1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
5 - Added REDIRECT_URL support
6 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
7 - wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
9 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
10 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
11 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
12 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
13 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
14 - Improved PAR support
15 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
16 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
17 - Static::Simple changes:
18 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
20 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
21 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
23 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
24 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
25 - Switched to Module::Install
26 - Renamed tests for easier editing
27 - Reformatted documentation
28 - Renamed -nonew to -force
30 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
32 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
34 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
35 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
37 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
38 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
39 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
40 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
42 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
43 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
45 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
46 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
48 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
49 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
52 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
53 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
55 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
56 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
58 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
62 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
63 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
64 - Fixed args handling in forward()
65 - Fixed forwarding to classes
66 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
67 - Fixed relative forwarding
68 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
70 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
71 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
74 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
75 - Improved format of startup debug log.
76 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
77 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
78 if the browser is closed.
79 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
80 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
82 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
83 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
84 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
85 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
86 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
87 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
89 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
90 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
91 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
92 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
93 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
94 parent app is shut down.
95 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
97 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
98 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
99 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
101 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
103 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
104 - Whole new dispatcher!
106 - Added path_to method
107 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
109 - Added a new welcome screen.
110 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
111 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
112 - Added self restarting test server
113 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
114 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
115 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
116 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
117 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
118 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
120 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
121 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
122 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
123 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
125 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
126 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
128 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
129 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
132 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
133 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
134 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
135 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
136 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
137 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
139 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
140 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
141 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
142 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
143 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
144 kill loggging for a whole request.
145 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
146 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
147 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
148 coverage and maintainability.
149 - Added fork support to built in test server.
150 - Fixed all memory leaks.
151 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
152 core to be thread-safe.
153 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
155 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
156 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
157 - Improved documentation
158 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
159 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
160 action. (Andy Grundman)
161 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
163 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
164 - Now with updated manifest.
166 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
167 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
169 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
171 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
172 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
173 - added arguments for detach
174 - new credits section in pod
175 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
176 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
178 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
180 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
182 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
183 - Fix for inheritance bug.
184 - Allow forward with arguments.
186 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
187 - make module build cons README automatically.
188 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
189 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
190 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
191 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
192 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
193 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
194 - added $c->request->cookie
195 - added Catalyst::Setup
196 - refactored Catalyst::import()
197 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
198 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
199 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
201 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
202 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
203 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
205 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
206 - improved base locating in MP engines
207 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
208 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
209 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
211 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
212 - fixed a bug in https detection
213 - fixed auto chain finally
214 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
216 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
217 - improved uploads and parameters
218 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
219 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
220 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
221 - fixed win32 installer
222 - added deep recursion detection
224 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
225 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
226 in Path and Regex attributes
227 - new helper templates
228 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
229 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
230 instance (not the same app!)
232 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
233 - added support for MP registry scripts
234 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
235 - added SpeedyCGI engine
237 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
238 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
239 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
240 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
241 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
242 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
243 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
244 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
245 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
246 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
248 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
249 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
250 - added Plugins chapter to manual
251 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
252 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
253 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
254 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
255 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
256 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
257 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
259 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
262 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
263 - some documentation bugs fixed
264 - added Catalyst::Utils
265 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
266 - fixed upload bug with MP19
267 - added $c->req->body
268 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
269 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
271 - extended attribute handling
272 - added global config for components
274 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
275 - new core to support inheritance trees
276 - new syntax for action declaration
277 - new helper system using TT2
278 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
279 - added Test::Pod support
280 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
281 - added option to run tests against a remote server
282 - renamed errors() to error()
284 - countless minor improvements
285 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
286 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
288 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
289 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
290 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
291 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
292 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
294 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
295 - updated helper scripts
296 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
297 the script directory. We promise!
299 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
300 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
301 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
302 - removed cgi-server.pl
303 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
304 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
305 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
306 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
308 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
309 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
311 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
312 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
313 - previous release was borked!
314 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
316 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
317 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
318 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
319 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
320 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
321 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
322 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
323 - updated helper scripts
324 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
325 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
327 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
328 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
329 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
331 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
333 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
334 - debug message for parameters
335 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
337 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
338 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
340 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
341 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
343 - more debug messages
346 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
347 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
348 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
350 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
351 - updated cookbook example
352 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
354 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
355 - no more regex actions in forward
356 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
358 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
359 - catch errors in application class
360 - handle die properly.
362 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
365 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
366 - moved bin to script
368 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
369 - improved documentation
370 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
373 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
374 - server_base sucks, removed
375 - added $c->log->dump()
377 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
378 - removed some warnings
380 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
382 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
384 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
385 - improved documentation
387 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
388 - fixed more little bugs
390 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
391 - improved documentation
392 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
394 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
395 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
396 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
397 !?default, !?begin and !?end
398 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
399 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
402 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
403 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
404 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
406 - improved documentation for actions
408 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
409 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
410 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
412 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
413 - error reporting for app class
414 - no more engine debug messages
415 - class->method forwards get resolved now
417 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
418 - friendlier statistics
420 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
421 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
423 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
426 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
427 - real version number for CPAN.pm
428 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
429 - more statistics in debug logs
430 - ? prefix for forward()
432 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
433 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
434 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
436 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
437 - added ? for prefixed actions
440 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
441 - arguments for _default
442 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
443 - added $c->req->method
445 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
446 - POD fixes and improvements
448 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
449 - first development release