1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
5 including those that attach to /
6 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
7 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
8 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
9 using $c->req->params('foo').
10 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
12 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
13 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
14 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
15 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
16 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
17 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
19 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
20 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
21 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
22 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
23 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
24 - Improved PAR support
25 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
26 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
27 - Static::Simple changes:
28 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
30 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
31 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
33 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
34 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
35 - Switched to Module::Install
36 - Renamed tests for easier editing
37 - Reformatted documentation
38 - Renamed -nonew to -force
40 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
42 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
44 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
45 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
47 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
48 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
49 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
50 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
52 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
53 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
55 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
56 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
58 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
59 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
62 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
63 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
65 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
66 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
68 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
72 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
73 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
74 - Fixed args handling in forward()
75 - Fixed forwarding to classes
76 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
77 - Fixed relative forwarding
78 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
80 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
81 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
84 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
85 - Improved format of startup debug log.
86 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
87 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
88 if the browser is closed.
89 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
90 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
92 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
93 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
94 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
95 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
96 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
97 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
99 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
100 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
101 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
102 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
103 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
104 parent app is shut down.
105 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
107 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
108 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
109 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
111 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
113 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
114 - Whole new dispatcher!
116 - Added path_to method
117 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
119 - Added a new welcome screen.
120 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
121 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
122 - Added self restarting test server
123 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
124 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
125 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
126 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
127 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
128 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
130 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
131 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
132 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
133 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
135 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
136 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
138 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
139 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
142 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
143 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
144 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
145 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
146 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
147 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
149 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
150 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
151 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
152 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
153 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
154 kill loggging for a whole request.
155 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
156 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
157 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
158 coverage and maintainability.
159 - Added fork support to built in test server.
160 - Fixed all memory leaks.
161 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
162 core to be thread-safe.
163 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
165 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
166 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
167 - Improved documentation
168 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
169 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
170 action. (Andy Grundman)
171 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
173 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
174 - Now with updated manifest.
176 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
177 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
179 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
181 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
182 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
183 - added arguments for detach
184 - new credits section in pod
185 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
186 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
188 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
190 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
192 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
193 - Fix for inheritance bug.
194 - Allow forward with arguments.
196 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
197 - make module build cons README automatically.
198 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
199 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
200 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
201 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
202 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
203 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
204 - added $c->request->cookie
205 - added Catalyst::Setup
206 - refactored Catalyst::import()
207 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
208 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
209 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
211 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
212 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
213 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
215 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
216 - improved base locating in MP engines
217 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
218 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
219 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
221 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
222 - fixed a bug in https detection
223 - fixed auto chain finally
224 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
226 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
227 - improved uploads and parameters
228 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
229 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
230 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
231 - fixed win32 installer
232 - added deep recursion detection
234 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
235 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
236 in Path and Regex attributes
237 - new helper templates
238 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
239 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
240 instance (not the same app!)
242 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
243 - added support for MP registry scripts
244 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
245 - added SpeedyCGI engine
247 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
248 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
249 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
250 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
251 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
252 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
253 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
254 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
255 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
256 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
258 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
259 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
260 - added Plugins chapter to manual
261 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
262 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
263 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
264 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
265 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
266 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
267 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
269 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
272 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
273 - some documentation bugs fixed
274 - added Catalyst::Utils
275 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
276 - fixed upload bug with MP19
277 - added $c->req->body
278 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
279 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
281 - extended attribute handling
282 - added global config for components
284 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
285 - new core to support inheritance trees
286 - new syntax for action declaration
287 - new helper system using TT2
288 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
289 - added Test::Pod support
290 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
291 - added option to run tests against a remote server
292 - renamed errors() to error()
294 - countless minor improvements
295 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
296 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
298 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
299 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
300 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
301 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
302 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
304 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
305 - updated helper scripts
306 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
307 the script directory. We promise!
309 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
310 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
311 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
312 - removed cgi-server.pl
313 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
314 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
315 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
316 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
318 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
319 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
321 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
322 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
323 - previous release was borked!
324 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
326 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
327 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
328 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
329 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
330 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
331 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
332 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
333 - updated helper scripts
334 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
335 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
337 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
338 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
339 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
341 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
343 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
344 - debug message for parameters
345 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
347 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
348 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
350 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
351 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
353 - more debug messages
356 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
357 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
358 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
360 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
361 - updated cookbook example
362 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
364 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
365 - no more regex actions in forward
366 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
368 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
369 - catch errors in application class
370 - handle die properly.
372 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
375 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
376 - moved bin to script
378 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
379 - improved documentation
380 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
383 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
384 - server_base sucks, removed
385 - added $c->log->dump()
387 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
388 - removed some warnings
390 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
392 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
394 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
395 - improved documentation
397 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
398 - fixed more little bugs
400 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
401 - improved documentation
402 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
404 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
405 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
406 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
407 !?default, !?begin and !?end
408 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
409 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
412 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
413 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
414 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
416 - improved documentation for actions
418 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
419 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
420 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
422 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
423 - error reporting for app class
424 - no more engine debug messages
425 - class->method forwards get resolved now
427 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
428 - friendlier statistics
430 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
431 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
433 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
436 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
437 - real version number for CPAN.pm
438 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
439 - more statistics in debug logs
440 - ? prefix for forward()
442 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
443 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
444 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
446 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
447 - added ? for prefixed actions
450 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
451 - arguments for _default
452 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
453 - added $c->req->method
455 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
456 - POD fixes and improvements
458 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
459 - first development release