1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - unescape captures to match args
5 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
7 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
8 - fix for component loading
9 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
12 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
13 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
14 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
15 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
18 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
20 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
21 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
22 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
24 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
27 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
29 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
30 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
31 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
32 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
33 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
34 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
35 Module::Pluggable::Object
36 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
37 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
38 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
39 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
40 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
41 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
42 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
43 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
44 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
45 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
46 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
47 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
48 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
49 - Added ActionClass attribute
50 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
51 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
52 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
53 - cleaned up logging and debug output
54 - significant documentation revisions
55 - Added warning for setup being called twice
56 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
57 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
61 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
62 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
64 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
65 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
67 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
68 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
69 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
72 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
73 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
75 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
77 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
79 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
80 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
81 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
82 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
84 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
85 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
87 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
88 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
89 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
90 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
91 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
92 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
93 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
94 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
95 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
96 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
97 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
98 to more sane settings.
99 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
100 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
101 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
102 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
103 (stress tests run 12% faster)
104 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
106 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
107 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
108 - Cleaned generated tests
109 - Added Root controller concept
110 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
112 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
113 - Added plugin introspection.
114 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
115 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
116 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
118 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
119 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
120 was not run. (Eric Wong)
121 - Cleaned up generated tests
122 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
123 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
124 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
125 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
127 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
128 - Updated prereq versions
130 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
131 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
132 - Added YAML config support
133 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
134 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
135 correct execution order.
136 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
137 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
138 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
139 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
140 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
141 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
142 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
144 - Exceptions now return status 500.
145 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
146 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
147 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
148 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
149 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
150 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
151 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
153 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
154 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
156 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
157 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
158 including those that attach to /
159 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
160 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
161 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
162 using $c->req->params('foo').
163 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
165 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
166 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
167 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
168 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
169 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
170 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
172 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
173 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
174 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
175 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
176 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
177 - Improved PAR support
178 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
179 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
180 - Static::Simple changes:
181 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
183 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
184 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
186 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
187 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
188 - Switched to Module::Install
189 - Renamed tests for easier editing
190 - Reformatted documentation
191 - Renamed -nonew to -force
193 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
195 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
197 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
198 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
199 request. (Sam Vilain)
200 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
201 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
202 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
203 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
205 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
206 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
208 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
209 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
211 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
212 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
215 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
216 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
218 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
219 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
221 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
225 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
226 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
227 - Fixed args handling in forward()
228 - Fixed forwarding to classes
229 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
230 - Fixed relative forwarding
231 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
233 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
234 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
237 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
238 - Improved format of startup debug log.
239 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
240 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
241 if the browser is closed.
242 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
243 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
245 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
246 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
247 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
248 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
249 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
250 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
252 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
253 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
254 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
255 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
256 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
257 parent app is shut down.
258 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
260 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
261 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
262 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
264 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
266 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
267 - Whole new dispatcher!
269 - Added path_to method
270 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
272 - Added a new welcome screen.
273 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
274 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
275 - Added self restarting test server
276 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
277 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
278 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
279 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
280 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
281 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
283 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
284 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
285 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
286 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
288 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
289 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
291 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
292 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
295 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
296 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
297 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
298 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
299 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
300 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
302 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
303 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
304 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
305 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
306 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
307 kill loggging for a whole request.
308 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
309 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
310 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
311 coverage and maintainability.
312 - Added fork support to built in test server.
313 - Fixed all memory leaks.
314 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
315 core to be thread-safe.
316 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
318 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
319 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
320 - Improved documentation
321 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
322 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
323 action. (Andy Grundman)
324 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
326 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
327 - Now with updated manifest.
329 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
330 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
332 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
334 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
335 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
336 - added arguments for detach
337 - new credits section in pod
338 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
339 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
341 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
343 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
345 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
346 - Fix for inheritance bug.
347 - Allow forward with arguments.
349 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
350 - make module build cons README automatically.
351 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
352 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
353 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
354 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
355 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
356 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
357 - added $c->request->cookie
358 - added Catalyst::Setup
359 - refactored Catalyst::import()
360 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
361 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
362 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
364 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
365 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
366 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
368 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
369 - improved base locating in MP engines
370 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
371 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
372 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
374 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
375 - fixed a bug in https detection
376 - fixed auto chain finally
377 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
379 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
380 - improved uploads and parameters
381 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
382 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
383 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
384 - fixed win32 installer
385 - added deep recursion detection
387 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
388 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
389 in Path and Regex attributes
390 - new helper templates
391 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
392 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
393 instance (not the same app!)
395 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
396 - added support for MP registry scripts
397 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
398 - added SpeedyCGI engine
400 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
401 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
402 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
403 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
404 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
405 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
406 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
407 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
408 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
409 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
411 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
412 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
413 - added Plugins chapter to manual
414 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
415 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
416 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
417 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
418 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
419 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
420 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
422 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
425 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
426 - some documentation bugs fixed
427 - added Catalyst::Utils
428 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
429 - fixed upload bug with MP19
430 - added $c->req->body
431 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
432 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
434 - extended attribute handling
435 - added global config for components
437 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
438 - new core to support inheritance trees
439 - new syntax for action declaration
440 - new helper system using TT2
441 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
442 - added Test::Pod support
443 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
444 - added option to run tests against a remote server
445 - renamed errors() to error()
447 - countless minor improvements
448 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
449 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
451 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
452 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
453 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
454 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
455 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
457 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
458 - updated helper scripts
459 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
460 the script directory. We promise!
462 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
463 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
464 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
465 - removed cgi-server.pl
466 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
467 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
468 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
469 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
471 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
472 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
474 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
475 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
476 - previous release was borked!
477 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
479 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
480 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
481 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
482 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
483 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
484 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
485 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
486 - updated helper scripts
487 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
488 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
490 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
491 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
492 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
494 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
496 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
497 - debug message for parameters
498 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
500 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
501 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
503 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
504 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
506 - more debug messages
509 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
510 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
511 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
513 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
514 - updated cookbook example
515 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
517 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
518 - no more regex actions in forward
519 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
521 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
522 - catch errors in application class
523 - handle die properly.
525 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
528 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
529 - moved bin to script
531 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
532 - improved documentation
533 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
536 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
537 - server_base sucks, removed
538 - added $c->log->dump()
540 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
541 - removed some warnings
543 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
545 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
547 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
548 - improved documentation
550 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
551 - fixed more little bugs
553 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
554 - improved documentation
555 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
557 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
558 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
559 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
560 !?default, !?begin and !?end
561 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
562 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
565 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
566 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
567 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
569 - improved documentation for actions
571 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
572 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
573 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
575 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
576 - error reporting for app class
577 - no more engine debug messages
578 - class->method forwards get resolved now
580 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
581 - friendlier statistics
583 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
584 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
586 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
589 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
590 - real version number for CPAN.pm
591 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
592 - more statistics in debug logs
593 - ? prefix for forward()
595 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
596 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
597 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
599 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
600 - added ? for prefixed actions
603 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
604 - arguments for _default
605 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
606 - added $c->req->method
608 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
609 - POD fixes and improvements
611 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
612 - first development release