1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added self restarting test server
5 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
6 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
7 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
8 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
9 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
10 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
12 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
13 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
14 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
15 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
17 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
18 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
20 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
21 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
24 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
25 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
26 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
27 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
28 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
29 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
31 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
32 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
33 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
34 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
35 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
36 kill loggging for a whole request.
37 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
38 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
39 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
40 coverage and maintainability.
41 - Added fork support to built in test server.
42 - Fixed all memory leaks.
43 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
44 core to be thread-safe.
45 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
47 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
48 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
49 - Improved documentation
52 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
53 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
54 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
55 action. (Andy Grundman)
56 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
58 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
59 - Now with updated manifest.
61 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
62 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
64 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
66 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
67 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
68 - added arguments for detach
69 - new credits section in pod
70 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
71 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
73 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
75 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
77 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
78 - Fix for inheritance bug.
79 - Allow forward with arguments.
81 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
82 - make module build cons README automatically.
83 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
84 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
85 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
86 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
87 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
88 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
89 - added $c->request->cookie
90 - added Catalyst::Setup
91 - refactored Catalyst::import()
92 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
93 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
94 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
96 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
97 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
98 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
100 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
101 - improved base locating in MP engines
102 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
103 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
104 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
106 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
107 - fixed a bug in https detection
108 - fixed auto chain finally
109 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
111 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
112 - improved uploads and parameters
113 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
114 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
115 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
116 - fixed win32 installer
117 - added deep recursion detection
119 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
120 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
121 in Path and Regex attributes
122 - new helper templates
123 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
124 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
125 instance (not the same app!)
127 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
128 - added support for MP registry scripts
129 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
130 - added SpeedyCGI engine
132 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
133 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
134 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
135 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
136 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
137 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
138 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
139 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
140 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
141 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
143 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
144 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
145 - added Plugins chapter to manual
146 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
147 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
148 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
149 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
150 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
151 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
152 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
154 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
157 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
158 - some documentation bugs fixed
159 - added Catalyst::Utils
160 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
161 - fixed upload bug with MP19
162 - added $c->req->body
163 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
164 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
166 - extended attribute handling
167 - added global config for components
169 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
170 - new core to support inheritance trees
171 - new syntax for action declaration
172 - new helper system using TT2
173 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
174 - added Test::Pod support
175 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
176 - added option to run tests against a remote server
177 - renamed errors() to error()
179 - countless minor improvements
180 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
181 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
183 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
184 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
185 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
186 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
187 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
189 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
190 - updated helper scripts
191 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
192 the script directory. We promise!
194 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
195 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
196 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
197 - removed cgi-server.pl
198 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
199 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
200 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
201 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
203 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
204 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
206 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
207 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
208 - previous release was borked!
209 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
211 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
212 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
213 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
214 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
215 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
216 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
217 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
218 - updated helper scripts
219 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
220 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
222 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
223 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
224 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
226 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
228 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
229 - debug message for parameters
230 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
232 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
233 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
235 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
236 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
238 - more debug messages
241 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
242 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
243 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
245 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
246 - updated cookbook example
247 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
249 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
250 - no more regex actions in forward
251 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
253 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
254 - catch errors in application class
255 - handle die properly.
257 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
260 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
261 - moved bin to script
263 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
264 - improved documentation
265 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
268 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
269 - server_base sucks, removed
270 - added $c->log->dump()
272 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
273 - removed some warnings
275 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
277 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
279 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
280 - improved documentation
282 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
283 - fixed more little bugs
285 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
286 - improved documentation
287 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
289 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
290 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
291 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
292 !?default, !?begin and !?end
293 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
294 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
297 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
298 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
299 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
301 - improved documentation for actions
303 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
304 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
305 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
307 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
308 - error reporting for app class
309 - no more engine debug messages
310 - class->method forwards get resolved now
312 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
313 - friendlier statistics
315 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
316 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
318 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
321 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
322 - real version number for CPAN.pm
323 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
324 - more statistics in debug logs
325 - ? prefix for forward()
327 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
328 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
329 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
331 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
332 - added ? for prefixed actions
335 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
336 - arguments for _default
337 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
338 - added $c->req->method
340 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
341 - POD fixes and improvements
343 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
344 - first development release