1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Exceptions now return status 500
5 - Updated for Module::Install 0.40
6 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names
7 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
8 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
9 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
10 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
12 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
13 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
15 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
16 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
17 including those that attach to /
18 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
19 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
20 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
21 using $c->req->params('foo').
22 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
24 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
25 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
26 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
27 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
28 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
29 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
31 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
32 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
33 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
34 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
35 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
36 - Improved PAR support
37 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
38 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
39 - Static::Simple changes:
40 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
42 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
43 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
45 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
46 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
47 - Switched to Module::Install
48 - Renamed tests for easier editing
49 - Reformatted documentation
50 - Renamed -nonew to -force
52 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
54 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
56 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
57 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
59 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
60 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
61 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
62 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
64 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
65 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
67 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
68 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
70 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
71 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
74 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
75 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
77 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
78 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
80 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
84 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
85 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
86 - Fixed args handling in forward()
87 - Fixed forwarding to classes
88 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
89 - Fixed relative forwarding
90 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
92 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
93 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
96 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
97 - Improved format of startup debug log.
98 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
99 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
100 if the browser is closed.
101 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
102 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
104 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
105 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
106 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
107 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
108 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
109 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
111 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
112 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
113 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
114 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
115 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
116 parent app is shut down.
117 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
119 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
120 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
121 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
123 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
125 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
126 - Whole new dispatcher!
128 - Added path_to method
129 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
131 - Added a new welcome screen.
132 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
133 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
134 - Added self restarting test server
135 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
136 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
137 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
138 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
139 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
140 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
142 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
143 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
144 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
145 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
147 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
148 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
150 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
151 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
154 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
155 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
156 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
157 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
158 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
159 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
161 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
162 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
163 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
164 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
165 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
166 kill loggging for a whole request.
167 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
168 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
169 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
170 coverage and maintainability.
171 - Added fork support to built in test server.
172 - Fixed all memory leaks.
173 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
174 core to be thread-safe.
175 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
177 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
178 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
179 - Improved documentation
180 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
181 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
182 action. (Andy Grundman)
183 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
185 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
186 - Now with updated manifest.
188 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
189 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
191 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
193 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
194 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
195 - added arguments for detach
196 - new credits section in pod
197 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
198 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
200 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
202 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
204 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
205 - Fix for inheritance bug.
206 - Allow forward with arguments.
208 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
209 - make module build cons README automatically.
210 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
211 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
212 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
213 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
214 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
215 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
216 - added $c->request->cookie
217 - added Catalyst::Setup
218 - refactored Catalyst::import()
219 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
220 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
221 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
223 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
224 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
225 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
227 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
228 - improved base locating in MP engines
229 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
230 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
231 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
233 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
234 - fixed a bug in https detection
235 - fixed auto chain finally
236 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
238 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
239 - improved uploads and parameters
240 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
241 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
242 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
243 - fixed win32 installer
244 - added deep recursion detection
246 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
247 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
248 in Path and Regex attributes
249 - new helper templates
250 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
251 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
252 instance (not the same app!)
254 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
255 - added support for MP registry scripts
256 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
257 - added SpeedyCGI engine
259 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
260 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
261 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
262 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
263 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
264 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
265 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
266 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
267 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
268 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
270 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
271 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
272 - added Plugins chapter to manual
273 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
274 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
275 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
276 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
277 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
278 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
279 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
281 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
284 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
285 - some documentation bugs fixed
286 - added Catalyst::Utils
287 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
288 - fixed upload bug with MP19
289 - added $c->req->body
290 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
291 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
293 - extended attribute handling
294 - added global config for components
296 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
297 - new core to support inheritance trees
298 - new syntax for action declaration
299 - new helper system using TT2
300 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
301 - added Test::Pod support
302 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
303 - added option to run tests against a remote server
304 - renamed errors() to error()
306 - countless minor improvements
307 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
308 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
310 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
311 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
312 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
313 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
314 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
316 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
317 - updated helper scripts
318 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
319 the script directory. We promise!
321 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
322 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
323 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
324 - removed cgi-server.pl
325 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
326 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
327 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
328 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
330 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
331 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
333 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
334 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
335 - previous release was borked!
336 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
338 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
339 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
340 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
341 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
342 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
343 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
344 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
345 - updated helper scripts
346 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
347 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
349 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
350 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
351 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
353 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
355 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
356 - debug message for parameters
357 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
359 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
360 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
362 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
363 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
365 - more debug messages
368 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
369 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
370 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
372 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
373 - updated cookbook example
374 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
376 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
377 - no more regex actions in forward
378 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
380 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
381 - catch errors in application class
382 - handle die properly.
384 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
387 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
388 - moved bin to script
390 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
391 - improved documentation
392 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
395 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
396 - server_base sucks, removed
397 - added $c->log->dump()
399 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
400 - removed some warnings
402 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
404 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
406 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
407 - improved documentation
409 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
410 - fixed more little bugs
412 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
413 - improved documentation
414 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
416 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
417 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
418 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
419 !?default, !?begin and !?end
420 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
421 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
424 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
425 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
426 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
428 - improved documentation for actions
430 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
431 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
432 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
434 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
435 - error reporting for app class
436 - no more engine debug messages
437 - class->method forwards get resolved now
439 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
440 - friendlier statistics
442 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
443 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
445 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
448 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
449 - real version number for CPAN.pm
450 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
451 - more statistics in debug logs
452 - ? prefix for forward()
454 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
455 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
456 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
458 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
459 - added ? for prefixed actions
462 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
463 - arguments for _default
464 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
465 - added $c->req->method
467 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
468 - POD fixes and improvements
470 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
471 - first development release