1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
6 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
7 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
9 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
10 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
11 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
12 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
14 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
15 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
16 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
17 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
19 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
20 - Support current_view
21 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
22 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
23 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
24 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
25 - various documentation fixes and improvements
27 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
28 - Additions and updates to tutorial
30 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
31 - unescape captures to match args
32 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
33 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
34 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
36 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
37 - fix for component loading
38 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
41 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
42 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
43 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
44 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
47 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
49 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
50 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
51 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
53 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
56 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
58 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
59 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
60 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
61 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
62 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
63 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
64 Module::Pluggable::Object
65 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
66 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
67 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
68 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
69 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
70 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
71 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
72 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
73 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
74 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
75 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
76 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
77 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
78 - Added ActionClass attribute
79 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
80 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
81 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
82 - cleaned up logging and debug output
83 - significant documentation revisions
84 - Added warning for setup being called twice
85 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
86 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
90 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
91 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
93 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
94 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
96 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
97 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
98 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
101 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
102 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
104 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
106 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
108 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
109 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
110 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
111 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
113 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
114 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
116 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
117 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
118 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
119 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
120 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
121 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
122 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
123 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
124 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
125 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
126 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
127 to more sane settings.
128 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
129 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
130 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
131 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
132 (stress tests run 12% faster)
133 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
135 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
136 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
137 - Cleaned generated tests
138 - Added Root controller concept
139 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
141 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
142 - Added plugin introspection.
143 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
144 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
145 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
147 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
148 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
149 was not run. (Eric Wong)
150 - Cleaned up generated tests
151 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
152 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
153 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
154 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
156 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
157 - Updated prereq versions
159 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
160 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
161 - Added YAML config support
162 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
163 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
164 correct execution order.
165 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
166 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
167 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
168 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
169 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
170 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
171 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
173 - Exceptions now return status 500.
174 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
175 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
176 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
177 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
178 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
179 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
180 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
182 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
183 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
185 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
186 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
187 including those that attach to /
188 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
189 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
190 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
191 using $c->req->params('foo').
192 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
194 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
195 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
196 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
197 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
198 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
199 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
201 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
202 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
203 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
204 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
205 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
206 - Improved PAR support
207 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
208 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
209 - Static::Simple changes:
210 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
212 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
213 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
215 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
216 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
217 - Switched to Module::Install
218 - Renamed tests for easier editing
219 - Reformatted documentation
220 - Renamed -nonew to -force
222 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
224 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
226 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
227 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
228 request. (Sam Vilain)
229 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
230 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
231 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
232 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
234 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
235 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
237 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
238 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
240 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
241 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
244 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
245 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
247 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
248 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
250 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
254 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
255 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
256 - Fixed args handling in forward()
257 - Fixed forwarding to classes
258 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
259 - Fixed relative forwarding
260 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
262 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
263 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
266 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
267 - Improved format of startup debug log.
268 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
269 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
270 if the browser is closed.
271 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
272 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
274 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
275 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
276 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
277 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
278 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
279 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
281 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
282 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
283 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
284 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
285 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
286 parent app is shut down.
287 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
289 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
290 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
291 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
293 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
295 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
296 - Whole new dispatcher!
298 - Added path_to method
299 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
301 - Added a new welcome screen.
302 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
303 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
304 - Added self restarting test server
305 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
306 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
307 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
308 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
309 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
310 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
312 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
313 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
314 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
315 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
317 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
318 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
320 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
321 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
324 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
325 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
326 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
327 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
328 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
329 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
331 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
332 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
333 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
334 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
335 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
336 kill loggging for a whole request.
337 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
338 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
339 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
340 coverage and maintainability.
341 - Added fork support to built in test server.
342 - Fixed all memory leaks.
343 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
344 core to be thread-safe.
345 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
347 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
348 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
349 - Improved documentation
350 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
351 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
352 action. (Andy Grundman)
353 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
355 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
356 - Now with updated manifest.
358 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
359 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
361 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
363 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
364 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
365 - added arguments for detach
366 - new credits section in pod
367 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
368 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
370 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
372 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
374 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
375 - Fix for inheritance bug.
376 - Allow forward with arguments.
378 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
379 - make module build cons README automatically.
380 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
381 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
382 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
383 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
384 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
385 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
386 - added $c->request->cookie
387 - added Catalyst::Setup
388 - refactored Catalyst::import()
389 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
390 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
391 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
393 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
394 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
395 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
397 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
398 - improved base locating in MP engines
399 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
400 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
401 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
403 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
404 - fixed a bug in https detection
405 - fixed auto chain finally
406 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
408 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
409 - improved uploads and parameters
410 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
411 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
412 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
413 - fixed win32 installer
414 - added deep recursion detection
416 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
417 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
418 in Path and Regex attributes
419 - new helper templates
420 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
421 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
422 instance (not the same app!)
424 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
425 - added support for MP registry scripts
426 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
427 - added SpeedyCGI engine
429 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
430 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
431 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
432 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
433 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
434 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
435 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
436 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
437 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
438 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
440 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
441 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
442 - added Plugins chapter to manual
443 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
444 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
445 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
446 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
447 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
448 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
449 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
451 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
454 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
455 - some documentation bugs fixed
456 - added Catalyst::Utils
457 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
458 - fixed upload bug with MP19
459 - added $c->req->body
460 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
461 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
463 - extended attribute handling
464 - added global config for components
466 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
467 - new core to support inheritance trees
468 - new syntax for action declaration
469 - new helper system using TT2
470 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
471 - added Test::Pod support
472 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
473 - added option to run tests against a remote server
474 - renamed errors() to error()
476 - countless minor improvements
477 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
478 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
480 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
481 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
482 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
483 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
484 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
486 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
487 - updated helper scripts
488 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
489 the script directory. We promise!
491 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
492 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
493 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
494 - removed cgi-server.pl
495 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
496 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
497 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
498 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
500 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
501 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
503 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
504 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
505 - previous release was borked!
506 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
508 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
509 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
510 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
511 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
512 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
513 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
514 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
515 - updated helper scripts
516 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
517 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
519 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
520 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
521 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
523 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
525 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
526 - debug message for parameters
527 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
529 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
530 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
532 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
533 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
535 - more debug messages
538 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
539 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
540 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
542 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
543 - updated cookbook example
544 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
546 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
547 - no more regex actions in forward
548 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
550 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
551 - catch errors in application class
552 - handle die properly.
554 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
557 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
558 - moved bin to script
560 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
561 - improved documentation
562 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
565 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
566 - server_base sucks, removed
567 - added $c->log->dump()
569 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
570 - removed some warnings
572 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
574 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
576 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
577 - improved documentation
579 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
580 - fixed more little bugs
582 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
583 - improved documentation
584 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
586 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
587 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
588 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
589 !?default, !?begin and !?end
590 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
591 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
594 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
595 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
596 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
598 - improved documentation for actions
600 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
601 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
602 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
604 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
605 - error reporting for app class
606 - no more engine debug messages
607 - class->method forwards get resolved now
609 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
610 - friendlier statistics
612 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
613 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
615 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
618 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
619 - real version number for CPAN.pm
620 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
621 - more statistics in debug logs
622 - ? prefix for forward()
624 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
625 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
626 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
628 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
629 - added ? for prefixed actions
632 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
633 - arguments for _default
634 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
635 - added $c->req->method
637 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
638 - POD fixes and improvements
640 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
641 - first development release