1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
5 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
6 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
7 parent app is shut down.
8 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
10 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
11 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
12 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
14 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
16 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
17 - Whole new dispatcher!
19 - Added path_to method
20 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
22 - Added a new welcome screen.
23 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
24 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
25 - Added self restarting test server
26 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
27 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
28 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
29 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
30 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
31 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
33 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
34 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
35 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
36 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
38 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
39 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
41 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
42 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
45 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
46 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
47 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
48 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
49 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
50 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
52 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
53 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
54 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
55 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
56 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
57 kill loggging for a whole request.
58 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
59 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
60 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
61 coverage and maintainability.
62 - Added fork support to built in test server.
63 - Fixed all memory leaks.
64 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
65 core to be thread-safe.
66 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
68 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
69 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
70 - Improved documentation
71 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
72 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
73 action. (Andy Grundman)
74 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
76 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
77 - Now with updated manifest.
79 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
80 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
82 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
84 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
85 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
86 - added arguments for detach
87 - new credits section in pod
88 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
89 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
91 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
93 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
95 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
96 - Fix for inheritance bug.
97 - Allow forward with arguments.
99 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
100 - make module build cons README automatically.
101 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
102 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
103 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
104 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
105 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
106 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
107 - added $c->request->cookie
108 - added Catalyst::Setup
109 - refactored Catalyst::import()
110 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
111 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
112 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
114 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
115 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
116 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
118 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
119 - improved base locating in MP engines
120 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
121 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
122 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
124 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
125 - fixed a bug in https detection
126 - fixed auto chain finally
127 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
129 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
130 - improved uploads and parameters
131 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
132 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
133 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
134 - fixed win32 installer
135 - added deep recursion detection
137 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
138 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
139 in Path and Regex attributes
140 - new helper templates
141 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
142 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
143 instance (not the same app!)
145 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
146 - added support for MP registry scripts
147 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
148 - added SpeedyCGI engine
150 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
151 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
152 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
153 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
154 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
155 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
156 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
157 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
158 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
159 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
161 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
162 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
163 - added Plugins chapter to manual
164 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
165 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
166 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
167 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
168 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
169 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
170 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
172 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
175 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
176 - some documentation bugs fixed
177 - added Catalyst::Utils
178 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
179 - fixed upload bug with MP19
180 - added $c->req->body
181 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
182 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
184 - extended attribute handling
185 - added global config for components
187 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
188 - new core to support inheritance trees
189 - new syntax for action declaration
190 - new helper system using TT2
191 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
192 - added Test::Pod support
193 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
194 - added option to run tests against a remote server
195 - renamed errors() to error()
197 - countless minor improvements
198 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
199 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
201 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
202 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
203 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
204 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
205 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
207 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
208 - updated helper scripts
209 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
210 the script directory. We promise!
212 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
213 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
214 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
215 - removed cgi-server.pl
216 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
217 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
218 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
219 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
221 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
222 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
224 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
225 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
226 - previous release was borked!
227 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
229 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
230 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
231 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
232 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
233 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
234 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
235 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
236 - updated helper scripts
237 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
238 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
240 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
241 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
242 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
244 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
246 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
247 - debug message for parameters
248 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
250 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
251 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
253 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
254 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
256 - more debug messages
259 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
260 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
261 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
263 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
264 - updated cookbook example
265 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
267 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
268 - no more regex actions in forward
269 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
271 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
272 - catch errors in application class
273 - handle die properly.
275 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
278 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
279 - moved bin to script
281 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
282 - improved documentation
283 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
286 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
287 - server_base sucks, removed
288 - added $c->log->dump()
290 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
291 - removed some warnings
293 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
295 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
297 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
298 - improved documentation
300 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
301 - fixed more little bugs
303 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
304 - improved documentation
305 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
307 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
308 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
309 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
310 !?default, !?begin and !?end
311 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
312 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
315 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
316 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
317 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
319 - improved documentation for actions
321 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
322 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
323 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
325 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
326 - error reporting for app class
327 - no more engine debug messages
328 - class->method forwards get resolved now
330 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
331 - friendlier statistics
333 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
334 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
336 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
339 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
340 - real version number for CPAN.pm
341 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
342 - more statistics in debug logs
343 - ? prefix for forward()
345 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
346 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
347 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
349 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
350 - added ? for prefixed actions
353 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
354 - arguments for _default
355 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
356 - added $c->req->method
358 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
359 - POD fixes and improvements
361 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
362 - first development release