1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - unescape captures to match args
5 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
6 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
8 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
9 - fix for component loading
10 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
13 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
14 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
15 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
16 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
19 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
21 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
22 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
23 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
25 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
28 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
30 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
31 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
32 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
33 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
34 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
35 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
36 Module::Pluggable::Object
37 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
38 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
39 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
40 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
41 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
42 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
43 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
44 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
45 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
46 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
47 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
48 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
49 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
50 - Added ActionClass attribute
51 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
52 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
53 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
54 - cleaned up logging and debug output
55 - significant documentation revisions
56 - Added warning for setup being called twice
57 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
58 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
62 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
63 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
65 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
66 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
68 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
69 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
70 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
73 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
74 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
76 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
78 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
80 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
81 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
82 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
83 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
85 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
86 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
88 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
89 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
90 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
91 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
92 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
93 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
94 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
95 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
96 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
97 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
98 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
99 to more sane settings.
100 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
101 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
102 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
103 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
104 (stress tests run 12% faster)
105 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
107 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
108 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
109 - Cleaned generated tests
110 - Added Root controller concept
111 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
113 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
114 - Added plugin introspection.
115 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
116 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
117 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
119 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
120 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
121 was not run. (Eric Wong)
122 - Cleaned up generated tests
123 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
124 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
125 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
126 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
128 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
129 - Updated prereq versions
131 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
132 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
133 - Added YAML config support
134 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
135 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
136 correct execution order.
137 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
138 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
139 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
140 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
141 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
142 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
143 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
145 - Exceptions now return status 500.
146 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
147 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
148 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
149 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
150 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
151 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
152 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
154 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
155 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
157 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
158 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
159 including those that attach to /
160 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
161 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
162 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
163 using $c->req->params('foo').
164 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
166 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
167 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
168 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
169 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
170 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
171 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
173 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
174 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
175 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
176 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
177 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
178 - Improved PAR support
179 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
180 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
181 - Static::Simple changes:
182 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
184 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
185 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
187 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
188 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
189 - Switched to Module::Install
190 - Renamed tests for easier editing
191 - Reformatted documentation
192 - Renamed -nonew to -force
194 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
196 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
198 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
199 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
200 request. (Sam Vilain)
201 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
202 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
203 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
204 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
206 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
207 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
209 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
210 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
212 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
213 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
216 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
217 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
219 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
220 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
222 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
226 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
227 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
228 - Fixed args handling in forward()
229 - Fixed forwarding to classes
230 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
231 - Fixed relative forwarding
232 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
234 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
235 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
238 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
239 - Improved format of startup debug log.
240 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
241 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
242 if the browser is closed.
243 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
244 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
246 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
247 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
248 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
249 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
250 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
251 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
253 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
254 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
255 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
256 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
257 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
258 parent app is shut down.
259 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
261 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
262 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
263 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
265 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
267 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
268 - Whole new dispatcher!
270 - Added path_to method
271 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
273 - Added a new welcome screen.
274 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
275 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
276 - Added self restarting test server
277 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
278 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
279 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
280 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
281 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
282 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
284 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
285 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
286 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
287 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
289 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
290 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
292 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
293 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
296 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
297 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
298 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
299 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
300 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
301 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
303 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
304 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
305 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
306 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
307 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
308 kill loggging for a whole request.
309 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
310 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
311 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
312 coverage and maintainability.
313 - Added fork support to built in test server.
314 - Fixed all memory leaks.
315 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
316 core to be thread-safe.
317 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
319 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
320 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
321 - Improved documentation
322 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
323 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
324 action. (Andy Grundman)
325 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
327 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
328 - Now with updated manifest.
330 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
331 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
333 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
335 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
336 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
337 - added arguments for detach
338 - new credits section in pod
339 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
340 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
342 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
344 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
346 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
347 - Fix for inheritance bug.
348 - Allow forward with arguments.
350 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
351 - make module build cons README automatically.
352 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
353 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
354 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
355 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
356 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
357 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
358 - added $c->request->cookie
359 - added Catalyst::Setup
360 - refactored Catalyst::import()
361 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
362 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
363 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
365 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
366 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
367 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
369 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
370 - improved base locating in MP engines
371 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
372 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
373 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
375 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
376 - fixed a bug in https detection
377 - fixed auto chain finally
378 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
380 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
381 - improved uploads and parameters
382 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
383 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
384 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
385 - fixed win32 installer
386 - added deep recursion detection
388 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
389 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
390 in Path and Regex attributes
391 - new helper templates
392 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
393 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
394 instance (not the same app!)
396 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
397 - added support for MP registry scripts
398 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
399 - added SpeedyCGI engine
401 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
402 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
403 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
404 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
405 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
406 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
407 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
408 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
409 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
410 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
412 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
413 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
414 - added Plugins chapter to manual
415 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
416 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
417 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
418 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
419 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
420 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
421 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
423 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
426 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
427 - some documentation bugs fixed
428 - added Catalyst::Utils
429 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
430 - fixed upload bug with MP19
431 - added $c->req->body
432 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
433 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
435 - extended attribute handling
436 - added global config for components
438 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
439 - new core to support inheritance trees
440 - new syntax for action declaration
441 - new helper system using TT2
442 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
443 - added Test::Pod support
444 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
445 - added option to run tests against a remote server
446 - renamed errors() to error()
448 - countless minor improvements
449 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
450 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
452 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
453 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
454 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
455 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
456 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
458 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
459 - updated helper scripts
460 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
461 the script directory. We promise!
463 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
464 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
465 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
466 - removed cgi-server.pl
467 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
468 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
469 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
470 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
472 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
473 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
475 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
476 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
477 - previous release was borked!
478 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
480 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
481 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
482 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
483 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
484 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
485 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
486 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
487 - updated helper scripts
488 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
489 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
491 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
492 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
493 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
495 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
497 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
498 - debug message for parameters
499 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
501 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
502 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
504 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
505 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
507 - more debug messages
510 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
511 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
512 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
514 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
515 - updated cookbook example
516 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
518 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
519 - no more regex actions in forward
520 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
522 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
523 - catch errors in application class
524 - handle die properly.
526 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
529 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
530 - moved bin to script
532 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
533 - improved documentation
534 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
537 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
538 - server_base sucks, removed
539 - added $c->log->dump()
541 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
542 - removed some warnings
544 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
546 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
548 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
549 - improved documentation
551 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
552 - fixed more little bugs
554 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
555 - improved documentation
556 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
558 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
559 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
560 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
561 !?default, !?begin and !?end
562 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
563 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
566 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
567 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
568 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
570 - improved documentation for actions
572 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
573 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
574 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
576 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
577 - error reporting for app class
578 - no more engine debug messages
579 - class->method forwards get resolved now
581 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
582 - friendlier statistics
584 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
585 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
587 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
590 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
591 - real version number for CPAN.pm
592 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
593 - more statistics in debug logs
594 - ? prefix for forward()
596 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
597 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
598 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
600 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
601 - added ? for prefixed actions
604 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
605 - arguments for _default
606 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
607 - added $c->req->method
609 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
610 - POD fixes and improvements
612 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
613 - first development release