1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
5 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
6 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
7 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
8 parent app is shut down.
9 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
11 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
12 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
13 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
15 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
17 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
18 - Whole new dispatcher!
20 - Added path_to method
21 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
23 - Added a new welcome screen.
24 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
25 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
26 - Added self restarting test server
27 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
28 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
29 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
30 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
31 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
32 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
34 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
35 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
36 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
37 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
39 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
40 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
42 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
43 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
46 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
47 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
48 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
49 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
50 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
51 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
53 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
54 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
55 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
56 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
57 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
58 kill loggging for a whole request.
59 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
60 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
61 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
62 coverage and maintainability.
63 - Added fork support to built in test server.
64 - Fixed all memory leaks.
65 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
66 core to be thread-safe.
67 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
69 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
70 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
71 - Improved documentation
72 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
73 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
74 action. (Andy Grundman)
75 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
77 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
78 - Now with updated manifest.
80 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
81 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
83 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
85 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
86 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
87 - added arguments for detach
88 - new credits section in pod
89 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
90 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
92 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
94 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
96 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
97 - Fix for inheritance bug.
98 - Allow forward with arguments.
100 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
101 - make module build cons README automatically.
102 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
103 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
104 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
105 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
106 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
107 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
108 - added $c->request->cookie
109 - added Catalyst::Setup
110 - refactored Catalyst::import()
111 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
112 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
113 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
115 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
116 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
117 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
119 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
120 - improved base locating in MP engines
121 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
122 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
123 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
125 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
126 - fixed a bug in https detection
127 - fixed auto chain finally
128 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
130 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
131 - improved uploads and parameters
132 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
133 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
134 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
135 - fixed win32 installer
136 - added deep recursion detection
138 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
139 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
140 in Path and Regex attributes
141 - new helper templates
142 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
143 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
144 instance (not the same app!)
146 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
147 - added support for MP registry scripts
148 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
149 - added SpeedyCGI engine
151 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
152 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
153 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
154 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
155 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
156 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
157 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
158 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
159 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
160 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
162 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
163 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
164 - added Plugins chapter to manual
165 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
166 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
167 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
168 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
169 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
170 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
171 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
173 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
176 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
177 - some documentation bugs fixed
178 - added Catalyst::Utils
179 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
180 - fixed upload bug with MP19
181 - added $c->req->body
182 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
183 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
185 - extended attribute handling
186 - added global config for components
188 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
189 - new core to support inheritance trees
190 - new syntax for action declaration
191 - new helper system using TT2
192 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
193 - added Test::Pod support
194 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
195 - added option to run tests against a remote server
196 - renamed errors() to error()
198 - countless minor improvements
199 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
200 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
202 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
203 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
204 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
205 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
206 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
208 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
209 - updated helper scripts
210 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
211 the script directory. We promise!
213 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
214 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
215 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
216 - removed cgi-server.pl
217 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
218 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
219 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
220 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
222 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
223 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
225 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
226 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
227 - previous release was borked!
228 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
230 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
231 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
232 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
233 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
234 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
235 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
236 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
237 - updated helper scripts
238 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
239 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
241 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
242 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
243 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
245 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
247 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
248 - debug message for parameters
249 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
251 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
252 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
254 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
255 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
257 - more debug messages
260 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
261 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
262 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
264 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
265 - updated cookbook example
266 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
268 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
269 - no more regex actions in forward
270 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
272 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
273 - catch errors in application class
274 - handle die properly.
276 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
279 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
280 - moved bin to script
282 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
283 - improved documentation
284 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
287 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
288 - server_base sucks, removed
289 - added $c->log->dump()
291 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
292 - removed some warnings
294 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
296 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
298 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
299 - improved documentation
301 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
302 - fixed more little bugs
304 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
305 - improved documentation
306 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
308 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
309 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
310 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
311 !?default, !?begin and !?end
312 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
313 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
316 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
317 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
318 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
320 - improved documentation for actions
322 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
323 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
324 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
326 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
327 - error reporting for app class
328 - no more engine debug messages
329 - class->method forwards get resolved now
331 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
332 - friendlier statistics
334 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
335 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
337 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
340 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
341 - real version number for CPAN.pm
342 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
343 - more statistics in debug logs
344 - ? prefix for forward()
346 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
347 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
348 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
350 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
351 - added ? for prefixed actions
354 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
355 - arguments for _default
356 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
357 - added $c->req->method
359 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
360 - POD fixes and improvements
362 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
363 - first development release