1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
5 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
6 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
7 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
8 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
9 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
10 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
12 - Exceptions now return status 500.
13 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
14 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
15 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
16 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
17 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
18 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
19 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
21 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
22 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
24 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
25 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
26 including those that attach to /
27 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
28 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
29 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
30 using $c->req->params('foo').
31 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
33 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
34 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
35 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
36 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
37 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
38 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
40 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
41 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
42 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
43 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
44 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
45 - Improved PAR support
46 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
47 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
48 - Static::Simple changes:
49 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
51 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
52 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
54 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
55 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
56 - Switched to Module::Install
57 - Renamed tests for easier editing
58 - Reformatted documentation
59 - Renamed -nonew to -force
61 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
63 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
65 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
66 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
68 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
69 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
70 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
71 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
73 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
74 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
76 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
77 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
79 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
80 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
83 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
84 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
86 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
87 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
89 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
93 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
94 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
95 - Fixed args handling in forward()
96 - Fixed forwarding to classes
97 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
98 - Fixed relative forwarding
99 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
101 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
102 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
105 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
106 - Improved format of startup debug log.
107 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
108 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
109 if the browser is closed.
110 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
111 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
113 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
114 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
115 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
116 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
117 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
118 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
120 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
121 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
122 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
123 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
124 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
125 parent app is shut down.
126 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
128 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
129 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
130 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
132 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
134 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
135 - Whole new dispatcher!
137 - Added path_to method
138 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
140 - Added a new welcome screen.
141 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
142 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
143 - Added self restarting test server
144 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
145 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
146 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
147 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
148 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
149 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
151 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
152 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
153 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
154 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
156 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
157 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
159 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
160 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
163 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
164 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
165 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
166 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
167 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
168 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
170 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
171 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
172 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
173 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
174 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
175 kill loggging for a whole request.
176 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
177 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
178 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
179 coverage and maintainability.
180 - Added fork support to built in test server.
181 - Fixed all memory leaks.
182 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
183 core to be thread-safe.
184 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
186 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
187 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
188 - Improved documentation
189 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
190 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
191 action. (Andy Grundman)
192 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
194 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
195 - Now with updated manifest.
197 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
198 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
200 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
202 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
203 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
204 - added arguments for detach
205 - new credits section in pod
206 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
207 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
209 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
211 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
213 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
214 - Fix for inheritance bug.
215 - Allow forward with arguments.
217 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
218 - make module build cons README automatically.
219 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
220 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
221 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
222 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
223 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
224 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
225 - added $c->request->cookie
226 - added Catalyst::Setup
227 - refactored Catalyst::import()
228 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
229 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
230 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
232 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
233 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
234 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
236 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
237 - improved base locating in MP engines
238 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
239 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
240 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
242 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
243 - fixed a bug in https detection
244 - fixed auto chain finally
245 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
247 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
248 - improved uploads and parameters
249 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
250 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
251 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
252 - fixed win32 installer
253 - added deep recursion detection
255 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
256 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
257 in Path and Regex attributes
258 - new helper templates
259 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
260 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
261 instance (not the same app!)
263 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
264 - added support for MP registry scripts
265 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
266 - added SpeedyCGI engine
268 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
269 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
270 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
271 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
272 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
273 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
274 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
275 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
276 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
277 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
279 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
280 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
281 - added Plugins chapter to manual
282 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
283 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
284 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
285 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
286 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
287 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
288 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
290 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
293 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
294 - some documentation bugs fixed
295 - added Catalyst::Utils
296 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
297 - fixed upload bug with MP19
298 - added $c->req->body
299 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
300 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
302 - extended attribute handling
303 - added global config for components
305 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
306 - new core to support inheritance trees
307 - new syntax for action declaration
308 - new helper system using TT2
309 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
310 - added Test::Pod support
311 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
312 - added option to run tests against a remote server
313 - renamed errors() to error()
315 - countless minor improvements
316 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
317 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
319 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
320 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
321 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
322 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
323 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
325 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
326 - updated helper scripts
327 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
328 the script directory. We promise!
330 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
331 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
332 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
333 - removed cgi-server.pl
334 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
335 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
336 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
337 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
339 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
340 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
342 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
343 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
344 - previous release was borked!
345 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
347 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
348 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
349 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
350 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
351 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
352 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
353 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
354 - updated helper scripts
355 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
356 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
358 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
359 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
360 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
362 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
364 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
365 - debug message for parameters
366 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
368 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
369 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
371 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
372 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
374 - more debug messages
377 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
378 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
379 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
381 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
382 - updated cookbook example
383 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
385 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
386 - no more regex actions in forward
387 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
389 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
390 - catch errors in application class
391 - handle die properly.
393 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
396 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
397 - moved bin to script
399 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
400 - improved documentation
401 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
404 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
405 - server_base sucks, removed
406 - added $c->log->dump()
408 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
409 - removed some warnings
411 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
413 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
415 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
416 - improved documentation
418 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
419 - fixed more little bugs
421 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
422 - improved documentation
423 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
425 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
426 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
427 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
428 !?default, !?begin and !?end
429 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
430 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
433 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
434 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
435 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
437 - improved documentation for actions
439 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
440 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
441 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
443 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
444 - error reporting for app class
445 - no more engine debug messages
446 - class->method forwards get resolved now
448 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
449 - friendlier statistics
451 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
452 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
454 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
457 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
458 - real version number for CPAN.pm
459 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
460 - more statistics in debug logs
461 - ? prefix for forward()
463 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
464 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
465 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
467 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
468 - added ? for prefixed actions
471 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
472 - arguments for _default
473 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
474 - added $c->req->method
476 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
477 - POD fixes and improvements
479 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
480 - first development release