1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
4 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
5 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
6 - Added ActionClass attribute
7 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
8 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
9 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
10 - cleaned up logging and debug output
12 - Added warning for setup being called twice
13 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
14 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
15 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.08
19 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
20 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
22 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
23 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
25 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
26 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
27 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
30 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
31 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
33 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
35 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
37 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
38 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
39 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
40 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
42 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
43 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
45 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
46 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
47 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
48 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
49 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
50 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
51 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
52 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
53 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
54 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
55 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
56 to more sane settings.
57 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
58 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
59 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
60 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
61 (stress tests run 12% faster)
62 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
64 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
65 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
66 - Cleaned generated tests
67 - Added Root controller concept
68 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
70 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
71 - Added plugin introspection.
72 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
73 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
74 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
76 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
77 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
78 was not run. (Eric Wong)
79 - Cleaned up generated tests
80 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
81 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
82 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
83 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
85 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
86 - Updated prereq versions
88 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
89 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
90 - Added YAML config support
91 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
92 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
93 correct execution order.
94 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
95 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
96 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
97 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
98 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
99 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
100 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
102 - Exceptions now return status 500.
103 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
104 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
105 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
106 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
107 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
108 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
109 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
111 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
112 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
114 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
115 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
116 including those that attach to /
117 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
118 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
119 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
120 using $c->req->params('foo').
121 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
123 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
124 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
125 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
126 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
127 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
128 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
130 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
131 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
132 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
133 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
134 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
135 - Improved PAR support
136 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
137 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
138 - Static::Simple changes:
139 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
141 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
142 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
144 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
145 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
146 - Switched to Module::Install
147 - Renamed tests for easier editing
148 - Reformatted documentation
149 - Renamed -nonew to -force
151 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
153 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
155 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
156 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
157 request. (Sam Vilain)
158 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
159 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
160 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
161 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
163 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
164 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
166 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
167 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
169 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
170 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
173 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
174 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
176 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
177 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
179 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
183 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
184 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
185 - Fixed args handling in forward()
186 - Fixed forwarding to classes
187 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
188 - Fixed relative forwarding
189 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
191 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
192 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
195 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
196 - Improved format of startup debug log.
197 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
198 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
199 if the browser is closed.
200 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
201 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
203 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
204 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
205 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
206 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
207 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
208 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
210 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
211 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
212 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
213 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
214 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
215 parent app is shut down.
216 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
218 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
219 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
220 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
222 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
224 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
225 - Whole new dispatcher!
227 - Added path_to method
228 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
230 - Added a new welcome screen.
231 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
232 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
233 - Added self restarting test server
234 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
235 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
236 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
237 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
238 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
239 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
241 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
242 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
243 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
244 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
246 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
247 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
249 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
250 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
253 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
254 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
255 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
256 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
257 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
258 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
260 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
261 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
262 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
263 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
264 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
265 kill loggging for a whole request.
266 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
267 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
268 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
269 coverage and maintainability.
270 - Added fork support to built in test server.
271 - Fixed all memory leaks.
272 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
273 core to be thread-safe.
274 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
276 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
277 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
278 - Improved documentation
279 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
280 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
281 action. (Andy Grundman)
282 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
284 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
285 - Now with updated manifest.
287 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
288 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
290 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
292 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
293 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
294 - added arguments for detach
295 - new credits section in pod
296 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
297 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
299 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
301 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
303 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
304 - Fix for inheritance bug.
305 - Allow forward with arguments.
307 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
308 - make module build cons README automatically.
309 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
310 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
311 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
312 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
313 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
314 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
315 - added $c->request->cookie
316 - added Catalyst::Setup
317 - refactored Catalyst::import()
318 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
319 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
320 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
322 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
323 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
324 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
326 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
327 - improved base locating in MP engines
328 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
329 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
330 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
332 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
333 - fixed a bug in https detection
334 - fixed auto chain finally
335 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
337 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
338 - improved uploads and parameters
339 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
340 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
341 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
342 - fixed win32 installer
343 - added deep recursion detection
345 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
346 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
347 in Path and Regex attributes
348 - new helper templates
349 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
350 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
351 instance (not the same app!)
353 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
354 - added support for MP registry scripts
355 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
356 - added SpeedyCGI engine
358 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
359 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
360 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
361 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
362 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
363 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
364 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
365 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
366 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
367 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
369 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
370 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
371 - added Plugins chapter to manual
372 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
373 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
374 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
375 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
376 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
377 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
378 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
380 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
383 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
384 - some documentation bugs fixed
385 - added Catalyst::Utils
386 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
387 - fixed upload bug with MP19
388 - added $c->req->body
389 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
390 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
392 - extended attribute handling
393 - added global config for components
395 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
396 - new core to support inheritance trees
397 - new syntax for action declaration
398 - new helper system using TT2
399 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
400 - added Test::Pod support
401 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
402 - added option to run tests against a remote server
403 - renamed errors() to error()
405 - countless minor improvements
406 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
407 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
409 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
410 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
411 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
412 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
413 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
415 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
416 - updated helper scripts
417 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
418 the script directory. We promise!
420 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
421 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
422 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
423 - removed cgi-server.pl
424 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
425 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
426 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
427 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
429 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
430 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
432 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
433 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
434 - previous release was borked!
435 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
437 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
438 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
439 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
440 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
441 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
442 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
443 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
444 - updated helper scripts
445 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
446 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
448 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
449 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
450 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
452 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
454 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
455 - debug message for parameters
456 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
458 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
459 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
461 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
462 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
464 - more debug messages
467 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
468 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
469 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
471 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
472 - updated cookbook example
473 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
475 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
476 - no more regex actions in forward
477 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
479 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
480 - catch errors in application class
481 - handle die properly.
483 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
486 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
487 - moved bin to script
489 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
490 - improved documentation
491 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
494 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
495 - server_base sucks, removed
496 - added $c->log->dump()
498 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
499 - removed some warnings
501 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
503 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
505 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
506 - improved documentation
508 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
509 - fixed more little bugs
511 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
512 - improved documentation
513 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
515 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
516 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
517 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
518 !?default, !?begin and !?end
519 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
520 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
523 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
524 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
525 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
527 - improved documentation for actions
529 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
530 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
531 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
533 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
534 - error reporting for app class
535 - no more engine debug messages
536 - class->method forwards get resolved now
538 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
539 - friendlier statistics
541 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
542 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
544 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
547 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
548 - real version number for CPAN.pm
549 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
550 - more statistics in debug logs
551 - ? prefix for forward()
553 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
554 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
555 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
557 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
558 - added ? for prefixed actions
561 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
562 - arguments for _default
563 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
564 - added $c->req->method
566 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
567 - POD fixes and improvements
569 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
570 - first development release