1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
4 - Whole new dispatcher!
7 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
9 - Added a new welcome screen.
10 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
11 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
12 - Added self restarting test server
13 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
14 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
15 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
16 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
17 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
18 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
20 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
21 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
22 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
23 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
25 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
26 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
28 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
29 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
32 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
33 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
34 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
35 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
36 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
37 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
39 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
40 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
41 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
42 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
43 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
44 kill loggging for a whole request.
45 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
46 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
47 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
48 coverage and maintainability.
49 - Added fork support to built in test server.
50 - Fixed all memory leaks.
51 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
52 core to be thread-safe.
53 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
55 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
56 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
57 - Improved documentation
58 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
59 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
60 action. (Andy Grundman)
61 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
63 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
64 - Now with updated manifest.
66 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
67 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
69 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
71 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
72 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
73 - added arguments for detach
74 - new credits section in pod
75 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
76 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
78 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
80 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
82 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
83 - Fix for inheritance bug.
84 - Allow forward with arguments.
86 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
87 - make module build cons README automatically.
88 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
89 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
90 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
91 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
92 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
93 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
94 - added $c->request->cookie
95 - added Catalyst::Setup
96 - refactored Catalyst::import()
97 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
98 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
99 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
101 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
102 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
103 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
105 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
106 - improved base locating in MP engines
107 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
108 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
109 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
111 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
112 - fixed a bug in https detection
113 - fixed auto chain finally
114 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
116 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
117 - improved uploads and parameters
118 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
119 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
120 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
121 - fixed win32 installer
122 - added deep recursion detection
124 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
125 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
126 in Path and Regex attributes
127 - new helper templates
128 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
129 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
130 instance (not the same app!)
132 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
133 - added support for MP registry scripts
134 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
135 - added SpeedyCGI engine
137 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
138 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
139 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
140 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
141 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
142 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
143 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
144 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
145 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
146 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
148 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
149 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
150 - added Plugins chapter to manual
151 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
152 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
153 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
154 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
155 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
156 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
157 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
159 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
162 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
163 - some documentation bugs fixed
164 - added Catalyst::Utils
165 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
166 - fixed upload bug with MP19
167 - added $c->req->body
168 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
169 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
171 - extended attribute handling
172 - added global config for components
174 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
175 - new core to support inheritance trees
176 - new syntax for action declaration
177 - new helper system using TT2
178 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
179 - added Test::Pod support
180 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
181 - added option to run tests against a remote server
182 - renamed errors() to error()
184 - countless minor improvements
185 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
186 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
188 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
189 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
190 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
191 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
192 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
194 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
195 - updated helper scripts
196 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
197 the script directory. We promise!
199 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
200 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
201 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
202 - removed cgi-server.pl
203 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
204 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
205 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
206 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
208 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
209 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
211 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
212 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
213 - previous release was borked!
214 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
216 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
217 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
218 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
219 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
220 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
221 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
222 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
223 - updated helper scripts
224 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
225 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
227 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
228 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
229 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
231 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
233 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
234 - debug message for parameters
235 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
237 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
238 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
240 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
241 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
243 - more debug messages
246 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
247 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
248 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
250 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
251 - updated cookbook example
252 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
254 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
255 - no more regex actions in forward
256 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
258 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
259 - catch errors in application class
260 - handle die properly.
262 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
265 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
266 - moved bin to script
268 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
269 - improved documentation
270 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
273 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
274 - server_base sucks, removed
275 - added $c->log->dump()
277 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
278 - removed some warnings
280 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
282 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
284 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
285 - improved documentation
287 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
288 - fixed more little bugs
290 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
291 - improved documentation
292 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
294 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
295 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
296 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
297 !?default, !?begin and !?end
298 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
299 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
302 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
303 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
304 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
306 - improved documentation for actions
308 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
309 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
310 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
312 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
313 - error reporting for app class
314 - no more engine debug messages
315 - class->method forwards get resolved now
317 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
318 - friendlier statistics
320 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
321 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
323 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
326 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
327 - real version number for CPAN.pm
328 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
329 - more statistics in debug logs
330 - ? prefix for forward()
332 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
333 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
334 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
336 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
337 - added ? for prefixed actions
340 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
341 - arguments for _default
342 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
343 - added $c->req->method
345 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
346 - POD fixes and improvements
348 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
349 - first development release