1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed relative forwarding
5 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
7 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
8 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
11 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
12 - Improved format of startup debug log.
13 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
14 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
15 if the browser is closed.
16 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
17 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
19 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
20 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
21 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
22 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
23 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
24 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
26 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
27 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
28 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
29 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
30 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
31 parent app is shut down.
32 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
34 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
35 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
36 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
38 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
40 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
41 - Whole new dispatcher!
43 - Added path_to method
44 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
46 - Added a new welcome screen.
47 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
48 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
49 - Added self restarting test server
50 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
51 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
52 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
53 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
54 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
55 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
57 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
58 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
59 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
60 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
62 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
63 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
65 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
66 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
69 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
70 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
71 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
72 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
73 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
74 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
76 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
77 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
78 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
79 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
80 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
81 kill loggging for a whole request.
82 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
83 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
84 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
85 coverage and maintainability.
86 - Added fork support to built in test server.
87 - Fixed all memory leaks.
88 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
89 core to be thread-safe.
90 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
92 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
93 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
94 - Improved documentation
95 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
96 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
97 action. (Andy Grundman)
98 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
100 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
101 - Now with updated manifest.
103 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
104 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
106 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
108 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
109 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
110 - added arguments for detach
111 - new credits section in pod
112 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
113 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
115 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
117 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
119 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
120 - Fix for inheritance bug.
121 - Allow forward with arguments.
123 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
124 - make module build cons README automatically.
125 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
126 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
127 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
128 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
129 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
130 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
131 - added $c->request->cookie
132 - added Catalyst::Setup
133 - refactored Catalyst::import()
134 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
135 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
136 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
138 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
139 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
140 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
142 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
143 - improved base locating in MP engines
144 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
145 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
146 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
148 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
149 - fixed a bug in https detection
150 - fixed auto chain finally
151 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
153 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
154 - improved uploads and parameters
155 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
156 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
157 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
158 - fixed win32 installer
159 - added deep recursion detection
161 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
162 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
163 in Path and Regex attributes
164 - new helper templates
165 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
166 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
167 instance (not the same app!)
169 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
170 - added support for MP registry scripts
171 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
172 - added SpeedyCGI engine
174 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
175 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
176 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
177 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
178 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
179 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
180 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
181 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
182 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
183 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
185 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
186 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
187 - added Plugins chapter to manual
188 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
189 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
190 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
191 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
192 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
193 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
194 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
196 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
199 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
200 - some documentation bugs fixed
201 - added Catalyst::Utils
202 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
203 - fixed upload bug with MP19
204 - added $c->req->body
205 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
206 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
208 - extended attribute handling
209 - added global config for components
211 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
212 - new core to support inheritance trees
213 - new syntax for action declaration
214 - new helper system using TT2
215 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
216 - added Test::Pod support
217 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
218 - added option to run tests against a remote server
219 - renamed errors() to error()
221 - countless minor improvements
222 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
223 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
225 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
226 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
227 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
228 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
229 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
231 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
232 - updated helper scripts
233 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
234 the script directory. We promise!
236 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
237 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
238 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
239 - removed cgi-server.pl
240 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
241 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
242 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
243 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
245 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
246 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
248 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
249 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
250 - previous release was borked!
251 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
253 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
254 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
255 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
256 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
257 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
258 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
259 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
260 - updated helper scripts
261 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
262 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
264 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
265 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
266 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
268 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
270 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
271 - debug message for parameters
272 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
274 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
275 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
277 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
278 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
280 - more debug messages
283 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
284 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
285 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
287 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
288 - updated cookbook example
289 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
291 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
292 - no more regex actions in forward
293 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
295 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
296 - catch errors in application class
297 - handle die properly.
299 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
302 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
303 - moved bin to script
305 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
306 - improved documentation
307 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
310 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
311 - server_base sucks, removed
312 - added $c->log->dump()
314 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
315 - removed some warnings
317 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
319 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
321 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
322 - improved documentation
324 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
325 - fixed more little bugs
327 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
328 - improved documentation
329 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
331 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
332 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
333 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
334 !?default, !?begin and !?end
335 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
336 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
339 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
340 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
341 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
343 - improved documentation for actions
345 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
346 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
347 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
349 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
350 - error reporting for app class
351 - no more engine debug messages
352 - class->method forwards get resolved now
354 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
355 - friendlier statistics
357 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
358 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
360 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
363 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
364 - real version number for CPAN.pm
365 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
366 - more statistics in debug logs
367 - ? prefix for forward()
369 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
370 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
371 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
373 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
374 - added ? for prefixed actions
377 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
378 - arguments for _default
379 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
380 - added $c->req->method
382 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
383 - POD fixes and improvements
385 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
386 - first development release