1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
4 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
5 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
6 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
7 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
8 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
9 Module::Pluggable::Object
10 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
11 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
12 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
13 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
14 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
15 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
16 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
17 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
18 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
19 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
20 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
21 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
22 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
23 - Added ActionClass attribute
24 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
25 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
26 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
27 - cleaned up logging and debug output
29 - Added warning for setup being called twice
30 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
31 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
35 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
36 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
38 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
39 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
41 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
42 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
43 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
46 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
47 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
49 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
51 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
53 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
54 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
55 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
56 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
58 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
59 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
61 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
62 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
63 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
64 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
65 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
66 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
67 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
68 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
69 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
70 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
71 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
72 to more sane settings.
73 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
74 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
75 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
76 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
77 (stress tests run 12% faster)
78 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
80 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
81 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
82 - Cleaned generated tests
83 - Added Root controller concept
84 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
86 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
87 - Added plugin introspection.
88 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
89 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
90 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
92 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
93 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
94 was not run. (Eric Wong)
95 - Cleaned up generated tests
96 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
97 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
98 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
99 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
101 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
102 - Updated prereq versions
104 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
105 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
106 - Added YAML config support
107 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
108 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
109 correct execution order.
110 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
111 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
112 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
113 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
114 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
115 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
116 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
118 - Exceptions now return status 500.
119 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
120 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
121 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
122 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
123 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
124 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
125 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
127 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
128 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
130 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
131 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
132 including those that attach to /
133 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
134 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
135 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
136 using $c->req->params('foo').
137 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
139 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
140 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
141 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
142 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
143 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
144 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
146 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
147 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
148 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
149 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
150 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
151 - Improved PAR support
152 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
153 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
154 - Static::Simple changes:
155 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
157 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
158 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
160 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
161 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
162 - Switched to Module::Install
163 - Renamed tests for easier editing
164 - Reformatted documentation
165 - Renamed -nonew to -force
167 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
169 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
171 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
172 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
173 request. (Sam Vilain)
174 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
175 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
176 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
177 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
179 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
180 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
182 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
183 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
185 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
186 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
189 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
190 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
192 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
193 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
195 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
199 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
200 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
201 - Fixed args handling in forward()
202 - Fixed forwarding to classes
203 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
204 - Fixed relative forwarding
205 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
207 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
208 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
211 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
212 - Improved format of startup debug log.
213 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
214 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
215 if the browser is closed.
216 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
217 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
219 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
220 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
221 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
222 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
223 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
224 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
226 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
227 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
228 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
229 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
230 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
231 parent app is shut down.
232 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
234 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
235 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
236 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
238 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
240 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
241 - Whole new dispatcher!
243 - Added path_to method
244 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
246 - Added a new welcome screen.
247 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
248 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
249 - Added self restarting test server
250 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
251 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
252 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
253 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
254 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
255 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
257 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
258 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
259 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
260 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
262 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
263 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
265 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
266 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
269 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
270 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
271 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
272 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
273 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
274 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
276 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
277 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
278 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
279 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
280 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
281 kill loggging for a whole request.
282 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
283 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
284 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
285 coverage and maintainability.
286 - Added fork support to built in test server.
287 - Fixed all memory leaks.
288 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
289 core to be thread-safe.
290 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
292 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
293 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
294 - Improved documentation
295 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
296 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
297 action. (Andy Grundman)
298 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
300 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
301 - Now with updated manifest.
303 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
304 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
306 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
308 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
309 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
310 - added arguments for detach
311 - new credits section in pod
312 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
313 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
315 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
317 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
319 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
320 - Fix for inheritance bug.
321 - Allow forward with arguments.
323 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
324 - make module build cons README automatically.
325 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
326 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
327 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
328 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
329 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
330 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
331 - added $c->request->cookie
332 - added Catalyst::Setup
333 - refactored Catalyst::import()
334 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
335 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
336 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
338 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
339 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
340 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
342 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
343 - improved base locating in MP engines
344 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
345 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
346 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
348 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
349 - fixed a bug in https detection
350 - fixed auto chain finally
351 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
353 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
354 - improved uploads and parameters
355 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
356 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
357 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
358 - fixed win32 installer
359 - added deep recursion detection
361 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
362 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
363 in Path and Regex attributes
364 - new helper templates
365 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
366 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
367 instance (not the same app!)
369 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
370 - added support for MP registry scripts
371 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
372 - added SpeedyCGI engine
374 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
375 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
376 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
377 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
378 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
379 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
380 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
381 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
382 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
383 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
385 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
386 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
387 - added Plugins chapter to manual
388 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
389 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
390 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
391 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
392 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
393 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
394 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
396 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
399 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
400 - some documentation bugs fixed
401 - added Catalyst::Utils
402 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
403 - fixed upload bug with MP19
404 - added $c->req->body
405 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
406 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
408 - extended attribute handling
409 - added global config for components
411 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
412 - new core to support inheritance trees
413 - new syntax for action declaration
414 - new helper system using TT2
415 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
416 - added Test::Pod support
417 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
418 - added option to run tests against a remote server
419 - renamed errors() to error()
421 - countless minor improvements
422 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
423 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
425 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
426 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
427 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
428 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
429 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
431 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
432 - updated helper scripts
433 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
434 the script directory. We promise!
436 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
437 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
438 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
439 - removed cgi-server.pl
440 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
441 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
442 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
443 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
445 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
446 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
448 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
449 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
450 - previous release was borked!
451 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
453 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
454 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
455 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
456 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
457 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
458 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
459 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
460 - updated helper scripts
461 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
462 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
464 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
465 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
466 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
468 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
470 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
471 - debug message for parameters
472 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
474 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
475 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
477 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
478 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
480 - more debug messages
483 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
484 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
485 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
487 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
488 - updated cookbook example
489 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
491 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
492 - no more regex actions in forward
493 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
495 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
496 - catch errors in application class
497 - handle die properly.
499 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
502 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
503 - moved bin to script
505 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
506 - improved documentation
507 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
510 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
511 - server_base sucks, removed
512 - added $c->log->dump()
514 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
515 - removed some warnings
517 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
519 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
521 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
522 - improved documentation
524 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
525 - fixed more little bugs
527 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
528 - improved documentation
529 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
531 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
532 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
533 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
534 !?default, !?begin and !?end
535 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
536 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
539 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
540 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
541 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
543 - improved documentation for actions
545 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
546 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
547 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
549 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
550 - error reporting for app class
551 - no more engine debug messages
552 - class->method forwards get resolved now
554 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
555 - friendlier statistics
557 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
558 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
560 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
563 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
564 - real version number for CPAN.pm
565 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
566 - more statistics in debug logs
567 - ? prefix for forward()
569 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
570 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
571 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
573 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
574 - added ? for prefixed actions
577 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
578 - arguments for _default
579 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
580 - added $c->req->method
582 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
583 - POD fixes and improvements
585 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
586 - first development release