1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Reformatted documentation
5 - Renamed -nonew to -force
7 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
9 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
11 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
12 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
14 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
15 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
16 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
17 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
19 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
20 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
22 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
23 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
25 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
26 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
29 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
30 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
32 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
33 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
35 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
39 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
40 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
41 - Fixed args handling in forward()
42 - Fixed forwarding to classes
43 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
44 - Fixed relative forwarding
45 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
47 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
48 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
51 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
52 - Improved format of startup debug log.
53 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
54 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
55 if the browser is closed.
56 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
57 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
59 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
60 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
61 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
62 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
63 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
64 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
66 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
67 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
68 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
69 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
70 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
71 parent app is shut down.
72 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
74 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
75 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
76 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
78 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
80 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
81 - Whole new dispatcher!
83 - Added path_to method
84 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
86 - Added a new welcome screen.
87 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
88 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
89 - Added self restarting test server
90 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
91 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
92 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
93 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
94 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
95 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
97 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
98 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
99 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
100 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
102 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
103 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
105 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
106 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
109 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
110 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
111 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
112 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
113 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
114 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
116 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
117 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
118 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
119 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
120 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
121 kill loggging for a whole request.
122 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
123 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
124 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
125 coverage and maintainability.
126 - Added fork support to built in test server.
127 - Fixed all memory leaks.
128 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
129 core to be thread-safe.
130 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
132 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
133 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
134 - Improved documentation
135 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
136 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
137 action. (Andy Grundman)
138 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
140 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
141 - Now with updated manifest.
143 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
144 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
146 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
148 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
149 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
150 - added arguments for detach
151 - new credits section in pod
152 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
153 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
155 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
157 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
159 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
160 - Fix for inheritance bug.
161 - Allow forward with arguments.
163 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
164 - make module build cons README automatically.
165 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
166 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
167 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
168 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
169 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
170 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
171 - added $c->request->cookie
172 - added Catalyst::Setup
173 - refactored Catalyst::import()
174 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
175 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
176 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
178 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
179 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
180 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
182 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
183 - improved base locating in MP engines
184 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
185 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
186 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
188 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
189 - fixed a bug in https detection
190 - fixed auto chain finally
191 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
193 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
194 - improved uploads and parameters
195 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
196 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
197 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
198 - fixed win32 installer
199 - added deep recursion detection
201 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
202 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
203 in Path and Regex attributes
204 - new helper templates
205 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
206 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
207 instance (not the same app!)
209 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
210 - added support for MP registry scripts
211 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
212 - added SpeedyCGI engine
214 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
215 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
216 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
217 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
218 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
219 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
220 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
221 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
222 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
223 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
225 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
226 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
227 - added Plugins chapter to manual
228 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
229 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
230 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
231 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
232 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
233 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
234 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
236 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
239 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
240 - some documentation bugs fixed
241 - added Catalyst::Utils
242 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
243 - fixed upload bug with MP19
244 - added $c->req->body
245 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
246 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
248 - extended attribute handling
249 - added global config for components
251 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
252 - new core to support inheritance trees
253 - new syntax for action declaration
254 - new helper system using TT2
255 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
256 - added Test::Pod support
257 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
258 - added option to run tests against a remote server
259 - renamed errors() to error()
261 - countless minor improvements
262 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
263 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
265 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
266 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
267 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
268 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
269 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
271 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
272 - updated helper scripts
273 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
274 the script directory. We promise!
276 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
277 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
278 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
279 - removed cgi-server.pl
280 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
281 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
282 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
283 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
285 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
286 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
288 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
289 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
290 - previous release was borked!
291 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
293 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
294 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
295 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
296 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
297 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
298 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
299 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
300 - updated helper scripts
301 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
302 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
304 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
305 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
306 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
308 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
310 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
311 - debug message for parameters
312 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
314 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
315 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
317 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
318 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
320 - more debug messages
323 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
324 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
325 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
327 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
328 - updated cookbook example
329 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
331 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
332 - no more regex actions in forward
333 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
335 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
336 - catch errors in application class
337 - handle die properly.
339 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
342 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
343 - moved bin to script
345 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
346 - improved documentation
347 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
350 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
351 - server_base sucks, removed
352 - added $c->log->dump()
354 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
355 - removed some warnings
357 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
359 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
361 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
362 - improved documentation
364 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
365 - fixed more little bugs
367 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
368 - improved documentation
369 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
371 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
372 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
373 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
374 !?default, !?begin and !?end
375 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
376 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
379 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
380 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
381 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
383 - improved documentation for actions
385 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
386 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
387 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
389 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
390 - error reporting for app class
391 - no more engine debug messages
392 - class->method forwards get resolved now
394 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
395 - friendlier statistics
397 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
398 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
400 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
403 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
404 - real version number for CPAN.pm
405 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
406 - more statistics in debug logs
407 - ? prefix for forward()
409 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
410 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
411 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
413 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
414 - added ? for prefixed actions
417 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
418 - arguments for _default
419 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
420 - added $c->req->method
422 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
423 - POD fixes and improvements
425 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
426 - first development release