1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
4 - Additions and updates to tutorial
6 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
7 - unescape captures to match args
8 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
9 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
10 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
12 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
13 - fix for component loading
14 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
17 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
18 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
19 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
20 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
23 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
25 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
26 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
27 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
29 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
32 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
34 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
35 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
36 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
37 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
38 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
39 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
40 Module::Pluggable::Object
41 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
42 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
43 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
44 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
45 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
46 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
47 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
48 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
49 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
50 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
51 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
52 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
53 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
54 - Added ActionClass attribute
55 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
56 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
57 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
58 - cleaned up logging and debug output
59 - significant documentation revisions
60 - Added warning for setup being called twice
61 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
62 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
66 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
67 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
69 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
70 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
72 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
73 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
74 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
77 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
78 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
80 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
82 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
84 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
85 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
86 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
87 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
89 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
90 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
92 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
93 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
94 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
95 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
96 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
97 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
98 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
99 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
100 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
101 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
102 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
103 to more sane settings.
104 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
105 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
106 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
107 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
108 (stress tests run 12% faster)
109 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
111 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
112 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
113 - Cleaned generated tests
114 - Added Root controller concept
115 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
117 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
118 - Added plugin introspection.
119 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
120 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
121 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
123 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
124 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
125 was not run. (Eric Wong)
126 - Cleaned up generated tests
127 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
128 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
129 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
130 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
132 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
133 - Updated prereq versions
135 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
136 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
137 - Added YAML config support
138 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
139 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
140 correct execution order.
141 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
142 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
143 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
144 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
145 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
146 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
147 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
149 - Exceptions now return status 500.
150 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
151 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
152 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
153 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
154 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
155 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
156 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
158 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
159 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
161 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
162 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
163 including those that attach to /
164 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
165 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
166 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
167 using $c->req->params('foo').
168 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
170 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
171 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
172 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
173 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
174 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
175 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
177 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
178 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
179 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
180 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
181 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
182 - Improved PAR support
183 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
184 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
185 - Static::Simple changes:
186 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
188 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
189 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
191 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
192 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
193 - Switched to Module::Install
194 - Renamed tests for easier editing
195 - Reformatted documentation
196 - Renamed -nonew to -force
198 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
200 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
202 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
203 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
204 request. (Sam Vilain)
205 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
206 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
207 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
208 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
210 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
211 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
213 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
214 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
216 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
217 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
220 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
221 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
223 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
224 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
226 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
230 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
231 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
232 - Fixed args handling in forward()
233 - Fixed forwarding to classes
234 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
235 - Fixed relative forwarding
236 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
238 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
239 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
242 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
243 - Improved format of startup debug log.
244 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
245 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
246 if the browser is closed.
247 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
248 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
250 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
251 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
252 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
253 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
254 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
255 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
257 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
258 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
259 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
260 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
261 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
262 parent app is shut down.
263 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
265 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
266 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
267 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
269 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
271 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
272 - Whole new dispatcher!
274 - Added path_to method
275 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
277 - Added a new welcome screen.
278 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
279 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
280 - Added self restarting test server
281 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
282 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
283 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
284 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
285 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
286 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
288 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
289 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
290 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
291 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
293 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
294 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
296 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
297 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
300 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
301 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
302 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
303 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
304 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
305 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
307 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
308 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
309 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
310 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
311 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
312 kill loggging for a whole request.
313 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
314 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
315 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
316 coverage and maintainability.
317 - Added fork support to built in test server.
318 - Fixed all memory leaks.
319 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
320 core to be thread-safe.
321 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
323 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
324 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
325 - Improved documentation
326 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
327 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
328 action. (Andy Grundman)
329 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
331 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
332 - Now with updated manifest.
334 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
335 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
337 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
339 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
340 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
341 - added arguments for detach
342 - new credits section in pod
343 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
344 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
346 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
348 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
350 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
351 - Fix for inheritance bug.
352 - Allow forward with arguments.
354 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
355 - make module build cons README automatically.
356 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
357 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
358 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
359 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
360 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
361 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
362 - added $c->request->cookie
363 - added Catalyst::Setup
364 - refactored Catalyst::import()
365 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
366 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
367 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
369 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
370 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
371 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
373 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
374 - improved base locating in MP engines
375 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
376 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
377 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
379 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
380 - fixed a bug in https detection
381 - fixed auto chain finally
382 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
384 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
385 - improved uploads and parameters
386 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
387 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
388 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
389 - fixed win32 installer
390 - added deep recursion detection
392 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
393 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
394 in Path and Regex attributes
395 - new helper templates
396 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
397 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
398 instance (not the same app!)
400 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
401 - added support for MP registry scripts
402 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
403 - added SpeedyCGI engine
405 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
406 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
407 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
408 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
409 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
410 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
411 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
412 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
413 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
414 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
416 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
417 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
418 - added Plugins chapter to manual
419 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
420 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
421 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
422 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
423 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
424 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
425 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
427 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
430 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
431 - some documentation bugs fixed
432 - added Catalyst::Utils
433 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
434 - fixed upload bug with MP19
435 - added $c->req->body
436 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
437 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
439 - extended attribute handling
440 - added global config for components
442 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
443 - new core to support inheritance trees
444 - new syntax for action declaration
445 - new helper system using TT2
446 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
447 - added Test::Pod support
448 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
449 - added option to run tests against a remote server
450 - renamed errors() to error()
452 - countless minor improvements
453 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
454 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
456 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
457 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
458 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
459 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
460 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
462 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
463 - updated helper scripts
464 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
465 the script directory. We promise!
467 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
468 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
469 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
470 - removed cgi-server.pl
471 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
472 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
473 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
474 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
476 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
477 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
479 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
480 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
481 - previous release was borked!
482 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
484 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
485 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
486 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
487 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
488 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
489 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
490 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
491 - updated helper scripts
492 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
493 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
495 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
496 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
497 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
499 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
501 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
502 - debug message for parameters
503 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
505 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
506 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
508 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
509 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
511 - more debug messages
514 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
515 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
516 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
518 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
519 - updated cookbook example
520 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
522 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
523 - no more regex actions in forward
524 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
526 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
527 - catch errors in application class
528 - handle die properly.
530 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
533 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
534 - moved bin to script
536 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
537 - improved documentation
538 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
541 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
542 - server_base sucks, removed
543 - added $c->log->dump()
545 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
546 - removed some warnings
548 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
550 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
552 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
553 - improved documentation
555 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
556 - fixed more little bugs
558 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
559 - improved documentation
560 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
562 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
563 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
564 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
565 !?default, !?begin and !?end
566 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
567 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
570 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
571 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
572 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
574 - improved documentation for actions
576 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
577 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
578 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
580 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
581 - error reporting for app class
582 - no more engine debug messages
583 - class->method forwards get resolved now
585 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
586 - friendlier statistics
588 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
589 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
591 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
594 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
595 - real version number for CPAN.pm
596 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
597 - more statistics in debug logs
598 - ? prefix for forward()
600 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
601 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
602 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
604 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
605 - added ? for prefixed actions
608 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
609 - arguments for _default
610 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
611 - added $c->req->method
613 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
614 - POD fixes and improvements
616 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
617 - first development release