1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
4 - Added ActionClass attribute
5 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
6 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
7 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
8 - cleaned up logging and debug output
10 - Added warning for setup being called twice
11 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
12 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
13 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
17 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
18 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
20 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
21 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
23 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
24 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
25 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
28 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
29 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
31 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
33 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
35 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
36 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
37 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
38 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
40 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
41 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
43 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
44 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
45 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
46 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
47 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
48 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
49 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
50 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
51 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
52 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
53 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
54 to more sane settings.
55 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
56 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
57 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
58 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
59 (stress tests run 12% faster)
60 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
62 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
63 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
64 - Cleaned generated tests
65 - Added Root controller concept
66 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
68 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
69 - Added plugin introspection.
70 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
71 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
72 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
74 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
75 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
76 was not run. (Eric Wong)
77 - Cleaned up generated tests
78 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
79 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
80 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
81 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
83 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
84 - Updated prereq versions
86 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
87 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
88 - Added YAML config support
89 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
90 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
91 correct execution order.
92 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
93 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
94 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
95 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
96 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
97 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
98 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
100 - Exceptions now return status 500.
101 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
102 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
103 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
104 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
105 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
106 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
107 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
109 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
110 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
112 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
113 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
114 including those that attach to /
115 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
116 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
117 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
118 using $c->req->params('foo').
119 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
121 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
122 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
123 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
124 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
125 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
126 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
128 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
129 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
130 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
131 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
132 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
133 - Improved PAR support
134 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
135 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
136 - Static::Simple changes:
137 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
139 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
140 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
142 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
143 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
144 - Switched to Module::Install
145 - Renamed tests for easier editing
146 - Reformatted documentation
147 - Renamed -nonew to -force
149 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
151 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
153 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
154 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
155 request. (Sam Vilain)
156 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
157 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
158 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
159 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
161 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
162 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
164 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
165 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
167 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
168 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
171 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
172 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
174 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
175 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
177 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
181 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
182 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
183 - Fixed args handling in forward()
184 - Fixed forwarding to classes
185 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
186 - Fixed relative forwarding
187 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
189 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
190 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
193 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
194 - Improved format of startup debug log.
195 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
196 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
197 if the browser is closed.
198 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
199 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
201 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
202 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
203 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
204 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
205 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
206 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
208 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
209 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
210 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
211 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
212 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
213 parent app is shut down.
214 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
216 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
217 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
218 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
220 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
222 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
223 - Whole new dispatcher!
225 - Added path_to method
226 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
228 - Added a new welcome screen.
229 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
230 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
231 - Added self restarting test server
232 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
233 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
234 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
235 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
236 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
237 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
239 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
240 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
241 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
242 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
244 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
245 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
247 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
248 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
251 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
252 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
253 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
254 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
255 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
256 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
258 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
259 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
260 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
261 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
262 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
263 kill loggging for a whole request.
264 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
265 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
266 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
267 coverage and maintainability.
268 - Added fork support to built in test server.
269 - Fixed all memory leaks.
270 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
271 core to be thread-safe.
272 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
274 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
275 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
276 - Improved documentation
277 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
278 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
279 action. (Andy Grundman)
280 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
282 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
283 - Now with updated manifest.
285 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
286 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
288 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
290 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
291 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
292 - added arguments for detach
293 - new credits section in pod
294 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
295 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
297 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
299 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
301 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
302 - Fix for inheritance bug.
303 - Allow forward with arguments.
305 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
306 - make module build cons README automatically.
307 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
308 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
309 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
310 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
311 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
312 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
313 - added $c->request->cookie
314 - added Catalyst::Setup
315 - refactored Catalyst::import()
316 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
317 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
318 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
320 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
321 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
322 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
324 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
325 - improved base locating in MP engines
326 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
327 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
328 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
330 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
331 - fixed a bug in https detection
332 - fixed auto chain finally
333 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
335 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
336 - improved uploads and parameters
337 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
338 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
339 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
340 - fixed win32 installer
341 - added deep recursion detection
343 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
344 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
345 in Path and Regex attributes
346 - new helper templates
347 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
348 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
349 instance (not the same app!)
351 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
352 - added support for MP registry scripts
353 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
354 - added SpeedyCGI engine
356 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
357 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
358 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
359 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
360 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
361 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
362 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
363 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
364 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
365 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
367 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
368 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
369 - added Plugins chapter to manual
370 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
371 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
372 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
373 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
374 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
375 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
376 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
378 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
381 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
382 - some documentation bugs fixed
383 - added Catalyst::Utils
384 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
385 - fixed upload bug with MP19
386 - added $c->req->body
387 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
388 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
390 - extended attribute handling
391 - added global config for components
393 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
394 - new core to support inheritance trees
395 - new syntax for action declaration
396 - new helper system using TT2
397 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
398 - added Test::Pod support
399 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
400 - added option to run tests against a remote server
401 - renamed errors() to error()
403 - countless minor improvements
404 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
405 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
407 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
408 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
409 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
410 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
411 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
413 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
414 - updated helper scripts
415 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
416 the script directory. We promise!
418 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
419 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
420 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
421 - removed cgi-server.pl
422 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
423 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
424 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
425 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
427 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
428 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
430 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
431 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
432 - previous release was borked!
433 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
435 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
436 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
437 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
438 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
439 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
440 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
441 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
442 - updated helper scripts
443 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
444 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
446 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
447 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
448 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
450 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
452 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
453 - debug message for parameters
454 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
456 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
457 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
459 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
460 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
462 - more debug messages
465 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
466 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
467 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
469 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
470 - updated cookbook example
471 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
473 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
474 - no more regex actions in forward
475 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
477 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
478 - catch errors in application class
479 - handle die properly.
481 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
484 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
485 - moved bin to script
487 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
488 - improved documentation
489 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
492 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
493 - server_base sucks, removed
494 - added $c->log->dump()
496 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
497 - removed some warnings
499 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
501 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
503 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
504 - improved documentation
506 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
507 - fixed more little bugs
509 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
510 - improved documentation
511 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
513 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
514 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
515 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
516 !?default, !?begin and !?end
517 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
518 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
521 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
522 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
523 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
525 - improved documentation for actions
527 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
528 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
529 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
531 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
532 - error reporting for app class
533 - no more engine debug messages
534 - class->method forwards get resolved now
536 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
537 - friendlier statistics
539 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
540 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
542 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
545 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
546 - real version number for CPAN.pm
547 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
548 - more statistics in debug logs
549 - ? prefix for forward()
551 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
552 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
553 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
555 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
556 - added ? for prefixed actions
559 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
560 - arguments for _default
561 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
562 - added $c->req->method
564 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
565 - POD fixes and improvements
567 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
568 - first development release