1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
5 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
6 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
7 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
8 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
9 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
10 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
11 - Added lots of API documentation.
12 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
13 to more sane settings.
14 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
15 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
16 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
17 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
18 (stress tests run 12% faster)
19 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
21 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
22 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
23 - Cleaned generated tests
24 - Added Root controller concept
25 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
27 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
28 - Added plugin introspection.
29 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
30 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
31 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
33 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
34 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
35 was not run. (Eric Wong)
36 - Cleaned up generated tests
37 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
38 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
39 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
40 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
42 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
43 - Updated prereq versions
45 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
46 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
47 - Added YAML config support
48 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
49 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
50 correct execution order.
51 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
52 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
53 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
54 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
55 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
56 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
57 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
59 - Exceptions now return status 500.
60 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
61 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
62 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
63 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
64 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
65 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
66 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
68 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
69 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
71 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
72 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
73 including those that attach to /
74 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
75 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
76 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
77 using $c->req->params('foo').
78 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
80 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
81 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
82 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
83 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
84 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
85 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
87 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
88 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
89 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
90 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
91 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
92 - Improved PAR support
93 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
94 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
95 - Static::Simple changes:
96 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
98 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
99 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
101 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
102 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
103 - Switched to Module::Install
104 - Renamed tests for easier editing
105 - Reformatted documentation
106 - Renamed -nonew to -force
108 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
110 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
112 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
113 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
114 request. (Sam Vilain)
115 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
116 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
117 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
118 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
120 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
121 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
123 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
124 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
126 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
127 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
130 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
131 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
133 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
134 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
136 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
140 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
141 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
142 - Fixed args handling in forward()
143 - Fixed forwarding to classes
144 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
145 - Fixed relative forwarding
146 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
148 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
149 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
152 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
153 - Improved format of startup debug log.
154 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
155 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
156 if the browser is closed.
157 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
158 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
160 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
161 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
162 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
163 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
164 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
165 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
167 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
168 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
169 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
170 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
171 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
172 parent app is shut down.
173 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
175 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
176 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
177 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
179 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
181 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
182 - Whole new dispatcher!
184 - Added path_to method
185 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
187 - Added a new welcome screen.
188 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
189 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
190 - Added self restarting test server
191 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
192 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
193 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
194 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
195 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
196 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
198 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
199 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
200 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
201 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
203 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
204 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
206 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
207 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
210 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
211 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
212 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
213 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
214 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
215 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
217 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
218 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
219 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
220 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
221 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
222 kill loggging for a whole request.
223 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
224 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
225 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
226 coverage and maintainability.
227 - Added fork support to built in test server.
228 - Fixed all memory leaks.
229 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
230 core to be thread-safe.
231 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
233 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
234 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
235 - Improved documentation
236 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
237 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
238 action. (Andy Grundman)
239 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
241 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
242 - Now with updated manifest.
244 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
245 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
247 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
249 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
250 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
251 - added arguments for detach
252 - new credits section in pod
253 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
254 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
256 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
258 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
260 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
261 - Fix for inheritance bug.
262 - Allow forward with arguments.
264 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
265 - make module build cons README automatically.
266 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
267 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
268 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
269 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
270 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
271 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
272 - added $c->request->cookie
273 - added Catalyst::Setup
274 - refactored Catalyst::import()
275 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
276 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
277 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
279 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
280 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
281 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
283 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
284 - improved base locating in MP engines
285 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
286 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
287 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
289 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
290 - fixed a bug in https detection
291 - fixed auto chain finally
292 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
294 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
295 - improved uploads and parameters
296 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
297 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
298 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
299 - fixed win32 installer
300 - added deep recursion detection
302 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
303 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
304 in Path and Regex attributes
305 - new helper templates
306 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
307 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
308 instance (not the same app!)
310 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
311 - added support for MP registry scripts
312 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
313 - added SpeedyCGI engine
315 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
316 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
317 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
318 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
319 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
320 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
321 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
322 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
323 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
324 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
326 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
327 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
328 - added Plugins chapter to manual
329 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
330 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
331 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
332 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
333 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
334 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
335 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
337 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
340 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
341 - some documentation bugs fixed
342 - added Catalyst::Utils
343 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
344 - fixed upload bug with MP19
345 - added $c->req->body
346 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
347 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
349 - extended attribute handling
350 - added global config for components
352 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
353 - new core to support inheritance trees
354 - new syntax for action declaration
355 - new helper system using TT2
356 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
357 - added Test::Pod support
358 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
359 - added option to run tests against a remote server
360 - renamed errors() to error()
362 - countless minor improvements
363 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
364 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
366 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
367 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
368 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
369 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
370 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
372 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
373 - updated helper scripts
374 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
375 the script directory. We promise!
377 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
378 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
379 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
380 - removed cgi-server.pl
381 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
382 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
383 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
384 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
386 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
387 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
389 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
390 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
391 - previous release was borked!
392 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
394 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
395 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
396 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
397 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
398 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
399 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
400 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
401 - updated helper scripts
402 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
403 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
405 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
406 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
407 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
409 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
411 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
412 - debug message for parameters
413 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
415 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
416 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
418 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
419 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
421 - more debug messages
424 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
425 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
426 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
428 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
429 - updated cookbook example
430 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
432 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
433 - no more regex actions in forward
434 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
436 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
437 - catch errors in application class
438 - handle die properly.
440 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
443 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
444 - moved bin to script
446 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
447 - improved documentation
448 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
451 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
452 - server_base sucks, removed
453 - added $c->log->dump()
455 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
456 - removed some warnings
458 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
460 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
462 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
463 - improved documentation
465 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
466 - fixed more little bugs
468 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
469 - improved documentation
470 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
472 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
473 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
474 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
475 !?default, !?begin and !?end
476 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
477 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
480 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
481 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
482 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
484 - improved documentation for actions
486 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
487 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
488 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
490 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
491 - error reporting for app class
492 - no more engine debug messages
493 - class->method forwards get resolved now
495 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
496 - friendlier statistics
498 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
499 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
501 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
504 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
505 - real version number for CPAN.pm
506 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
507 - more statistics in debug logs
508 - ? prefix for forward()
510 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
511 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
512 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
514 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
515 - added ? for prefixed actions
518 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
519 - arguments for _default
520 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
521 - added $c->req->method
523 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
524 - POD fixes and improvements
526 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
527 - first development release