1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Switched to YAML::Syck
8 - Updated prereq versions
10 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
11 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
12 - Added YAML config support
13 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
14 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
15 correct execution order.
16 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
17 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
18 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
19 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
20 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
21 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
22 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
24 - Exceptions now return status 500.
25 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
26 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
27 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
28 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
29 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
30 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
31 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
33 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
34 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
36 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
37 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
38 including those that attach to /
39 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
40 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
41 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
42 using $c->req->params('foo').
43 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
45 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
46 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
47 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
48 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
49 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
50 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
52 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
53 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
54 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
55 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
56 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
57 - Improved PAR support
58 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
59 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
60 - Static::Simple changes:
61 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
63 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
64 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
66 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
67 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
68 - Switched to Module::Install
69 - Renamed tests for easier editing
70 - Reformatted documentation
71 - Renamed -nonew to -force
73 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
75 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
77 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
78 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
80 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
81 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
82 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
83 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
85 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
86 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
88 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
89 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
91 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
92 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
95 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
96 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
98 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
99 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
101 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
105 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
106 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
107 - Fixed args handling in forward()
108 - Fixed forwarding to classes
109 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
110 - Fixed relative forwarding
111 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
113 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
114 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
117 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
118 - Improved format of startup debug log.
119 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
120 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
121 if the browser is closed.
122 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
123 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
125 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
126 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
127 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
128 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
129 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
130 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
132 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
133 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
134 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
135 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
136 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
137 parent app is shut down.
138 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
140 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
141 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
142 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
144 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
146 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
147 - Whole new dispatcher!
149 - Added path_to method
150 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
152 - Added a new welcome screen.
153 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
154 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
155 - Added self restarting test server
156 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
157 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
158 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
159 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
160 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
161 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
163 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
164 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
165 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
166 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
168 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
169 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
171 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
172 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
175 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
176 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
177 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
178 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
179 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
180 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
182 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
183 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
184 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
185 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
186 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
187 kill loggging for a whole request.
188 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
189 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
190 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
191 coverage and maintainability.
192 - Added fork support to built in test server.
193 - Fixed all memory leaks.
194 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
195 core to be thread-safe.
196 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
198 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
199 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
200 - Improved documentation
201 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
202 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
203 action. (Andy Grundman)
204 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
206 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
207 - Now with updated manifest.
209 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
210 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
212 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
214 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
215 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
216 - added arguments for detach
217 - new credits section in pod
218 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
219 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
221 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
223 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
225 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
226 - Fix for inheritance bug.
227 - Allow forward with arguments.
229 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
230 - make module build cons README automatically.
231 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
232 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
233 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
234 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
235 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
236 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
237 - added $c->request->cookie
238 - added Catalyst::Setup
239 - refactored Catalyst::import()
240 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
241 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
242 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
244 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
245 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
246 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
248 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
249 - improved base locating in MP engines
250 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
251 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
252 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
254 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
255 - fixed a bug in https detection
256 - fixed auto chain finally
257 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
259 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
260 - improved uploads and parameters
261 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
262 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
263 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
264 - fixed win32 installer
265 - added deep recursion detection
267 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
268 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
269 in Path and Regex attributes
270 - new helper templates
271 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
272 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
273 instance (not the same app!)
275 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
276 - added support for MP registry scripts
277 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
278 - added SpeedyCGI engine
280 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
281 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
282 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
283 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
284 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
285 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
286 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
287 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
288 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
289 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
291 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
292 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
293 - added Plugins chapter to manual
294 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
295 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
296 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
297 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
298 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
299 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
300 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
302 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
305 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
306 - some documentation bugs fixed
307 - added Catalyst::Utils
308 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
309 - fixed upload bug with MP19
310 - added $c->req->body
311 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
312 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
314 - extended attribute handling
315 - added global config for components
317 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
318 - new core to support inheritance trees
319 - new syntax for action declaration
320 - new helper system using TT2
321 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
322 - added Test::Pod support
323 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
324 - added option to run tests against a remote server
325 - renamed errors() to error()
327 - countless minor improvements
328 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
329 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
331 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
332 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
333 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
334 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
335 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
337 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
338 - updated helper scripts
339 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
340 the script directory. We promise!
342 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
343 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
344 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
345 - removed cgi-server.pl
346 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
347 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
348 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
349 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
351 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
352 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
354 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
355 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
356 - previous release was borked!
357 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
359 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
360 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
361 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
362 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
363 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
364 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
365 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
366 - updated helper scripts
367 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
368 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
370 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
371 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
372 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
374 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
376 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
377 - debug message for parameters
378 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
380 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
381 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
383 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
384 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
386 - more debug messages
389 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
390 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
391 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
393 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
394 - updated cookbook example
395 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
397 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
398 - no more regex actions in forward
399 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
401 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
402 - catch errors in application class
403 - handle die properly.
405 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
408 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
409 - moved bin to script
411 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
412 - improved documentation
413 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
416 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
417 - server_base sucks, removed
418 - added $c->log->dump()
420 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
421 - removed some warnings
423 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
425 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
427 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
428 - improved documentation
430 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
431 - fixed more little bugs
433 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
434 - improved documentation
435 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
437 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
438 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
439 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
440 !?default, !?begin and !?end
441 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
442 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
445 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
446 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
447 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
449 - improved documentation for actions
451 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
452 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
453 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
455 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
456 - error reporting for app class
457 - no more engine debug messages
458 - class->method forwards get resolved now
460 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
461 - friendlier statistics
463 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
464 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
466 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
469 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
470 - real version number for CPAN.pm
471 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
472 - more statistics in debug logs
473 - ? prefix for forward()
475 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
476 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
477 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
479 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
480 - added ? for prefixed actions
483 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
484 - arguments for _default
485 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
486 - added $c->req->method
488 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
489 - POD fixes and improvements
491 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
492 - first development release