1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added YAML config support
5 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
6 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
7 correct execution order.
8 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
9 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
10 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
11 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
12 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
13 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
14 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
16 - Exceptions now return status 500.
17 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
18 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
19 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
20 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
21 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
22 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
23 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
25 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
26 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
28 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
29 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
30 including those that attach to /
31 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
32 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
33 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
34 using $c->req->params('foo').
35 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
37 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
38 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
39 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
40 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
41 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
42 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
44 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
45 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
46 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
47 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
48 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
49 - Improved PAR support
50 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
51 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
52 - Static::Simple changes:
53 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
55 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
56 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
58 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
59 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
60 - Switched to Module::Install
61 - Renamed tests for easier editing
62 - Reformatted documentation
63 - Renamed -nonew to -force
65 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
67 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
69 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
70 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
72 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
73 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
74 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
75 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
77 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
78 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
80 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
81 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
83 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
84 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
87 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
88 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
90 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
91 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
93 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
97 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
98 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
99 - Fixed args handling in forward()
100 - Fixed forwarding to classes
101 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
102 - Fixed relative forwarding
103 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
105 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
106 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
109 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
110 - Improved format of startup debug log.
111 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
112 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
113 if the browser is closed.
114 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
115 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
117 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
118 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
119 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
120 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
121 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
122 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
124 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
125 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
126 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
127 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
128 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
129 parent app is shut down.
130 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
132 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
133 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
134 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
136 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
138 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
139 - Whole new dispatcher!
141 - Added path_to method
142 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
144 - Added a new welcome screen.
145 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
146 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
147 - Added self restarting test server
148 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
149 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
150 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
151 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
152 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
153 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
155 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
156 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
157 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
158 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
160 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
161 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
163 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
164 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
167 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
168 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
169 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
170 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
171 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
172 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
174 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
175 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
176 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
177 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
178 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
179 kill loggging for a whole request.
180 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
181 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
182 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
183 coverage and maintainability.
184 - Added fork support to built in test server.
185 - Fixed all memory leaks.
186 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
187 core to be thread-safe.
188 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
190 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
191 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
192 - Improved documentation
193 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
194 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
195 action. (Andy Grundman)
196 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
198 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
199 - Now with updated manifest.
201 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
202 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
204 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
206 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
207 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
208 - added arguments for detach
209 - new credits section in pod
210 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
211 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
213 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
215 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
217 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
218 - Fix for inheritance bug.
219 - Allow forward with arguments.
221 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
222 - make module build cons README automatically.
223 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
224 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
225 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
226 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
227 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
228 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
229 - added $c->request->cookie
230 - added Catalyst::Setup
231 - refactored Catalyst::import()
232 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
233 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
234 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
236 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
237 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
238 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
240 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
241 - improved base locating in MP engines
242 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
243 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
244 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
246 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
247 - fixed a bug in https detection
248 - fixed auto chain finally
249 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
251 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
252 - improved uploads and parameters
253 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
254 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
255 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
256 - fixed win32 installer
257 - added deep recursion detection
259 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
260 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
261 in Path and Regex attributes
262 - new helper templates
263 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
264 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
265 instance (not the same app!)
267 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
268 - added support for MP registry scripts
269 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
270 - added SpeedyCGI engine
272 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
273 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
274 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
275 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
276 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
277 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
278 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
279 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
280 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
281 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
283 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
284 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
285 - added Plugins chapter to manual
286 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
287 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
288 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
289 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
290 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
291 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
292 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
294 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
297 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
298 - some documentation bugs fixed
299 - added Catalyst::Utils
300 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
301 - fixed upload bug with MP19
302 - added $c->req->body
303 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
304 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
306 - extended attribute handling
307 - added global config for components
309 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
310 - new core to support inheritance trees
311 - new syntax for action declaration
312 - new helper system using TT2
313 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
314 - added Test::Pod support
315 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
316 - added option to run tests against a remote server
317 - renamed errors() to error()
319 - countless minor improvements
320 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
321 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
323 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
324 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
325 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
326 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
327 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
329 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
330 - updated helper scripts
331 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
332 the script directory. We promise!
334 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
335 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
336 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
337 - removed cgi-server.pl
338 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
339 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
340 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
341 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
343 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
344 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
346 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
347 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
348 - previous release was borked!
349 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
351 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
352 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
353 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
354 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
355 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
356 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
357 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
358 - updated helper scripts
359 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
360 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
362 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
363 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
364 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
366 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
368 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
369 - debug message for parameters
370 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
372 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
373 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
375 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
376 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
378 - more debug messages
381 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
382 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
383 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
385 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
386 - updated cookbook example
387 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
389 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
390 - no more regex actions in forward
391 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
393 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
394 - catch errors in application class
395 - handle die properly.
397 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
400 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
401 - moved bin to script
403 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
404 - improved documentation
405 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
408 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
409 - server_base sucks, removed
410 - added $c->log->dump()
412 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
413 - removed some warnings
415 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
417 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
419 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
420 - improved documentation
422 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
423 - fixed more little bugs
425 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
426 - improved documentation
427 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
429 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
430 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
431 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
432 !?default, !?begin and !?end
433 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
434 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
437 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
438 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
439 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
441 - improved documentation for actions
443 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
444 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
445 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
447 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
448 - error reporting for app class
449 - no more engine debug messages
450 - class->method forwards get resolved now
452 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
453 - friendlier statistics
455 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
456 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
458 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
461 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
462 - real version number for CPAN.pm
463 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
464 - more statistics in debug logs
465 - ? prefix for forward()
467 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
468 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
469 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
471 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
472 - added ? for prefixed actions
475 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
476 - arguments for _default
477 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
478 - added $c->req->method
480 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
481 - POD fixes and improvements
483 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
484 - first development release