1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Added warning for setup being called twice
4 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
5 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
6 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
8 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
9 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
11 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
12 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
14 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
15 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
16 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
19 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
20 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
22 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
24 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
26 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
27 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
28 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
30 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
31 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
33 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
34 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
35 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
36 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
37 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
38 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
39 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
40 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
41 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
42 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
43 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
44 to more sane settings.
45 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
46 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
47 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
48 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
49 (stress tests run 12% faster)
50 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
52 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
53 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
54 - Cleaned generated tests
55 - Added Root controller concept
56 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
58 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
59 - Added plugin introspection.
60 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
61 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
62 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
64 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
65 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
66 was not run. (Eric Wong)
67 - Cleaned up generated tests
68 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
69 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
70 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
71 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
73 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
74 - Updated prereq versions
76 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
77 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
78 - Added YAML config support
79 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
80 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
81 correct execution order.
82 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
83 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
84 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
85 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
86 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
87 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
88 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
90 - Exceptions now return status 500.
91 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
92 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
93 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
94 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
95 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
96 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
97 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
99 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
100 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
102 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
103 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
104 including those that attach to /
105 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
106 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
107 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
108 using $c->req->params('foo').
109 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
111 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
112 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
113 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
114 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
115 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
116 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
118 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
119 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
120 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
121 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
122 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
123 - Improved PAR support
124 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
125 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
126 - Static::Simple changes:
127 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
129 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
130 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
132 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
133 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
134 - Switched to Module::Install
135 - Renamed tests for easier editing
136 - Reformatted documentation
137 - Renamed -nonew to -force
139 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
141 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
143 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
144 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
145 request. (Sam Vilain)
146 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
147 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
148 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
149 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
151 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
152 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
154 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
155 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
157 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
158 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
161 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
162 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
164 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
165 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
167 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
171 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
172 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
173 - Fixed args handling in forward()
174 - Fixed forwarding to classes
175 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
176 - Fixed relative forwarding
177 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
179 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
180 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
183 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
184 - Improved format of startup debug log.
185 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
186 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
187 if the browser is closed.
188 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
189 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
191 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
192 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
193 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
194 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
195 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
196 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
198 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
199 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
200 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
201 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
202 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
203 parent app is shut down.
204 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
206 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
207 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
208 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
210 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
212 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
213 - Whole new dispatcher!
215 - Added path_to method
216 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
218 - Added a new welcome screen.
219 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
220 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
221 - Added self restarting test server
222 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
223 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
224 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
225 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
226 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
227 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
229 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
230 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
231 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
232 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
234 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
235 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
237 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
238 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
241 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
242 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
243 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
244 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
245 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
246 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
248 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
249 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
250 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
251 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
252 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
253 kill loggging for a whole request.
254 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
255 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
256 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
257 coverage and maintainability.
258 - Added fork support to built in test server.
259 - Fixed all memory leaks.
260 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
261 core to be thread-safe.
262 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
264 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
265 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
266 - Improved documentation
267 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
268 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
269 action. (Andy Grundman)
270 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
272 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
273 - Now with updated manifest.
275 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
276 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
278 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
280 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
281 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
282 - added arguments for detach
283 - new credits section in pod
284 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
285 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
287 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
289 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
291 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
292 - Fix for inheritance bug.
293 - Allow forward with arguments.
295 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
296 - make module build cons README automatically.
297 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
298 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
299 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
300 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
301 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
302 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
303 - added $c->request->cookie
304 - added Catalyst::Setup
305 - refactored Catalyst::import()
306 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
307 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
308 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
310 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
311 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
312 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
314 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
315 - improved base locating in MP engines
316 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
317 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
318 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
320 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
321 - fixed a bug in https detection
322 - fixed auto chain finally
323 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
325 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
326 - improved uploads and parameters
327 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
328 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
329 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
330 - fixed win32 installer
331 - added deep recursion detection
333 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
334 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
335 in Path and Regex attributes
336 - new helper templates
337 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
338 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
339 instance (not the same app!)
341 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
342 - added support for MP registry scripts
343 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
344 - added SpeedyCGI engine
346 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
347 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
348 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
349 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
350 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
351 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
352 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
353 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
354 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
355 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
357 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
358 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
359 - added Plugins chapter to manual
360 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
361 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
362 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
363 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
364 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
365 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
366 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
368 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
371 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
372 - some documentation bugs fixed
373 - added Catalyst::Utils
374 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
375 - fixed upload bug with MP19
376 - added $c->req->body
377 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
378 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
380 - extended attribute handling
381 - added global config for components
383 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
384 - new core to support inheritance trees
385 - new syntax for action declaration
386 - new helper system using TT2
387 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
388 - added Test::Pod support
389 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
390 - added option to run tests against a remote server
391 - renamed errors() to error()
393 - countless minor improvements
394 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
395 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
397 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
398 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
399 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
400 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
401 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
403 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
404 - updated helper scripts
405 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
406 the script directory. We promise!
408 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
409 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
410 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
411 - removed cgi-server.pl
412 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
413 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
414 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
415 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
417 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
418 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
420 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
421 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
422 - previous release was borked!
423 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
425 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
426 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
427 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
428 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
429 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
430 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
431 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
432 - updated helper scripts
433 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
434 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
436 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
437 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
438 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
440 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
442 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
443 - debug message for parameters
444 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
446 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
447 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
449 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
450 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
452 - more debug messages
455 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
456 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
457 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
459 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
460 - updated cookbook example
461 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
463 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
464 - no more regex actions in forward
465 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
467 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
468 - catch errors in application class
469 - handle die properly.
471 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
474 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
475 - moved bin to script
477 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
478 - improved documentation
479 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
482 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
483 - server_base sucks, removed
484 - added $c->log->dump()
486 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
487 - removed some warnings
489 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
491 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
493 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
494 - improved documentation
496 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
497 - fixed more little bugs
499 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
500 - improved documentation
501 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
503 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
504 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
505 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
506 !?default, !?begin and !?end
507 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
508 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
511 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
512 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
513 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
515 - improved documentation for actions
517 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
518 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
519 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
521 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
522 - error reporting for app class
523 - no more engine debug messages
524 - class->method forwards get resolved now
526 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
527 - friendlier statistics
529 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
530 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
532 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
535 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
536 - real version number for CPAN.pm
537 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
538 - more statistics in debug logs
539 - ? prefix for forward()
541 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
542 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
543 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
545 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
546 - added ? for prefixed actions
549 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
550 - arguments for _default
551 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
552 - added $c->req->method
554 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
555 - POD fixes and improvements
557 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
558 - first development release