1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
6 parent app is shut down.
7 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
9 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
10 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
11 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
13 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
15 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
16 - Whole new dispatcher!
18 - Added path_to method
19 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
21 - Added a new welcome screen.
22 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
23 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
24 - Added self restarting test server
25 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
26 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
27 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
28 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
29 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
30 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
32 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
33 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
34 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
35 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
37 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
38 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
40 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
41 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
44 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
45 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
46 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
47 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
48 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
49 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
51 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
52 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
53 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
54 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
55 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
56 kill loggging for a whole request.
57 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
58 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
59 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
60 coverage and maintainability.
61 - Added fork support to built in test server.
62 - Fixed all memory leaks.
63 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
64 core to be thread-safe.
65 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
67 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
68 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
69 - Improved documentation
70 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
71 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
72 action. (Andy Grundman)
73 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
75 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
76 - Now with updated manifest.
78 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
79 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
81 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
83 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
84 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
85 - added arguments for detach
86 - new credits section in pod
87 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
88 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
90 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
92 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
94 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
95 - Fix for inheritance bug.
96 - Allow forward with arguments.
98 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
99 - make module build cons README automatically.
100 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
101 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
102 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
103 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
104 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
105 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
106 - added $c->request->cookie
107 - added Catalyst::Setup
108 - refactored Catalyst::import()
109 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
110 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
111 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
113 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
114 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
115 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
117 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
118 - improved base locating in MP engines
119 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
120 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
121 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
123 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
124 - fixed a bug in https detection
125 - fixed auto chain finally
126 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
128 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
129 - improved uploads and parameters
130 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
131 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
132 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
133 - fixed win32 installer
134 - added deep recursion detection
136 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
137 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
138 in Path and Regex attributes
139 - new helper templates
140 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
141 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
142 instance (not the same app!)
144 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
145 - added support for MP registry scripts
146 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
147 - added SpeedyCGI engine
149 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
150 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
151 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
152 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
153 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
154 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
155 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
156 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
157 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
158 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
160 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
161 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
162 - added Plugins chapter to manual
163 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
164 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
165 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
166 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
167 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
168 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
169 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
171 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
174 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
175 - some documentation bugs fixed
176 - added Catalyst::Utils
177 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
178 - fixed upload bug with MP19
179 - added $c->req->body
180 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
181 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
183 - extended attribute handling
184 - added global config for components
186 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
187 - new core to support inheritance trees
188 - new syntax for action declaration
189 - new helper system using TT2
190 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
191 - added Test::Pod support
192 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
193 - added option to run tests against a remote server
194 - renamed errors() to error()
196 - countless minor improvements
197 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
198 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
200 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
201 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
202 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
203 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
204 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
206 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
207 - updated helper scripts
208 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
209 the script directory. We promise!
211 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
212 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
213 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
214 - removed cgi-server.pl
215 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
216 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
217 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
218 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
220 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
221 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
223 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
224 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
225 - previous release was borked!
226 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
228 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
229 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
230 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
231 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
232 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
233 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
234 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
235 - updated helper scripts
236 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
237 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
239 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
240 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
241 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
243 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
245 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
246 - debug message for parameters
247 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
249 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
250 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
252 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
253 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
255 - more debug messages
258 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
259 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
260 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
262 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
263 - updated cookbook example
264 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
266 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
267 - no more regex actions in forward
268 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
270 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
271 - catch errors in application class
272 - handle die properly.
274 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
277 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
278 - moved bin to script
280 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
281 - improved documentation
282 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
285 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
286 - server_base sucks, removed
287 - added $c->log->dump()
289 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
290 - removed some warnings
292 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
294 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
296 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
297 - improved documentation
299 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
300 - fixed more little bugs
302 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
303 - improved documentation
304 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
306 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
307 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
308 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
309 !?default, !?begin and !?end
310 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
311 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
314 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
315 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
316 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
318 - improved documentation for actions
320 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
321 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
322 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
324 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
325 - error reporting for app class
326 - no more engine debug messages
327 - class->method forwards get resolved now
329 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
330 - friendlier statistics
332 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
333 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
335 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
338 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
339 - real version number for CPAN.pm
340 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
341 - more statistics in debug logs
342 - ? prefix for forward()
344 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
345 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
346 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
348 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
349 - added ? for prefixed actions
352 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
353 - arguments for _default
354 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
355 - added $c->req->method
357 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
358 - POD fixes and improvements
360 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
361 - first development release