1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
5 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
6 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
7 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
9 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
10 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
11 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
12 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
13 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
14 parent app is shut down.
15 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
17 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
18 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
19 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
21 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
23 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
24 - Whole new dispatcher!
26 - Added path_to method
27 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
29 - Added a new welcome screen.
30 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
31 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
32 - Added self restarting test server
33 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
34 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
35 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
36 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
37 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
38 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
40 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
41 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
42 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
43 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
45 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
46 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
48 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
49 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
52 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
53 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
54 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
55 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
56 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
57 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
59 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
60 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
61 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
62 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
63 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
64 kill loggging for a whole request.
65 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
66 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
67 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
68 coverage and maintainability.
69 - Added fork support to built in test server.
70 - Fixed all memory leaks.
71 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
72 core to be thread-safe.
73 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
75 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
76 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
77 - Improved documentation
78 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
79 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
80 action. (Andy Grundman)
81 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
83 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
84 - Now with updated manifest.
86 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
87 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
89 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
91 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
92 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
93 - added arguments for detach
94 - new credits section in pod
95 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
96 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
98 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
100 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
102 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
103 - Fix for inheritance bug.
104 - Allow forward with arguments.
106 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
107 - make module build cons README automatically.
108 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
109 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
110 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
111 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
112 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
113 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
114 - added $c->request->cookie
115 - added Catalyst::Setup
116 - refactored Catalyst::import()
117 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
118 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
119 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
121 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
122 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
123 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
125 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
126 - improved base locating in MP engines
127 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
128 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
129 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
131 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
132 - fixed a bug in https detection
133 - fixed auto chain finally
134 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
136 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
137 - improved uploads and parameters
138 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
139 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
140 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
141 - fixed win32 installer
142 - added deep recursion detection
144 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
145 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
146 in Path and Regex attributes
147 - new helper templates
148 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
149 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
150 instance (not the same app!)
152 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
153 - added support for MP registry scripts
154 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
155 - added SpeedyCGI engine
157 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
158 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
159 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
160 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
161 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
162 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
163 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
164 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
165 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
166 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
168 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
169 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
170 - added Plugins chapter to manual
171 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
172 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
173 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
174 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
175 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
176 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
177 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
179 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
182 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
183 - some documentation bugs fixed
184 - added Catalyst::Utils
185 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
186 - fixed upload bug with MP19
187 - added $c->req->body
188 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
189 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
191 - extended attribute handling
192 - added global config for components
194 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
195 - new core to support inheritance trees
196 - new syntax for action declaration
197 - new helper system using TT2
198 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
199 - added Test::Pod support
200 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
201 - added option to run tests against a remote server
202 - renamed errors() to error()
204 - countless minor improvements
205 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
206 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
208 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
209 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
210 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
211 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
212 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
214 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
215 - updated helper scripts
216 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
217 the script directory. We promise!
219 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
220 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
221 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
222 - removed cgi-server.pl
223 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
224 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
225 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
226 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
228 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
229 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
231 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
232 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
233 - previous release was borked!
234 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
236 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
237 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
238 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
239 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
240 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
241 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
242 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
243 - updated helper scripts
244 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
245 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
247 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
248 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
249 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
251 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
253 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
254 - debug message for parameters
255 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
257 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
258 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
260 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
261 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
263 - more debug messages
266 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
267 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
268 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
270 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
271 - updated cookbook example
272 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
274 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
275 - no more regex actions in forward
276 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
278 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
279 - catch errors in application class
280 - handle die properly.
282 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
285 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
286 - moved bin to script
288 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
289 - improved documentation
290 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
293 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
294 - server_base sucks, removed
295 - added $c->log->dump()
297 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
298 - removed some warnings
300 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
302 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
304 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
305 - improved documentation
307 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
308 - fixed more little bugs
310 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
311 - improved documentation
312 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
314 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
315 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
316 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
317 !?default, !?begin and !?end
318 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
319 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
322 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
323 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
324 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
326 - improved documentation for actions
328 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
329 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
330 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
332 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
333 - error reporting for app class
334 - no more engine debug messages
335 - class->method forwards get resolved now
337 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
338 - friendlier statistics
340 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
341 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
343 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
346 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
347 - real version number for CPAN.pm
348 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
349 - more statistics in debug logs
350 - ? prefix for forward()
352 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
353 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
354 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
356 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
357 - added ? for prefixed actions
360 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
361 - arguments for _default
362 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
363 - added $c->req->method
365 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
366 - POD fixes and improvements
368 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
369 - first development release