1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
4 - cleaned up logging and debug output
6 - Added warning for setup being called twice
7 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
8 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
9 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
11 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
12 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
14 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
15 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
17 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
18 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
19 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
22 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
23 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
25 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
27 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
29 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
30 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
31 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
32 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
34 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
35 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
37 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
38 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
39 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
40 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
41 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
42 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
43 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
44 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
45 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
46 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
47 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
48 to more sane settings.
49 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
50 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
51 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
52 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
53 (stress tests run 12% faster)
54 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
56 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
57 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
58 - Cleaned generated tests
59 - Added Root controller concept
60 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
62 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
63 - Added plugin introspection.
64 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
65 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
66 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
68 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
69 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
70 was not run. (Eric Wong)
71 - Cleaned up generated tests
72 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
73 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
74 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
75 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
77 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
78 - Updated prereq versions
80 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
81 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
82 - Added YAML config support
83 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
84 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
85 correct execution order.
86 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
87 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
88 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
89 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
90 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
91 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
92 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
94 - Exceptions now return status 500.
95 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
96 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
97 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
98 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
99 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
100 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
101 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
103 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
104 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
106 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
107 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
108 including those that attach to /
109 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
110 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
111 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
112 using $c->req->params('foo').
113 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
115 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
116 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
117 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
118 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
119 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
120 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
122 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
123 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
124 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
125 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
126 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
127 - Improved PAR support
128 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
129 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
130 - Static::Simple changes:
131 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
133 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
134 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
136 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
137 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
138 - Switched to Module::Install
139 - Renamed tests for easier editing
140 - Reformatted documentation
141 - Renamed -nonew to -force
143 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
145 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
147 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
148 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
149 request. (Sam Vilain)
150 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
151 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
152 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
153 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
155 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
156 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
158 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
159 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
161 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
162 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
165 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
166 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
168 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
169 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
171 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
175 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
176 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
177 - Fixed args handling in forward()
178 - Fixed forwarding to classes
179 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
180 - Fixed relative forwarding
181 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
183 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
184 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
187 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
188 - Improved format of startup debug log.
189 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
190 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
191 if the browser is closed.
192 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
193 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
195 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
196 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
197 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
198 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
199 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
200 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
202 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
203 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
204 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
205 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
206 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
207 parent app is shut down.
208 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
210 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
211 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
212 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
214 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
216 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
217 - Whole new dispatcher!
219 - Added path_to method
220 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
222 - Added a new welcome screen.
223 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
224 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
225 - Added self restarting test server
226 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
227 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
228 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
229 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
230 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
231 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
233 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
234 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
235 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
236 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
238 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
239 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
241 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
242 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
245 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
246 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
247 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
248 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
249 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
250 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
252 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
253 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
254 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
255 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
256 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
257 kill loggging for a whole request.
258 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
259 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
260 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
261 coverage and maintainability.
262 - Added fork support to built in test server.
263 - Fixed all memory leaks.
264 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
265 core to be thread-safe.
266 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
268 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
269 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
270 - Improved documentation
271 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
272 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
273 action. (Andy Grundman)
274 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
276 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
277 - Now with updated manifest.
279 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
280 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
282 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
284 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
285 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
286 - added arguments for detach
287 - new credits section in pod
288 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
289 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
291 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
293 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
295 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
296 - Fix for inheritance bug.
297 - Allow forward with arguments.
299 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
300 - make module build cons README automatically.
301 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
302 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
303 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
304 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
305 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
306 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
307 - added $c->request->cookie
308 - added Catalyst::Setup
309 - refactored Catalyst::import()
310 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
311 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
312 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
314 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
315 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
316 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
318 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
319 - improved base locating in MP engines
320 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
321 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
322 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
324 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
325 - fixed a bug in https detection
326 - fixed auto chain finally
327 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
329 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
330 - improved uploads and parameters
331 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
332 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
333 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
334 - fixed win32 installer
335 - added deep recursion detection
337 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
338 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
339 in Path and Regex attributes
340 - new helper templates
341 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
342 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
343 instance (not the same app!)
345 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
346 - added support for MP registry scripts
347 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
348 - added SpeedyCGI engine
350 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
351 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
352 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
353 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
354 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
355 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
356 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
357 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
358 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
359 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
361 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
362 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
363 - added Plugins chapter to manual
364 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
365 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
366 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
367 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
368 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
369 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
370 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
372 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
375 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
376 - some documentation bugs fixed
377 - added Catalyst::Utils
378 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
379 - fixed upload bug with MP19
380 - added $c->req->body
381 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
382 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
384 - extended attribute handling
385 - added global config for components
387 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
388 - new core to support inheritance trees
389 - new syntax for action declaration
390 - new helper system using TT2
391 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
392 - added Test::Pod support
393 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
394 - added option to run tests against a remote server
395 - renamed errors() to error()
397 - countless minor improvements
398 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
399 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
401 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
402 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
403 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
404 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
405 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
407 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
408 - updated helper scripts
409 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
410 the script directory. We promise!
412 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
413 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
414 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
415 - removed cgi-server.pl
416 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
417 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
418 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
419 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
421 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
422 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
424 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
425 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
426 - previous release was borked!
427 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
429 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
430 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
431 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
432 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
433 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
434 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
435 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
436 - updated helper scripts
437 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
438 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
440 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
441 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
442 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
444 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
446 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
447 - debug message for parameters
448 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
450 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
451 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
453 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
454 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
456 - more debug messages
459 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
460 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
461 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
463 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
464 - updated cookbook example
465 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
467 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
468 - no more regex actions in forward
469 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
471 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
472 - catch errors in application class
473 - handle die properly.
475 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
478 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
479 - moved bin to script
481 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
482 - improved documentation
483 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
486 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
487 - server_base sucks, removed
488 - added $c->log->dump()
490 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
491 - removed some warnings
493 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
495 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
497 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
498 - improved documentation
500 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
501 - fixed more little bugs
503 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
504 - improved documentation
505 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
507 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
508 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
509 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
510 !?default, !?begin and !?end
511 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
512 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
515 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
516 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
517 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
519 - improved documentation for actions
521 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
522 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
523 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
525 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
526 - error reporting for app class
527 - no more engine debug messages
528 - class->method forwards get resolved now
530 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
531 - friendlier statistics
533 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
534 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
536 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
539 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
540 - real version number for CPAN.pm
541 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
542 - more statistics in debug logs
543 - ? prefix for forward()
545 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
546 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
547 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
549 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
550 - added ? for prefixed actions
553 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
554 - arguments for _default
555 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
556 - added $c->req->method
558 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
559 - POD fixes and improvements
561 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
562 - first development release