1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
4 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
5 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
6 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
7 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
8 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
10 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
11 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
12 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
13 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
14 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
15 parent app is shut down.
16 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
18 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
19 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
20 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
22 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
24 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
25 - Whole new dispatcher!
27 - Added path_to method
28 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
30 - Added a new welcome screen.
31 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
32 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
33 - Added self restarting test server
34 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
35 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
36 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
37 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
38 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
39 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
41 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
42 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
43 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
44 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
46 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
47 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
49 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
50 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
53 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
54 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
55 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
56 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
57 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
58 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
60 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
61 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
62 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
63 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
64 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
65 kill loggging for a whole request.
66 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
67 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
68 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
69 coverage and maintainability.
70 - Added fork support to built in test server.
71 - Fixed all memory leaks.
72 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
73 core to be thread-safe.
74 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
76 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
77 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
78 - Improved documentation
79 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
80 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
81 action. (Andy Grundman)
82 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
84 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
85 - Now with updated manifest.
87 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
88 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
92 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
93 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
94 - added arguments for detach
95 - new credits section in pod
96 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
97 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
99 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
101 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
103 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
104 - Fix for inheritance bug.
105 - Allow forward with arguments.
107 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
108 - make module build cons README automatically.
109 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
110 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
111 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
112 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
113 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
114 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
115 - added $c->request->cookie
116 - added Catalyst::Setup
117 - refactored Catalyst::import()
118 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
119 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
120 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
122 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
123 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
124 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
126 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
127 - improved base locating in MP engines
128 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
129 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
130 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
132 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
133 - fixed a bug in https detection
134 - fixed auto chain finally
135 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
137 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
138 - improved uploads and parameters
139 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
140 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
141 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
142 - fixed win32 installer
143 - added deep recursion detection
145 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
146 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
147 in Path and Regex attributes
148 - new helper templates
149 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
150 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
151 instance (not the same app!)
153 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
154 - added support for MP registry scripts
155 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
156 - added SpeedyCGI engine
158 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
159 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
160 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
161 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
162 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
163 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
164 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
165 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
166 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
167 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
169 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
170 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
171 - added Plugins chapter to manual
172 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
173 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
174 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
175 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
176 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
177 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
178 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
180 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
183 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
184 - some documentation bugs fixed
185 - added Catalyst::Utils
186 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
187 - fixed upload bug with MP19
188 - added $c->req->body
189 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
190 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
192 - extended attribute handling
193 - added global config for components
195 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
196 - new core to support inheritance trees
197 - new syntax for action declaration
198 - new helper system using TT2
199 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
200 - added Test::Pod support
201 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
202 - added option to run tests against a remote server
203 - renamed errors() to error()
205 - countless minor improvements
206 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
207 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
209 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
210 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
211 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
212 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
213 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
215 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
216 - updated helper scripts
217 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
218 the script directory. We promise!
220 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
221 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
222 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
223 - removed cgi-server.pl
224 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
225 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
226 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
227 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
229 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
230 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
232 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
233 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
234 - previous release was borked!
235 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
237 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
238 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
239 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
240 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
241 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
242 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
243 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
244 - updated helper scripts
245 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
246 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
248 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
249 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
250 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
252 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
254 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
255 - debug message for parameters
256 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
258 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
259 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
261 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
262 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
264 - more debug messages
267 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
268 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
269 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
271 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
272 - updated cookbook example
273 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
275 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
276 - no more regex actions in forward
277 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
279 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
280 - catch errors in application class
281 - handle die properly.
283 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
286 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
287 - moved bin to script
289 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
290 - improved documentation
291 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
294 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
295 - server_base sucks, removed
296 - added $c->log->dump()
298 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
299 - removed some warnings
301 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
303 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
305 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
306 - improved documentation
308 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
309 - fixed more little bugs
311 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
312 - improved documentation
313 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
315 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
316 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
317 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
318 !?default, !?begin and !?end
319 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
320 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
323 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
324 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
325 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
327 - improved documentation for actions
329 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
330 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
331 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
333 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
334 - error reporting for app class
335 - no more engine debug messages
336 - class->method forwards get resolved now
338 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
339 - friendlier statistics
341 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
342 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
344 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
347 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
348 - real version number for CPAN.pm
349 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
350 - more statistics in debug logs
351 - ? prefix for forward()
353 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
354 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
355 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
357 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
358 - added ? for prefixed actions
361 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
362 - arguments for _default
363 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
364 - added $c->req->method
366 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
367 - POD fixes and improvements
369 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
370 - first development release