1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
4 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
5 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
7 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
10 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
12 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
13 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
14 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
15 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
16 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
17 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
18 Module::Pluggable::Object
19 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
20 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
21 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
22 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
23 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
24 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
25 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
26 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
27 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
28 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
29 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
30 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
31 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
32 - Added ActionClass attribute
33 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
34 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
35 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
36 - cleaned up logging and debug output
38 - Added warning for setup being called twice
39 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
40 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
44 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
45 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
47 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
48 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
50 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
51 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
52 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
55 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
56 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
58 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
60 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
62 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
63 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
64 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
65 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
67 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
68 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
70 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
71 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
72 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
73 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
74 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
75 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
76 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
77 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
78 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
79 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
80 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
81 to more sane settings.
82 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
83 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
84 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
85 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
86 (stress tests run 12% faster)
87 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
89 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
90 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
91 - Cleaned generated tests
92 - Added Root controller concept
93 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
95 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
96 - Added plugin introspection.
97 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
98 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
99 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
101 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
102 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
103 was not run. (Eric Wong)
104 - Cleaned up generated tests
105 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
106 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
107 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
108 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
110 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
111 - Updated prereq versions
113 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
114 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
115 - Added YAML config support
116 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
117 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
118 correct execution order.
119 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
120 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
121 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
122 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
123 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
124 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
125 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
127 - Exceptions now return status 500.
128 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
129 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
130 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
131 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
132 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
133 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
134 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
136 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
137 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
139 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
140 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
141 including those that attach to /
142 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
143 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
144 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
145 using $c->req->params('foo').
146 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
148 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
149 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
150 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
151 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
152 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
153 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
155 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
156 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
157 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
158 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
159 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
160 - Improved PAR support
161 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
162 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
163 - Static::Simple changes:
164 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
166 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
167 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
169 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
170 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
171 - Switched to Module::Install
172 - Renamed tests for easier editing
173 - Reformatted documentation
174 - Renamed -nonew to -force
176 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
178 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
180 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
181 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
182 request. (Sam Vilain)
183 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
184 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
185 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
186 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
188 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
189 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
191 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
192 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
194 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
195 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
198 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
199 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
201 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
202 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
204 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
208 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
209 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
210 - Fixed args handling in forward()
211 - Fixed forwarding to classes
212 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
213 - Fixed relative forwarding
214 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
216 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
217 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
220 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
221 - Improved format of startup debug log.
222 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
223 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
224 if the browser is closed.
225 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
226 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
228 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
229 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
230 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
231 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
232 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
233 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
235 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
236 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
237 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
238 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
239 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
240 parent app is shut down.
241 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
243 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
244 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
245 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
247 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
249 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
250 - Whole new dispatcher!
252 - Added path_to method
253 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
255 - Added a new welcome screen.
256 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
257 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
258 - Added self restarting test server
259 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
260 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
261 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
262 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
263 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
264 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
266 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
267 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
268 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
269 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
271 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
272 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
274 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
275 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
278 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
279 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
280 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
281 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
282 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
283 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
285 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
286 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
287 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
288 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
289 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
290 kill loggging for a whole request.
291 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
292 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
293 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
294 coverage and maintainability.
295 - Added fork support to built in test server.
296 - Fixed all memory leaks.
297 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
298 core to be thread-safe.
299 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
301 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
302 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
303 - Improved documentation
304 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
305 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
306 action. (Andy Grundman)
307 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
309 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
310 - Now with updated manifest.
312 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
313 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
315 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
317 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
318 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
319 - added arguments for detach
320 - new credits section in pod
321 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
322 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
324 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
326 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
328 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
329 - Fix for inheritance bug.
330 - Allow forward with arguments.
332 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
333 - make module build cons README automatically.
334 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
335 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
336 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
337 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
338 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
339 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
340 - added $c->request->cookie
341 - added Catalyst::Setup
342 - refactored Catalyst::import()
343 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
344 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
345 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
347 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
348 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
349 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
351 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
352 - improved base locating in MP engines
353 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
354 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
355 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
357 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
358 - fixed a bug in https detection
359 - fixed auto chain finally
360 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
362 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
363 - improved uploads and parameters
364 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
365 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
366 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
367 - fixed win32 installer
368 - added deep recursion detection
370 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
371 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
372 in Path and Regex attributes
373 - new helper templates
374 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
375 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
376 instance (not the same app!)
378 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
379 - added support for MP registry scripts
380 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
381 - added SpeedyCGI engine
383 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
384 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
385 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
386 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
387 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
388 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
389 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
390 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
391 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
392 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
394 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
395 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
396 - added Plugins chapter to manual
397 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
398 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
399 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
400 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
401 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
402 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
403 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
405 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
408 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
409 - some documentation bugs fixed
410 - added Catalyst::Utils
411 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
412 - fixed upload bug with MP19
413 - added $c->req->body
414 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
415 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
417 - extended attribute handling
418 - added global config for components
420 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
421 - new core to support inheritance trees
422 - new syntax for action declaration
423 - new helper system using TT2
424 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
425 - added Test::Pod support
426 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
427 - added option to run tests against a remote server
428 - renamed errors() to error()
430 - countless minor improvements
431 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
432 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
434 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
435 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
436 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
437 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
438 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
440 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
441 - updated helper scripts
442 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
443 the script directory. We promise!
445 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
446 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
447 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
448 - removed cgi-server.pl
449 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
450 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
451 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
452 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
454 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
455 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
457 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
458 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
459 - previous release was borked!
460 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
462 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
463 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
464 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
465 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
466 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
467 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
468 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
469 - updated helper scripts
470 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
471 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
473 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
474 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
475 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
477 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
479 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
480 - debug message for parameters
481 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
483 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
484 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
486 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
487 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
489 - more debug messages
492 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
493 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
494 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
496 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
497 - updated cookbook example
498 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
500 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
501 - no more regex actions in forward
502 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
504 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
505 - catch errors in application class
506 - handle die properly.
508 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
511 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
512 - moved bin to script
514 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
515 - improved documentation
516 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
519 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
520 - server_base sucks, removed
521 - added $c->log->dump()
523 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
524 - removed some warnings
526 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
528 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
530 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
531 - improved documentation
533 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
534 - fixed more little bugs
536 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
537 - improved documentation
538 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
540 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
541 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
542 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
543 !?default, !?begin and !?end
544 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
545 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
548 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
549 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
550 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
552 - improved documentation for actions
554 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
555 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
556 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
558 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
559 - error reporting for app class
560 - no more engine debug messages
561 - class->method forwards get resolved now
563 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
564 - friendlier statistics
566 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
567 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
569 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
572 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
573 - real version number for CPAN.pm
574 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
575 - more statistics in debug logs
576 - ? prefix for forward()
578 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
579 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
580 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
582 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
583 - added ? for prefixed actions
586 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
587 - arguments for _default
588 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
589 - added $c->req->method
591 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
592 - POD fixes and improvements
594 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
595 - first development release