1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
4 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
6 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
7 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
8 was not run. (Eric Wong)
9 - Cleaned up generated tests
10 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
11 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
12 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
13 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
15 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
16 - Updated prereq versions
18 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
19 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
20 - Added YAML config support
21 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
22 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
23 correct execution order.
24 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
25 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
26 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
27 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
28 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
29 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
30 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
32 - Exceptions now return status 500.
33 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
34 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
35 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
36 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
37 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
38 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
39 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
41 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
42 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
44 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
45 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
46 including those that attach to /
47 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
48 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
49 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
50 using $c->req->params('foo').
51 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
53 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
54 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
55 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
56 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
57 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
58 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
60 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
61 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
62 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
63 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
64 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
65 - Improved PAR support
66 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
67 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
68 - Static::Simple changes:
69 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
71 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
72 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
74 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
75 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
76 - Switched to Module::Install
77 - Renamed tests for easier editing
78 - Reformatted documentation
79 - Renamed -nonew to -force
81 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
83 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
85 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
86 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
88 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
89 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
90 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
91 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
93 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
94 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
96 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
97 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
99 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
100 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
103 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
104 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
106 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
107 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
109 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
113 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
114 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
115 - Fixed args handling in forward()
116 - Fixed forwarding to classes
117 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
118 - Fixed relative forwarding
119 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
121 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
122 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
125 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
126 - Improved format of startup debug log.
127 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
128 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
129 if the browser is closed.
130 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
131 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
133 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
134 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
135 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
136 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
137 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
138 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
140 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
141 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
142 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
143 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
144 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
145 parent app is shut down.
146 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
148 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
149 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
150 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
152 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
154 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
155 - Whole new dispatcher!
157 - Added path_to method
158 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
160 - Added a new welcome screen.
161 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
162 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
163 - Added self restarting test server
164 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
165 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
166 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
167 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
168 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
169 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
171 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
172 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
173 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
174 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
176 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
177 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
179 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
180 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
183 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
184 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
185 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
186 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
187 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
188 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
190 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
191 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
192 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
193 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
194 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
195 kill loggging for a whole request.
196 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
197 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
198 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
199 coverage and maintainability.
200 - Added fork support to built in test server.
201 - Fixed all memory leaks.
202 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
203 core to be thread-safe.
204 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
206 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
207 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
208 - Improved documentation
209 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
210 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
211 action. (Andy Grundman)
212 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
214 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
215 - Now with updated manifest.
217 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
218 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
220 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
222 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
223 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
224 - added arguments for detach
225 - new credits section in pod
226 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
227 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
229 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
231 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
233 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
234 - Fix for inheritance bug.
235 - Allow forward with arguments.
237 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
238 - make module build cons README automatically.
239 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
240 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
241 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
242 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
243 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
244 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
245 - added $c->request->cookie
246 - added Catalyst::Setup
247 - refactored Catalyst::import()
248 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
249 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
250 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
252 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
253 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
254 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
256 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
257 - improved base locating in MP engines
258 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
259 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
260 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
262 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
263 - fixed a bug in https detection
264 - fixed auto chain finally
265 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
267 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
268 - improved uploads and parameters
269 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
270 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
271 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
272 - fixed win32 installer
273 - added deep recursion detection
275 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
276 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
277 in Path and Regex attributes
278 - new helper templates
279 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
280 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
281 instance (not the same app!)
283 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
284 - added support for MP registry scripts
285 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
286 - added SpeedyCGI engine
288 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
289 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
290 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
291 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
292 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
293 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
294 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
295 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
296 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
297 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
299 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
300 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
301 - added Plugins chapter to manual
302 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
303 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
304 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
305 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
306 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
307 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
308 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
310 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
313 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
314 - some documentation bugs fixed
315 - added Catalyst::Utils
316 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
317 - fixed upload bug with MP19
318 - added $c->req->body
319 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
320 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
322 - extended attribute handling
323 - added global config for components
325 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
326 - new core to support inheritance trees
327 - new syntax for action declaration
328 - new helper system using TT2
329 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
330 - added Test::Pod support
331 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
332 - added option to run tests against a remote server
333 - renamed errors() to error()
335 - countless minor improvements
336 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
337 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
339 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
340 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
341 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
342 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
343 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
345 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
346 - updated helper scripts
347 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
348 the script directory. We promise!
350 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
351 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
352 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
353 - removed cgi-server.pl
354 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
355 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
356 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
357 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
359 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
360 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
362 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
363 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
364 - previous release was borked!
365 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
367 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
368 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
369 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
370 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
371 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
372 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
373 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
374 - updated helper scripts
375 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
376 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
378 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
379 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
380 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
382 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
384 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
385 - debug message for parameters
386 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
388 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
389 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
391 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
392 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
394 - more debug messages
397 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
398 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
399 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
401 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
402 - updated cookbook example
403 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
405 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
406 - no more regex actions in forward
407 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
409 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
410 - catch errors in application class
411 - handle die properly.
413 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
416 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
417 - moved bin to script
419 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
420 - improved documentation
421 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
424 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
425 - server_base sucks, removed
426 - added $c->log->dump()
428 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
429 - removed some warnings
431 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
433 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
435 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
436 - improved documentation
438 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
439 - fixed more little bugs
441 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
442 - improved documentation
443 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
445 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
446 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
447 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
448 !?default, !?begin and !?end
449 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
450 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
453 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
454 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
455 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
457 - improved documentation for actions
459 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
460 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
461 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
463 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
464 - error reporting for app class
465 - no more engine debug messages
466 - class->method forwards get resolved now
468 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
469 - friendlier statistics
471 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
472 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
474 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
477 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
478 - real version number for CPAN.pm
479 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
480 - more statistics in debug logs
481 - ? prefix for forward()
483 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
484 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
485 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
487 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
488 - added ? for prefixed actions
491 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
492 - arguments for _default
493 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
494 - added $c->req->method
496 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
497 - POD fixes and improvements
499 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
500 - first development release