1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - cleaned up logging and debug output
5 - Added warning for setup being called twice
6 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
7 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
8 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
10 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
11 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
13 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
14 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
16 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
17 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
18 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
21 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
22 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
24 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
26 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
28 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
29 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
30 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
32 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
33 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
35 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
36 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
37 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
38 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
39 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
40 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
41 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
42 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
43 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
44 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
45 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
46 to more sane settings.
47 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
48 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
49 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
50 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
51 (stress tests run 12% faster)
52 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
54 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
55 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
56 - Cleaned generated tests
57 - Added Root controller concept
58 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
60 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
61 - Added plugin introspection.
62 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
63 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
64 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
66 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
67 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
68 was not run. (Eric Wong)
69 - Cleaned up generated tests
70 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
71 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
72 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
73 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
75 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
76 - Updated prereq versions
78 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
79 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
80 - Added YAML config support
81 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
82 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
83 correct execution order.
84 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
85 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
86 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
87 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
88 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
89 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
90 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
92 - Exceptions now return status 500.
93 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
94 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
95 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
96 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
97 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
98 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
99 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
101 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
102 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
104 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
105 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
106 including those that attach to /
107 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
108 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
109 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
110 using $c->req->params('foo').
111 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
113 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
114 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
115 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
116 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
117 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
118 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
120 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
121 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
122 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
123 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
124 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
125 - Improved PAR support
126 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
127 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
128 - Static::Simple changes:
129 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
131 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
132 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
134 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
135 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
136 - Switched to Module::Install
137 - Renamed tests for easier editing
138 - Reformatted documentation
139 - Renamed -nonew to -force
141 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
143 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
145 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
146 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
147 request. (Sam Vilain)
148 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
149 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
150 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
151 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
153 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
154 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
156 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
157 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
159 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
160 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
163 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
164 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
166 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
167 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
169 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
173 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
174 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
175 - Fixed args handling in forward()
176 - Fixed forwarding to classes
177 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
178 - Fixed relative forwarding
179 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
181 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
182 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
185 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
186 - Improved format of startup debug log.
187 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
188 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
189 if the browser is closed.
190 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
191 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
193 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
194 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
195 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
196 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
197 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
198 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
200 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
201 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
202 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
203 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
204 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
205 parent app is shut down.
206 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
208 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
209 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
210 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
212 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
214 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
215 - Whole new dispatcher!
217 - Added path_to method
218 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
220 - Added a new welcome screen.
221 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
222 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
223 - Added self restarting test server
224 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
225 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
226 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
227 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
228 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
229 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
231 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
232 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
233 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
234 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
236 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
237 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
239 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
240 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
243 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
244 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
245 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
246 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
247 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
248 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
250 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
251 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
252 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
253 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
254 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
255 kill loggging for a whole request.
256 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
257 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
258 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
259 coverage and maintainability.
260 - Added fork support to built in test server.
261 - Fixed all memory leaks.
262 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
263 core to be thread-safe.
264 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
266 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
267 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
268 - Improved documentation
269 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
270 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
271 action. (Andy Grundman)
272 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
274 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
275 - Now with updated manifest.
277 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
278 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
280 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
282 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
283 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
284 - added arguments for detach
285 - new credits section in pod
286 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
287 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
289 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
291 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
293 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
294 - Fix for inheritance bug.
295 - Allow forward with arguments.
297 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
298 - make module build cons README automatically.
299 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
300 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
301 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
302 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
303 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
304 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
305 - added $c->request->cookie
306 - added Catalyst::Setup
307 - refactored Catalyst::import()
308 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
309 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
310 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
312 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
313 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
314 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
316 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
317 - improved base locating in MP engines
318 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
319 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
320 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
322 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
323 - fixed a bug in https detection
324 - fixed auto chain finally
325 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
327 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
328 - improved uploads and parameters
329 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
330 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
331 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
332 - fixed win32 installer
333 - added deep recursion detection
335 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
336 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
337 in Path and Regex attributes
338 - new helper templates
339 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
340 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
341 instance (not the same app!)
343 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
344 - added support for MP registry scripts
345 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
346 - added SpeedyCGI engine
348 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
349 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
350 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
351 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
352 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
353 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
354 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
355 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
356 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
357 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
359 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
360 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
361 - added Plugins chapter to manual
362 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
363 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
364 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
365 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
366 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
367 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
368 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
370 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
373 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
374 - some documentation bugs fixed
375 - added Catalyst::Utils
376 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
377 - fixed upload bug with MP19
378 - added $c->req->body
379 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
380 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
382 - extended attribute handling
383 - added global config for components
385 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
386 - new core to support inheritance trees
387 - new syntax for action declaration
388 - new helper system using TT2
389 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
390 - added Test::Pod support
391 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
392 - added option to run tests against a remote server
393 - renamed errors() to error()
395 - countless minor improvements
396 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
397 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
399 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
400 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
401 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
402 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
403 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
405 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
406 - updated helper scripts
407 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
408 the script directory. We promise!
410 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
411 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
412 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
413 - removed cgi-server.pl
414 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
415 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
416 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
417 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
419 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
420 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
422 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
423 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
424 - previous release was borked!
425 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
427 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
428 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
429 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
430 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
431 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
432 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
433 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
434 - updated helper scripts
435 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
436 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
438 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
439 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
440 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
442 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
444 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
445 - debug message for parameters
446 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
448 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
449 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
451 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
452 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
454 - more debug messages
457 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
458 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
459 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
461 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
462 - updated cookbook example
463 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
465 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
466 - no more regex actions in forward
467 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
469 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
470 - catch errors in application class
471 - handle die properly.
473 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
476 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
477 - moved bin to script
479 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
480 - improved documentation
481 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
484 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
485 - server_base sucks, removed
486 - added $c->log->dump()
488 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
489 - removed some warnings
491 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
493 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
495 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
496 - improved documentation
498 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
499 - fixed more little bugs
501 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
502 - improved documentation
503 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
505 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
506 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
507 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
508 !?default, !?begin and !?end
509 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
510 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
513 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
514 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
515 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
517 - improved documentation for actions
519 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
520 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
521 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
523 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
524 - error reporting for app class
525 - no more engine debug messages
526 - class->method forwards get resolved now
528 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
529 - friendlier statistics
531 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
532 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
534 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
537 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
538 - real version number for CPAN.pm
539 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
540 - more statistics in debug logs
541 - ? prefix for forward()
543 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
544 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
545 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
547 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
548 - added ? for prefixed actions
551 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
552 - arguments for _default
553 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
554 - added $c->req->method
556 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
557 - POD fixes and improvements
559 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
560 - first development release