1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
5 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
7 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
8 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
9 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
10 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
11 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
12 parent app is shut down.
13 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
15 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
16 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
17 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
19 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
21 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
22 - Whole new dispatcher!
24 - Added path_to method
25 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
27 - Added a new welcome screen.
28 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
29 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
30 - Added self restarting test server
31 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
32 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
33 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
34 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
35 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
36 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
38 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
39 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
40 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
41 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
43 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
44 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
46 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
47 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
50 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
51 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
52 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
53 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
54 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
55 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
57 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
58 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
59 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
60 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
61 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
62 kill loggging for a whole request.
63 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
64 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
65 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
66 coverage and maintainability.
67 - Added fork support to built in test server.
68 - Fixed all memory leaks.
69 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
70 core to be thread-safe.
71 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
73 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
74 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
75 - Improved documentation
76 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
77 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
78 action. (Andy Grundman)
79 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
81 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
82 - Now with updated manifest.
84 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
85 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
87 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
89 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
90 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
91 - added arguments for detach
92 - new credits section in pod
93 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
94 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
96 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
98 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
100 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
101 - Fix for inheritance bug.
102 - Allow forward with arguments.
104 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
105 - make module build cons README automatically.
106 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
107 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
108 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
109 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
110 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
111 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
112 - added $c->request->cookie
113 - added Catalyst::Setup
114 - refactored Catalyst::import()
115 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
116 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
117 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
119 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
120 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
121 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
123 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
124 - improved base locating in MP engines
125 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
126 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
127 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
129 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
130 - fixed a bug in https detection
131 - fixed auto chain finally
132 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
134 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
135 - improved uploads and parameters
136 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
137 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
138 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
139 - fixed win32 installer
140 - added deep recursion detection
142 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
143 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
144 in Path and Regex attributes
145 - new helper templates
146 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
147 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
148 instance (not the same app!)
150 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
151 - added support for MP registry scripts
152 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
153 - added SpeedyCGI engine
155 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
156 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
157 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
158 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
159 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
160 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
161 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
162 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
163 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
164 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
166 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
167 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
168 - added Plugins chapter to manual
169 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
170 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
171 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
172 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
173 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
174 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
175 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
177 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
180 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
181 - some documentation bugs fixed
182 - added Catalyst::Utils
183 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
184 - fixed upload bug with MP19
185 - added $c->req->body
186 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
187 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
189 - extended attribute handling
190 - added global config for components
192 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
193 - new core to support inheritance trees
194 - new syntax for action declaration
195 - new helper system using TT2
196 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
197 - added Test::Pod support
198 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
199 - added option to run tests against a remote server
200 - renamed errors() to error()
202 - countless minor improvements
203 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
204 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
206 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
207 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
208 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
209 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
210 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
212 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
213 - updated helper scripts
214 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
215 the script directory. We promise!
217 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
218 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
219 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
220 - removed cgi-server.pl
221 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
222 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
223 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
224 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
226 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
227 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
229 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
230 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
231 - previous release was borked!
232 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
234 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
235 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
236 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
237 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
238 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
239 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
240 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
241 - updated helper scripts
242 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
243 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
245 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
246 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
247 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
249 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
251 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
252 - debug message for parameters
253 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
255 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
256 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
258 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
259 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
261 - more debug messages
264 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
265 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
266 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
268 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
269 - updated cookbook example
270 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
272 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
273 - no more regex actions in forward
274 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
276 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
277 - catch errors in application class
278 - handle die properly.
280 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
283 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
284 - moved bin to script
286 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
287 - improved documentation
288 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
291 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
292 - server_base sucks, removed
293 - added $c->log->dump()
295 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
296 - removed some warnings
298 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
300 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
302 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
303 - improved documentation
305 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
306 - fixed more little bugs
308 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
309 - improved documentation
310 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
312 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
313 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
314 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
315 !?default, !?begin and !?end
316 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
317 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
320 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
321 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
322 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
324 - improved documentation for actions
326 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
327 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
328 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
330 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
331 - error reporting for app class
332 - no more engine debug messages
333 - class->method forwards get resolved now
335 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
336 - friendlier statistics
338 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
339 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
341 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
344 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
345 - real version number for CPAN.pm
346 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
347 - more statistics in debug logs
348 - ? prefix for forward()
350 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
351 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
352 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
354 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
355 - added ? for prefixed actions
358 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
359 - arguments for _default
360 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
361 - added $c->req->method
363 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
364 - POD fixes and improvements
366 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
367 - first development release