1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
6 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
7 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
9 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
10 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
11 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
12 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
14 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
15 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
17 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
18 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
20 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
21 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
24 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
25 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
27 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
28 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
30 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
34 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
35 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
36 - Fixed args handling in forward()
37 - Fixed forwarding to classes
38 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
39 - Fixed relative forwarding
40 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
42 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
43 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
46 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
47 - Improved format of startup debug log.
48 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
49 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
50 if the browser is closed.
51 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
52 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
54 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
55 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
56 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
57 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
58 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
59 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
61 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
62 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
63 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
64 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
65 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
66 parent app is shut down.
67 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
69 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
70 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
71 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
73 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
75 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
76 - Whole new dispatcher!
78 - Added path_to method
79 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
81 - Added a new welcome screen.
82 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
83 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
84 - Added self restarting test server
85 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
86 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
87 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
88 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
89 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
90 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
92 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
93 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
94 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
95 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
97 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
98 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
100 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
101 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
104 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
105 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
106 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
107 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
108 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
109 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
111 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
112 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
113 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
114 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
115 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
116 kill loggging for a whole request.
117 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
118 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
119 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
120 coverage and maintainability.
121 - Added fork support to built in test server.
122 - Fixed all memory leaks.
123 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
124 core to be thread-safe.
125 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
127 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
128 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
129 - Improved documentation
130 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
131 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
132 action. (Andy Grundman)
133 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
135 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
136 - Now with updated manifest.
138 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
139 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
141 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
143 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
144 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
145 - added arguments for detach
146 - new credits section in pod
147 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
148 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
150 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
152 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
154 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
155 - Fix for inheritance bug.
156 - Allow forward with arguments.
158 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
159 - make module build cons README automatically.
160 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
161 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
162 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
163 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
164 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
165 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
166 - added $c->request->cookie
167 - added Catalyst::Setup
168 - refactored Catalyst::import()
169 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
170 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
171 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
173 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
174 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
175 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
177 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
178 - improved base locating in MP engines
179 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
180 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
181 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
183 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
184 - fixed a bug in https detection
185 - fixed auto chain finally
186 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
188 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
189 - improved uploads and parameters
190 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
191 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
192 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
193 - fixed win32 installer
194 - added deep recursion detection
196 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
197 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
198 in Path and Regex attributes
199 - new helper templates
200 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
201 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
202 instance (not the same app!)
204 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
205 - added support for MP registry scripts
206 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
207 - added SpeedyCGI engine
209 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
210 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
211 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
212 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
213 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
214 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
215 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
216 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
217 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
218 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
220 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
221 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
222 - added Plugins chapter to manual
223 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
224 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
225 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
226 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
227 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
228 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
229 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
231 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
234 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
235 - some documentation bugs fixed
236 - added Catalyst::Utils
237 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
238 - fixed upload bug with MP19
239 - added $c->req->body
240 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
241 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
243 - extended attribute handling
244 - added global config for components
246 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
247 - new core to support inheritance trees
248 - new syntax for action declaration
249 - new helper system using TT2
250 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
251 - added Test::Pod support
252 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
253 - added option to run tests against a remote server
254 - renamed errors() to error()
256 - countless minor improvements
257 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
258 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
260 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
261 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
262 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
263 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
264 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
266 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
267 - updated helper scripts
268 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
269 the script directory. We promise!
271 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
272 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
273 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
274 - removed cgi-server.pl
275 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
276 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
277 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
278 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
280 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
281 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
283 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
284 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
285 - previous release was borked!
286 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
288 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
289 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
290 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
291 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
292 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
293 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
294 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
295 - updated helper scripts
296 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
297 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
299 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
300 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
301 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
303 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
305 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
306 - debug message for parameters
307 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
309 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
310 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
312 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
313 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
315 - more debug messages
318 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
319 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
320 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
322 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
323 - updated cookbook example
324 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
326 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
327 - no more regex actions in forward
328 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
330 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
331 - catch errors in application class
332 - handle die properly.
334 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
337 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
338 - moved bin to script
340 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
341 - improved documentation
342 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
345 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
346 - server_base sucks, removed
347 - added $c->log->dump()
349 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
350 - removed some warnings
352 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
354 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
356 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
357 - improved documentation
359 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
360 - fixed more little bugs
362 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
363 - improved documentation
364 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
366 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
367 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
368 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
369 !?default, !?begin and !?end
370 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
371 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
374 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
375 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
376 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
378 - improved documentation for actions
380 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
381 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
382 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
384 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
385 - error reporting for app class
386 - no more engine debug messages
387 - class->method forwards get resolved now
389 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
390 - friendlier statistics
392 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
393 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
395 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
398 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
399 - real version number for CPAN.pm
400 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
401 - more statistics in debug logs
402 - ? prefix for forward()
404 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
405 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
406 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
408 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
409 - added ? for prefixed actions
412 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
413 - arguments for _default
414 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
415 - added $c->req->method
417 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
418 - POD fixes and improvements
420 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
421 - first development release