1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
5 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
6 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
7 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
8 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
9 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
10 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
11 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
12 - Added lots of API documentation.
13 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
14 to more sane settings.
15 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
16 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
17 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
18 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
19 (stress tests run 12% faster)
20 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
22 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
23 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
24 - Cleaned generated tests
25 - Added Root controller concept
26 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
28 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
29 - Added plugin introspection.
30 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
31 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
32 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
34 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
35 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
36 was not run. (Eric Wong)
37 - Cleaned up generated tests
38 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
39 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
40 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
41 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
43 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
44 - Updated prereq versions
46 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
47 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
48 - Added YAML config support
49 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
50 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
51 correct execution order.
52 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
53 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
54 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
55 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
56 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
57 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
58 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
60 - Exceptions now return status 500.
61 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
62 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
63 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
64 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
65 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
66 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
67 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
69 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
70 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
72 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
73 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
74 including those that attach to /
75 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
76 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
77 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
78 using $c->req->params('foo').
79 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
81 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
82 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
83 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
84 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
85 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
86 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
88 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
89 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
90 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
91 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
92 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
93 - Improved PAR support
94 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
95 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
96 - Static::Simple changes:
97 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
99 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
100 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
102 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
103 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
104 - Switched to Module::Install
105 - Renamed tests for easier editing
106 - Reformatted documentation
107 - Renamed -nonew to -force
109 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
111 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
113 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
114 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
115 request. (Sam Vilain)
116 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
117 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
118 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
119 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
121 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
122 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
124 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
125 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
127 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
128 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
131 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
132 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
134 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
135 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
137 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
141 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
142 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
143 - Fixed args handling in forward()
144 - Fixed forwarding to classes
145 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
146 - Fixed relative forwarding
147 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
149 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
150 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
153 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
154 - Improved format of startup debug log.
155 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
156 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
157 if the browser is closed.
158 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
159 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
161 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
162 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
163 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
164 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
165 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
166 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
168 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
169 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
170 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
171 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
172 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
173 parent app is shut down.
174 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
176 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
177 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
178 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
180 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
182 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
183 - Whole new dispatcher!
185 - Added path_to method
186 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
188 - Added a new welcome screen.
189 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
190 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
191 - Added self restarting test server
192 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
193 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
194 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
195 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
196 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
197 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
199 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
200 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
201 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
202 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
204 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
205 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
207 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
208 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
211 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
212 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
213 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
214 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
215 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
216 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
218 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
219 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
220 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
221 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
222 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
223 kill loggging for a whole request.
224 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
225 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
226 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
227 coverage and maintainability.
228 - Added fork support to built in test server.
229 - Fixed all memory leaks.
230 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
231 core to be thread-safe.
232 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
234 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
235 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
236 - Improved documentation
237 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
238 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
239 action. (Andy Grundman)
240 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
242 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
243 - Now with updated manifest.
245 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
246 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
248 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
250 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
251 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
252 - added arguments for detach
253 - new credits section in pod
254 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
255 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
257 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
259 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
261 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
262 - Fix for inheritance bug.
263 - Allow forward with arguments.
265 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
266 - make module build cons README automatically.
267 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
268 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
269 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
270 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
271 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
272 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
273 - added $c->request->cookie
274 - added Catalyst::Setup
275 - refactored Catalyst::import()
276 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
277 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
278 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
280 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
281 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
282 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
284 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
285 - improved base locating in MP engines
286 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
287 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
288 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
290 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
291 - fixed a bug in https detection
292 - fixed auto chain finally
293 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
295 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
296 - improved uploads and parameters
297 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
298 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
299 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
300 - fixed win32 installer
301 - added deep recursion detection
303 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
304 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
305 in Path and Regex attributes
306 - new helper templates
307 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
308 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
309 instance (not the same app!)
311 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
312 - added support for MP registry scripts
313 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
314 - added SpeedyCGI engine
316 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
317 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
318 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
319 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
320 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
321 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
322 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
323 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
324 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
325 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
327 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
328 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
329 - added Plugins chapter to manual
330 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
331 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
332 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
333 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
334 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
335 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
336 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
338 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
341 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
342 - some documentation bugs fixed
343 - added Catalyst::Utils
344 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
345 - fixed upload bug with MP19
346 - added $c->req->body
347 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
348 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
350 - extended attribute handling
351 - added global config for components
353 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
354 - new core to support inheritance trees
355 - new syntax for action declaration
356 - new helper system using TT2
357 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
358 - added Test::Pod support
359 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
360 - added option to run tests against a remote server
361 - renamed errors() to error()
363 - countless minor improvements
364 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
365 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
367 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
368 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
369 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
370 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
371 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
373 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
374 - updated helper scripts
375 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
376 the script directory. We promise!
378 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
379 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
380 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
381 - removed cgi-server.pl
382 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
383 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
384 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
385 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
387 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
388 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
390 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
391 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
392 - previous release was borked!
393 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
395 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
396 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
397 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
398 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
399 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
400 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
401 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
402 - updated helper scripts
403 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
404 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
406 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
407 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
408 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
410 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
412 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
413 - debug message for parameters
414 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
416 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
417 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
419 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
420 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
422 - more debug messages
425 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
426 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
427 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
429 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
430 - updated cookbook example
431 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
433 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
434 - no more regex actions in forward
435 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
437 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
438 - catch errors in application class
439 - handle die properly.
441 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
444 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
445 - moved bin to script
447 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
448 - improved documentation
449 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
452 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
453 - server_base sucks, removed
454 - added $c->log->dump()
456 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
457 - removed some warnings
459 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
461 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
463 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
464 - improved documentation
466 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
467 - fixed more little bugs
469 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
470 - improved documentation
471 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
473 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
474 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
475 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
476 !?default, !?begin and !?end
477 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
478 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
481 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
482 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
483 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
485 - improved documentation for actions
487 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
488 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
489 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
491 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
492 - error reporting for app class
493 - no more engine debug messages
494 - class->method forwards get resolved now
496 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
497 - friendlier statistics
499 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
500 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
502 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
505 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
506 - real version number for CPAN.pm
507 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
508 - more statistics in debug logs
509 - ? prefix for forward()
511 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
512 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
513 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
515 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
516 - added ? for prefixed actions
519 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
520 - arguments for _default
521 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
522 - added $c->req->method
524 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
525 - POD fixes and improvements
527 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
528 - first development release