1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
5 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
6 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
8 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
9 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
11 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
12 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
13 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
16 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
17 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
19 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
21 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
23 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
24 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
25 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
27 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
28 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
30 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
31 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
32 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
33 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
34 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
35 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
36 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
37 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
38 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
39 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
40 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
41 to more sane settings.
42 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
43 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
44 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
45 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
46 (stress tests run 12% faster)
47 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
49 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
50 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
51 - Cleaned generated tests
52 - Added Root controller concept
53 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
55 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
56 - Added plugin introspection.
57 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
58 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
59 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
61 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
62 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
63 was not run. (Eric Wong)
64 - Cleaned up generated tests
65 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
66 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
67 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
68 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
70 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
71 - Updated prereq versions
73 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
74 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
75 - Added YAML config support
76 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
77 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
78 correct execution order.
79 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
80 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
81 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
82 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
83 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
84 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
85 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
87 - Exceptions now return status 500.
88 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
89 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
90 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
91 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
92 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
93 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
94 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
96 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
97 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
99 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
100 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
101 including those that attach to /
102 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
103 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
104 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
105 using $c->req->params('foo').
106 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
108 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
109 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
110 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
111 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
112 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
113 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
115 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
116 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
117 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
118 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
119 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
120 - Improved PAR support
121 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
122 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
123 - Static::Simple changes:
124 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
126 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
127 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
129 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
130 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
131 - Switched to Module::Install
132 - Renamed tests for easier editing
133 - Reformatted documentation
134 - Renamed -nonew to -force
136 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
138 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
140 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
141 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
142 request. (Sam Vilain)
143 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
144 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
145 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
146 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
148 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
149 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
151 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
152 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
154 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
155 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
158 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
159 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
161 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
162 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
164 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
168 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
169 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
170 - Fixed args handling in forward()
171 - Fixed forwarding to classes
172 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
173 - Fixed relative forwarding
174 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
176 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
177 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
180 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
181 - Improved format of startup debug log.
182 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
183 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
184 if the browser is closed.
185 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
186 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
188 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
189 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
190 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
191 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
192 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
193 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
195 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
196 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
197 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
198 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
199 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
200 parent app is shut down.
201 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
203 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
204 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
205 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
207 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
209 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
210 - Whole new dispatcher!
212 - Added path_to method
213 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
215 - Added a new welcome screen.
216 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
217 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
218 - Added self restarting test server
219 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
220 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
221 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
222 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
223 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
224 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
226 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
227 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
228 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
229 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
231 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
232 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
234 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
235 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
238 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
239 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
240 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
241 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
242 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
243 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
245 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
246 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
247 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
248 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
249 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
250 kill loggging for a whole request.
251 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
252 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
253 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
254 coverage and maintainability.
255 - Added fork support to built in test server.
256 - Fixed all memory leaks.
257 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
258 core to be thread-safe.
259 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
261 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
262 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
263 - Improved documentation
264 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
265 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
266 action. (Andy Grundman)
267 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
269 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
270 - Now with updated manifest.
272 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
273 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
275 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
277 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
278 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
279 - added arguments for detach
280 - new credits section in pod
281 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
282 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
284 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
286 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
288 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
289 - Fix for inheritance bug.
290 - Allow forward with arguments.
292 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
293 - make module build cons README automatically.
294 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
295 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
296 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
297 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
298 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
299 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
300 - added $c->request->cookie
301 - added Catalyst::Setup
302 - refactored Catalyst::import()
303 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
304 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
305 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
307 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
308 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
309 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
311 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
312 - improved base locating in MP engines
313 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
314 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
315 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
317 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
318 - fixed a bug in https detection
319 - fixed auto chain finally
320 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
322 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
323 - improved uploads and parameters
324 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
325 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
326 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
327 - fixed win32 installer
328 - added deep recursion detection
330 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
331 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
332 in Path and Regex attributes
333 - new helper templates
334 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
335 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
336 instance (not the same app!)
338 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
339 - added support for MP registry scripts
340 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
341 - added SpeedyCGI engine
343 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
344 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
345 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
346 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
347 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
348 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
349 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
350 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
351 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
352 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
354 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
355 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
356 - added Plugins chapter to manual
357 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
358 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
359 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
360 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
361 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
362 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
363 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
365 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
368 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
369 - some documentation bugs fixed
370 - added Catalyst::Utils
371 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
372 - fixed upload bug with MP19
373 - added $c->req->body
374 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
375 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
377 - extended attribute handling
378 - added global config for components
380 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
381 - new core to support inheritance trees
382 - new syntax for action declaration
383 - new helper system using TT2
384 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
385 - added Test::Pod support
386 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
387 - added option to run tests against a remote server
388 - renamed errors() to error()
390 - countless minor improvements
391 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
392 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
394 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
395 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
396 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
397 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
398 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
400 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
401 - updated helper scripts
402 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
403 the script directory. We promise!
405 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
406 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
407 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
408 - removed cgi-server.pl
409 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
410 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
411 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
412 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
414 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
415 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
417 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
418 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
419 - previous release was borked!
420 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
422 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
423 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
424 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
425 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
426 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
427 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
428 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
429 - updated helper scripts
430 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
431 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
433 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
434 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
435 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
437 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
439 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
440 - debug message for parameters
441 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
443 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
444 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
446 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
447 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
449 - more debug messages
452 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
453 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
454 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
456 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
457 - updated cookbook example
458 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
460 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
461 - no more regex actions in forward
462 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
464 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
465 - catch errors in application class
466 - handle die properly.
468 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
471 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
472 - moved bin to script
474 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
475 - improved documentation
476 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
479 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
480 - server_base sucks, removed
481 - added $c->log->dump()
483 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
484 - removed some warnings
486 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
488 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
490 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
491 - improved documentation
493 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
494 - fixed more little bugs
496 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
497 - improved documentation
498 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
500 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
501 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
502 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
503 !?default, !?begin and !?end
504 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
505 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
508 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
509 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
510 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
512 - improved documentation for actions
514 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
515 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
516 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
518 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
519 - error reporting for app class
520 - no more engine debug messages
521 - class->method forwards get resolved now
523 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
524 - friendlier statistics
526 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
527 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
529 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
532 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
533 - real version number for CPAN.pm
534 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
535 - more statistics in debug logs
536 - ? prefix for forward()
538 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
539 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
540 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
542 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
543 - added ? for prefixed actions
546 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
547 - arguments for _default
548 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
549 - added $c->req->method
551 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
552 - POD fixes and improvements
554 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
555 - first development release