1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
5 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
6 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
7 - Added lots of API documentation.
8 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
10 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
12 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
13 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
14 - Cleaned generated tests
15 - Added Root controller concept
16 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
18 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
19 - Added plugin introspection.
20 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
21 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
22 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
24 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
25 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
26 was not run. (Eric Wong)
27 - Cleaned up generated tests
28 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
29 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
30 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
31 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
33 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
34 - Updated prereq versions
36 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
37 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
38 - Added YAML config support
39 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
40 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
41 correct execution order.
42 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
43 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
44 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
45 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
46 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
47 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
48 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
50 - Exceptions now return status 500.
51 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
52 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
53 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
54 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
55 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
56 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
57 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
59 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
60 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
62 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
63 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
64 including those that attach to /
65 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
66 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
67 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
68 using $c->req->params('foo').
69 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
71 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
72 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
73 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
74 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
75 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
76 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
78 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
79 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
80 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
81 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
82 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
83 - Improved PAR support
84 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
85 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
86 - Static::Simple changes:
87 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
89 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
90 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
92 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
93 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
94 - Switched to Module::Install
95 - Renamed tests for easier editing
96 - Reformatted documentation
97 - Renamed -nonew to -force
99 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
101 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
103 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
104 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
105 request. (Sam Vilain)
106 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
107 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
108 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
109 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
111 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
112 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
114 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
115 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
117 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
118 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
121 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
122 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
124 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
125 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
127 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
131 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
132 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
133 - Fixed args handling in forward()
134 - Fixed forwarding to classes
135 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
136 - Fixed relative forwarding
137 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
139 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
140 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
143 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
144 - Improved format of startup debug log.
145 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
146 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
147 if the browser is closed.
148 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
149 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
151 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
152 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
153 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
154 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
155 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
156 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
158 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
159 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
160 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
161 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
162 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
163 parent app is shut down.
164 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
166 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
167 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
168 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
170 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
172 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
173 - Whole new dispatcher!
175 - Added path_to method
176 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
178 - Added a new welcome screen.
179 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
180 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
181 - Added self restarting test server
182 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
183 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
184 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
185 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
186 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
187 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
189 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
190 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
191 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
192 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
194 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
195 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
197 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
198 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
201 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
202 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
203 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
204 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
205 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
206 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
208 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
209 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
210 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
211 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
212 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
213 kill loggging for a whole request.
214 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
215 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
216 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
217 coverage and maintainability.
218 - Added fork support to built in test server.
219 - Fixed all memory leaks.
220 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
221 core to be thread-safe.
222 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
224 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
225 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
226 - Improved documentation
227 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
228 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
229 action. (Andy Grundman)
230 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
232 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
233 - Now with updated manifest.
235 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
236 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
238 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
240 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
241 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
242 - added arguments for detach
243 - new credits section in pod
244 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
245 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
247 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
249 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
251 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
252 - Fix for inheritance bug.
253 - Allow forward with arguments.
255 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
256 - make module build cons README automatically.
257 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
258 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
259 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
260 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
261 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
262 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
263 - added $c->request->cookie
264 - added Catalyst::Setup
265 - refactored Catalyst::import()
266 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
267 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
268 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
270 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
271 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
272 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
274 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
275 - improved base locating in MP engines
276 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
277 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
278 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
280 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
281 - fixed a bug in https detection
282 - fixed auto chain finally
283 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
285 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
286 - improved uploads and parameters
287 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
288 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
289 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
290 - fixed win32 installer
291 - added deep recursion detection
293 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
294 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
295 in Path and Regex attributes
296 - new helper templates
297 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
298 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
299 instance (not the same app!)
301 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
302 - added support for MP registry scripts
303 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
304 - added SpeedyCGI engine
306 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
307 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
308 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
309 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
310 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
311 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
312 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
313 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
314 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
315 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
317 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
318 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
319 - added Plugins chapter to manual
320 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
321 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
322 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
323 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
324 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
325 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
326 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
328 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
331 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
332 - some documentation bugs fixed
333 - added Catalyst::Utils
334 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
335 - fixed upload bug with MP19
336 - added $c->req->body
337 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
338 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
340 - extended attribute handling
341 - added global config for components
343 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
344 - new core to support inheritance trees
345 - new syntax for action declaration
346 - new helper system using TT2
347 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
348 - added Test::Pod support
349 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
350 - added option to run tests against a remote server
351 - renamed errors() to error()
353 - countless minor improvements
354 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
355 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
357 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
358 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
359 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
360 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
361 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
363 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
364 - updated helper scripts
365 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
366 the script directory. We promise!
368 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
369 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
370 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
371 - removed cgi-server.pl
372 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
373 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
374 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
375 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
377 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
378 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
380 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
381 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
382 - previous release was borked!
383 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
385 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
386 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
387 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
388 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
389 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
390 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
391 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
392 - updated helper scripts
393 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
394 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
396 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
397 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
398 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
400 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
402 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
403 - debug message for parameters
404 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
406 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
407 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
409 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
410 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
412 - more debug messages
415 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
416 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
417 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
419 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
420 - updated cookbook example
421 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
423 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
424 - no more regex actions in forward
425 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
427 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
428 - catch errors in application class
429 - handle die properly.
431 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
434 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
435 - moved bin to script
437 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
438 - improved documentation
439 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
442 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
443 - server_base sucks, removed
444 - added $c->log->dump()
446 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
447 - removed some warnings
449 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
451 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
453 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
454 - improved documentation
456 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
457 - fixed more little bugs
459 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
460 - improved documentation
461 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
463 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
464 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
465 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
466 !?default, !?begin and !?end
467 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
468 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
471 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
472 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
473 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
475 - improved documentation for actions
477 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
478 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
479 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
481 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
482 - error reporting for app class
483 - no more engine debug messages
484 - class->method forwards get resolved now
486 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
487 - friendlier statistics
489 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
490 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
492 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
495 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
496 - real version number for CPAN.pm
497 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
498 - more statistics in debug logs
499 - ? prefix for forward()
501 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
502 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
503 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
505 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
506 - added ? for prefixed actions
509 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
510 - arguments for _default
511 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
512 - added $c->req->method
514 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
515 - POD fixes and improvements
517 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
518 - first development release