1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed args handling in forward()
5 - Fixed forwarding to classes
6 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
7 - Fixed relative forwarding
8 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
10 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
11 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
14 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
15 - Improved format of startup debug log.
16 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
17 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
18 if the browser is closed.
19 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
20 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
22 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
23 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
24 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
25 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
26 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
27 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
29 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
30 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
31 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
32 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
33 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
34 parent app is shut down.
35 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
37 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
38 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
39 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
41 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
43 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
44 - Whole new dispatcher!
46 - Added path_to method
47 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
49 - Added a new welcome screen.
50 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
51 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
52 - Added self restarting test server
53 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
54 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
55 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
56 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
57 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
58 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
60 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
61 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
62 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
63 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
65 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
66 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
68 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
69 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
72 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
73 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
74 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
75 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
76 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
77 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
79 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
80 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
81 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
82 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
83 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
84 kill loggging for a whole request.
85 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
86 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
87 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
88 coverage and maintainability.
89 - Added fork support to built in test server.
90 - Fixed all memory leaks.
91 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
92 core to be thread-safe.
93 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
95 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
96 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
97 - Improved documentation
98 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
99 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
100 action. (Andy Grundman)
101 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
103 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
104 - Now with updated manifest.
106 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
107 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
109 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
111 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
112 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
113 - added arguments for detach
114 - new credits section in pod
115 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
116 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
118 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
120 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
122 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
123 - Fix for inheritance bug.
124 - Allow forward with arguments.
126 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
127 - make module build cons README automatically.
128 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
129 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
130 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
131 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
132 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
133 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
134 - added $c->request->cookie
135 - added Catalyst::Setup
136 - refactored Catalyst::import()
137 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
138 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
139 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
141 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
142 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
143 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
145 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
146 - improved base locating in MP engines
147 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
148 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
149 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
151 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
152 - fixed a bug in https detection
153 - fixed auto chain finally
154 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
156 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
157 - improved uploads and parameters
158 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
159 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
160 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
161 - fixed win32 installer
162 - added deep recursion detection
164 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
165 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
166 in Path and Regex attributes
167 - new helper templates
168 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
169 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
170 instance (not the same app!)
172 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
173 - added support for MP registry scripts
174 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
175 - added SpeedyCGI engine
177 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
178 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
179 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
180 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
181 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
182 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
183 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
184 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
185 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
186 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
188 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
189 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
190 - added Plugins chapter to manual
191 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
192 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
193 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
194 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
195 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
196 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
197 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
199 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
202 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
203 - some documentation bugs fixed
204 - added Catalyst::Utils
205 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
206 - fixed upload bug with MP19
207 - added $c->req->body
208 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
209 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
211 - extended attribute handling
212 - added global config for components
214 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
215 - new core to support inheritance trees
216 - new syntax for action declaration
217 - new helper system using TT2
218 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
219 - added Test::Pod support
220 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
221 - added option to run tests against a remote server
222 - renamed errors() to error()
224 - countless minor improvements
225 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
226 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
228 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
229 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
230 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
231 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
232 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
234 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
235 - updated helper scripts
236 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
237 the script directory. We promise!
239 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
240 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
241 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
242 - removed cgi-server.pl
243 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
244 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
245 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
246 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
248 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
249 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
251 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
252 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
253 - previous release was borked!
254 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
256 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
257 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
258 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
259 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
260 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
261 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
262 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
263 - updated helper scripts
264 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
265 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
267 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
268 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
269 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
271 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
273 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
274 - debug message for parameters
275 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
277 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
278 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
280 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
281 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
283 - more debug messages
286 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
287 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
288 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
290 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
291 - updated cookbook example
292 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
294 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
295 - no more regex actions in forward
296 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
298 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
299 - catch errors in application class
300 - handle die properly.
302 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
305 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
306 - moved bin to script
308 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
309 - improved documentation
310 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
313 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
314 - server_base sucks, removed
315 - added $c->log->dump()
317 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
318 - removed some warnings
320 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
322 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
324 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
325 - improved documentation
327 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
328 - fixed more little bugs
330 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
331 - improved documentation
332 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
334 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
335 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
336 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
337 !?default, !?begin and !?end
338 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
339 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
342 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
343 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
344 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
346 - improved documentation for actions
348 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
349 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
350 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
352 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
353 - error reporting for app class
354 - no more engine debug messages
355 - class->method forwards get resolved now
357 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
358 - friendlier statistics
360 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
361 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
363 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
366 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
367 - real version number for CPAN.pm
368 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
369 - more statistics in debug logs
370 - ? prefix for forward()
372 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
373 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
374 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
376 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
377 - added ? for prefixed actions
380 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
381 - arguments for _default
382 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
383 - added $c->req->method
385 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
386 - POD fixes and improvements
388 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
389 - first development release