonew to -force
10 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
12 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
14 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
15 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
17 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
18 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
19 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
20 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
22 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
23 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
25 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
26 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
28 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
29 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
32 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
33 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
35 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
36 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
38 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
42 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
43 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
44 - Fixed args handling in forward()
45 - Fixed forwarding to classes
46 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
47 - Fixed relative forwarding
48 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
50 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
51 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
54 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
55 - Improved format of startup debug log.
56 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
57 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
58 if the browser is closed.
59 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
60 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
62 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
63 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
64 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
65 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
66 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
67 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
69 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
70 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
71 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
72 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
73 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
74 parent app is shut down.
75 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
77 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
78 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
79 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
81 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
83 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
84 - Whole new dispatcher!
86 - Added path_to method
87 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
89 - Added a new welcome screen.
90 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
91 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
92 - Added self restarting test server
93 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
94 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
95 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
96 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
97 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
98 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
100 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
101 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
102 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
103 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
105 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
106 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
108 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
109 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
112 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
113 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
114 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
115 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
116 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
117 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
119 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
120 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
121 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
122 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
123 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
124 kill loggging for a whole request.
125 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
126 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
127 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
128 coverage and maintainability.
129 - Added fork support to built in test server.
130 - Fixed all memory leaks.
131 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
132 core to be thread-safe.
133 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
135 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
136 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
137 - Improved documentation
138 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
139 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
140 action. (Andy Grundman)
141 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
143 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
144 - Now with updated manifest.
146 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
147 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
149 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
151 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
152 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
153 - added arguments for detach
154 - new credits section in pod
155 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
156 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
158 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
160 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
162 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
163 - Fix for inheritance bug.
164 - Allow forward with arguments.
166 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
167 - make module build cons README automatically.
168 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
169 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
170 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
171 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
172 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
173 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
174 - added $c->request->cookie
175 - added Catalyst::Setup
176 - refactored Catalyst::import()
177 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
178 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
179 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
181 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
182 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
183 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
185 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
186 - improved base locating in MP engines
187 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
188 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
189 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
191 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
192 - fixed a bug in https detection
193 - fixed auto chain finally
194 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
196 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
197 - improved uploads and parameters
198 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
199 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
200 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
201 - fixed win32 installer
202 - added deep recursion detection
204 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
205 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
206 in Path and Regex attributes
207 - new helper templates
208 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
209 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
210 instance (not the same app!)
212 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
213 - added support for MP registry scripts
214 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
215 - added SpeedyCGI engine
217 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
218 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
219 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
220 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
221 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
222 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
223 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
224 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
225 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
226 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
228 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
229 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
230 - added Plugins chapter to manual
231 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
232 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
233 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
234 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
235 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
236 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
237 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
239 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
242 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
243 - some documentation bugs fixed
244 - added Catalyst::Utils
245 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
246 - fixed upload bug with MP19
247 - added $c->req->body
248 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
249 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
251 - extended attribute handling
252 - added global config for components
254 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
255 - new core to support inheritance trees
256 - new syntax for action declaration
257 - new helper system using TT2
258 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
259 - added Test::Pod support
260 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
261 - added option to run tests against a remote server
262 - renamed errors() to error()
264 - countless minor improvements
265 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
266 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
268 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
269 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
270 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
271 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
272 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
274 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
275 - updated helper scripts
276 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
277 the script directory. We promise!
279 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
280 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
281 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
282 - removed cgi-server.pl
283 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
284 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
285 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
286 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
288 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
289 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
291 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
292 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
293 - previous release was borked!
294 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
296 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
297 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
298 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
299 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
300 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
301 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
302 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
303 - updated helper scripts
304 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
305 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
307 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
308 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
309 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
311 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
313 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
314 - debug message for parameters
315 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
317 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
318 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
320 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
321 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
323 - more debug messages
326 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
327 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
328 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
330 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
331 - updated cookbook example
332 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
334 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
335 - no more regex actions in forward
336 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
338 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
339 - catch errors in application class
340 - handle die properly.
342 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
345 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
346 - moved bin to script
348 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
349 - improved documentation
350 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
353 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
354 - server_base sucks, removed
355 - added $c->log->dump()
357 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
358 - removed some warnings
360 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
362 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
364 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
365 - improved documentation
367 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
368 - fixed more little bugs
370 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
371 - improved documentation
372 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
374 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
375 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
376 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
377 !?default, !?begin and !?end
378 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
379 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
382 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
383 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
384 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
386 - improved documentation for actions
388 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
389 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
390 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
392 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
393 - error reporting for app class
394 - no more engine debug messages
395 - class->method forwards get resolved now
397 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
398 - friendlier statistics
400 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
401 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
403 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
406 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
407 - real version number for CPAN.pm
408 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
409 - more statistics in debug logs
410 - ? prefix for forward()
412 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
413 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
414 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
416 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
417 - added ? for prefixed actions
420 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
421 - arguments for _default
422 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
423 - added $c->req->method
425 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
426 - POD fixes and improvements
428 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
429 - first development release