1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
5 - Added lots of API documentation.
6 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
9 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
10 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
11 - Cleaned generated tests
12 - Added Root controller concept
13 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
15 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
16 - Added plugin introspection.
17 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
18 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
19 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
21 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
22 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
23 was not run. (Eric Wong)
24 - Cleaned up generated tests
25 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
26 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
27 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
28 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
30 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
31 - Updated prereq versions
33 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
34 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
35 - Added YAML config support
36 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
37 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
38 correct execution order.
39 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
40 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
41 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
42 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
43 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
44 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
45 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
47 - Exceptions now return status 500.
48 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
49 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
50 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
51 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
52 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
53 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
54 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
56 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
57 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
59 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
60 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
61 including those that attach to /
62 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
63 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
64 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
65 using $c->req->params('foo').
66 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
68 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
69 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
70 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
71 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
72 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
73 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
75 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
76 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
77 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
78 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
79 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
80 - Improved PAR support
81 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
82 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
83 - Static::Simple changes:
84 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
86 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
87 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
89 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
90 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
91 - Switched to Module::Install
92 - Renamed tests for easier editing
93 - Reformatted documentation
94 - Renamed -nonew to -force
96 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
98 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
100 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
101 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
102 request. (Sam Vilain)
103 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
104 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
105 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
106 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
108 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
109 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
111 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
112 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
114 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
115 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
118 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
119 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
121 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
122 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
124 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
128 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
129 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
130 - Fixed args handling in forward()
131 - Fixed forwarding to classes
132 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
133 - Fixed relative forwarding
134 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
136 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
137 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
140 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
141 - Improved format of startup debug log.
142 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
143 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
144 if the browser is closed.
145 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
146 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
148 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
149 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
150 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
151 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
152 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
153 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
155 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
156 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
157 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
158 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
159 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
160 parent app is shut down.
161 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
163 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
164 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
165 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
167 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
169 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
170 - Whole new dispatcher!
172 - Added path_to method
173 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
175 - Added a new welcome screen.
176 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
177 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
178 - Added self restarting test server
179 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
180 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
181 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
182 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
183 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
184 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
186 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
187 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
188 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
189 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
191 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
192 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
194 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
195 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
198 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
199 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
200 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
201 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
202 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
203 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
205 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
206 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
207 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
208 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
209 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
210 kill loggging for a whole request.
211 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
212 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
213 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
214 coverage and maintainability.
215 - Added fork support to built in test server.
216 - Fixed all memory leaks.
217 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
218 core to be thread-safe.
219 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
221 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
222 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
223 - Improved documentation
224 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
225 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
226 action. (Andy Grundman)
227 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
229 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
230 - Now with updated manifest.
232 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
233 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
235 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
237 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
238 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
239 - added arguments for detach
240 - new credits section in pod
241 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
242 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
244 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
246 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
248 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
249 - Fix for inheritance bug.
250 - Allow forward with arguments.
252 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
253 - make module build cons README automatically.
254 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
255 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
256 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
257 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
258 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
259 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
260 - added $c->request->cookie
261 - added Catalyst::Setup
262 - refactored Catalyst::import()
263 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
264 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
265 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
267 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
268 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
269 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
271 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
272 - improved base locating in MP engines
273 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
274 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
275 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
277 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
278 - fixed a bug in https detection
279 - fixed auto chain finally
280 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
282 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
283 - improved uploads and parameters
284 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
285 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
286 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
287 - fixed win32 installer
288 - added deep recursion detection
290 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
291 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
292 in Path and Regex attributes
293 - new helper templates
294 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
295 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
296 instance (not the same app!)
298 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
299 - added support for MP registry scripts
300 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
301 - added SpeedyCGI engine
303 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
304 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
305 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
306 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
307 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
308 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
309 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
310 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
311 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
312 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
314 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
315 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
316 - added Plugins chapter to manual
317 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
318 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
319 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
320 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
321 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
322 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
323 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
325 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
328 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
329 - some documentation bugs fixed
330 - added Catalyst::Utils
331 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
332 - fixed upload bug with MP19
333 - added $c->req->body
334 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
335 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
337 - extended attribute handling
338 - added global config for components
340 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
341 - new core to support inheritance trees
342 - new syntax for action declaration
343 - new helper system using TT2
344 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
345 - added Test::Pod support
346 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
347 - added option to run tests against a remote server
348 - renamed errors() to error()
350 - countless minor improvements
351 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
352 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
354 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
355 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
356 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
357 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
358 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
360 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
361 - updated helper scripts
362 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
363 the script directory. We promise!
365 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
366 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
367 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
368 - removed cgi-server.pl
369 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
370 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
371 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
372 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
374 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
375 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
377 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
378 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
379 - previous release was borked!
380 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
382 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
383 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
384 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
385 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
386 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
387 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
388 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
389 - updated helper scripts
390 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
391 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
393 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
394 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
395 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
397 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
399 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
400 - debug message for parameters
401 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
403 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
404 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
406 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
407 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
409 - more debug messages
412 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
413 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
414 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
416 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
417 - updated cookbook example
418 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
420 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
421 - no more regex actions in forward
422 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
424 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
425 - catch errors in application class
426 - handle die properly.
428 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
431 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
432 - moved bin to script
434 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
435 - improved documentation
436 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
439 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
440 - server_base sucks, removed
441 - added $c->log->dump()
443 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
444 - removed some warnings
446 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
448 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
450 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
451 - improved documentation
453 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
454 - fixed more little bugs
456 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
457 - improved documentation
458 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
460 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
461 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
462 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
463 !?default, !?begin and !?end
464 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
465 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
468 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
469 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
470 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
472 - improved documentation for actions
474 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
475 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
476 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
478 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
479 - error reporting for app class
480 - no more engine debug messages
481 - class->method forwards get resolved now
483 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
484 - friendlier statistics
486 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
487 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
489 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
492 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
493 - real version number for CPAN.pm
494 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
495 - more statistics in debug logs
496 - ? prefix for forward()
498 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
499 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
500 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
502 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
503 - added ? for prefixed actions
506 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
507 - arguments for _default
508 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
509 - added $c->req->method
511 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
512 - POD fixes and improvements
514 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
515 - first development release