1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
5 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
6 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
7 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
8 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
9 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
11 - Exceptions now return status 500.
12 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
13 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
14 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
15 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
16 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
17 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
18 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
20 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
21 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
23 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
24 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
25 including those that attach to /
26 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
27 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
28 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
29 using $c->req->params('foo').
30 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
32 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
33 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
34 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
35 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
36 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
37 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
39 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
40 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
41 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
42 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
43 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
44 - Improved PAR support
45 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
46 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
47 - Static::Simple changes:
48 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
50 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
51 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
53 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
54 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
55 - Switched to Module::Install
56 - Renamed tests for easier editing
57 - Reformatted documentation
58 - Renamed -nonew to -force
60 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
62 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
64 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
65 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
67 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
68 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
69 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
70 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
72 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
73 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
75 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
76 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
78 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
79 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
82 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
83 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
85 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
86 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
88 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
92 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
93 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
94 - Fixed args handling in forward()
95 - Fixed forwarding to classes
96 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
97 - Fixed relative forwarding
98 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
100 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
101 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
104 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
105 - Improved format of startup debug log.
106 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
107 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
108 if the browser is closed.
109 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
110 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
112 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
113 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
114 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
115 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
116 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
117 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
119 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
120 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
121 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
122 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
123 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
124 parent app is shut down.
125 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
127 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
128 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
129 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
131 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
133 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
134 - Whole new dispatcher!
136 - Added path_to method
137 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
139 - Added a new welcome screen.
140 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
141 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
142 - Added self restarting test server
143 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
144 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
145 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
146 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
147 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
148 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
150 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
151 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
152 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
153 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
155 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
156 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
158 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
159 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
162 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
163 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
164 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
165 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
166 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
167 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
169 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
170 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
171 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
172 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
173 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
174 kill loggging for a whole request.
175 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
176 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
177 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
178 coverage and maintainability.
179 - Added fork support to built in test server.
180 - Fixed all memory leaks.
181 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
182 core to be thread-safe.
183 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
185 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
186 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
187 - Improved documentation
188 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
189 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
190 action. (Andy Grundman)
191 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
193 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
194 - Now with updated manifest.
196 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
197 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
199 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
201 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
202 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
203 - added arguments for detach
204 - new credits section in pod
205 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
206 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
208 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
210 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
212 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
213 - Fix for inheritance bug.
214 - Allow forward with arguments.
216 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
217 - make module build cons README automatically.
218 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
219 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
220 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
221 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
222 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
223 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
224 - added $c->request->cookie
225 - added Catalyst::Setup
226 - refactored Catalyst::import()
227 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
228 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
229 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
231 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
232 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
233 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
235 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
236 - improved base locating in MP engines
237 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
238 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
239 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
241 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
242 - fixed a bug in https detection
243 - fixed auto chain finally
244 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
246 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
247 - improved uploads and parameters
248 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
249 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
250 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
251 - fixed win32 installer
252 - added deep recursion detection
254 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
255 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
256 in Path and Regex attributes
257 - new helper templates
258 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
259 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
260 instance (not the same app!)
262 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
263 - added support for MP registry scripts
264 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
265 - added SpeedyCGI engine
267 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
268 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
269 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
270 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
271 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
272 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
273 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
274 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
275 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
276 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
278 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
279 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
280 - added Plugins chapter to manual
281 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
282 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
283 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
284 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
285 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
286 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
287 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
289 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
292 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
293 - some documentation bugs fixed
294 - added Catalyst::Utils
295 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
296 - fixed upload bug with MP19
297 - added $c->req->body
298 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
299 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
301 - extended attribute handling
302 - added global config for components
304 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
305 - new core to support inheritance trees
306 - new syntax for action declaration
307 - new helper system using TT2
308 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
309 - added Test::Pod support
310 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
311 - added option to run tests against a remote server
312 - renamed errors() to error()
314 - countless minor improvements
315 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
316 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
318 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
319 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
320 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
321 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
322 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
324 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
325 - updated helper scripts
326 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
327 the script directory. We promise!
329 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
330 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
331 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
332 - removed cgi-server.pl
333 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
334 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
335 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
336 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
338 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
339 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
341 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
342 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
343 - previous release was borked!
344 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
346 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
347 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
348 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
349 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
350 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
351 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
352 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
353 - updated helper scripts
354 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
355 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
357 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
358 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
359 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
361 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
363 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
364 - debug message for parameters
365 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
367 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
368 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
370 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
371 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
373 - more debug messages
376 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
377 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
378 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
380 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
381 - updated cookbook example
382 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
384 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
385 - no more regex actions in forward
386 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
388 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
389 - catch errors in application class
390 - handle die properly.
392 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
395 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
396 - moved bin to script
398 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
399 - improved documentation
400 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
403 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
404 - server_base sucks, removed
405 - added $c->log->dump()
407 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
408 - removed some warnings
410 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
412 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
414 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
415 - improved documentation
417 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
418 - fixed more little bugs
420 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
421 - improved documentation
422 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
424 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
425 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
426 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
427 !?default, !?begin and !?end
428 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
429 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
432 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
433 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
434 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
436 - improved documentation for actions
438 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
439 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
440 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
442 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
443 - error reporting for app class
444 - no more engine debug messages
445 - class->method forwards get resolved now
447 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
448 - friendlier statistics
450 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
451 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
453 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
456 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
457 - real version number for CPAN.pm
458 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
459 - more statistics in debug logs
460 - ? prefix for forward()
462 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
463 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
464 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
466 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
467 - added ? for prefixed actions
470 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
471 - arguments for _default
472 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
473 - added $c->req->method
475 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
476 - POD fixes and improvements
478 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
479 - first development release