1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Whole new dispatcher!
6 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
8 - Added a new welcome screen.
9 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
10 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
11 - Added self restarting test server
12 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
13 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
14 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
15 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
16 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
17 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
19 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
20 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
21 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
22 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
24 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
25 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
27 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
28 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
31 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
32 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
33 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
34 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
35 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
36 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
38 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
39 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
40 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
41 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
42 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
43 kill loggging for a whole request.
44 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
45 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
46 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
47 coverage and maintainability.
48 - Added fork support to built in test server.
49 - Fixed all memory leaks.
50 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
51 core to be thread-safe.
52 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
54 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
55 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
56 - Improved documentation
59 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
60 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
61 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
62 action. (Andy Grundman)
63 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
65 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
66 - Now with updated manifest.
68 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
69 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
71 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
73 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
74 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
75 - added arguments for detach
76 - new credits section in pod
77 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
78 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
80 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
82 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
84 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
85 - Fix for inheritance bug.
86 - Allow forward with arguments.
88 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
89 - make module build cons README automatically.
90 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
91 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
92 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
93 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
94 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
95 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
96 - added $c->request->cookie
97 - added Catalyst::Setup
98 - refactored Catalyst::import()
99 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
100 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
101 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
103 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
104 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
105 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
107 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
108 - improved base locating in MP engines
109 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
110 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
111 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
113 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
114 - fixed a bug in https detection
115 - fixed auto chain finally
116 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
118 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
119 - improved uploads and parameters
120 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
121 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
122 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
123 - fixed win32 installer
124 - added deep recursion detection
126 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
127 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
128 in Path and Regex attributes
129 - new helper templates
130 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
131 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
132 instance (not the same app!)
134 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
135 - added support for MP registry scripts
136 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
137 - added SpeedyCGI engine
139 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
140 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
141 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
142 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
143 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
144 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
145 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
146 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
147 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
148 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
150 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
151 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
152 - added Plugins chapter to manual
153 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
154 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
155 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
156 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
157 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
158 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
159 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
161 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
164 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
165 - some documentation bugs fixed
166 - added Catalyst::Utils
167 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
168 - fixed upload bug with MP19
169 - added $c->req->body
170 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
171 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
173 - extended attribute handling
174 - added global config for components
176 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
177 - new core to support inheritance trees
178 - new syntax for action declaration
179 - new helper system using TT2
180 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
181 - added Test::Pod support
182 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
183 - added option to run tests against a remote server
184 - renamed errors() to error()
186 - countless minor improvements
187 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
188 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
190 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
191 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
192 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
193 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
194 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
196 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
197 - updated helper scripts
198 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
199 the script directory. We promise!
201 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
202 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
203 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
204 - removed cgi-server.pl
205 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
206 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
207 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
208 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
210 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
211 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
213 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
214 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
215 - previous release was borked!
216 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
218 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
219 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
220 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
221 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
222 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
223 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
224 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
225 - updated helper scripts
226 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
227 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
229 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
230 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
231 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
233 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
235 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
236 - debug message for parameters
237 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
239 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
240 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
242 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
243 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
245 - more debug messages
248 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
249 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
250 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
252 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
253 - updated cookbook example
254 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
256 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
257 - no more regex actions in forward
258 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
260 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
261 - catch errors in application class
262 - handle die properly.
264 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
267 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
268 - moved bin to script
270 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
271 - improved documentation
272 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
275 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
276 - server_base sucks, removed
277 - added $c->log->dump()
279 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
280 - removed some warnings
282 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
284 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
286 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
287 - improved documentation
289 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
290 - fixed more little bugs
292 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
293 - improved documentation
294 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
296 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
297 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
298 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
299 !?default, !?begin and !?end
300 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
301 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
304 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
305 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
306 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
308 - improved documentation for actions
310 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
311 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
312 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
314 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
315 - error reporting for app class
316 - no more engine debug messages
317 - class->method forwards get resolved now
319 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
320 - friendlier statistics
322 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
323 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
325 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
328 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
329 - real version number for CPAN.pm
330 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
331 - more statistics in debug logs
332 - ? prefix for forward()
334 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
335 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
336 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
338 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
339 - added ? for prefixed actions
342 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
343 - arguments for _default
344 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
345 - added $c->req->method
347 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
348 - POD fixes and improvements
350 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
351 - first development release