1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
4 - unescape captures to match args
5 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
6 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
7 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
9 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
10 - fix for component loading
11 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
14 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
15 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
16 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
17 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
20 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
22 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
23 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
24 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
26 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
29 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
31 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
32 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
33 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
34 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
35 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
36 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
37 Module::Pluggable::Object
38 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
39 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
40 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
41 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
42 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
43 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
44 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
45 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
46 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
47 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
48 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
49 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
50 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
51 - Added ActionClass attribute
52 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
53 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
54 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
55 - cleaned up logging and debug output
56 - significant documentation revisions
57 - Added warning for setup being called twice
58 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
59 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
63 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
64 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
66 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
67 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
69 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
70 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
71 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
74 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
75 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
77 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
79 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
81 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
82 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
83 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
84 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
86 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
87 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
89 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
90 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
91 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
92 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
93 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
94 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
95 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
96 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
97 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
98 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
99 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
100 to more sane settings.
101 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
102 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
103 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
104 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
105 (stress tests run 12% faster)
106 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
108 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
109 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
110 - Cleaned generated tests
111 - Added Root controller concept
112 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
114 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
115 - Added plugin introspection.
116 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
117 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
118 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
120 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
121 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
122 was not run. (Eric Wong)
123 - Cleaned up generated tests
124 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
125 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
126 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
127 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
129 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
130 - Updated prereq versions
132 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
133 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
134 - Added YAML config support
135 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
136 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
137 correct execution order.
138 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
139 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
140 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
141 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
142 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
143 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
144 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
146 - Exceptions now return status 500.
147 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
148 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
149 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
150 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
151 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
152 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
153 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
155 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
156 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
158 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
159 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
160 including those that attach to /
161 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
162 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
163 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
164 using $c->req->params('foo').
165 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
167 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
168 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
169 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
170 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
171 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
172 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
174 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
175 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
176 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
177 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
178 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
179 - Improved PAR support
180 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
181 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
182 - Static::Simple changes:
183 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
185 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
186 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
188 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
189 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
190 - Switched to Module::Install
191 - Renamed tests for easier editing
192 - Reformatted documentation
193 - Renamed -nonew to -force
195 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
197 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
199 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
200 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
201 request. (Sam Vilain)
202 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
203 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
204 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
205 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
207 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
208 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
210 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
211 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
213 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
214 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
217 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
218 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
220 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
221 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
223 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
227 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
228 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
229 - Fixed args handling in forward()
230 - Fixed forwarding to classes
231 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
232 - Fixed relative forwarding
233 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
235 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
236 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
239 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
240 - Improved format of startup debug log.
241 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
242 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
243 if the browser is closed.
244 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
245 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
247 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
248 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
249 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
250 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
251 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
252 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
254 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
255 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
256 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
257 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
258 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
259 parent app is shut down.
260 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
262 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
263 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
264 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
266 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
268 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
269 - Whole new dispatcher!
271 - Added path_to method
272 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
274 - Added a new welcome screen.
275 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
276 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
277 - Added self restarting test server
278 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
279 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
280 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
281 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
282 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
283 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
285 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
286 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
287 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
288 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
290 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
291 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
293 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
294 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
297 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
298 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
299 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
300 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
301 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
302 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
304 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
305 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
306 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
307 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
308 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
309 kill loggging for a whole request.
310 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
311 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
312 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
313 coverage and maintainability.
314 - Added fork support to built in test server.
315 - Fixed all memory leaks.
316 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
317 core to be thread-safe.
318 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
320 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
321 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
322 - Improved documentation
323 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
324 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
325 action. (Andy Grundman)
326 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
328 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
329 - Now with updated manifest.
331 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
332 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
334 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
336 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
337 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
338 - added arguments for detach
339 - new credits section in pod
340 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
341 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
343 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
345 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
347 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
348 - Fix for inheritance bug.
349 - Allow forward with arguments.
351 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
352 - make module build cons README automatically.
353 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
354 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
355 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
356 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
357 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
358 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
359 - added $c->request->cookie
360 - added Catalyst::Setup
361 - refactored Catalyst::import()
362 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
363 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
364 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
366 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
367 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
368 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
370 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
371 - improved base locating in MP engines
372 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
373 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
374 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
376 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
377 - fixed a bug in https detection
378 - fixed auto chain finally
379 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
381 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
382 - improved uploads and parameters
383 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
384 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
385 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
386 - fixed win32 installer
387 - added deep recursion detection
389 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
390 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
391 in Path and Regex attributes
392 - new helper templates
393 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
394 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
395 instance (not the same app!)
397 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
398 - added support for MP registry scripts
399 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
400 - added SpeedyCGI engine
402 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
403 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
404 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
405 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
406 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
407 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
408 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
409 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
410 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
411 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
413 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
414 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
415 - added Plugins chapter to manual
416 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
417 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
418 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
419 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
420 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
421 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
422 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
424 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
427 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
428 - some documentation bugs fixed
429 - added Catalyst::Utils
430 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
431 - fixed upload bug with MP19
432 - added $c->req->body
433 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
434 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
436 - extended attribute handling
437 - added global config for components
439 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
440 - new core to support inheritance trees
441 - new syntax for action declaration
442 - new helper system using TT2
443 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
444 - added Test::Pod support
445 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
446 - added option to run tests against a remote server
447 - renamed errors() to error()
449 - countless minor improvements
450 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
451 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
453 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
454 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
455 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
456 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
457 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
459 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
460 - updated helper scripts
461 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
462 the script directory. We promise!
464 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
465 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
466 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
467 - removed cgi-server.pl
468 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
469 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
470 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
471 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
473 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
474 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
476 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
477 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
478 - previous release was borked!
479 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
481 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
482 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
483 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
484 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
485 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
486 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
487 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
488 - updated helper scripts
489 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
490 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
492 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
493 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
494 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
496 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
498 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
499 - debug message for parameters
500 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
502 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
503 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
505 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
506 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
508 - more debug messages
511 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
512 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
513 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
515 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
516 - updated cookbook example
517 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
519 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
520 - no more regex actions in forward
521 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
523 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
524 - catch errors in application class
525 - handle die properly.
527 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
530 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
531 - moved bin to script
533 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
534 - improved documentation
535 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
538 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
539 - server_base sucks, removed
540 - added $c->log->dump()
542 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
543 - removed some warnings
545 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
547 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
549 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
550 - improved documentation
552 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
553 - fixed more little bugs
555 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
556 - improved documentation
557 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
559 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
560 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
561 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
562 !?default, !?begin and !?end
563 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
564 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
567 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
568 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
569 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
571 - improved documentation for actions
573 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
574 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
575 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
577 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
578 - error reporting for app class
579 - no more engine debug messages
580 - class->method forwards get resolved now
582 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
583 - friendlier statistics
585 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
586 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
588 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
591 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
592 - real version number for CPAN.pm
593 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
594 - more statistics in debug logs
595 - ? prefix for forward()
597 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
598 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
599 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
601 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
602 - added ? for prefixed actions
605 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
606 - arguments for _default
607 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
608 - added $c->req->method
610 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
611 - POD fixes and improvements
613 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
614 - first development release