1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
4 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
6 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
7 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
10 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
11 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
13 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
14 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
16 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
20 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
21 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
22 - Fixed args handling in forward()
23 - Fixed forwarding to classes
24 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
25 - Fixed relative forwarding
26 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
28 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
29 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
32 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
33 - Improved format of startup debug log.
34 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
35 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
36 if the browser is closed.
37 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
38 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
40 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
41 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
42 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
43 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
44 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
45 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
47 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
48 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
49 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
50 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
51 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
52 parent app is shut down.
53 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
55 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
56 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
57 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
59 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
61 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
62 - Whole new dispatcher!
64 - Added path_to method
65 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
67 - Added a new welcome screen.
68 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
69 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
70 - Added self restarting test server
71 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
72 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
73 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
74 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
75 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
76 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
78 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
79 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
80 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
81 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
83 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
84 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
86 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
87 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
90 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
91 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
92 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
93 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
94 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
95 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
97 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
98 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
99 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
100 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
101 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
102 kill loggging for a whole request.
103 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
104 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
105 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
106 coverage and maintainability.
107 - Added fork support to built in test server.
108 - Fixed all memory leaks.
109 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
110 core to be thread-safe.
111 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
113 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
114 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
115 - Improved documentation
116 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
117 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
118 action. (Andy Grundman)
119 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
121 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
122 - Now with updated manifest.
124 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
125 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
127 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
129 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
130 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
131 - added arguments for detach
132 - new credits section in pod
133 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
134 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
136 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
138 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
140 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
141 - Fix for inheritance bug.
142 - Allow forward with arguments.
144 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
145 - make module build cons README automatically.
146 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
147 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
148 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
149 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
150 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
151 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
152 - added $c->request->cookie
153 - added Catalyst::Setup
154 - refactored Catalyst::import()
155 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
156 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
157 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
159 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
160 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
161 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
163 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
164 - improved base locating in MP engines
165 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
166 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
167 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
169 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
170 - fixed a bug in https detection
171 - fixed auto chain finally
172 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
174 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
175 - improved uploads and parameters
176 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
177 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
178 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
179 - fixed win32 installer
180 - added deep recursion detection
182 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
183 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
184 in Path and Regex attributes
185 - new helper templates
186 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
187 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
188 instance (not the same app!)
190 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
191 - added support for MP registry scripts
192 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
193 - added SpeedyCGI engine
195 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
196 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
197 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
198 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
199 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
200 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
201 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
202 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
203 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
204 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
206 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
207 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
208 - added Plugins chapter to manual
209 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
210 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
211 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
212 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
213 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
214 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
215 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
217 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
220 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
221 - some documentation bugs fixed
222 - added Catalyst::Utils
223 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
224 - fixed upload bug with MP19
225 - added $c->req->body
226 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
227 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
229 - extended attribute handling
230 - added global config for components
232 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
233 - new core to support inheritance trees
234 - new syntax for action declaration
235 - new helper system using TT2
236 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
237 - added Test::Pod support
238 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
239 - added option to run tests against a remote server
240 - renamed errors() to error()
242 - countless minor improvements
243 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
244 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
246 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
247 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
248 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
249 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
250 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
252 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
253 - updated helper scripts
254 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
255 the script directory. We promise!
257 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
258 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
259 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
260 - removed cgi-server.pl
261 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
262 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
263 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
264 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
266 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
267 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
269 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
270 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
271 - previous release was borked!
272 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
274 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
275 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
276 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
277 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
278 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
279 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
280 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
281 - updated helper scripts
282 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
283 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
285 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
286 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
287 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
289 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
291 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
292 - debug message for parameters
293 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
295 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
296 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
298 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
299 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
301 - more debug messages
304 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
305 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
306 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
308 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
309 - updated cookbook example
310 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
312 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
313 - no more regex actions in forward
314 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
316 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
317 - catch errors in application class
318 - handle die properly.
320 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
323 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
324 - moved bin to script
326 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
327 - improved documentation
328 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
331 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
332 - server_base sucks, removed
333 - added $c->log->dump()
335 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
336 - removed some warnings
338 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
340 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
342 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
343 - improved documentation
345 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
346 - fixed more little bugs
348 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
349 - improved documentation
350 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
352 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
353 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
354 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
355 !?default, !?begin and !?end
356 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
357 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
360 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
361 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
362 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
364 - improved documentation for actions
366 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
367 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
368 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
370 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
371 - error reporting for app class
372 - no more engine debug messages
373 - class->method forwards get resolved now
375 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
376 - friendlier statistics
378 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
379 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
381 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
384 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
385 - real version number for CPAN.pm
386 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
387 - more statistics in debug logs
388 - ? prefix for forward()
390 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
391 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
392 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
394 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
395 - added ? for prefixed actions
398 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
399 - arguments for _default
400 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
401 - added $c->req->method
403 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
404 - POD fixes and improvements
406 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
407 - first development release