1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
6 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
7 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
8 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
9 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
11 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
12 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
14 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
15 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
17 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
18 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
21 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
22 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
24 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
25 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
27 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
31 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
32 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
33 - Fixed args handling in forward()
34 - Fixed forwarding to classes
35 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
36 - Fixed relative forwarding
37 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
39 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
40 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
43 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
44 - Improved format of startup debug log.
45 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
46 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
47 if the browser is closed.
48 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
49 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
51 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
52 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
53 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
54 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
55 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
56 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
58 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
59 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
60 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
61 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
62 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
63 parent app is shut down.
64 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
66 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
67 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
68 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
70 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
72 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
73 - Whole new dispatcher!
75 - Added path_to method
76 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
78 - Added a new welcome screen.
79 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
80 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
81 - Added self restarting test server
82 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
83 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
84 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
85 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
86 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
87 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
89 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
90 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
91 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
92 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
94 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
95 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
97 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
98 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
101 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
102 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
103 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
104 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
105 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
106 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
108 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
109 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
110 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
111 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
112 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
113 kill loggging for a whole request.
114 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
115 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
116 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
117 coverage and maintainability.
118 - Added fork support to built in test server.
119 - Fixed all memory leaks.
120 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
121 core to be thread-safe.
122 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
124 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
125 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
126 - Improved documentation
127 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
128 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
129 action. (Andy Grundman)
130 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
132 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
133 - Now with updated manifest.
135 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
136 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
138 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
140 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
141 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
142 - added arguments for detach
143 - new credits section in pod
144 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
145 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
147 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
149 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
151 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
152 - Fix for inheritance bug.
153 - Allow forward with arguments.
155 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
156 - make module build cons README automatically.
157 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
158 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
159 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
160 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
161 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
162 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
163 - added $c->request->cookie
164 - added Catalyst::Setup
165 - refactored Catalyst::import()
166 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
167 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
168 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
170 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
171 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
172 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
174 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
175 - improved base locating in MP engines
176 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
177 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
178 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
180 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
181 - fixed a bug in https detection
182 - fixed auto chain finally
183 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
185 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
186 - improved uploads and parameters
187 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
188 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
189 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
190 - fixed win32 installer
191 - added deep recursion detection
193 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
194 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
195 in Path and Regex attributes
196 - new helper templates
197 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
198 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
199 instance (not the same app!)
201 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
202 - added support for MP registry scripts
203 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
204 - added SpeedyCGI engine
206 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
207 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
208 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
209 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
210 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
211 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
212 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
213 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
214 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
215 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
217 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
218 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
219 - added Plugins chapter to manual
220 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
221 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
222 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
223 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
224 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
225 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
226 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
228 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
231 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
232 - some documentation bugs fixed
233 - added Catalyst::Utils
234 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
235 - fixed upload bug with MP19
236 - added $c->req->body
237 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
238 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
240 - extended attribute handling
241 - added global config for components
243 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
244 - new core to support inheritance trees
245 - new syntax for action declaration
246 - new helper system using TT2
247 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
248 - added Test::Pod support
249 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
250 - added option to run tests against a remote server
251 - renamed errors() to error()
253 - countless minor improvements
254 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
255 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
257 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
258 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
259 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
260 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
261 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
263 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
264 - updated helper scripts
265 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
266 the script directory. We promise!
268 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
269 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
270 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
271 - removed cgi-server.pl
272 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
273 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
274 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
275 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
277 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
278 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
280 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
281 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
282 - previous release was borked!
283 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
285 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
286 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
287 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
288 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
289 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
290 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
291 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
292 - updated helper scripts
293 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
294 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
296 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
297 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
298 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
300 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
302 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
303 - debug message for parameters
304 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
306 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
307 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
309 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
310 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
312 - more debug messages
315 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
316 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
317 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
319 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
320 - updated cookbook example
321 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
323 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
324 - no more regex actions in forward
325 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
327 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
328 - catch errors in application class
329 - handle die properly.
331 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
334 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
335 - moved bin to script
337 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
338 - improved documentation
339 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
342 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
343 - server_base sucks, removed
344 - added $c->log->dump()
346 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
347 - removed some warnings
349 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
351 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
353 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
354 - improved documentation
356 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
357 - fixed more little bugs
359 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
360 - improved documentation
361 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
363 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
364 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
365 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
366 !?default, !?begin and !?end
367 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
368 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
371 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
372 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
373 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
375 - improved documentation for actions
377 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
378 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
379 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
381 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
382 - error reporting for app class
383 - no more engine debug messages
384 - class->method forwards get resolved now
386 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
387 - friendlier statistics
389 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
390 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
392 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
395 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
396 - real version number for CPAN.pm
397 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
398 - more statistics in debug logs
399 - ? prefix for forward()
401 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
402 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
403 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
405 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
406 - added ? for prefixed actions
409 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
410 - arguments for _default
411 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
412 - added $c->req->method
414 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
415 - POD fixes and improvements
417 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
418 - first development release