1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7000 2006-07-06 19:42:00
4 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
5 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
8 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
10 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
11 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
12 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
14 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
17 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
19 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
20 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
21 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
22 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
23 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
24 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
25 Module::Pluggable::Object
26 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
27 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
28 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
29 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
30 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
31 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
32 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
33 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
34 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
35 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
36 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
37 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
38 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
39 - Added ActionClass attribute
40 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
41 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
42 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
43 - cleaned up logging and debug output
44 - significant documentation revisions
45 - Added warning for setup being called twice
46 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
47 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
51 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
52 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
54 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
55 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
57 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
58 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
59 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
62 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
63 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
65 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
67 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
69 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
70 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
71 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
72 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
74 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
75 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
77 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
78 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
79 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
80 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
81 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
82 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
83 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
84 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
85 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
86 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
87 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
88 to more sane settings.
89 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
90 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
91 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
92 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
93 (stress tests run 12% faster)
94 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
96 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
97 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
98 - Cleaned generated tests
99 - Added Root controller concept
100 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
102 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
103 - Added plugin introspection.
104 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
105 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
106 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
108 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
109 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
110 was not run. (Eric Wong)
111 - Cleaned up generated tests
112 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
113 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
114 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
115 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
117 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
118 - Updated prereq versions
120 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
121 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
122 - Added YAML config support
123 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
124 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
125 correct execution order.
126 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
127 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
128 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
129 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
130 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
131 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
132 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
134 - Exceptions now return status 500.
135 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
136 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
137 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
138 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
139 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
140 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
141 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
143 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
144 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
146 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
147 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
148 including those that attach to /
149 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
150 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
151 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
152 using $c->req->params('foo').
153 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
155 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
156 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
157 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
158 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
159 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
160 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
162 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
163 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
164 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
165 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
166 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
167 - Improved PAR support
168 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
169 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
170 - Static::Simple changes:
171 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
173 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
174 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
176 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
177 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
178 - Switched to Module::Install
179 - Renamed tests for easier editing
180 - Reformatted documentation
181 - Renamed -nonew to -force
183 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
185 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
187 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
188 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
189 request. (Sam Vilain)
190 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
191 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
192 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
193 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
195 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
196 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
198 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
199 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
201 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
202 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
205 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
206 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
208 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
209 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
211 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
215 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
216 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
217 - Fixed args handling in forward()
218 - Fixed forwarding to classes
219 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
220 - Fixed relative forwarding
221 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
223 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
224 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
227 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
228 - Improved format of startup debug log.
229 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
230 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
231 if the browser is closed.
232 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
233 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
235 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
236 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
237 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
238 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
239 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
240 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
242 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
243 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
244 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
245 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
246 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
247 parent app is shut down.
248 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
250 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
251 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
252 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
254 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
256 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
257 - Whole new dispatcher!
259 - Added path_to method
260 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
262 - Added a new welcome screen.
263 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
264 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
265 - Added self restarting test server
266 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
267 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
268 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
269 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
270 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
271 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
273 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
274 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
275 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
276 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
278 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
279 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
281 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
282 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
285 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
286 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
287 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
288 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
289 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
290 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
292 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
293 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
294 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
295 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
296 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
297 kill loggging for a whole request.
298 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
299 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
300 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
301 coverage and maintainability.
302 - Added fork support to built in test server.
303 - Fixed all memory leaks.
304 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
305 core to be thread-safe.
306 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
308 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
309 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
310 - Improved documentation
311 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
312 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
313 action. (Andy Grundman)
314 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
316 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
317 - Now with updated manifest.
319 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
320 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
322 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
324 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
325 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
326 - added arguments for detach
327 - new credits section in pod
328 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
329 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
331 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
333 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
335 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
336 - Fix for inheritance bug.
337 - Allow forward with arguments.
339 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
340 - make module build cons README automatically.
341 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
342 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
343 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
344 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
345 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
346 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
347 - added $c->request->cookie
348 - added Catalyst::Setup
349 - refactored Catalyst::import()
350 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
351 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
352 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
354 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
355 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
356 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
358 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
359 - improved base locating in MP engines
360 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
361 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
362 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
364 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
365 - fixed a bug in https detection
366 - fixed auto chain finally
367 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
369 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
370 - improved uploads and parameters
371 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
372 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
373 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
374 - fixed win32 installer
375 - added deep recursion detection
377 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
378 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
379 in Path and Regex attributes
380 - new helper templates
381 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
382 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
383 instance (not the same app!)
385 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
386 - added support for MP registry scripts
387 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
388 - added SpeedyCGI engine
390 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
391 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
392 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
393 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
394 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
395 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
396 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
397 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
398 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
399 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
401 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
402 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
403 - added Plugins chapter to manual
404 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
405 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
406 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
407 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
408 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
409 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
410 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
412 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
415 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
416 - some documentation bugs fixed
417 - added Catalyst::Utils
418 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
419 - fixed upload bug with MP19
420 - added $c->req->body
421 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
422 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
424 - extended attribute handling
425 - added global config for components
427 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
428 - new core to support inheritance trees
429 - new syntax for action declaration
430 - new helper system using TT2
431 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
432 - added Test::Pod support
433 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
434 - added option to run tests against a remote server
435 - renamed errors() to error()
437 - countless minor improvements
438 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
439 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
441 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
442 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
443 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
444 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
445 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
447 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
448 - updated helper scripts
449 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
450 the script directory. We promise!
452 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
453 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
454 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
455 - removed cgi-server.pl
456 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
457 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
458 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
459 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
461 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
462 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
464 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
465 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
466 - previous release was borked!
467 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
469 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
470 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
471 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
472 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
473 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
474 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
475 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
476 - updated helper scripts
477 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
478 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
480 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
481 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
482 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
484 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
486 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
487 - debug message for parameters
488 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
490 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
491 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
493 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
494 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
496 - more debug messages
499 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
500 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
501 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
503 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
504 - updated cookbook example
505 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
507 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
508 - no more regex actions in forward
509 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
511 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
512 - catch errors in application class
513 - handle die properly.
515 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
518 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
519 - moved bin to script
521 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
522 - improved documentation
523 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
526 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
527 - server_base sucks, removed
528 - added $c->log->dump()
530 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
531 - removed some warnings
533 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
535 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
537 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
538 - improved documentation
540 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
541 - fixed more little bugs
543 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
544 - improved documentation
545 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
547 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
548 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
549 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
550 !?default, !?begin and !?end
551 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
552 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
555 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
556 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
557 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
559 - improved documentation for actions
561 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
562 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
563 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
565 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
566 - error reporting for app class
567 - no more engine debug messages
568 - class->method forwards get resolved now
570 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
571 - friendlier statistics
573 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
574 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
576 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
579 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
580 - real version number for CPAN.pm
581 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
582 - more statistics in debug logs
583 - ? prefix for forward()
585 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
586 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
587 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
589 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
590 - added ? for prefixed actions
593 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
594 - arguments for _default
595 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
596 - added $c->req->method
598 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
599 - POD fixes and improvements
601 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
602 - first development release