1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Performance and stability improvements to the built-in HTTP server.
5 - Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the same name.
7 - Support restart_delay of 0 (for use in the POE engine).
8 - Skip body processing if we don't have a Content-Length header.
9 Results in about a 9% performance increase when handling GET/HEAD requests.
10 - Add a default body to redirect responses.
11 - MyApp->model/view now looks at MyApp->config->{default_view/model}
14 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
16 - Fix Slurp dependency
17 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
18 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
20 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
21 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
22 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
23 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
25 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
26 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
27 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
28 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
30 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
31 - Support current_view
32 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
33 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
34 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
35 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
36 - various documentation fixes and improvements
38 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
39 - Additions and updates to tutorial
41 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
42 - unescape captures to match args
43 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
44 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
45 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
47 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
48 - fix for component loading
49 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
52 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
53 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
54 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
55 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
58 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
60 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
61 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
62 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
64 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
67 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
69 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
70 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
71 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
72 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
73 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
74 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
75 Module::Pluggable::Object
76 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
77 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
78 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
79 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
80 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
81 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
82 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
83 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
84 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
85 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
86 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
87 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
88 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
89 - Added ActionClass attribute
90 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
91 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
92 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
93 - cleaned up logging and debug output
94 - significant documentation revisions
95 - Added warning for setup being called twice
96 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
97 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
101 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
102 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
104 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
105 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
107 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
108 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
109 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
112 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
113 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
115 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
117 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
119 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
120 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
121 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
122 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
124 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
125 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
127 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
128 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
129 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
130 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
131 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
132 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
133 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
134 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
135 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
136 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
137 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
138 to more sane settings.
139 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
140 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
141 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
142 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
143 (stress tests run 12% faster)
144 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
146 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
147 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
148 - Cleaned generated tests
149 - Added Root controller concept
150 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
152 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
153 - Added plugin introspection.
154 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
155 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
156 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
158 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
159 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
160 was not run. (Eric Wong)
161 - Cleaned up generated tests
162 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
163 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
164 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
165 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
167 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
168 - Updated prereq versions
170 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
171 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
172 - Added YAML config support
173 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
174 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
175 correct execution order.
176 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
177 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
178 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
179 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
180 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
181 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
182 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
184 - Exceptions now return status 500.
185 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
186 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
187 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
188 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
189 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
190 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
191 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
193 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
194 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
196 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
197 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
198 including those that attach to /
199 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
200 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
201 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
202 using $c->req->params('foo').
203 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
205 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
206 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
207 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
208 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
209 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
210 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
212 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
213 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
214 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
215 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
216 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
217 - Improved PAR support
218 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
219 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
220 - Static::Simple changes:
221 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
223 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
224 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
226 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
227 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
228 - Switched to Module::Install
229 - Renamed tests for easier editing
230 - Reformatted documentation
231 - Renamed -nonew to -force
233 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
235 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
237 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
238 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
239 request. (Sam Vilain)
240 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
241 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
242 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
243 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
245 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
246 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
248 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
249 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
251 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
252 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
255 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
256 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
258 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
259 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
261 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
265 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
266 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
267 - Fixed args handling in forward()
268 - Fixed forwarding to classes
269 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
270 - Fixed relative forwarding
271 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
273 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
274 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
277 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
278 - Improved format of startup debug log.
279 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
280 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
281 if the browser is closed.
282 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
283 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
285 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
286 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
287 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
288 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
289 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
290 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
292 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
293 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
294 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
295 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
296 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
297 parent app is shut down.
298 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
300 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
301 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
302 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
304 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
306 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
307 - Whole new dispatcher!
309 - Added path_to method
310 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
312 - Added a new welcome screen.
313 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
314 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
315 - Added self restarting test server
316 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
317 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
318 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
319 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
320 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
321 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
323 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
324 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
325 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
326 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
328 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
329 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
331 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
332 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
335 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
336 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
337 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
338 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
339 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
340 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
342 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
343 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
344 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
345 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
346 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
347 kill loggging for a whole request.
348 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
349 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
350 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
351 coverage and maintainability.
352 - Added fork support to built in test server.
353 - Fixed all memory leaks.
354 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
355 core to be thread-safe.
356 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
358 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
359 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
360 - Improved documentation
361 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
362 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
363 action. (Andy Grundman)
364 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
366 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
367 - Now with updated manifest.
369 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
370 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
372 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
374 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
375 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
376 - added arguments for detach
377 - new credits section in pod
378 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
379 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
381 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
383 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
385 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
386 - Fix for inheritance bug.
387 - Allow forward with arguments.
389 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
390 - make module build cons README automatically.
391 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
392 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
393 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
394 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
395 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
396 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
397 - added $c->request->cookie
398 - added Catalyst::Setup
399 - refactored Catalyst::import()
400 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
401 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
402 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
404 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
405 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
406 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
408 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
409 - improved base locating in MP engines
410 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
411 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
412 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
414 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
415 - fixed a bug in https detection
416 - fixed auto chain finally
417 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
419 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
420 - improved uploads and parameters
421 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
422 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
423 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
424 - fixed win32 installer
425 - added deep recursion detection
427 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
428 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
429 in Path and Regex attributes
430 - new helper templates
431 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
432 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
433 instance (not the same app!)
435 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
436 - added support for MP registry scripts
437 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
438 - added SpeedyCGI engine
440 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
441 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
442 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
443 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
444 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
445 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
446 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
447 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
448 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
449 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
451 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
452 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
453 - added Plugins chapter to manual
454 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
455 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
456 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
457 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
458 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
459 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
460 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
462 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
465 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
466 - some documentation bugs fixed
467 - added Catalyst::Utils
468 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
469 - fixed upload bug with MP19
470 - added $c->req->body
471 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
472 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
474 - extended attribute handling
475 - added global config for components
477 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
478 - new core to support inheritance trees
479 - new syntax for action declaration
480 - new helper system using TT2
481 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
482 - added Test::Pod support
483 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
484 - added option to run tests against a remote server
485 - renamed errors() to error()
487 - countless minor improvements
488 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
489 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
491 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
492 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
493 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
494 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
495 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
497 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
498 - updated helper scripts
499 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
500 the script directory. We promise!
502 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
503 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
504 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
505 - removed cgi-server.pl
506 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
507 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
508 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
509 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
511 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
512 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
514 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
515 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
516 - previous release was borked!
517 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
519 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
520 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
521 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
522 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
523 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
524 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
525 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
526 - updated helper scripts
527 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
528 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
530 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
531 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
532 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
534 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
536 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
537 - debug message for parameters
538 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
540 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
541 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
543 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
544 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
546 - more debug messages
549 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
550 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
551 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
553 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
554 - updated cookbook example
555 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
557 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
558 - no more regex actions in forward
559 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
561 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
562 - catch errors in application class
563 - handle die properly.
565 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
568 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
569 - moved bin to script
571 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
572 - improved documentation
573 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
576 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
577 - server_base sucks, removed
578 - added $c->log->dump()
580 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
581 - removed some warnings
583 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
585 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
587 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
588 - improved documentation
590 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
591 - fixed more little bugs
593 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
594 - improved documentation
595 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
597 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
598 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
599 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
600 !?default, !?begin and !?end
601 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
602 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
605 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
606 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
607 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
609 - improved documentation for actions
611 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
612 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
613 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
615 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
616 - error reporting for app class
617 - no more engine debug messages
618 - class->method forwards get resolved now
620 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
621 - friendlier statistics
623 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
624 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
626 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
629 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
630 - real version number for CPAN.pm
631 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
632 - more statistics in debug logs
633 - ? prefix for forward()
635 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
636 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
637 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
639 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
640 - added ? for prefixed actions
643 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
644 - arguments for _default
645 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
646 - added $c->req->method
648 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
649 - POD fixes and improvements
651 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
652 - first development release