1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added self restarting test server
5 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
6 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
7 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
8 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
9 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
10 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
12 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
13 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
14 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
16 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
17 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
19 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
20 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
23 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
24 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
25 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
26 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
27 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
28 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
30 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
31 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
32 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
33 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
34 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
35 kill loggging for a whole request.
36 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
37 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
38 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
39 coverage and maintainability.
40 - Added fork support to built in test server.
41 - Fixed all memory leaks.
42 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
43 core to be thread-safe.
44 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
46 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
47 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
48 - Improved documentation
51 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
52 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
53 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
54 action. (Andy Grundman)
55 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
57 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
58 - Now with updated manifest.
60 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
61 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
63 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
65 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
66 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
67 - added arguments for detach
68 - new credits section in pod
69 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
70 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
72 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
74 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
76 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
77 - Fix for inheritance bug.
78 - Allow forward with arguments.
80 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
81 - make module build cons README automatically.
82 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
83 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
84 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
85 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
86 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
87 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
88 - added $c->request->cookie
89 - added Catalyst::Setup
90 - refactored Catalyst::import()
91 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
92 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
93 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
95 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
96 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
97 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
99 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
100 - improved base locating in MP engines
101 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
102 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
103 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
105 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
106 - fixed a bug in https detection
107 - fixed auto chain finally
108 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
110 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
111 - improved uploads and parameters
112 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
113 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
114 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
115 - fixed win32 installer
116 - added deep recursion detection
118 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
119 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
120 in Path and Regex attributes
121 - new helper templates
122 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
123 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
124 instance (not the same app!)
126 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
127 - added support for MP registry scripts
128 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
129 - added SpeedyCGI engine
131 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
132 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
133 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
134 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
135 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
136 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
137 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
138 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
139 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
140 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
142 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
143 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
144 - added Plugins chapter to manual
145 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
146 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
147 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
148 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
149 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
150 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
151 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
153 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
156 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
157 - some documentation bugs fixed
158 - added Catalyst::Utils
159 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
160 - fixed upload bug with MP19
161 - added $c->req->body
162 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
163 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
165 - extended attribute handling
166 - added global config for components
168 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
169 - new core to support inheritance trees
170 - new syntax for action declaration
171 - new helper system using TT2
172 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
173 - added Test::Pod support
174 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
175 - added option to run tests against a remote server
176 - renamed errors() to error()
178 - countless minor improvements
179 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
180 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
182 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
183 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
184 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
185 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
186 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
188 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
189 - updated helper scripts
190 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
191 the script directory. We promise!
193 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
194 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
195 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
196 - removed cgi-server.pl
197 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
198 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
199 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
200 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
202 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
203 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
205 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
206 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
207 - previous release was borked!
208 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
210 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
211 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
212 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
213 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
214 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
215 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
216 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
217 - updated helper scripts
218 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
219 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
221 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
222 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
223 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
225 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
227 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
228 - debug message for parameters
229 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
231 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
232 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
234 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
235 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
237 - more debug messages
240 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
241 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
242 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
244 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
245 - updated cookbook example
246 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
248 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
249 - no more regex actions in forward
250 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
252 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
253 - catch errors in application class
254 - handle die properly.
256 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
259 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
260 - moved bin to script
262 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
263 - improved documentation
264 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
267 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
268 - server_base sucks, removed
269 - added $c->log->dump()
271 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
272 - removed some warnings
274 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
276 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
278 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
279 - improved documentation
281 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
282 - fixed more little bugs
284 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
285 - improved documentation
286 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
288 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
289 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
290 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
291 !?default, !?begin and !?end
292 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
293 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
296 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
297 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
298 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
300 - improved documentation for actions
302 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
303 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
304 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
306 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
307 - error reporting for app class
308 - no more engine debug messages
309 - class->method forwards get resolved now
311 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
312 - friendlier statistics
314 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
315 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
317 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
320 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
321 - real version number for CPAN.pm
322 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
323 - more statistics in debug logs
324 - ? prefix for forward()
326 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
327 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
328 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
330 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
331 - added ? for prefixed actions
334 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
335 - arguments for _default
336 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
337 - added $c->req->method
339 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
340 - POD fixes and improvements
342 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
343 - first development release