1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
5 parent app is shut down.
6 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
8 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
9 - Whole new dispatcher!
11 - Added path_to method
12 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
14 - Added a new welcome screen.
15 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
16 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
17 - Added self restarting test server
18 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
19 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
20 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
21 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
22 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
23 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
25 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
26 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
27 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
28 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
30 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
31 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
33 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
34 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
37 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
38 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
39 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
40 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
41 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
42 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
44 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
45 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
46 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
47 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
48 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
49 kill loggging for a whole request.
50 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
51 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
52 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
53 coverage and maintainability.
54 - Added fork support to built in test server.
55 - Fixed all memory leaks.
56 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
57 core to be thread-safe.
58 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
60 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
61 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
62 - Improved documentation
63 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
64 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
65 action. (Andy Grundman)
66 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
68 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
69 - Now with updated manifest.
71 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
72 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
74 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
76 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
77 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
78 - added arguments for detach
79 - new credits section in pod
80 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
81 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
83 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
85 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
87 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
88 - Fix for inheritance bug.
89 - Allow forward with arguments.
91 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
92 - make module build cons README automatically.
93 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
94 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
95 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
96 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
97 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
98 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
99 - added $c->request->cookie
100 - added Catalyst::Setup
101 - refactored Catalyst::import()
102 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
103 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
104 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
106 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
107 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
108 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
110 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
111 - improved base locating in MP engines
112 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
113 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
114 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
116 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
117 - fixed a bug in https detection
118 - fixed auto chain finally
119 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
121 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
122 - improved uploads and parameters
123 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
124 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
125 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
126 - fixed win32 installer
127 - added deep recursion detection
129 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
130 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
131 in Path and Regex attributes
132 - new helper templates
133 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
134 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
135 instance (not the same app!)
137 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
138 - added support for MP registry scripts
139 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
140 - added SpeedyCGI engine
142 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
143 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
144 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
145 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
146 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
147 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
148 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
149 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
150 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
151 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
153 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
154 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
155 - added Plugins chapter to manual
156 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
157 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
158 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
159 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
160 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
161 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
162 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
164 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
167 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
168 - some documentation bugs fixed
169 - added Catalyst::Utils
170 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
171 - fixed upload bug with MP19
172 - added $c->req->body
173 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
174 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
176 - extended attribute handling
177 - added global config for components
179 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
180 - new core to support inheritance trees
181 - new syntax for action declaration
182 - new helper system using TT2
183 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
184 - added Test::Pod support
185 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
186 - added option to run tests against a remote server
187 - renamed errors() to error()
189 - countless minor improvements
190 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
191 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
193 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
194 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
195 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
196 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
197 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
199 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
200 - updated helper scripts
201 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
202 the script directory. We promise!
204 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
205 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
206 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
207 - removed cgi-server.pl
208 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
209 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
210 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
211 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
213 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
214 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
216 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
217 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
218 - previous release was borked!
219 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
221 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
222 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
223 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
224 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
225 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
226 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
227 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
228 - updated helper scripts
229 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
230 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
232 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
233 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
234 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
236 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
238 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
239 - debug message for parameters
240 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
242 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
243 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
245 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
246 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
248 - more debug messages
251 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
252 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
253 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
255 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
256 - updated cookbook example
257 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
259 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
260 - no more regex actions in forward
261 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
263 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
264 - catch errors in application class
265 - handle die properly.
267 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
270 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
271 - moved bin to script
273 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
274 - improved documentation
275 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
278 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
279 - server_base sucks, removed
280 - added $c->log->dump()
282 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
283 - removed some warnings
285 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
287 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
289 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
290 - improved documentation
292 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
293 - fixed more little bugs
295 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
296 - improved documentation
297 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
299 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
300 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
301 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
302 !?default, !?begin and !?end
303 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
304 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
307 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
308 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
309 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
311 - improved documentation for actions
313 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
314 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
315 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
317 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
318 - error reporting for app class
319 - no more engine debug messages
320 - class->method forwards get resolved now
322 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
323 - friendlier statistics
325 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
326 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
328 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
331 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
332 - real version number for CPAN.pm
333 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
334 - more statistics in debug logs
335 - ? prefix for forward()
337 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
338 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
339 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
341 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
342 - added ? for prefixed actions
345 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
346 - arguments for _default
347 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
348 - added $c->req->method
350 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
351 - POD fixes and improvements
353 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
354 - first development release