1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Exceptions now return status 500
5 - Updated for Module::Install 0.40
6 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names
7 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
8 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
9 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
11 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
12 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
14 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
15 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
16 including those that attach to /
17 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
18 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
19 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
20 using $c->req->params('foo').
21 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
23 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
24 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
25 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
26 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
27 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
28 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
30 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
31 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
32 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
33 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
34 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
35 - Improved PAR support
36 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
37 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
38 - Static::Simple changes:
39 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
41 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
42 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
44 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
45 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
46 - Switched to Module::Install
47 - Renamed tests for easier editing
48 - Reformatted documentation
49 - Renamed -nonew to -force
51 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
53 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
55 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
56 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
58 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
59 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
60 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
61 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
63 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
64 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
66 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
67 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
69 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
70 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
73 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
74 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
76 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
77 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
79 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
83 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
84 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
85 - Fixed args handling in forward()
86 - Fixed forwarding to classes
87 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
88 - Fixed relative forwarding
89 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
91 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
92 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
95 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
96 - Improved format of startup debug log.
97 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
98 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
99 if the browser is closed.
100 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
101 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
103 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
104 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
105 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
106 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
107 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
108 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
110 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
111 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
112 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
113 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
114 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
115 parent app is shut down.
116 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
118 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
119 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
120 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
122 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
124 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
125 - Whole new dispatcher!
127 - Added path_to method
128 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
130 - Added a new welcome screen.
131 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
132 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
133 - Added self restarting test server
134 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
135 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
136 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
137 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
138 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
139 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
141 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
142 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
143 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
144 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
146 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
147 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
149 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
150 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
153 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
154 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
155 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
156 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
157 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
158 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
160 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
161 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
162 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
163 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
164 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
165 kill loggging for a whole request.
166 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
167 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
168 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
169 coverage and maintainability.
170 - Added fork support to built in test server.
171 - Fixed all memory leaks.
172 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
173 core to be thread-safe.
174 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
176 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
177 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
178 - Improved documentation
179 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
180 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
181 action. (Andy Grundman)
182 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
184 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
185 - Now with updated manifest.
187 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
188 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
190 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
192 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
193 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
194 - added arguments for detach
195 - new credits section in pod
196 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
197 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
199 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
201 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
203 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
204 - Fix for inheritance bug.
205 - Allow forward with arguments.
207 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
208 - make module build cons README automatically.
209 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
210 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
211 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
212 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
213 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
214 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
215 - added $c->request->cookie
216 - added Catalyst::Setup
217 - refactored Catalyst::import()
218 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
219 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
220 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
222 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
223 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
224 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
226 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
227 - improved base locating in MP engines
228 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
229 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
230 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
232 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
233 - fixed a bug in https detection
234 - fixed auto chain finally
235 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
237 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
238 - improved uploads and parameters
239 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
240 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
241 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
242 - fixed win32 installer
243 - added deep recursion detection
245 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
246 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
247 in Path and Regex attributes
248 - new helper templates
249 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
250 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
251 instance (not the same app!)
253 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
254 - added support for MP registry scripts
255 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
256 - added SpeedyCGI engine
258 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
259 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
260 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
261 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
262 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
263 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
264 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
265 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
266 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
267 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
269 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
270 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
271 - added Plugins chapter to manual
272 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
273 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
274 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
275 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
276 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
277 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
278 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
280 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
283 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
284 - some documentation bugs fixed
285 - added Catalyst::Utils
286 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
287 - fixed upload bug with MP19
288 - added $c->req->body
289 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
290 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
292 - extended attribute handling
293 - added global config for components
295 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
296 - new core to support inheritance trees
297 - new syntax for action declaration
298 - new helper system using TT2
299 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
300 - added Test::Pod support
301 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
302 - added option to run tests against a remote server
303 - renamed errors() to error()
305 - countless minor improvements
306 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
307 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
309 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
310 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
311 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
312 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
313 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
315 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
316 - updated helper scripts
317 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
318 the script directory. We promise!
320 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
321 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
322 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
323 - removed cgi-server.pl
324 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
325 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
326 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
327 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
329 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
330 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
332 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
333 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
334 - previous release was borked!
335 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
337 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
338 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
339 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
340 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
341 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
342 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
343 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
344 - updated helper scripts
345 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
346 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
348 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
349 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
350 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
352 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
354 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
355 - debug message for parameters
356 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
358 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
359 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
361 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
362 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
364 - more debug messages
367 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
368 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
369 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
371 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
372 - updated cookbook example
373 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
375 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
376 - no more regex actions in forward
377 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
379 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
380 - catch errors in application class
381 - handle die properly.
383 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
386 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
387 - moved bin to script
389 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
390 - improved documentation
391 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
394 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
395 - server_base sucks, removed
396 - added $c->log->dump()
398 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
399 - removed some warnings
401 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
403 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
405 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
406 - improved documentation
408 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
409 - fixed more little bugs
411 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
412 - improved documentation
413 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
415 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
416 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
417 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
418 !?default, !?begin and !?end
419 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
420 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
423 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
424 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
425 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
427 - improved documentation for actions
429 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
430 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
431 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
433 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
434 - error reporting for app class
435 - no more engine debug messages
436 - class->method forwards get resolved now
438 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
439 - friendlier statistics
441 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
442 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
444 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
447 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
448 - real version number for CPAN.pm
449 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
450 - more statistics in debug logs
451 - ? prefix for forward()
453 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
454 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
455 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
457 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
458 - added ? for prefixed actions
461 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
462 - arguments for _default
463 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
464 - added $c->req->method
466 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
467 - POD fixes and improvements
469 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
470 - first development release