1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Cleaned generated tests
5 - Change redirect to use a 301, not a 302
6 - Added Root controller concept
7 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
9 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
10 - Added plugin introspection.
11 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
12 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
13 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
15 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
16 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
17 was not run. (Eric Wong)
18 - Cleaned up generated tests
19 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
20 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
21 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
22 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
24 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
25 - Updated prereq versions
27 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
28 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
29 - Added YAML config support
30 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
31 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
32 correct execution order.
33 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
34 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
35 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
36 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
37 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
38 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
39 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
41 - Exceptions now return status 500.
42 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
43 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
44 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
45 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
46 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
47 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
48 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
50 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
51 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
53 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
54 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
55 including those that attach to /
56 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
57 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
58 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
59 using $c->req->params('foo').
60 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
62 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
63 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
64 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
65 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
66 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
67 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
69 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
70 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
71 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
72 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
73 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
74 - Improved PAR support
75 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
76 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
77 - Static::Simple changes:
78 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
80 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
81 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
83 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
84 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
85 - Switched to Module::Install
86 - Renamed tests for easier editing
87 - Reformatted documentation
88 - Renamed -nonew to -force
90 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
92 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
94 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
95 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
97 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
98 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
99 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
100 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
102 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
103 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
105 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
106 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
108 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
109 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
112 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
113 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
115 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
116 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
118 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
122 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
123 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
124 - Fixed args handling in forward()
125 - Fixed forwarding to classes
126 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
127 - Fixed relative forwarding
128 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
130 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
131 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
134 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
135 - Improved format of startup debug log.
136 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
137 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
138 if the browser is closed.
139 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
140 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
142 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
143 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
144 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
145 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
146 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
147 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
149 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
150 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
151 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
152 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
153 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
154 parent app is shut down.
155 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
157 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
158 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
159 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
161 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
163 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
164 - Whole new dispatcher!
166 - Added path_to method
167 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
169 - Added a new welcome screen.
170 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
171 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
172 - Added self restarting test server
173 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
174 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
175 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
176 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
177 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
178 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
180 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
181 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
182 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
183 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
185 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
186 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
188 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
189 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
192 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
193 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
194 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
195 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
196 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
197 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
199 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
200 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
201 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
202 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
203 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
204 kill loggging for a whole request.
205 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
206 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
207 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
208 coverage and maintainability.
209 - Added fork support to built in test server.
210 - Fixed all memory leaks.
211 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
212 core to be thread-safe.
213 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
215 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
216 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
217 - Improved documentation
218 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
219 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
220 action. (Andy Grundman)
221 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
223 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
224 - Now with updated manifest.
226 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
227 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
229 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
231 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
232 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
233 - added arguments for detach
234 - new credits section in pod
235 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
236 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
238 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
240 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
242 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
243 - Fix for inheritance bug.
244 - Allow forward with arguments.
246 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
247 - make module build cons README automatically.
248 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
249 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
250 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
251 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
252 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
253 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
254 - added $c->request->cookie
255 - added Catalyst::Setup
256 - refactored Catalyst::import()
257 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
258 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
259 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
261 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
262 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
263 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
265 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
266 - improved base locating in MP engines
267 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
268 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
269 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
271 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
272 - fixed a bug in https detection
273 - fixed auto chain finally
274 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
276 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
277 - improved uploads and parameters
278 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
279 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
280 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
281 - fixed win32 installer
282 - added deep recursion detection
284 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
285 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
286 in Path and Regex attributes
287 - new helper templates
288 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
289 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
290 instance (not the same app!)
292 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
293 - added support for MP registry scripts
294 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
295 - added SpeedyCGI engine
297 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
298 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
299 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
300 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
301 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
302 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
303 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
304 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
305 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
306 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
308 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
309 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
310 - added Plugins chapter to manual
311 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
312 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
313 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
314 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
315 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
316 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
317 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
319 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
322 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
323 - some documentation bugs fixed
324 - added Catalyst::Utils
325 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
326 - fixed upload bug with MP19
327 - added $c->req->body
328 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
329 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
331 - extended attribute handling
332 - added global config for components
334 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
335 - new core to support inheritance trees
336 - new syntax for action declaration
337 - new helper system using TT2
338 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
339 - added Test::Pod support
340 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
341 - added option to run tests against a remote server
342 - renamed errors() to error()
344 - countless minor improvements
345 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
346 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
348 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
349 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
350 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
351 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
352 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
354 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
355 - updated helper scripts
356 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
357 the script directory. We promise!
359 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
360 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
361 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
362 - removed cgi-server.pl
363 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
364 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
365 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
366 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
368 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
369 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
371 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
372 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
373 - previous release was borked!
374 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
376 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
377 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
378 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
379 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
380 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
381 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
382 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
383 - updated helper scripts
384 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
385 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
387 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
388 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
389 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
391 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
393 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
394 - debug message for parameters
395 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
397 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
398 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
400 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
401 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
403 - more debug messages
406 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
407 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
408 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
410 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
411 - updated cookbook example
412 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
414 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
415 - no more regex actions in forward
416 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
418 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
419 - catch errors in application class
420 - handle die properly.
422 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
425 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
426 - moved bin to script
428 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
429 - improved documentation
430 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
433 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
434 - server_base sucks, removed
435 - added $c->log->dump()
437 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
438 - removed some warnings
440 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
442 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
444 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
445 - improved documentation
447 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
448 - fixed more little bugs
450 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
451 - improved documentation
452 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
454 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
455 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
456 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
457 !?default, !?begin and !?end
458 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
459 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
462 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
463 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
464 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
466 - improved documentation for actions
468 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
469 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
470 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
472 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
473 - error reporting for app class
474 - no more engine debug messages
475 - class->method forwards get resolved now
477 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
478 - friendlier statistics
480 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
481 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
483 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
486 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
487 - real version number for CPAN.pm
488 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
489 - more statistics in debug logs
490 - ? prefix for forward()
492 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
493 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
494 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
496 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
497 - added ? for prefixed actions
500 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
501 - arguments for _default
502 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
503 - added $c->req->method
505 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
506 - POD fixes and improvements
508 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
509 - first development release